Making a Miniature Concrete Girder

Using a teacher-built wind tunnel constructed from a paper concrete tube form, a fan, and a balance, individuals determine the amount of drag their rocket design will experience in flight. Pupils make modifications to increase the...

In this limestone instructional activity, students name three sources of calcium carbonate, write the chemical formula, and determine the three elements found in calcium carbonate. This instructional activity has 7 short answer and 3...

What is the difference between cement and concrete? How is Portland cement made? What does it mean to "cure" concrete? Find answers to these questions and more on this very informative site.

Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia entry about concrete that features pictures, diagrams, history and other information, as well as links to related topics.

Students view a video about the historical uses of concrete and explore the difference between cement and concrete. They brainstorm ways that concrete is used today.

What are the pros and cons to having either permeable or impermeable materials for building? How do they affect the environment? Use this role-play and the extension activities to get your environmental scientists thinking about the...

Students demonstrate that setting of plaster and cement is a change, which involves a release of heat energy, use data collected experimentally to construct comparison graphs and analyze the graphs to make predictions about future...

In this materials worksheet, learners will review different types of materials and the structures that can be made using these materials. This worksheet has 7 fill in the blank, 6 matching, 1 short answer, and 6 multiple choice questions.

In this chemistry learning exercise, high schoolers select the answers to 24 fill in the blank questions from the word list provided. They identify the different properties and uses of limestone.

Pupils study gravitational force an.  In this gravitational force lesson students observe a demonstration.