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Set the Stage

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students observe evaporation in a controlled environment. Evaporation is the change of liquid water into water vapor (a gas). The rate of evaporation is determined by many factors such as air temperature and humidity, liquid temperature...
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Water & Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate the properties of water. In this states of water lesson, students explore how water goes from liquid to solid and back to liquid again. Learners use measurement, observation, and communication to describe the change.
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Making Layered Hail Stones

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how hail forms in the atmosphere, why hailstones are layered, and what accretion is. They also learn what supercooled liquids are.
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Density Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils use an Excel spreadsheet to calculate the density various liquids. They take pictures of their results.
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HIV/AIDS & Other STDs, Day 3: HIV/AIDS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the characteristics of HIV and AIDS. They identify the liquids in which the disease is found and how it can be transmitted. They examine healthy behaviors to keep them from getting the disease.
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How Can We Accurately Make Different Solutions of Different Concentrations?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work together to create different solutions made from different concentrations of liquids. They record and analyze their data. They answer discussion questions to complete the lesson.
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Quick Freeze (Demonstration)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers witness an demonstration in which a bottle of club soda will go from a liquid to a solid when it is opened and the carbon dioxide is allowed to escape. This will help them understand that the freezing point of a solution...
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Floating

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss with the teacher if everything will float in water. They observe a marble and determine whether it will float making predictions as a class. After observing the results, they discover that liquids exert an upward...
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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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Do Some Research: Chemistry 6

For Teachers 6th - 7th
For this chemistry research worksheet, students read the sentence and research in the library or on the Internet to find the answer and then write it on the blue line. Students then write a short report about this topic: the process of...
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Do Some Research: Earth Science 18

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this universe research worksheet, students read the sentence and then use a library or the Internet to find the answer and write it on the blue line. Students then write a short report about this topic: a liquid fuel that forms...
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Do Some Research: Chemistry 10

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this chemistry research activity, students read the sentence and then use a library or the Internet to find the answer and write it on the blue line. Students then write a short report about this topic: a substance, liquid, or gas,...
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the water cycle and states of matter. In this water cycle instructional activity, students observe ice for a period of time and record their observations. Students create a Venn Diagram comparing water in solid form and...
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore what happens to water as it goes from solid to liquid and back. In this state of matter lesson, students observe, measure, and describe water as it changes state.
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Flower Food

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this flower worksheet, students create home made flower preservatives. Ingredients include water, sugar, lemon juice, vinegar, or liquid bleach.
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The Ideal Gas Equation

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, students use the Ideal Gas Equation site by clicking on the New Question button and responding to the question that is presented in the box. From there they determine the value of their answer and enter it...
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students will work in small groups, observing an ice cube and recording a description, the feel of the ice, and how it looks when put in another container. Students observe changes in the ice over 15 minute intervals, then freeze the...
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Investigation: Gas Laws in Action - Propane

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Using helium as an example of propane, physical science middle schoolers experiment with and graph the relationship between temperature and volume in gases. In a whole-class demonstration, they show how molecules behave under different...
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American Chemical Society

Temperature Affects Dissolving

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Stir chocolate drink mix into hot and cold water to see if there is a difference in how quickly it dissolves. Number three in a six-lesson plan unit on dissolving, this installment investigates the effect of temperature. If you consult...
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The Crusty Earth

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Geology rocks — literally! A geology chapter offers eleven activities at four different levels. Scholars enjoy completing hands-on experiments before applying critical thinking skills following a share, process, generalize, apply,...
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Changing State: Melting

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Dry ice is extremely cold — it is -109.3°F or -78.5°C. Scholars observe and explain the molecular motion associated with melting. Then they design their own experiments to speed up the melting process. Finally, a teacher presents a...
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A Whole New World: The Search for Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Scholars find Earth won't support humans much longer and need to identify a planet with water to inhabit. They test four unknown samples and determine which is the closest to water. Then they explain and defend their results.
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Insoluble Paintings

For Teachers K - 12th
Insolubility and density? Yup, it's art class, of course. To create insoluble paintings that continually move and change, kids mix water-based paint with mineral oil and seal the mixture in laminating pouches.
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Buoyancy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Swimmers know to float by turning their bodies horizontally rather than vertically, but why does that make a difference? In an interesting lesson, scholars explore buoyancy and the properties of air and water. They test cups to see which...

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