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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Experiment: What's the Shape of a Magnetic Field?

For Students 9th - 10th
See drawing from Hans Christian Orsted's lab notebook showing an experiment in which an electric charge passing through a wire seemed to create a magnetic field!
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: 2 Day Investigating Soil Samples: Observing and Identifying Soils

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This description of this activity is a 2-day lesson: Day 1, Field Lab, Day 2, and Classroom Investigation. In this field lab, children working in groups will collect 3 samples of soil from different locations. Each sample will be placed...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Puns and Punctuation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
For this lesson plan, students will examine some Tom Swiftie dialogue puns, paying special attention to their punctuation. First in groups and then as individuals, students will create their own Tom Swiftie puns for their writer's...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: An Investigation Into Geologic Mapping: Quarry Park

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this geology field lab, students will map an area around Quarry 12 and Quarry 13 in Quarry Park. Using a field notebook, students will take field observations to later produce a basic geologic map, topographic map, and a...