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Effect Of Technology on the Environment

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create their own oil spill to explore the various ways in which technology can have a negative impact on the environment. They discuss the daily use of technology and it's ability to be a positive for some groups and a...
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Push or Pull

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover that one way to change how something is moving is to give it a push or a pull. They design their own boats and work with 'The Great Boat Push' worksheet to compare how their boats move when they are pushed or pulled and...
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Solar Oven

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders design two different solar ovens to learn about heat transfer. They investigate the movement of heat between objects by conduction, convection, and radiation. They become aware of things they can't control, like the...
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Erosion: Natural or Unnatural

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore how water has the power to erode, how developing the land (building roads, buildings and parking lots) increases the amount of water reaching our rivers, and how this greater quantity of water increases erosion. They...
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Measuring Calories

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate what a calorie is and how and why we measure them. They conduct an experiment to compare the calories of a peanut and a mini-marshmallow, and explain and discuss how calories are directly related to the amount of...
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Measuring The Diameter of a Star

For Students 9th - 12th
In this space science activity, students find the correct measurements using the tools provided in this lab experiment. The second page is used to record data.
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Acids and Bases

For Students 7th - 12th
In this acids and bases worksheet, students conduct an experiment to determine if solutions are electrolytic or nonelectrolytic. After completing the experiment, students answer 1 short answer question.
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Oxidative Rancidity in Potato Chips

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this oxidative rancidity worksheet, students conduct an experiment on potato chips. Students complete 4 short answer questions upon completing the experiment.
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Periodic Properties Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the periodic properties of elements in the periodic table. In this periodic properties lesson plan, students experiment with elements from the Alkaline Earth Metals, the Halogens, the Transition Metals, and for extra...
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Chemical Elements and Compounds Crossword

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this elements worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by figuring out the vocabulary words associated with the 25 clues given.
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WS 4.7 Writing Chemical Reactions

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students are given fourteen chemical reactions that they must write using chemical formulas for the reactants and products. They balance each equation by placing the proper coefficients in front of...
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WS 3.3 Nomenclature II

For Students 10th - 12th
In this nomenclature learning exercise, students are given twenty-eight compounds to write the formulas for and they are given twenty eight formulas to name. The compounds include covalent compounds, ionic compounds and acids.
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More Mixed Naming Fun!

For Students 9th - 12th
In this naming compounds worksheet, students write the chemical names of 10 ionic or covalent compounds. They also write the chemical formula for 10 ionic or covalent compounds.
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Passing The Heat Along

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders consider conduction. In this science lesson plan, 5th graders explore how heat passes through conductors and examine materials that contain heat.
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The Scientific Method Using Mystery Powders

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students use the scientific method to determine physical and chemical properties of unknown substances. In this scientific method lesson plan, students discuss chemical and physical properties of substances as a class after a...
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Classic Trash

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate how trash is classified and the options to deal with it. In this trash and recycling lesson, students perform an activity to classify trash into organic, renewable/ recyclable, now renewable/recyclable and...
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Density - An Introduction

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students experiment with objects of different densities. In this density lesson, students examine same-sized objects with different weights, then look at a teacher explanation of density. Students make wave bottles and a density jar to...
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Learning About Matter And Energy

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students learn about matter and energy. In this science lesson plan, students gain an understanding of the properties of matter and energy as they discover that some things float, some things dissolve in water and discuss that energy can...
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Characteristics of Matter

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students study matter. In this science lesson plan, students examine the relationships among gravity, weight, and mass, the metric measurement of distance and volume, and density and its application to physical properties.
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Counting Animal Populations

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students learn how to count animal populations by the Mark and Recapture method. In this counting animal populations lesson plan, students begin by predicting amounts of different candies in a jar. Students then simulate using beans, two...
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Periodic Table Assignment

For Students 9th - 12th
In this periodic table worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given 22 clues about elements in the periodic table, periodic law, properties of elements and atomic mass and number. Students also fill in a periodic table to...
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Let's Recycle

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this activities about recycling worksheet, students identify items recycled in their area, solve a maze, and color the pictures. Students write 11 answers.
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Building a Model Springbox

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine ways to protect fresh drinking water. In this clean drinking water lesson, students listen to the story of Lauren Fry  about building a springbox to collect groundwater.  Students build a springbox.
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What Happens When Chemical Are Put Together?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students answer 20 multiple choice questions about chemical equations, chemical formulas, oxidation and reduction reactions and acids, bases and salts.

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