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Keeping Healthy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review what the heart does and why the muscles in the body need oxygen. As a class, they measure their pulse rate while they are resting and after they have jogged for three minutes. They are helped by their teacher to convert...
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Curated OER

Grouping and Changing Materials

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students feel and observe different types of materials. Using the internet, they sort objects based on the materials they are made from and justify their reasons for putting it in a certain category. They identify objects that could...
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Using electricity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore how a switch can be used to break a circut. Students construct a simple series circuit and use it for a purpose. Students read the "The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch,or one of the "Katie Morag" stories which clearly shows...
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Curated OER

Helping plants grow well

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the effect of water, temperature and light on plant growth. Students are asked if they remember the LAW for plants. This is Light, Air(temperature) and Water, which all plants need for growth. Students are divided...
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Life cycles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and explain the parts of a flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed dispersal, and germination. Students recap the following information: that plants need light, warmth,...
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils identify how the pitch of an instrument can be altered. They complete a worksheet by labeling several images in order of pitch and then fill a bottle with water to create a sound that matches a pitch on a drawn card.
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Gases Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in a whole class discussion about solids, liquids, and gases. Students get involved in a teacher-directed experiment related to solids, liquids, and gases. Students complete worksheet, writing the names of the parts...
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Changing State

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify the changing states of water, water vapor and ice in the water cycle They investigate how each of these stages can be reversible. Students complete a worksheet describing the water cycle.
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Curated OER

Circuits And Conductors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students predict the common classroom items, such as paper clips, chalk, keys, or erasers, that will be good conductors in a circuit. They build circuits using a variety of circuit diagrams to test their predictions.
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Teeth and Eating

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore animal diets and teeth. For this animal science lesson, students view photos of animals and their teeth. Students identify the type of diet the animal has based on the teeth. Students are introduced to the terms...
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Toys in Space

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Studentsexplore how gravity affects the operation of toys and simple machines. They watch a video and experiment with simple machines.
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Curated OER

Secrets in a Grain of Sand

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students working in small groups examine beach sand to discover signs of erosion, weathering, ocean currents and waves. They present their findings to the class.
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Curated OER

Mystery Card 3

For Teachers K - 12th
Students will make a circuit on a mystery card. They will connect wires, bulbs, and battery to form an electrical tester. After students learn how to make one following the directions, they can create their own mystery card by...
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Curated OER

Harnessing Solar Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify the properties of light from the sun. In groups, they participate in experiments with solar collectors, cookers and calculators to determine which one harnesses the most energy. They record their observations...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Magnetic Force?

For Students 9th - 10th
An article defining what magnetic force is and how to calculate it.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Electric and Magnetic Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
Given diagrams, illustrations, or descriptions, students will identify examples of electric and magnetic forces.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: May the Magnetic Force Be With You

For Teachers 11th - 12th
This lesson begins with a demonstration of the deflection of an electron beam. Students then review their knowledge of the cross product and the right hand rule with sample problems. After which, students study the magnetic force on a...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Magnetic Force Field: Calculating Magnetic Pull

For Teachers K - 1st
In this classroom activity, the learners will investigate the magnetic pull of a bar magnet at varying distances with the use of paper clips. Students will hypothesize, conduct the experiment, collect the data, and draw conclusions that...
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The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: Ms Ps2 3: Electric and Magnetic Forces

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-PS2-3: electric and magnetic forces.
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Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Magnetized

For Students 2nd - 7th
A unit all about magnets! Explore magnetic forces, types of magnets, and more through these informative activities.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Magnetic Force Three Wires Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the idea of the force between straight current-carrying wires in this magnetic force simulation. See if you can rank the wires from largest to smallest based on the magnitude of their currents.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Force on a Current Carrying Wire

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use a simple set up consisting of a current carrying wire and a magnet to explore the forces which enable biomedical imaging. In doing so, students run a current through a wire and then hold magnets in various positions to...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Magnets

For Students 7th - 9th
A module that uses pictures, videos, reading passages, and review question to go over what a magnet and magnetic pole are, and how magnetic force is related to magnetic field. This site may require free registration to access all...
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The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: 3 Ps2 3: Electric and Magnetic Forces

For Students 3rd - 4th
Learn about cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.

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