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- 8th
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Students, in groups, take on the role of either Biologist, Chemist, Health Scientist, or Economist. They complete a webquest in which they must decide what to do about a problem concerning the effects of acid rain. They make a PowerPoint presentation. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 6th
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Students discuss procedure to mount insects. They choose an insect to mount. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students discuss Newton's Second Law of Motion. They conduct experiments to observe Newton's Second Law of Motion. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students explore part of Newton's First Law of Motion involving inertia. They discover that an object in motion remains in motion unless acted upon. They write up the results of the experiment in teams. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students experiment to observe the Law of Motion that addresses objects at rest remaining at rest until acted upon. They investigate what happens when a piece of paper is pulled out quickly from under a can of soda. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students explore an object's center of gravity. They investigate how it affects a wheel as it goes up a hill. They write a short paper summarizing the investigation. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students explore how exhaust in a rocket boat pushing out the back pull the boat forward, just as Newton's Third Law of Motion states. They use a hollow aluminum tube as their "rocket." Full Review »
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- 2nd - 3rd
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Students create a simple instrument to measure the rate of acceleration of a car they are traveling in. They realize that Newton's Second Law of Motion defines what happens when a force acts on an object. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students suspend a pendulum in an open area. They measure the length of the swings of the pendulum. They calculate the period of one swing. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how changing one variable while others are held constant changes an engineering experiment. They investigate the performance of a paper airplane as they change one variable while keeping other constant. They study processes that engineers use for design. Full Review »
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