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Changing Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in an online lesson to explain how to make bulbs brighter or dimmer in a series circuit by changing the number or type of components.
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Variation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners practice sorting living things into groups using their characteristics. Using pictures of leaves and animals, they sort them based on their color and shape and write the objects characteristics under the picture. They share...
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Keeping Warm

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars place words describing a range from cold to hot on a scale. Using those words, they identify places on Earth which are cold, hot, freezing or boiling. They practice using and reading a thermometer with three different...
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Moving and Growing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students work with a partner to brainstorm a list of as many human body parts as possible. Using that list, they circle any one of those that are bones. They are shown a model of the human skeleton and practice locating various bones. ...
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Keeping Healthy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review what the heart does and why the muscles in the body need oxygen. As a class, they measure their pulse rate while they are resting and after they have jogged for three minutes. They are helped by their teacher to convert...
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Grouping and Changing Materials

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students feel and observe different types of materials. Using the internet, they sort objects based on the materials they are made from and justify their reasons for putting it in a certain category. They identify objects that could...
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Using electricity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore how a switch can be used to break a circut. Students construct a simple series circuit and use it for a purpose. Students read the "The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch,or one of the "Katie Morag" stories which clearly shows...
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Helping plants grow well

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore the effect of water, temperature and light on plant growth. Students are asked if they remember the LAW for plants. This is Light, Air(temperature) and Water, which all plants need for growth. Learners are divided...
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Life cycles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and explain the parts of a flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed dispersal, and germination. Students recap the following information: that plants need light, warmth,...
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars identify how the pitch of an instrument can be altered. They complete a worksheet by labeling several images in order of pitch and then fill a bottle with water to create a sound that matches a pitch on a drawn card.
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Gases Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars participate in a whole class discussion about solids, liquids, and gases. Students get involved in a teacher-directed experiment related to solids, liquids, and gases. Young scholars complete worksheet, writing the names...
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Changing State

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify the changing states of water, water vapor and ice in the water cycle They investigate how each of these stages can be reversible. Students complete a worksheet describing the water cycle.
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Circuits And Conductors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students predict the common classroom items, such as paper clips, chalk, keys, or erasers, that will be good conductors in a circuit. They build circuits using a variety of circuit diagrams to test their predictions.
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Teeth and Eating

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore animal diets and teeth. In this animal science lesson, students view photos of animals and their teeth. Students identify the type of diet the animal has based on the teeth. Students are introduced to the terms...
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Block and Tackle

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students simulate block and tackles to lift heavy objects. They lift cargo by hand with the whip and the two-fold purchase to simujlate what crew members do aboard ships. They measure the effort and distance pulled for a gun tackle, luff...
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Thinking Fountain: Friction

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Thinking Fountain provides this simple experiment for understanding friction and it relationship to energy.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: All About Forces

For Students 3rd - 8th
Forces are everywhere. Learn what they are, the characteristics of forces, different kinds of forces, and factors that affect them.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Forces in 1 Dimension

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time....
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Forces and Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the forces at work when you try to push a filing cabinet. Create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the cabinet. Charts show the forces, position, velocity, and acceleration vs. time.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Forces and Motion: Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the forces at work when pulling against a cart, and pushing a refrigerator, crate, or person. Create an applied force and see how it makes objects move. Change friction and see how it affects the motion of objects.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: You Nailed It! Hammering Force for Different Types of Wood

For Students 6th - 8th
This Science Buddies project explains how to build a mechanism that will reproducibly swing a hammer so you can determine the amount of force needed to hammer a nail through various densities of wood. The Science Buddies project ideas...
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Visualizing Forces on an Incline

For Students 9th - 10th
This program gives students a visual representation of the forces on a block that is on an inclined plane. The students can watch how force gravity, force normal, and force friction change as the angle of the plane changes. Students can...
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Indian Ocean: What Kind of Natural Forces Do We Recognize?

For Students K - 1st
Learn about forces (push or pull), gravity, and friction in this module by training dolphins.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Friction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students learn what causes friction, what factors affect friction, and how it is calculated.

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