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My Candle
This is probably my middle schoolers' favorite writing assignment. They obviously tell their friends about it, because every year my ne
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Light in Festivals
Students examine how five different countries use light in their celebrations and festivals. They locate countries on a map, conduct research and prepare a poster for a specific holiday, complete a worksheet, and create a tin lantern.
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Activit #2 Matter: Is It Conserved?
Students support the law of conservation of matter with evidence. They discuss the changes observed from the burning of the candle, and the differences in mass which are observed when the same reaction is carried out in an open or...
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Case of the Missing Pumpkin
Students explore the process of decomposition in plants. In this plant biology lesson, students use a cleaned out pumpkin and observe how the decomposition process takes place. Students write down adjectives to describe the pumpkin.
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Case of the Missing Pumpkin
Students explore the process of decomposition. In this science lesson, students carve a pumpkin and observe as it decomposes. Students compare the changes to an uncarved pumpkin. Students write about the disappearing pumpkin.
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Fire Triangle
Students discuss what humans need to stay alive. They observe a candle that is lit and talk about candle safety and controls. They think about what a candle needs to keep burning and relate it to what people need to stay alive. They...
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Production of Hydrogen
Young scholars generate hydrogen gas and examine some of its properities through an experiment. In the experiment, a wood splint is lit along with a candle, then the reaction occurs within the mixture. There are questions for the student...
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Fire Safety Cursive Practice
In this fire safety cursive worksheet, learners practice writing 3 words: adapt, burn and candles. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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What is Fire?
Students conduct an experiment. In this fire activity, students view an experiment where they learn the conditions needed to keep a fire burning. Students discuss the experiment and learn about the fire triangle.
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Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
Students observe demonstrations of exothermic and endothermic reactions and determine the changes that take place in a chemical reaction. Students observe four demonstrations showing entropy, attraction of molecules due to polarity,...
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Changing States: Does it Matter
Middle schoolers participate in experiments to visualize the differences between chemical and physical changes. They attempt to detect the five characteristics of a chemical change.
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Changing Sugar
In this chemical and physical change worksheet, students use a sugar cube and observe its physical properties both when it is whole and after it is crushed. They heat the sugar cube and record 5 properties of the matter while being...
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Chemical Changes
Second graders investigate chemical changes and reactions and will identify four characteristics that indicate a chemical change. In this chemical change lesson plan, 2nd graders perform experiments that promote chemical changes. They...
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Solid Rocket Boosters
In this rocket worksheet, students calculate the burn rate for solid rocket boosters depending on exposed fuel area and burn depth. This worksheet has 2 problems to solve.
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Discovering Chemical Changes
Fourth graders predict what happens in a teacher demonstration of a chemical change, before watching it. They observe the demonstration and list what the see on the board before determining which represent chemical change. Working at...
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Robin Hood: England's Man of Mystery
Students study the tale of Robin Hood to further their knowledge of character traits, improve their vocabularies, and increase their knowledge of the Medieval Ages. In this Robin Hood lesson, students complete 14 lessons that help them...
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Ice Cream Science
Students review properties of matter and discuss how materials change when things are done to them. They observe how materials change as a reaction to temperature by following the procedure to make ice cream and recording the temperature...
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How Long Will It Last?
Students turn on a flashlight and leave it on until the energy is used up (12-36) hours. They estimate or preduct how long they think the energy in the batteries will last. They then estimate how long a birthday candle will burn, giving...
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Holidays, Hanukkah
In this foreign language worksheet, students fill in eleven blanks with the best choice when given a sentence about Hanukkah. When both words would work, students are directed to select the best one.
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Plate Tectonics: An "Eggs"periment
Students investigate plate tectonics by observing a cracked egg shell. In this Earth science lesson, students draw borders of continents on an egg shell, only to watch it crack in a glass. Students record the breakup of the...
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Fire Safety-Multiple Choice Activity
In this fire safety worksheet, students choose the correct word that matches a description given related to fire safety. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Topics in Environmental Science
Middle schoolers discover topics in environmental science. In this science lesson plan, students build a model to simulate the greenhouse effect and analyze and interpret data, especially the results of introducing pollutants into nature.
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Hanukkah Crossword
In this Hanukkah crossword learning exercise, students read 14 clues pertaining to Hanukkah. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle.
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Fire Triangle in the Forest
Students investigate the physical properties of fire by creating storyboards. In this elements lesson, students view a video clip of forest fires and identify the cause. Students create large storyboards defining the three...