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The Many Faces of Energy

For Students 8th - 10th
In this energy learning exercise, students are given a table of the many measurements of energy. They solve 6 problems converting from one measurement of energy to another using the conversion factors given.
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Acceleration 2

For Students 8th - 10th
In this acceleration instructional activity, students experiment with varying amounts of mass to observe the effects on the force needed to move an object. Students apply Newton's Second Law of Motion to describe the relationship between...
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The Relationship Between Salinity and the Density of Water

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate density and salinity of water. In this density and salinity lesson plan, students find the density of objects and liquids and show the relationship between the salinity and density of water. Students add salt to...
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My Car Has Potential

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate how changes in the mass or height of a ramp can affect the change in potential energy. They discuss the concepts of work and energy, then using the four question strategy, they design an experiment that...
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Eating Through the Metric System

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders convert measurements in recipes to metric measurements and prepare the food items. They create a metric measurement cookbook.
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Angles: Angles, Angles, Everywhere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice estiminating and measuring angles. After watching a short video, they identify angles in objects in the classroom and their homes. In groups, they participate in activities in which they are given a scenerio and are...
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Finding Concentration

For Students 9th - 12th
In this determining concentration worksheet, students are given the equations to find the concentration of a solution in grams per milliliter, to determine the concentration in parts per million, to determine percent mass and percent...
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Forces and Motion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to analyze gravity as an universal force. They are able to demonstrate ways that simple machines can change force. Students are able to determine how the force of friction retards motion. They are able to describe...
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Density as a Unique Physical Property

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners find the density of objects by finding their mass and their volume. In this density lesson plan, students determine the mass of objects, the find the volume by using formulas or by water displacement and they calculate the...
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Metric Conversions

For Students 7th - 9th
In this metric conversions worksheet, students solve 31 problems by converting from one unit of measurement in the metric system to another unit of measurement in the metric system.
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Acceleration 1

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this acceleration worksheet, students use weights to increase the mass affecting the force on moving objects. Students plot a graph of their data and answer 3 questions about how the acceleration of the toy skateboard used in the...
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Rates of Reaction: Indigestion Remedies

For Students 9th - 12th
In this reactions learning exercise, students compare the reaction of two different indigestion tablets with dilute hydrochloric acid and plot the mass loss results against time. Then, they complete five short answer questions.
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Metric System Notes

For Students 7th - 9th
In this metric system learning exercise, students complete notes on measurements used in the metric system, the metric system prefixes and estimates of measurements of length in centimeters.
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Black Holes...V

For Students 9th - 12th
In this black hole worksheet, learners read about the black hole in the center of the Milky Way Galaxy called Sagittarius A and observe a Chandra image of the area where the black hole exists. Students solve two problems which include...
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Moles, Moles, Moles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate moles and measure out a mole by mass and volume. In this mole lesson plan, students observe demonstrations of quantities of substances that measure 1 mole. Students use a solid aluminum block and ruler to measure the...
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Why Do Things Fall?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this universal gravitation worksheet, students fill in the blanks to complete sentences with 11 given terms about gravity, inertia, acceleration, mass and force. Students also answer 7 questions about mass, weight and force.
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Modifying Viscosity of Egg Yolk

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate the effects of substances on the viscosity of egg yolks. In this viscosity lesson plan, students separate egg yolks from their albumen and then add different masses of albumen back to each egg yolk. They measure the...
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Why Cheerios Don't Sink

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate Archimedes' Principle and show how it relates to density. In this Archimedes' Principle lesson plan, students experiment with a beaker of water, a Styrofoam "boat" and a weight. They predict what will happen when the...
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Air Is there

For Teachers K - 5th
Students experiment to observe air and its mass.  For this air lesson, students use the scientific method to complete experiments that demonstrate the properties of air. Students view a video as follow-up.
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Crystallization

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze physical change in mass. In this chemistry lesson, 8th graders describe, measure and calculate the amount of physical change occurring in mass before and after the change. Students should be familiar with elements,...
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Acceleration, Drag, Gravity, Motion, Forces, and Friction

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders build and run mousetrap cars in order to measure distance, time, and mass for their cars. They use these measurements to calculate average speed and kinetic energy, then create a slide show to visually explain how the car...
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Metrics

For Students 8th - 10th
In this metric worksheet, students read about the metric system and British system of measurement. They answer 58 questions about the metric system and convert from one unit of measurement to another.
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Diaper Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare the absorbency of a regular diaper and a swim diaper in fresh water and salt water. For this absorbency lesson plan, students mass the diapers and place them in water and determine the change in mass. They do the same...
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Kinetic Energy and Voltage

For Students 8th - 10th
In this kinetic energy and voltage worksheet, students use the formula that relates the kinetic energy of a particle to its voltage to answer 3 questions. Students manipulate the equation to solve for the speed of particles given...

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