Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Planting Thoughts

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars gain an understanding of the parts of a plant, plant types and how they produce their own food from sunlight through photosynthesis. They also learn about transpiration, the process by which plants release moisture to the...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Boiling Water Below Its Boiling Point

For Students 9th - 10th
Mars has such low atmospheric pressure that any water at the surface would boil away. In this activity, students see that they can get water to boil below its "typical" boiling temperature when they drop the pressure in a closed...