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Serc: Minnehaha Falls: Observing Changes in Nature Through Drawing and Writing
Students will take a nature field trip to practice their observational skills and then communicate their findings through drawing, writing, and sharing.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Changing Sines
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduced students to the various parameters used in graphing the elementary sine function. Technology use is very heavy, as students are encouraged to graph different sinusoidal...
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Serc: Learning Observation Skills Through Studying Solids, Liquids, and Gases
During this lesson, learners will practice observing, question writing, and answer generating based on taking part in experiments. Students will work with different substances to observe changes in liquids, solids, and gases.
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University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Hitting Home: Climate Change in Colorado [Zip]
Students examine and interpret varied observational data sets to determine whether climate change is occurring in Colorado.
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Serc: Our Big Backyard: How Does Our Local Ecosystem Change During the Year?
Get students observing the environment around their school with this activity. In this lab experiment, students keep a journal containing written observations and digital pictures of how local flora and fauna change during the school year.
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The Geological Society: Climate Change: Evidence From the Geological Record
In this statement, The Geological Society describes the changes that are happening to the global climate in terms of what evidence has been observed in our geological history. For example, what happened during past events of rapid...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Moon's Changing Appearance in the Sky: Lesson Plan
Observe how the Moon appears to change in the sky over time in this GBH lesson plan. Students will observe and use evidence from media to describe and record how the Moon appears to change. The media in this lesson plan includes a...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fast and Slow Changes on Earth's Surface
Observe fast and slow events that change the face of Earth's surface with this slideshow. Students will use evidence from videos and images to describe how changes on Earth's surface can happen quickly or slowly. Students will have the...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Systems: Wind and Water Change Earth's Surface
Observe how wind and water reshape the face of Earth's surface with these slideshows. Students will use evidence from videos and images to observe and describe how wind and water contribute to natural events that are constantly reshaping...
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Serc: Investigation of a Mealworm
A lab activity where students make observations about mealworms to form questions and decide what direction their investigation will take. While studying mealworms, students will choose a variable to change to observe changes to the...
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Serc: Classifying Chemical and Physical Changes in Various Materials/substances
In this classroom lab, students will investigate the characteristics of a chemical change. Students will also provide a definition of what constitutes a physical change through observation of several examples. Students will use/create...
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Serc: Mn Step: Seasonal Changes of a Tree
For this activity, young scholars adopt a tree in the schoolyard and observe it throughout the year, recording the changes that they notice as the seasons pass. They will learn about the parts of the tree and notice how the tree is used...
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Serc: Chemical Changes: Reacting an Acid and Base
In this chemistry lab, students will investigate chemical changes that occur when acids and bases react. It is meant to introduce the concepts of chemical changes, gases have mass, conservation of mass, and balancing equations. Students...
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Serc: Observing,describing, Measuring Changing Physical Prop: Making Ice Cream
Students will create an endothermic chemical reaction by making ice cream. They will observe, describe, and measure the ingredients. After making ice cream, students will measure the temperature of the ice cream and the ice/salt mixture....
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Serc: Observing Living and Nonliving Components of an Ecosystem With a Partner
In this biology field lab, students will observe a square foot area of an ecosystem surrounding our elementary school. The students will keep a journal to record the physical elements of the ecosystem which they will visit monthtly. The...
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Serc: Observing the Effect of Temperature on Change of State and Gas Pressure
This lab serves as a short introduction to both changes in state and air pressure/the gas laws. The students will heat a small amount of water in an aluminum can. They will then invert it in a bucket of cold water and crush the can using...
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Serc: Winogradsky Column Unit: Chemical and Physical Change
This two-part lesson explores chemical change using Winogradsky Columns. Part 1 constructs student concepts concerning chemical and physical changes. Part 2 asks students to compare physical versus chemical changes and observe chemical...
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Serc: Investigating Changes of State: Chemical and Physical Changes
For this chemistry lab, students will investigate, observe, and describe a variety of chemical and physical changes in matter. They will understand that this is part of everyday life.
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Serc: Observations & Interpretations: Engaging Students in Classroom Experiments
Use this method to emphasize and clarify for students the importance of differentiating between observations and interpretations, and qualitative and quantitative observations. Students will learn how a hypothesis may change as new...
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Serc: Changes in a Monarch's Life Cycle
Students will observe and work with monarch larva. Once they have experienced the life cycle we will go outside to observe milkweed and identify the stages of monarch that are seen on the plant. Back inside the classroom we will discuss...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Observing Living and Non Living Components of an Ecosystem With a Partner
For this activity students will observe a square foot of an ecosystem surrounding our elementary school. They will keep a journal to record the physical elements of their area. It will include both written details and drawings. They will...
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Serc: Chemical Changes and Healthy Bodies All From Snot!
For this demonstration, students observe the properties of "snot"; determine any changes within the "snot"; record and discuss their findings. This demonstration is done within a unit on the respiratory system. It leads to lively...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plix: Penny Oxidation: Observation
[Free Registration/Login Required] Observe how oxidation can change the color of an object with this page. Page also includes a short quiz.
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Serc: Growing Crystals Physical and Chemical Changes
Students conduct a controlled experiment resulting in the growth of salt crystals. They will use their skills of observation to document what goes into the experiment and what comes out, and what they have learned of physical and...