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What Makes you Hot?
High schoolers manipulate different variables in a model and make inferences about the temperature on Earth. In this heat activity students calculate the blackbody radiation of an object at a certain temperature.
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Connect the Species
Fourth graders, in pairs, explore energy transfer and species interrelationships by viewing slides on a microscope. hey explore phytoplankton (producers) and zooplankton (consumers)
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We've Got the Power
Pupils examine how power can be generated and the advantages and disadvantages of each method. In this investigative lesson students divide into groups, research the Internet and present it to the class.
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Fossil Fuels--Discoveries and Uses
Student examine the close relationship between fossil energy and our daily lives. To demonstrate to the student the close relationship between fossil energy and our daily lives.
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Sorting
Young scholars examine Library organization. In this logic lesson plan, students watch a Between the Lions episode and consider how the library has been organized. Young scholars each list their 3 favorite book titles and how they would...
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Cycles Review
Eighth graders discuss the four major cycles of matter. In this general science lesson, 8th graders decide which of the four is the most important. They share their opinion in class.
Virginia Department of Education
Mystery Iron Ions
Young chemists perform an experiment to determine if a compound is iron (II) chloride or iron (III) chloride. Then they determine the formula, balance the equation, and answer analysis questions.
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Chemistry Review
In this chemistry overview activity, students review stoichiometry, states of matter, thermochemistry, gas laws, chemical bonding, molarity, chemical equilibria, and kinetics. This activity has 41 problems to solve.
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Winer Survival
Students study how animals need water, food, shelter, and space to survive. They also study what animals need to survive in the winter. They play the part of animals and winter "threats" in a game of tag to reinforce concepts.
Virginia Department of Education
Predicting Products and Writing Equations
A chemistry lesson presents 14 chemical reactions for scholars to observe, write the equation, and balance the equations. Additionally, it provides ways to extend the activity as it relates to catalysts.
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The Bio-fuel Project: Creating Bio-diesel
Students investigate bio-fuel. In this investigative lesson, students create bio-fuel from vegetable oil waste. Students will analyze, predict, collect and synthesize data from their experiments with bio-fuel.
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Rain Machine (Solar Still)
Learners experiment with a solar still. In this distillation instructional activity, students find a simple way to use evaporation to make salty water drinkable.
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Hydrologic Cycle
In this science worksheet, students read about the Hydrologic Cycle. Students use the reading and a diagram to answer 2 comprehension questions.
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Charles’s Law
Students describe the relationship between temperature and volume. In this chemistry lesson, students perform an experiment and record their their results. They use Charles' law to explain their observations.
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Combustion Reactions
Students write a balanced chemical reaction. They articulate how burning fossil fuels increase the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Students incorporate all the environmental risks involved as well.
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Bat Ecology
Students, through hands on games and activities, discover how bats live and how bats benefit ecosystems. They play a game designed to show them how echolocation works and another to show how mother bats locate their young through their...
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Oil on the Beach
Students explore how oil pollutes the oceans. For this science lesson, students investigate various materials that could be used to clean up an oil spill. Students discuss which materials worked best and how humans can reduce oil spills.
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Photosynthesis and Respiration
Eighth graders differentiate photosynthesis and respiration. In this biology lesson, 8th graders draw a diagram explaining these two processes. They answer a quiz after the lesson.
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Green Building and Development
In this environment worksheet, high schoolers find the solutions to building an environmentally friendly home and they examine the long-terms costs associated with ownership.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Law of Conservation of Energy: Heat Transfer
Given illustrations, scenarios, descriptions, and/or diagrams, students will demonstrate understanding of heat transfer.
NASA
Glenn Research Center: Conservation of Energy
From the Glenn Research Center at NASA, read about the law of conservation of energy. Included are formulas and many links to key terms.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Conservation of Energy as a Fundamental Principle
See how this principle translates in to fluids and the Bernoulli equation as well as into electric circuits and the voltage law and finally into heat and thermodynamics through the first law of thermodynamics.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Energy Skate Park
This activity focuses on the conservation of energy solely between gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Students work with a virtual laboratory set at a skate park. They make predictions of graphs before they use the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Heat
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using the law of conservation of energy as a starting off point, students use the specific heat equation to perform calculations that relate mass, specific heat,...