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- 4th - 6th
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Students participate in a lesson on chemistry which highlights various molecules - specifically polymers. This demonstration and/or hands-on activity is designed to help students explain polymers and to experience the enjoyment of science. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students participate in a demonstration about the polymer by sticking a needle through a balloon. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students discuss how to accurately measure weather, gather materials in order to make instruments, and build weather instruments in which they measure and record different aspects of weather for a five-day period. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students follow directions to create a marrionette puppet using Styrofoam balls, fishing line and feathers. They practice making it walk, dance, eat food, sit and walk backwards. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students define alternative energy form, design models which show how the energy source can be used, and explain the purpose of dams. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students discuss how the invention of flight changed the way people live today. In groups, they compare and contrast the differences between weight, lift, thrust and drag. Using these principles, they create a glider and propeller with everyday materials to examine the concepts in action. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students explore the relationship that we have with the Sun that is that of day and night. They know that our planet is spinning on an axis. If we stick a knitting needle through the axis line it would stick out at the North and South poles. Students know that one rotation is completed every 23 hours and 56 minutes. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students predict and hypothesize the reasons for wind movement. After viewing a video, they describe the effects of a high and low pressure system and what makes the wind blow. In groups, they construct instruments that measure air pressure and wind speed. They graph and analyze their data through daily observations. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students design and create a compass. They should be do this lesson under adult supervision. They use steel knitting needles or nails, two small corks and a glass bowl. They watch with much enthusiasm what their compass will do next. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students define the terms: magnetism, poles, compass, magnetic field, lines of force, electromagnet. They name two properties shared by all magnets and describe how one magnet will affect another. Full Review »
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