Students will practice locating and investigating resources to answer questions on a topic using the FINDS research process. FINDS is an acronym describing its five-step research process: Focus, Investigate, Note, Develop, and Score. A...

Two virtual labs offer practice for creating your own or science project: "How Does Your Garden Grow" and "Critters!" Learn how investigations are conducted from the first step to the finished product.

This experiment allows the period, displacement, velocity, and acceleration of a mass suspended on a spring to be investigated by data logging the output from a motion sensor. It is an example of simple harmonic motion.

This experiment allows both acceleration and deceleration to be investigated by data logging the output from a motion sensor.

For this lesson, 4th graders will investigate and discuss the familiarity with factors and multiples to gain a deeper understanding. Downloadable printables are included.

This non-profit group was created in 1975 as a networking tool for the exchange of ideas and attitudes concerning the quality of investigative reporting for the media. Site is newsletter-style with up-to-date information.

The second of a lesson series contains an activity where students choose a lifeboat's variable to investigate, plan an experiment based on the variable they have chosen, and then test the variable. Upon completion of their experiment,...

Biotechnology science fair project to investigate the bioluminescence of dinoflagellates.

Learn about plant and animal life cycles through this 5E structured module.

In this science fair project, investigate the chemical kinetics of the famous iodine clock reaction. This classic experiment requires about a week to complete.

This brief but informative site examines how a crime scene should be protected with emphasis on the role of the first officer(s) to arrive. Points are made about the arrival of additional personnel, eating and drinking at the crime...

A lab activity where students carefully dissect a flower and learn about its different parts. Materials may require sharp dissection instruments. Includes extension activities and test preparation questions.

Familiarize yourself with various food-bourne illnesses and the negative impacts they can have on consumers.

Biographical information and photographs of infamous gangster John Herbert Dillinger. Learn about his violent life, crimes, capture, and death.

Activity provides for comparing and contrasting the behavior and structure of amphibians and reptiles of Utah.

Activities will help with understanding the concept of water condensation.

Learn how heat energy can be produced by mechanical and electrical machines.

Understand that the moon shines by reflecting sunlight.

Set up a miniature greenhouse to help with understanding how nonliving things affect the growth of living things.

Learn about specific bird characteristics and become more aware of the ecosystems that support each bird.

Learn how to differentiate between heat and temperature.

Fourth graders will understand the impact of the wetland environment on the migration of birds.

Activity helps to understand the effect of sunlight on the earth.

Students will observe the non-mixing of colored solutions by using M&M's in this lab activity. Lab activity includes both student and teacher instruction sheets.