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Changing State

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the cooling and heating of water. For this online science experiment lesson, students work in groups to make predictions regarding freezing and boiling points and then test those predictions as they complete the...
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How We See Things

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explain that when a beam of light is reflected from its surface, it changes direction. In this virtual science experiment lesson plan, students complete an activity that requires them to investigate how flat mirrors...
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Growing Plants

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore plants and recognize that they are living things that require light and water to grow. In this online plant biology lesson, students identify, name and match the parts of plants. Extension activities and suggested...
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Gases Around Us

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate gases and liquids. For this states of matter online lesson, students examine how evaporation plays a part in the transition of liquids into gases as they watch a kettle of water boil and then work in small groups on...
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Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify and explain the parts of a flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants. For this online plant biology lesson, students explore the processes of pollination, seed dispersal, and germination. Extension...
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Health and Growth

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify healthy foods. In this nutrition lesson, students review the five food groups and categorize healthy and unhealthy foods on a chart. Students develop their own menus.
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Characteristics of Materials

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars describe and compare common properties of various classroom materials. In this science/matter lesson, students observe common classroom items and the materials they are made of to complete a list of common properties.
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Micro-organisms

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars discuss micro-organisms. In this micro-organisms lesson, students identify which micro-organisms are harmful and which ones are beneficial. Young scholars complete a worksheet which is included in the lesson.
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The Addiction With Friction

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare and contrast where friction occurs in robots and bicycles. In this science lesson, students label the diagram of bicycle and robots. They investigate how friction affects their different parts.
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Magnets

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore the different types of magnets and their common uses.  In this magnets instructional activity students create their own magnets. 
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AIR PRESSURE

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify air pressure and how it affects objects. They experiment with one hard boiled egg in a bottle and the affects of air pressure on the egg.
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Make a Bouncy Custard Ball

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science experiment worksheet, students mix borax, custard powder (pudding mix?), glue and water to make a bouncy ball. Students carry out bouncing and stretching investigations.
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Magnets and Springs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore magnetic attraction. For this magnets lesson, students participate in an interactive whiteboard activity in which objects are dragged onto a virtual table and categorized as to whether they are "repelled" or "attracted"...
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Gravity Launch

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils use an online interactive to launch a rocket from earth. They have control over the angle and thrust of the rocket to discover the relationship between the two.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students will work in small groups, observing an ice cube and recording a description, the feel of the ice, and how it looks when put in another container. Students observe changes in the ice over 15 minute intervals, then freeze the...
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Fertilizers, Pesticides and Human Health- American Lessons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore migration and why people move. They explore the movement of native populations. Students explore the economy as an factor in migration. They discuss the exploitation of the migrant worker.
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IS MASS THE SAME AS WEIGHT?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students see the difference between weight and mass when they examine the method of measuring each of them.
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Motion and Gravity

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make parachutes to learn about gravity and the science process. In this gravity lesson, 3rd graders create parachutes and observe their flight in air. Students discuss wind and gravity for the activity.
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Watch It Slide!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together to examine inclined planes. They create a plan to raise rocks to build pyramids. They discover the changes that occur when the angle is increased or decreased.
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Mystery Machines

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore simple machines and demonstrate thier acquired understanding by building a simple machine.
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Ourselves

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars use a website to name and compare external body parts of humans and other animals.
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Sound and Hearing - Internet Research

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use a website to help them recognize that sound is generated in a variety of ways and from different sources. They determine that sounds vary in tone and loudness, and learn there are different ways to describe sound.
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Moving and Growing

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners know that humans and some other animals have bony skeletons inside their body. They know that other animals have skeletons on the outside of their bodies. They explain the role of both kinds of skeletons.
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Circuits and Conductors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an online instructional activity to explain the conductivity of different materials and the effect of changing the power source.

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