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Ice Cream Lab
This very thorough lesson plan has students collect all ingredients necessary and work in pairs to make ice cream using plastic bags. They take temperature readings and record them on the chart as well as record findings on the...
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Ice Cream Lab
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Even high schoolers enjoy making ice cream. This laboratory exercise has them record the temperature changes throughout the process of liquid becoming solid, graph the results, and...
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Making Ice Cream
Student examine the physical changes of matter and are able to describe them. They make ice cream in plastic bags to observe the changes in matter. They describe and record the changes in the ice cream mixture as it freezes.
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Ice Cream Toppings
Students explore the five senses. In this senses instructional activity, students use their senses to top their ice cream. Students compare and contrast the different toppings and write their observations, using descriptive words, in a...
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Solar Matters II- Ice Cube Race
Students discuss the methods of energy transfer. In this energy transfer lesson, students use ice to demonstrate what happens when energy is transferred. Students complete a Science Journal page as an assessment.
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Weather "Whys"
Students explore the weather. In this weather data lesson, students collect weather data from Internet and media sources. Students graph the collected data discuss it as well as the seasons of the year.
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Kindergarten Class Favorites
Students discuss their favorite foods, a list of four favorite food are compiled on the board or a chart. They each vote for their favorite food and the data is entered onto a spread sheet and a graph is created while the students watch...
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Jeopardy
High schoolers played a game of Jeopardy where there was five categories with five questions each in order to assess the retention of concepts taught over the semester. The categories included: Graphing/Summarizing/ Scientific Method,...
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I Wood if I Could
Tenth graders investigate the process of how specific products are made from trees. For this chemistry lesson, groups of students must choose among ice cream, bubble gum, paper, toothpaste and lipstick. They research, design and produce...
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Bird Bulletins
Students, in groups, create a survey to investigate how much their community knows about birds. They graph their findings using a bar graph. Using the data collected, they develop an advertising campaign to increase community awareness...
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Manatee Awareness Survey
Students examine the public's awareness of manatees by taking a survey. They display the results of the survey as a graph.
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Energy and Changes of State
Learners complete a variety of labs to help them explain how energy affects the changes in states of matter. They also be required to collect and record data, graph data, and apply interpretations of that data.
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Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Oh My!
Students draw a line graph, and use graphing as a tool to discover more about conduction, convection and radiation. They should design their own experiment using heat sensitive paper to show they explain these 3 processes.
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Heat Transfer & Phase Changes
In this heat transfer and phase change worksheet, learners experiment with ice, salt, and milk to show the relationship between the temperature of a solution and its phase. Students turn milk from a liquid to a solid and graph the...
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Deep Freeze
Students practice various sampling methods for retrieving data under water, ice, and soil. They use the sample material to make temperature measurements, chart contents, and draw their own conclusions as to what is happening in the...
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Solids and Liquids
Students complete activities to study the properties of solids and liquids. In this states of matter activity, students investigate the melting and freezing of a range of materials in a virtual experiment. Students melt the substances...
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A Relatively Far Out Idea: Estimating
Students investigate methods of estimating through cooperative group activities, hands-on activities, the use of tables and graphs and an interactive video.
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$$$eaweed
Learners compare and evaluate the world's different seaweeds. In this investigative instructional activity students study seaweed and the harvesting of it. They then interpret the data collected and graph the seaweed production.
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Build Your Own Car
Learners design and build their own cars. In this physics instructional activity, students test their car's speed and make changes when necessary. They graph data and analyze results.