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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students use glass, plastic, paper and various other materials to investigate the properties of static charge and develop scientific inquiry skills. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students move objects in glasses filled with water by placing magnets on the outside and using a nail-magnet system. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students experiment using common items (balloon, glass jar, water, soap, pencil) to explore the basic principles of air pressure. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students explore how the density of an object is determined and determine what a "physical property" is. They demonstrate how science can be applied to police work. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students take a nature walk and search for organisms. They use magnifying glasses to see things that live on or near the surface of the Earth in land, air, and water. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students, in groups, rotate through a variety of lab stations to explore the properties of cohesion, adhesion and surface tension. They use wine glasses, string, water, cork, soap, food coloring etc. in their labs. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students investigate why two objects cannot occupy the same space. They discover that air trapped in a space fills that space. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students rotate between four stations to examine light energy behavior. They discover how a magnifying glass and prism works. They investigate the polar characteristics of light as well. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students work in teams to solve a variety of challenges involving water. They move an ice cube from one glass to another without touching the ice or the glass. They move water from one glass to another and they estimate the number of stones that will fit into a glass of water. Students complete a lab worksheet. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students are shown the change of state and how water vapor changes to liquid. They use some ice and a glass, students chill the glass to the point where water form the atomsphere condenses on the outside of the glass. Students discuss the three states of matter, gas, liquid, and solid. They are taught that water in our atmosphere exists in threse three states constantly. Full Review »

