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Particle Collection

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars research various substances to test their ability to collect particles from a comets tail. In this inquiry based space science instructional activity, students drop a clay ball into a substance to test if the ball has...
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Teaching Measurement Through Science

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Use these lesson plans to give your students real world practice with measuring distance, mass, and volume.
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Working With Hypotheses

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students examine the topic in order to solidify knowledge covered in the curriculum using puzzles and creative games.
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Let It Roll

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students experiment in order to see how ball bearings work. In this science activity lesson, students conduct an experiment where they make and examine a ball bearing. Students brainstorm other examples of ball bearings and discuss...
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Biospheres

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create models, practice inquiry skills, work with fellow students in teams, and reinforce concepts discussed in class all by using the theme of BIOSPHERES.
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Waterproof Paper

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore matter through the concept of displacement. They perforrm an inquiry experiment with a glass, paper and a bucket to demonstrate that gases take up space.
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Internet Assignment: Ducks

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this creative internet inquiry worksheet, students research, answer and analyze a variety of facts and questions about ducks.
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Hello Summer

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students celebrate the great outdoors and the coming summer break by studying the natural world. In this seasons lesson, students engage in bark rubbing and operate a digital camera to capture outdoor imagery for a collage to help them...
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Non-Compressibility of Water

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars will observe a property of water. In this inquiry-based properties of air activity, students observe how a change in water pressure impacts the positioning of an eye-dropper in the water container and they make hypotheses...
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Looking At Variables

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students predict and test different variables that would effect sugar cubes dissolving in water. In this dissolving lesson plan, students have 4 petri dishes with 4 different variations of sugar cubes and water. They predict which will...
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Bubble Festival

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice scientific inquiry while learning about bubbles. In this lesson about bubbles, students explore characteristics of bubbles. Students move through nine different "bubble" stations following directions and completing an...
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Nano Waterproofing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students experiment to determine a way to waterproof a piece of cotton fabric. In this scientific inquiry lesson, students use reference worksheets to explore  waterproofing and the use of nanotechnology in engineering everyday...
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You Can Die Here – Death Valley California

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students use Google Maps to explore the rain shadow desert. In this climate lesson, students use the Internet, Google Maps, and directed inquiry worksheets to understand how rain shadow deserts form. Students apply climate concepts to...
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Shells: An Investigation

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students observe shells using their five senses. In this scientific inquiry lesson, students examine shells using a hand lens and their five senses. Students complete an included shell data sheet.
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Design a Tornado-Proof Building

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design a tornado-proof building. In this inquiry-based lesson, students demonstrate their knowledge of tornadoes and the damage they can cause by trying to design a building that can withstand a tornado.
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Cell Division: Frog Egg Division Observation and Modeling

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create and test a hypothesis about cell division. After observation of Frog Egg cell division, students write obervations and refine process and hypothesis. The use of scientific method, group work and inquiry are fostered by...
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Photons in the Radiative Zone: Which Way Is Out? An A-Maz-ing Model

For Students 9th - 12th
Can you move like a photon? Young scholars use a maze to reproduce the straight line motion of a photon. The second in a six-part series of lessons on the sun has learners measure angle of incidence and refraction to determine the path...
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The Invisible Sun: How Hot Is It?

For Students 9th - 12th
It's getting hot in here! The first in a series of six lessons has learners model nuclear fusion with a simple lab investigation. Groups collect data and analyze results, comparing their models to the actual process along the way.
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What Living Things Need

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students apply the process of scientific inquiry to explore how living things are dependent on one another for survival. They match animals with their generalized food source. Students predict what happens to the organisms when their...
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What Do Parts Do?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review the components of the scientific inquiry method. In groups, they identify and describe the components and functions of all of the parts of a plant. Using a diagram, they label the parts of the plant chosen and share...
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What's Happening With the Moon?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the process of scientific inquiry. Using this information, they identify the patterns and cycles of the moon as it revolves around the Earth. In groups, they model the phases of the moon from the Earth and Sun's...
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Dude, Who Hit My Car?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss how investigators solve a hit and run accident. For this physical science lesson, students recreate an accident scene using CEENBot. They collect data from the experiment and formulate conclusion.
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Study Jams! Scientific Methods

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Middle school scientists learn the steps of the scientific method by watching this phenomenal film and by singing a karaoke song! They are introduced to making observations and hypotheses, determining variables, data collection, and...
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Survival in the Land of Batzilla

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students experience a guided inquiry into the workings of an ultrasonic motion detector. They are led to study something they cannot see, hear, feel or taste. Students design strategies to avoid becoming prey of the predatory "Batzilla."

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