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The Causes of Differences in Density
Students explore how density changes. Students read an article on density. They observe a ball and ring demonstration and discuss the outcome. Students draw models of the demonstration and explain what happened.
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Science Quiz-Grade 6
In this grade 6 science quiz worksheet, 6th graders complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 6 concepts.
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Sensational Seasons
Second graders explore how seasonal weather patterns affect temperature and their lives.
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The Energy of Music
Students discover how engineers use sound energy. They participate in hands-on activities in which they discover how we know sound exists. They identify different pitches and frequencies as well.
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Air Pollution: Visible and Invisible
Fourth graders work together to complete an experiment on air pollution. They identify visible and invisible forms of pollution. They gather their data in notebooks and analyze their results to end the lesson.
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Can You Get A Charge Out Of Matter?
Students observe and demonstrate how objects can be charged positively and negatively and how static electricity works. They observe a teacher-led demonstration, and in small groups rotate through various static electricity activities,...
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Air and Water in the Environment
Second graders participate in a three part lesson plan in which they identify and describe forms of moisture in the environment. Part one of the lesson plan involves the three stages of the water cycle, part two focuses on creating...
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Tomography
In this tomography worksheet, learners read about how tomography is used to help oceanographers learn more about the Earth's surface below the ocean. Students complete 3 short answer questions based on the reading.
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Reaction Kinetics
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students determine the reaction rate for various reactions, write balanced equations, create graphs showing the reaction over time, and calculate the activation energy and potential energy. This...
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Ocean Vocabulary
In this vocabulary worksheet, students match words related to the ocean to their definitions. Worksheet is labeled as a quiz, but may be used as review/practice.
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Water Chemistry
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of water chemistry. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students also consider an experiment to observe how water has the abiility to exist as three different...
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Chocolate Asphalt Cookies
Students investigate basic engineering principles, road construction and material science through a unique and fun hands-on activity.
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Funny Putty
Students study that colloids are mixtures which display the properties of more than one of these states.
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Water 2: Disappearing Water
Students will observe the amount of water in an open container over time and also examine the amount of water in a closed container over time. They then will compare and contrast the sets.
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Daily Survival Requirements of Water
Students will use inquiry science to complete an investigation. They create hypotheses predicting the changes water undergoes in becoming ice and determine how much ice needs to be melted to create one 8 oz. glass of water.
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Float or Sink?
Students examine why some objects float while others do not. They place various objects in water to observe their floating capability. Students record the object, its weight, and if the object floated. They construct a graph plotting...
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Mixing Up Magic
Students explore the relationship between art and science through experimenting with color, design and recycled materials and creating their own art work.
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Solvents
In this solvents pre-lab worksheet, students describe the difference between a polar and non-polar solvent and also the dangers associated with hexanes and iodine. This worksheet has 12 short answer questions.
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Coefficient of Kinetic Friction and Surface Area
Young scholars investigate coefficient of friction with respect to surface area and applied force in contact with the sliding force.
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Air Pollution: Visible And Invisible
Fourth graders observe air pollution that is visible and invisible with experimentation. During the experiment the students collect data that needs analysis. The observations are recorded in the lab journal. The data also is represented...
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The Same But Different
Fourth graders identify the characteristics of a simple physical change. They describe objects by the properties of the materials from which they are made. Students discuss the different states of matter and their distinct physical...
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Melting and Freezing of Water
Students differentiate the three states of matter. In this chemistry lesson plan, students analyze graphs of heating and cooling curve of water. They complete a lab report and discuss results.