University of California
University of California at Berkeley: Understanding Science: Mystery Tubes
Learners collaborate to create a drawing or model of what the inside of a mystery tube looks like. The tube has two ropes attached to a ring inside it. Students must use their powers of observation and deduction to try to understand how...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Rocks: Seeing Your School's Area
In this earth science lab, students will find, identify, and create a visual presentation of the rocks that are found around their school. They will determine the mass, volume, density, color, texture, and hypothesize what each rock is....
Mathigon
Mathigon: Math Foundations: Divisibility and Primes: The Distribution of Primes
This lesson focuses on the distribution of large prime numbers. It offers a calculator to check numbers for prime and a calculator that allows you to create prime numbers. It also provides the history of methods find the distribution of...
Other
Drs.cavanaugh: Science proj.handbook, Display Checklist
A checklist of the nine or ten items which should be on your display, plus an illustration of where they should go on a tri-fold poster.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Effect of Artificial Light on Migration Pattern of Daphnia
This elegant project employs a scientific approach that is particularly valuable in Environmental Science, but can be applied to other areas as well. The approach has three steps: 1) from your observations in the field, form a...
University of California
Ucmp: Understanding Science: Dogs and Turnips
A simple lesson where each group of learners turns over word cards creating sentences from them. As the student turns over more cards, the group modifies the meaning of the sentence, leading them to discuss how scientists change their...
Cuemath
Cuemath: Conditional Statement
A comprehensive guide for learning all about conditional statements with definitions, how to create them, solved examples, and practice questions.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Chemical Reactions: Factors Which Influence Rate of Reaction
In this activity, students investigate and discover how surface area, concentration, and temperature affect the rate of a chemical reaction. This lab is designed for students to practice good experimental tests of hypotheses, synthesize...
Other
Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Excel Lesson Plan
In this online lesson, students will survey students in their school to determine their favorite type of hand-held ice cream. Before performing the survey, students will make predictions about which ice creams they think will be the...
Other
The Science House: The Cat's Meow Lesson Plan
Experiment provides this activity used to create interest in a common substance: milk. Students are asked to form a hypothesis about the behavior of milk as household detergents act upon it. The most important aspects of this activity...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Scientific Method Worksheet
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a graphic organizer that was created to be completed by students, individually or as a class, during science investigation. It assists students in completing a science investigation...
Microsoft
Microsoft Education Lesson Plan: Candy Is Dandy
Explore color distribution of M&M candies using this detailed lesson plan. An engaging integrated instructional activity that requires understanding of spreadsheets and formulas, and logical reasoning. Links to related websites.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Science Lab Form
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is for a group of students or a class to enter science lab information including background, problem, hypothesis, etc. Students are encouraged to photos from their lab work and to create...