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Curated OER

Acid and Bases - Alien II

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine which of two solutions is more acidic by adding each to a given base. Students have to apply this analysis process to a problem scenario involving an alien creature.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Effects of Density and Volume of a Cartesian Diver

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students will investigate why the Cartesian diver dives and rises in a 2 liter bottle. They will also, through their own discovery, come up with a question and then change one variable and record their results. Students...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploring the Properties of Liquids, With an Emphasis on Density

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students experiment with liquids; comparing and contrasting, and creating a density tower leading to a beginning understanding of density.
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National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Nagt: Density Mystery Canisters

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students experiment with items that sink or float, and learn that water's density is equal to one, and objects/solutions with a density greater than one will sink, and those with a density less than one will float.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Determining Bulk Density of Different Soil Samples and Data Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A field based lab experiment where students work in groups to come up with a collection strategy and lab analysis to test differences in soil bulk densities. Students bring soil samples back to the classroom to conduct a test that...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Buoyancy, Density, and Fluid Principles: Make Mini Submarine

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab, students will use the scientific method to design an experiment that explains how/why a submarine floats and sinks.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Comparing Densities of Different Liquids

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This lab experiment has students observe and compare the density of five different liquids while measuring mass and volume.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: The Great Egg Drop: Relationship Between Gravity, Mass and Density

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An interesting experiment in the relationship between gravity, density, and mass. Middle schoolers must devise a way to drop a milk carton containing two raw eggs off a roof 50 feet high, without breaking the eggs. They then write a...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Sink or Float: All Liquids Do Not Have the Same Density

For Teachers K - 1st
An experiment in density. After a review of floating and sinking of different materials, students test four bottles, all holding four ounces of water, to see if they will float or sink. They each contain a different density of sugar...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Sinking and Floating Water

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An experiment in density where colored water, both hot and cold, are poured into containers of water at room temperature. Young scholars will observe that the warm water rises and the cold water sinks due to their different densities.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Sinking Water: Glaciers, Ocean Currents and Weather Patterns

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson where students learn how warm water is less dense than cold water, and what this means for global climate change as ice from the polar regions melts. Students will do experiments in buoyancy and water density when hot or cold,...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg Archimedes and the King's Crown

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The King of Syracuse reportedly requested Archimedes' advice for determining if a crown was made with the appropriate mixture of gold and silver. The problem asks students to find the amount of water displaced in Archimedes' experiment...
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Other

Science Alive: Repeating Experiments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab activity, students are required to write a procedure to be followed in a simple lab process and record the results they get from following that procedure. They then exchange procedures with another lab group, which will have...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Show Me the Money

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Just what is a penny worth? Students explore various websites or printed fact sheet investigating the history and changes in density of pre- and post- 1982 pennies. They will also research the current price of copper and zinc and compare...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Chromatography: Selecting Variables

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lab, students will demonstrate observation skills as they design an experiment to separate colors of various water-based pens in order to learn about mixtures and solutions. Students will determine a variable to test and...
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Energy4Me

Energy4me: Exploring Oil Seeps

For Students 9th - 10th
How does oil seep naturally from beneath layers of rock to the surface of the ocean?

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