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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore water as it changes states of matter. In this physical property lesson plan, students use observation, measurement, and communication skills to describe changes in water as it goes from a solid to a liquid and back again.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners examine water. In this chemistry lesson plan, student examine the physical properties of water and how it changes from a liquid to a solid or a gas. This lesson plan contains links to a second and third complimentary lesson plan...
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Water and Ice: Part 1

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe the state changes in water. In this matter lesson, students observe, measure, and describe water as it changes state. Students explore how water can change from a solid to a liquid then back again. They journal their...
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students experiment with water and ice. In this states of matter lesson, students explore how water can change from a solid to a liquid and back again. They discuss and write about the results of the experiment in a science journal.
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Ice Cream in a Bag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe phase change of matter by making ice cream in bags. In this states of matter lesson, students work in pairs to churn their own ice cream in plastic bags. They make predictions about how long it will take for the milk to...
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Mixture Problems

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the concept of mixture problems. In this mixture problem lesson, 9th graders use beads to resemble liquids. Students mix different amounts of beads to create different percentages of mixtures.
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Is Air a Fluid?

For Teachers 2nd - 11th
Students use baking soda, vinegar, matches, and other materials to pour gas. In this air lesson plan, students use the materials to pour gas and learn that air can be a fluid like a liquid.
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Measuring Weight, Mass, and Capacity

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders measure weight, mass, and capacity. In this measurement lesson, 2nd graders model how to measure amounts of liquid by using containers that measure one cup, one pint, and one quart. Students compare the mass of each...
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Lung Capacity

For Students 4th - 8th
In this lung capacity learning exercise, students use straws, funneling, liquids, tubing, and more to test their lung capacity. Students follow 14 sets of directions and analyze their data.
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Measurement word problems

For Students 4th - 8th
In this measurement instructional activity, students complete word problems having to do with measurement in the form of liquid measurement. Students complete 10 multiple choice problems.
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1ST _ Measurement

For Teachers 1st
For this first grade measurement worksheet, 1st graders answer 15 multiple choice questions that include days of the week, months, inches, feet, and liquid measurement.
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Pepper Scatter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the forces that affect the surface tension of water. In this surface tension lesson plan, students use pepper, soap, and liquid detergent to discover the forces.
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How Much Motor Oil Would You Like in Your Bed?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use their understanding of buoyancy to understand the horrible effect of the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Students perform an experiment where they combine three unnatural liquids, and then they are asked various questions to...
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Why Could the Hindenburg Float?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders experiment with floating and sinking objects and heavy and light liquids, using correct terms, like density, to explain what happens.  In this Hindenburg lesson, 10th graders watch a demonstration called the invisible...
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Regular Coke versus Diet Coke, Which is Denser?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the density of liquids. For this geometry lesson, students calculate the volume and differentiate between volume, mass and density. They observe similarity and differences between coke and diet coke.
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Baking Soda Rockets

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students make a baking soda rocket out of vinegar, baking soda, and a soda bottle. In this rockets lesson plan, students discuss the liquid, solid, and gas combination.
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Keep It Hot

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students design and conduct an experiment to explore the insulating abilities of different materials for keeping a liquid in a paper cup warm. A small group of lab partners test four different materials: black paper, white paper,...
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Ice cream in a Bag

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners make ice cream from scratch. They discuss the Food Guide Pyramid and what constitutes healthy and unhealthy food choices. Students experiment states of matter - solids, liquids, and gases. They predict each stage of the ice...
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Rainbow milk

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
This activity explores the sense of sight, nutritional needs, and the importance of milk and dairy in our diet. Students discuss color mixing, surface tension and rainbow milk. Students actively mix three colors of food coloring with...
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Oobleck

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students incorporate within this lesson scientific observations, senses: touch, sound, smell and sight, classification, states of matter and surface tension. Students make a substance and use scientific observations, as well as their...
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Volume

For Students 7th - 8th
In this volume lab worksheet, students are guided through an experiment to determine volume of a liquid. Students determine water displacement. Students use a formula to calculate volume of a solid figure.
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Metrics 1 Word Search

For Students 5th - 6th
For this word search worksheet, students locate words related to the metric system. The word list includes deci, relative, meters, thousandth, and liquid.
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What's In Crude Oil?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the process of fractional distillation. In this chemistry lesson, students perform simple distillation of two liquids. They collect data and share results in class.
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Molecular View of a Solid

For Students 6th - 12th
Why are solids, well ... solid? Take a peek inside a solid substance with an easy-to-use interactive. Science sleuths examine the motion and position of the atoms that make up a solid before drawing conclusions from their observations.

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