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Activity
Curated OER

Oxidation: Does Iron Burn?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Searching for a fairly easy demonstration of how oxidation triggers rust formation? The demonstration allows high school chemists to witness the rusting of metals, as large and small objects are held into a flame while triggering the...
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Lab Resource
Royal Society of Chemistry

A Solid-Solid Reaction between Lead Nitrate and Potassium Iodide

For Teachers 6th - 11th Standards
Why is it so difficult to make two solid compounds react? Investigate the concepts of particle collisions and rate of reaction using a quick demonstration. The colorful experiment features two plain, white solids combining to form a...
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Lesson Plan
Space Awareness

Seasons Around the World

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Why does Earth experience summer, fall, winter, and spring? Using an informative demonstration, learners see how the angle of the sun on Earth and the rotation of Earth determine the seasons. Scholars work in pairs to learn that the...
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Water Purification by Evaporation and Condensation

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
This easy-to-perform demonstration shows students how the water cycle, specifically the processes of condensation and evaporation, purifies Earth's water supply. Just mix up some water, dirt, and gravel in a glass bowl, place a cup in...
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Teach Engineering

Fun With Nanotechnology

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Introduce your class to nanotechnology applications with three demonstrations that showcase scientific principles related to ferrofluids, quantum dots, and gold nanoparticles. Groups will work more closely with these applications in the...
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Activity
Teach Engineering

Egg Drop

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Don't drop the ball on the resource ... drop an egg instead! A teacher-led demonstration has the class consider how to drop eggs into glasses when a tray is in the way. Hint: If you've ever seen a magician pull a tablecloth off a table,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Smoking Danger Demonstration

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners watch a demonstration to show the harmful effects of smoking. During the demonstration, they discover how tar and nicotine attaches itself to the lungs. They write a brief summary of the demo and what information they gathered...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Demonstration of Ideal Gas Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
You know that liquid nitrogen turns into a gas at room temperature. Place some in a two-liter bottle for a physics demonstration of the ideal gas law. Beware, however; this is a dangerous demonstration! Not to mention that you may not...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Volcanoes-Viscosity Demonstration

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a lesson which demonstrates that volcanism is the process whereby materials formed inside the Earth come out onto the surface. They participate in a simple, yet effective, activity which demonstrates how volcanoes...
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Worksheet
Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Waves and Whistles

For Students 6th - 9th
Wave goodbye to the same old demonstrations for alternative energy sources, and wave hello to this one investigating ocean waves! Using a water bottle to create an oscillating water column, learners see and possibly hear how the...
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Lake Afton Public Observatory

Shadows, Angles, and the Seasons

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Shine some light on the topic of seasonal change with this collection of activities. Whether it's by measuring the change in the length of their shadows, or modeling the earth's orbit around the sun using a lamp and a globe, these simple...
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Lesson Plan
Baylor College

How Much Water Do Humans Need?

For Teachers K - 5th
Physical or life science learners measure the amounts of water eliminated by intestines and the urinary system, and the amounts lost via respiration and perspiration. In doing so, they discover that the body's water must be replenished...
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Activity
Education Outside

Earth as an Apple

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
An apple is used to demonstrate the tiny percentage of the earth's surface that can be used to grow food. Complete directions and discussion questions are included in the packet.
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Lesson Plan
Beyond Benign

What's In a Window?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Take a peek inside a window to heat efficiency. Scholars watch a demonstration to investigate how heat dissipates from several different cups of hot water. Scholars then relate the exchange to how heat escapes from the windows of a...
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Lab Resource
Colorado State University

Why Does the Wind Blow?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Without wind, the weather man wouldn't have much to talk about! Blow away your junior meteorologists with a creative demonstration of how wind works. The activity uses an empty soda bottle and compressible Styrofoam peanuts to illustrate...
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Lesson Plan
National Park Service

Weather Patterns of the Pacific Ocean

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
How do oceans affect weather patterns? Learners define vocabulary associated with dew point, topographical lifting, condensation, and formation of clouds and precipitation as they explore the weather in the Pacific Northwest. They also...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fighting for Control

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Engage your class in a class discussion examining and defend different sides of an argument about whether the Environmental Protection Agency should have the legal authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. They will have to...
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PPT
Curated OER

Los Adjectivos Demonstrativos

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Begin your lesson on demonstrative adjectives with this quick PowerPoint. It includes eight slides with a definition, examples, and twelve practice questions. What a great resource!
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Demonstrative Adjectives Quiz

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this demonstrative adjectives quiz activity, learners read about adjectives, then complete a quiz, filling in blanks with appropriate demonstrative adjectives, completing multiple choice questions, and filling in blanks in sentences.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Demonstrative Pronouns

For Students 4th - 6th
In this demonstrative pronouns worksheet, students identify demonstrative pronouns in sentences. In this short answer and fill in the blank worksheet, students write fourteen answers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

DEMONSTRATING AN EPIDEMIC

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers experience a small scale "epidemic," demonstrating the ease with which disease organisms are spread, and enables the student to determine the originator of the "epidemic." They transfer live bacteria by hand contact, then...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Allow Me to Demonstrate…

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the causes, actions and results of different demonstrations from around the world in modern history.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Not So Personal Pronouns

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
There are six types of pronouns to explore! Put on your thinking hat and read about each type: demonstrative, indefinite, intensive, interrogative, and reflexive. This worksheet comes with two pages of explanations and examples, and it...
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Interactive
Chemistry Collective

Chemical Potential: Staircase Demonstration

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
It's all uphill from here! Scholars examine the pattern of random particle motion up a staircase. The simulation shows how the linear increase in energy corresponds to an exponential decrease in particle concentration.

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