TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Are You in Control?
This lesson teaches the engineering method for testing wherein one variable is changed while the others are held constant. Students compare the performance of a single paper airplane design while changing the shape, size and position of...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Balsa Glider Competition
The purpose of this activity is to bring together the students' knowledge of engineering and airplanes and the creation of a glider model to determine how each modification affects the flight. The students will use a design procedure...
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Can Liquids Dissolve in Water?
Lesson plan with mulitmedia links in which students identify and control variables to help design a solubility test for different liquids in water.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Lets Net: Growing Plants Unit
For this unit, students can learn about the affects of water, soil, and sunlight on plant's growth while learning about the scientific process. Unit allows students to create a controlled experiment while studying plants.