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How Shocking
Students describe the characteristics of polymers and rubbers and how they improve human lives. In this shock lesson students build a shock absorbing structure using different polymer materials.
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Just Bee-Tween Flowers!
Pupils examine the major plant and bee parts and the interdependency between bees and fast plants. They observe and record the stages of growth of fast plants, take photos of the plant's life cycle, and cross-pollinate plants.
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Flowers, Pods, and Seeds
Students gain an understanding of living organisms. the complete a plant growth data log to chart plant growth and to make observations, predictions, and personal reflections.
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What To Do After The Hands-Are-On
Young scholars perform various demonstrations for each of Newton's Laws, collect data, and write a conclusion for each.
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Who Done It?
Students work in groups to solve various murder mysteries using DNA evidence to implicate suspects. Teams compete to solve the crimes the fastest, while using various scientific methods to accomplish their task.
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Friction of a Block Weight
Fifth graders hypothesize and design an experiment to study the relationship between a block weight and the number of washers it takes to pull a block across various surfaces. Students graph results and apply their findings to a...
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Pond-water Populations
Young scholars design and conduct and experiment on algae, for a two week period, to answer the question "In your investigation, how does changing one factor affect the growth of organisms?"
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Wild Waters Downtown
Fourth graders investigate how wild animals living in urba settings also need sources of clean water. They discuss the open water issues of West Nile Virus and what happens to urba animals as these poolings area are cleaned up. ...
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Evaluating Observations and Measurements
Third graders review the scientific method and how and in which steps scientists use observations and measurements. Then as a class, they hypothesize which ramp will send the car the farthest. They break into groups and send cars down a...
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Farming in a Fishbowl: How Ethnic Groups in
Seventh graders research Chinese agricultural needs and practices. They conduct an experiment with aquaculture and germinated rice as they take measurements and apply the scientific method.
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What was Newton's Idea of Science?
Students form logical foundations for analysis of observations. They improve analytic reading abilities through practice. Students investigate the foundations of scientific thought processes and how to apply them.
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Hazard Mitigation: Bioterrorism
Students discuss different ways to spread infectious diseases. In this bioterrorism lesson, students model the rate of smoke emission using CalRoad software. They analyze the effects of airborne release of biological...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Identify Dependent & Independent Variables
Practice figuring out if a variable is dependent or independent. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Biology Corner
Biology Corner: Identifying Variables in an Experiment
Students analyze different experiments to determine independent variables, dependent variables and control groups.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Dependent and Independent Variables
In this exercise, students practice identifying dependent and independent variables. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to get hints and try questions repeatedly.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Scientific Method
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describe how the Renaissance period in history changed the approach to science. Identify the steps of the scientific method. Differentiate between the independent...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti Navigator System Cropland Value Grows
Students will create a scatter plot for the data in the USA TODAY Snapshot, "Cropland value grows," and identify the independent and dependent variables for the data. The students will find the rate of change for the data and label this...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Experimental Design
Given investigation scenarios and lab procedures, students will identify independent variables, dependent variables, constants, and control groups.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Consistent and Inconsistent Linear Systems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify a system as inconsistent, consistent, or dependent and determine how many solutions a system has.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Linear Systems Graph
Learn Alberta helps students visually explore various solutions of systems of two linear equations by allowing students to manipulate lines and view their numeric and graphic solution(s) or absence. The applet identifies the solutions as...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Determining the Type of Linear System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Solve a system and use the result as a guide to identify its type.