Center Science Education
Investigating the Climate
What do graphs of atmospheric gases over time show us? Do they indicate that carbon sources and carbon sinks are not in balance? Up-and-coming meteorologists watch video clips, read information, and analyze data from the HIPPO...
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Layers of the Earth
In this layer of the earth worksheet, students label and color each layer of the earth. Then students are asked to describe each layer below.
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Combinatorial Chemistry—Chemistry Now
Finding new drugs has been likened to finding a needle in a haystack. How do pharmaceutical companies do it? One of a small series of four informative leaflets examines combinatorial chemistry, the method at the forefront of new drug...
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Exponents: Scientific Notation
In this scientific notation instructional activity, 9th graders solve and complete 8 various problems related to exponents and writing scientific notation of numbers. First, they write whole numbers, decimals, and other types of numbers...
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Scientific Notation and Metric Prefixes
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students convert between scientific and standard notation and examine the link between scientific notation and the metric system prefixes. The five page worksheet contains five multi-part...
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Working With Hypotheses
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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Basic Troubleshooting Strategies
In this circuits worksheet, students are given 15 different scenarios to troubleshoot using the scientific method. Topics include electrical lights, "network" power cabling, gas pipelines and stereo systems.
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Plant Processes
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers explore why plants grow in a certain direction by asking a question and using the scientific method to perform the lab.
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Scientific Methods in Biology
In this scientific methods instructional activity, students will review the steps necessary in testing a hypothesis including the types of reasoning and variables involved. This instructional activity has 6 terms in a crossword puzzle...
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Scientific Notation
In this algebra worksheet, students identify the correct method to write positive and negative exponents. They solve word problems and write in scientific notation. There are 21 questions with an answer key.
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Investigating the Effect of Minerals on Plant Growth
How do different minerals affect the growth of plants? Budding botanists find out in a multi-week experiment that has them using solutions with specific mineral deficiencies. While there is a lot of preparation for the investigation,...
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Observations and Inference
What's the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations? Learners make observations, inferences, and predictions about their environment with a set of questions and activities that are applicable to either language...
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Scientific Method
In this Scientific Method instructional activity, students identify controls, variables and conclusions given experiment descriptions. Students interpret data given in charts.
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Conductors and Insulators Experiment
In this conductors and insulators experiment worksheet, students follow the procedures to set up an experiment that tests which common materials are conductors or insulators.
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Pulleys Experiment
In this pulleys experiment worksheet, students follow the procedures to set up an experiment with one and two pulleys, a rope, bucket and load.
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Separating Solids Experiment
For this separating solids experiment worksheet, students follow the procedures to find what physical properties could be used to separate a mixture of pepper, salt, sand and iron filings.
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Digestion Experiment
In this digestion experiment worksheet, students follow the procedures to set up an experiment about stomach digestion using pH paper to test for acidity.
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Fly Away Moon Experiment
In this fly away moon experiment instructional activity, students follow the procedures to demonstrate the effects of gravity on the earth and the moon.
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The Big Freeze
In this lab activity worksheet, students record the time it takes for an ice cube to melt in three different situations. After collecting data they design a container that will keep an ice cube in a solid state for as long as possible.
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My Science Journal
In this scientific method learning exercise, students complete a ten page science journal that could be used for any investigation. Included are pages for question, hypothesis, materials, procedure, observations, data, diagram and...
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Milk and Monarch Butterfly Mania Journal Entry
In this milk and monarch butterfly mania journal entry worksheet, students write a scientific journal entry about the milkweed plant, using the information from another linked website. This worksheet includes many links to other...
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Bluebirds Project
For this bluebirds project worksheet, students are given directions on completing a project about bluebirds including measurements, scientific method questions, data entry, and more. Students complete 15 exercises.
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Cells
In this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to examine the number of cells in animals and then respond to 3 short answer questions.
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Measuring Relative Humidity: A Psychrometer
In this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to examine the temperature reading of wet and dry thermometers and then respond to 5 questions.