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Changes in Heat

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A thorough PowerPoint provides information related to changes in heat. The contrast between day and night temperatures is included. The concepts of boiling and freezing are also covered. Insulators and conductors are presented as well.
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Matter

For Students 2nd - 4th
Teach your English leaners about the states of matter while they practice printing skills. For this worksheet, class members trace the 14 given statements about the states and properties of matter. You might pair this with another...
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Alka Rockets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design a paper rocket propelled by Alka-Seltzer and water to demonstrate Newton's third law of motion. They, in pairs, determine the best combination of Alka-Seltzer and water to produce the maximum launch height and record...
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Science Lessons that Create the Right Chemistry!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Mix it up in your classroom with some chemistry investigations!
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Sweet Science: How Sugar Molecules are Manipulated in Candy Making

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate how heat affect sugar solutions. In this science lesson, students compare the sweetness of different types of sugars. They research the development of sugar and create a timeline.
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Mixing It Up!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the different states of matter. In this science lesson, 3rd graders describe the different components of solutions and mixtures. They create emulsions, foams and suspensions in the lab.
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Fluid Thinking About Liquids and Solids

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the physical characteristics of the different states of matter. In this chemistry lesson, 2nd graders observe how matter changes from one phase to another. They classify substances according to its type of matter.
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Disposable Diaper Comparison and Mystery Powder Identification

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners investigate which diaper is the most absorbent. In this chemistry lesson, students calculate how much water is absorbed by diapers. They identify an unknown powder based on physical and chemical properties.
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The Nature of Chemical Change: Acting Out an Example

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify the signs that a chemical reaction took place. In this chemistry lesson, students role play the movement of different molecules of matter. They classify matter according to their properties.
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Trash Inventions

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders develop a plan to recycle trash. In this environmental science lesson, 2nd graders sketch their invention and construct it. They present the final product in class.
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Funny Putty, Serious Stuff

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students make putty and explore its properties. In this colloids lesson, students identify the properties of solids, liquids, and gases. Then, they create a collide and examine its unique properties.
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Heat and Matter

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore liquids and solids by conducting in class experiments. For this matter lesson, students define the properties of matter and how heat can change those properties. Students experiment with heating objects such as butter...
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Mixtures of Matter

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students experiment with mixtures of matter. In this matter lesson plan, students investigate which liquids form a solution when mixed together and which do not. Students also identify which solids can be separated from matter.
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Solutions and Suspensions

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore matter by conducting an in class demonstration. In this liquid mixture lesson, students identify the difference between a solution in which a solid dissolves into liquid, and a suspension where the solid doesn't dissolve...
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Storms and Extreme Weather

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars explore hurricanes and tornadoes by conducting an experiment. In this weather pattern lesson, students define many extreme weather vocabulary terms and discuss the relationship with static electricity. Young scholars...
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Rain and Rainbows

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the weather system by analyzing water properties. In this precipitation lesson, students review weather related vocabulary terms and discuss how rainbows are created by light hitting droplets at the right time. Students...
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What is a Community?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write sentences in a graphic organizer about communities and what they include.  In this community lesson plan, 2nd graders will also draw a picture based on their description.  
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What's The Scoop?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the properties of matter.  In this cross curriculum three states of matter science lesson, students listen to the poem "Eighteen Flavors" by Shel Silverstein, and predict what will happen if listed ingredients are...
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Mixtures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners experiment with solutions.  In this mixtures and solutions science instructional activity, students work in groups of three to perform an experiment. Learners place a sugar cube in three glasses, and observe and record the...
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Making Ice Cream

For Teachers 1st
First graders create ice cream in class.  In this matter lesson plan, 1st graders discover solids, liquids and gases and the properties of each.  Students produce a batch of ice cream in class using household items.
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Gases, Liquids and Solids, evaporate, shape volume,

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct an online experiment to discover what happens to solids, liquids and gases in different temperatures. For this states of matter lesson, students get into pairs and work in a virtual laboratory to manipulate heating and...
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Bubble Trouble

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a bubble blowing contest. In this chemistry lesson, students work in teams to make the best bubbles. Students adjust the bubble solution to improve their bubbles.
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Mixing Colors

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students understand why we see various colors. In this mixing colors lesson plan, students experiment with different food coloring to explore how colors are made. Students record on a data sheet the colors they see.
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Eating Right with a Little Help From the VT

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the food pyramid. In this nutrition lesson, students identify the 5 food groups and sort foods according to the group in which they belong. Students use the Visual Thesaurus to complete a food groups worksheet and...