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Ground Beef Experiment

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students identify what ground beef is and the difference in fat, flavor and moistness between the three types - regular, lean, and extra lean. Then, they conduct an experiment to compare the effect of pan frying between three different...
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Weight Lifter - An Air Pressure Experiment

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a study of air pressure in which the investigate if air has the strength to lift heavy objects. They work in teams to develop a hypothesis about whether air in bags would be able to lift a stack of books....
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Oat Seed Lab: A Model Scientific Experiment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate seed germination. In this lesson on scientific prediction, students conduct a scientific experiment using oat seeds.
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Invasive Species Science Experiement

For Students 3rd
In this invasive species worksheet, 3rd graders complete a hands on science experiment.  students then record their observations and results.
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Parallel Studies of the Afro-American and Puerto Rican Experience in America

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students compare/contrast the Afro-American and Puerto Rican experience as they migrated and assimilated in the U.S. They research and discuss the reasons for migration and the historical significance of economic autonomy and oppression.
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Aquatic Habitat Water Quality Experiment

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss the importance of water quality for humans and fish and make predictions about what happens to water that is polluted. In small groups, they conduct experiments to compare and contrast water that is unpolluted and...
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Job Shadow Experience

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students in a Business Management and Administrative Services program job shadow for 8 hours with a business. They conduct an interview with a working employee during the job shadow experience and then prepare a PowerPoint presentation...
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Comparative Experiment

For Students 7th - 8th
In this comparative experiment worksheet, students solve and complete 4 different problems related to conducting the described experiment. First, they explain how they will recruit their participants and discuss whether or not the group...
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Magnetic Experiment

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders experiment with magnets. In this magnet experiment lesson, 3rd graders explore magnetic attraction and repulsion. Students rotate through four stations and investigate the properties of magnets.
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Technology of the Deep: Experiments with Buoyant Forces

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils conduct a series of experiments to study the effects of temperature and salinity on the buoyancy of an object in water. They devise ways to make floating and sinking objects neutrally buoyant.
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Conductive Heat Transfer Experiments

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students conduct a variety of experiments to see how heat is transferred using common household objects. The teacher uses the safety plans included in the lesson plan. This is ideal for inexperienced Science teachers.
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Activity Three -- Rutherford's Discovery (Student Page ) A Lab Experiment in Physics

For Students 9th - 11th
This discovery student page offers students an opportunity to work as a team to discover the shape of an object they cannot see. It is an experiment which parallels particle physicists dilemma in not being able to see very small...
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Pumpkin Seed Experiment

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this unique instructional activity learners participate in a pumpkin seed experiment. Students interact with the pumpkins weight, seeds and record their findings of what lies within the pumpkin once the top of the pumpkin is cut off...
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Experiment: Refraction And The Reappearing Coin

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this refraction worksheet, learners perform an experiment by putting a penny in a bowl, walking off and turning back around to see if they can still see the penny or not.
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Grab Bag Experiment

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze and record data. In this lesson about graphing and gathering data, students learn about the step of an experiment. Students learn new vocabulary, sort beans, record the data, and graph the data. Students add a variable...
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Student Exploration: Density Experiment: Slice and Dice

For Students 4th - 8th
In this density worksheet, students explore an internet program called Gizmo where they do an experiment with density. Students complete 18 questions.
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Friction Experiment

For Students 4th - 5th
In this friction experiment worksheet, students follow the procedures to set up an experiment, collect data and write a conclusion about the effect of friction and weight.
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Pulleys Experiment

For Students 5th - 6th
In this pulleys experiment worksheet, students follow the procedures to set up an experiment with one and two pulleys, a rope, bucket and load.
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Experimenting with Erosion

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the process of erosion and factors that influence the rate of soil loss.  In this erosion lesson students formulate a hypothesis and analyze the results of their experiment. 
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Reflecting/Writing after a field trip or other experience

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reflect on field trips in writing. In this journal writing lesson, students write about a recent experience by using 4 of their senses to tell what they remember. They turn these into poetry. 
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Experimenting with Sound

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore physical science by completing a worksheet. In this sound perception lesson plan, students collaborate in small groups to research sound properties on the Internet and in libraries. Students conduct a listening...
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Enzymatic Browning Experiment

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students, in groups, experiment with Heat Blanching, Vitamin C Dip, and Sulfur Dioxide Dip to see if they can prevent enzymatic browning.
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The Penny Experiment

For Students 9th - 12th
In this science worksheet, students conduct an experiment with a penny and determine the amount of drops of water that can stick to a penny.
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Experiment: Rainbow Shadows

For Students 4th - 6th
In this science experiment with light worksheet, students explore what shadows can be created with the use of different colored bulbs and flashlights.

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