American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Products Made From Petroleum
Small groups to research products made from petroleum other than fuels. The challenge is to find such products "hiding in plain sight."
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Measure Photosynthesis With Floating Leaves
In this activity, you will be able to observe the oxygen production in leaves by doing a floating leaf disk experiment. You can also find out how quickly plants produce oxygen, and what variables affect photosynthesis.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Digest Your Food!
In a multi-week experiment, student teams gather biogas data from the mini-anaerobic digesters that they build to break down different types of food waste with microbes. They compare methane gas production from decomposing hot dogs,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sci Girls | Industrial Engineering
Industrial engineers improve processes by eliminating any waste of time, money, energy, or other resources. They need to understand how every part can affect the entire process and figure out how to balance each part to design the most...
Center of Science and Industry
Cosi Columbus: Sidewalk Chalk
Make your own sidewalk chalk, and learn about chemical reactions. During the procedure, feel the heat as energy is released in an exothermic reaction.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Win That Bid! Selling Your Power Solution
A large part of engineering involves presenting products, concepts, and proposals to others in order to gain approval, funding, contracts, etc. The purpose of this activity is to fine-tune students' presentation skills while allowing...
Other
Oresome Resources: Mining Helps Make Your House Interactive
An interactive activity for you to find out how much your lifestyle depends on mining. Students select household items and learn facts about their chemical nature, properties and uses, their origins in the Earth, mining, and production.