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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Safety in the Science Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, working in groups, write and produce a video on laboratory safety. This can be done as an interdisciplinary activity with the English and/or drama departments.
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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Science for Kids: Chemical and Physical Change

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Engaging hands-on science lessons for grades 2-6 on chemical and physical changes.
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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Science for Kids: Characteristics of Materials

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Engaging hands-on science lessons for grades 2-6 on the properties of different materials.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Practice Investigation Virtual Labs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Two virtual labs offer practice for creating your own or science project: "How Does Your Garden Grow" and "Critters!" Learn how investigations are conducted from the first step to the finished product.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: What Electric Bills Can Tell You About Energy Use

For Students 9th - 10th
This project is a great way to "bring home" the concept of energy use. All you need to get started is a good-sized sample of monthly electric bills from households in your area. Building from this simple beginning, you can ask questions...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Pick This Project!

For Students 6th - 8th
This lab will help you understand the physics of vibrating strings, and find out why the tone of an electric guitar changes when you switch between the different pickups. If playing guitars is a hobby of yours, this experiment makes an...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How to Make a Piano Sing

For Students 9th - 10th
The renowned pianist Vladimir Horowitz once said, "The most important thing is to transform the piano from a percussive instrument into a singing instrument." In this lab, you will learn about sympathetic vibrations, a method used to...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Got Iron? Measure the Concentration of Iron in Water

For Students 3rd - 8th
Iron is an important mineral essential for good health. Iron deficiency can be a problem. In this science fair project, use a simple iron test kit to measure the concentration of iron in water. This experiement is explained clearly and...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Growing a Soil Menagerie

For Students 6th - 8th
Everything on our planet is linked by a giant recycling system called the biogeochemical cycle. How our planet recycles and reuses everything we need to support life is explained by making a miniature biosphere in this lab. You will also...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Bottled Up Buoyancy

For Students 3rd - 8th
Sure you understand what makes submarines cool, they allow us go underwater and explore the sea! But understanding how they function is a completely different matter. This lab will help you investigate how submarines dive and surface by...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Worm Hunt: Isolating Soil Nematodes From Your Backyard

For Students 9th - 10th
Nematodes, also called roundworms, are the most abundant animal on Earth and can be found in your back yard, playgrounds, and many other places. This lab involves isolating nematodes from several soil samples to discover the best...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lab 1: Getting to Know the Cryosphere

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab experiment (in a series of experiments) that explores the cryosphere. In this lab, students will be introduced to the different parts of the cryosphere and their locations. They will also be shown the connections between the...
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Texas A&M University

Texas A&m University: Plants and People Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Extensive lab has students fill out large chart of plant parts, "vegetables", with pictures with information about the scientific name, structure, and origin. Several wrap-up questions are also included to make generalizations about...
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Other

Steve Spangler Science: Shrink Wrap Science

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource demonstrates shrink wrap science.
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Other

Easy Science Experiments: Clouds in a Bottle

For Students 3rd - 8th
How does a cloud form? This resource demonstrates how to create a cloud in a bottle. This makes a great experiment for a science fair project.
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University of Oregon

Virtual Lab: Ideal Gas Law

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive lab investigation shows students in three experiments how the Ideal Gas Law works.
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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Who Wants to Win a Million Dollars?

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer 15 science and math based questions correctly and become a (pretend!) millionaire!
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Other

The Naked Scientists: Online Science Podcast and Science Radio Show

For Students 9th - 10th
An online science radio show and podcast covering STEM topics of technology, medicine, and science. Includes experiment ideas, current scientific research, science news, science book reviews, and so much more.
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Science is Fun

Science Fun: Bernoulli's Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
This simple lab demonstrates Bernoulli's Principle using a balloon, a tennis ball and a hair dryer.
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Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science Bob: The Giant Dry Ice Bubble Sphere

For Students 3rd - 8th
Science Bob presents instructions for making a giant dry ice bubble sphere using common supplies.
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Other

Science Alive: Synthetic vs. Natural: What's the Difference?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the difference between a synthetic compound and one found in its natural state. Uses the example of Percy Julian and Josef Pikl making the compound physostigmine, a medicine that was used in the treatment of glaucoma, in their lab.
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Other

Tea: Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Cold Microbial Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A science lab to determine the optimal temperature for common bacteria to grow. Students will graph their data to analyze and focus on bacteria that live in extreme conditions. To complete this experiment students will perform a gram stain.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Digging Up Dirt: How Paleontologists Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers can download this teaching package that introduces students to the science of paleontology. Fossil formulation and details about the work of paleontologists are discussed. Find out how paleontologists discover, stabilize, and...
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California State University: Biology Labs Online: Leaf Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
A set of virtual experiment assignments where students investigate the process of photosynthesis and how it varies with different types of plants. They will change experimental conditions to see how different factors affect the rate of...

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