Columbus Teaching Resources :: 793

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Cosi Columbus: Rubberband Rollback

For Students 3rd - 8th

A simple experiment that explores potential and kinetic energy involving the use of a can, a rubber band, some washers, and other everyday materials. Discover why the can rolls forward, then back.

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Cosi Columbus: Strange Soap

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

Investigate the behavior of a soapy bubble solution, and find out why bubbles move, and ultimately pop.

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Cosi Columbus: Sidewalk Chalk

For Teachers 3rd - 8th

Make your own sidewalk chalk, and learn about chemical reactions. During the procedure, feel the heat as energy is released in an exothermic reaction.

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Cosi Columbus: What's the Buzz?

For Students 3rd - 8th

Investigate what causes sound, and discover how to create different pitches. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of vibration.

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Cosi Columbus: Weight for It!

For Students 3rd - 8th

Science experiment that demonstrates how balances work. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how to compare the weight of different objects.

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Cosi Columbus: Coffee Filter Rainbows

For Students 3rd - 8th

Science experiment that demonstrates chromotography. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what happens with different colors when they are soaked with water.

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Science experiment in which you make a hovercraft, a machine that uses compressed air to do work, from a paper cup. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how air flow can minimize friction and cause...

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Cosi Columbus: Clues About Clouds

For Students 3rd - 8th

Science experiment that simulates how clouds are formed. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what must happen in the atmosphere for cloud formation to occur.

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Cosi Columbus: Catapult

For Students 3rd - 8th

Science experiment that demonstrates how energy is transferred. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how the tension in the catapult causes an object to travel far.

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Cosi Columbus: Can You Stand the Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th

Science experiment that demonstrates the four states or phases of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how you change water from a liquid state to a gaseous...

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Si Spain: The Discovery of America

For Students 9th - 10th

This resource describes the political events that preceded the Spanish to support efforts by Christopher Columbus to head west across the Atlantic.

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Digital History: European Commercial and Financial Expansion

For Students 9th - 10th

An interesting look at the support for Portuguese exploration by the bankers of Germany and Italy. See how Christopher Columbus' desires for riches was stoked by Portuguese trading posts in the Atlantic.

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