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Radical Raisins!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the concept of buoyancy through experimentation. Given materials of various weights and composition, they drop them in club soda and determine which substances sink or float. Students discuss their results in terms of...
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Ice Cream

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the concept of the colligative property. Through experimentation, students lower the freezing point of a liquid in order to create a solid by using household ingredients to create ice cream.
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Changing the Weather

For Students 9th - 12th
In this weather worksheet, students review human activities that alter the weather, especially cloud seeding experimentation. This worksheet has 8 short answer questions.
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Air Pressure

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students investigate the basic principles of air pressure.  In this experimental lesson students use materials to create several different experiments that help to explain air pressure and friction.
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Making Connections

For Students 7th - 10th
In this experimentation learning exercise, students review the steps of setting up an experiment, determining the correct procedure and analyzing the data. This learning exercise has 23 fill in the blank questions.
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The Good, the Bad and the Nasty Tasting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine the effect of chemicals from marine plants or animals on predator's preferences. In this ecology lesson, students conduct taste tests and collect necessary data. They write their conclusion after analyzing...
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How Mass Affects the Speed of a Coaster Car

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners determine what factors affect the speed of the car. In this physics instructional activity, students calculate speed, velocity and acceleration from experimental data. They construct and interpret motion graphs.
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M&M Exponential Activity

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create a scatter plot of their experimental data. In this algebra lesson, students use M&M's to determine an algebraic model. They discuss results in class.
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Measurement: When Degrees Matter

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders record the temperature change of the beakers. For this general science lesson, 8th graders create their own data table for recording observations. They discuss experimental results and cite real life applications.
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Sound

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the production of sound through experimentation. Working in pairs, 2nd graders receive supplies to create a sound machine. Once they create their machine and record the differences in the sounds produced.
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How Do You Know There is Air in a Bag?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore air as a material substance. Through experimentation and discussion, they explore how air can be classified as a material substance. Students write three examples proving that air is a material substance in their...
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Put It to the Test

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars identify different types of rock and sediments and how they react to acid through experimentation. Students use knowledge gained in thr experiment to identify types of rocks. Young scholars create data tables for accuracy...
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Wind Dynamics and Forests

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students perform experiments to explore differences in wind speed and forest density. Through experimentation and observation, students realize that changes in vegetation affect the atmosphere and wind conditions. They create a model...
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Acids and Bases - Vinegar II

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders experiment what happens when acids and bases are mixed together. In this acids and bases experimental instructional activity, 8th graders decide which of three solutions of unknown pH will neutralize a fourth solution of...
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Probability

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore simple probability. Using a specified website, they play a "Fish Tank" game where they determine the chances of selecting a red fish from an aquarium. Students answer probability problems and convert fractions to...
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Ears and Hearing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore vibrations and sound waves. In this lesson about hearing, students use experiments to determine how sound waves travel. Students use a saucepan, rice, and a plastic cover for one experiment and a tube, plastic wrap, a...
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Five Colors Bar Graph-Make a Bar Graph

For Students 3rd - 5th
Two worksheets are provided here that contain the same information but ask different questions. The first worksheet has the learner draw the graph themselves before answering the questions that follow, and the second worksheet has the...
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Where Did the Bunny Leave the Eggs? Picture Graphing Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
The Easter Bunny left us a bunch of eggs, but how many did he leave? Learners use the data to create a picture graph, interpret it, and answer the questions that follow. There's even easy egg cut-outs for your youngsters! 
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Lab-Percent of Composition of KClO3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars find the percent composition of oxygen in potassium chlorate. For this percent composition lesson plan, students heat a sample of potassium chlorate to decompose it into potassium chloride and oxygen. They weight their...
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Electromagnificent

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This physics pun really hertz, but this STEM lesson plan can help. The inquiry-based activity has young scientists create a testable question about electromagnetic strength; plan and implement their own experiments; and record and...
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Pie Chart: Favorite Animal at the Zoo

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these three interpreting a pie chart and answering questions worksheets, students use the data provided to label and color code the blank and outlined pie charts, read and interpret a completed pie chart, and then answer questions...
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Peanut Butter and Jelly: The Importance of Detailed Procedures

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars write a list of steps to be taken in making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They observe as the instructor literally follows each step. After realizing the importance of clear communication, students write a scientific...
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Photosynthesis

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students recognize the importance of plants as they perform an experiment involving photosynthesis. Students determine the optimum wavelength of light for photosynthesis by exposing plants to different colors of light, collecting data,...
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Introduction to the Elements of the Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th
The basic elements of the water cycle and how water is recycled through our environment is focused on in this lesson plan. Your students construct classroom terrariums and learn to make and record observations relating to the water...

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