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Modeling the Rock Cycle
Students explore the differences in sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks. They discuss the rock cycle of the different formations. Students discuss how rock is formed into different shapes. They explore, predict, and create each...
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Am I Neutral? pH Properties in Soil
Students participate in a science lab to determine the pH of three different soil samples. Students conduct an experiment by creating a question, a hypothesis and then an investigation of soil samples. Then they compare colors apprearing...
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Science: Quick Freeze
Students observe an experiment of freezing point depression using club soda. Through observation, they note that the carbon dioxide molecules disrupt the capacity of the water molecules to solidify. Precautions must be taken to assure...
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Tissue Collage with Oil Pastels
Young scholars demonstrate how colors are mixed and how repetition, unity, and emphasis are used when creating a colorful collage.
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Density
Students work with a partner to record observations on various materials. Working together, they calculate the mass and volume of each material and then combine them and shake them for a period of time. In their journals, they record...
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Atoms, Kinetic Theory, Solids and Fluids
Students identify and describe the building blocks that make up an atom. They also compare the ages of atoms to the ages of the materials they compose,as well as, give examples that illustrate the small size of atoms.
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Make Sense of Nature
Students participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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Earth In Space Vocabulary Sheet
In this space science vocabulary learning exercise, students read the definitions for 6 common terms. Students then look up 4 words and write the meanings. Students alphabetize the vocabulary words on another piece of paper.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner
Students explore language arts by reading a book about children. In this tier two vocabulary lesson, students read the book Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Students define the vocabulary...
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Let's Get To the Core!
Students practice analyzing ice core samples to discover climate changes. Using the samples, they identify and graph the gas amounts. They use these numbers to determine their effect on global warming. In pairs, they complete a...
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Spring Art Activities
Students complete a variety of art projects to celebrate the arrival of spring. They create symmetrical butterfly designs, paper mache eggs, and caterpillars, and complete a crayon resist and marble painting.
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Creating Journals
Students take a virtual tour of Yosemite and selects photographs to use in their journal.
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Paste Papers
Students combine acrylics with School Smart Art Paste to paint paper and to explore color mixing.
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Operating the spectrophotometer
Working in small groups, pupils explore the operation of spectrophotometer. Using the spectrophotometer, they investigate Beer's Law with everyday items.
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Keeping Warm
Fifth graders measure the temperature of water using a thermometer. They record the temperatures of water on a chart. Students use the temperature data to determine which materials are the best conductors of heat. They discuss their...
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Build an Electrophoresis Chamber
Young scholars explore electrophoresis, a technique used to isolate DNA. They assemble a gel chamber for separating mixtures. Students observe separation influenced by electric charge. They define separation through gel electrophoresis.
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Making Sense of Density
Pupils identify the concepts of density, mass, and volume that define the property of a substance. They also determine that the properties of materials, such as, density and volume, can be compared and measured by using rulers, balances,...
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Planet Structure & Interior
Students compare Jupiter and Earth. In this Earth and space studies lesson, students compare the composition of Earth and Jupiter and analyze how the composition affects the rate at which the planets spin.
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Jupiter's "Monstrous" Magnetosphere
Students explore Jupiter's magnetosphere. In this Jupiter instructional activity, students examine a diagram of the magnetic field that surrounds Jupiter.
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Sand Castles: Pre-engineering 101
Students examine how soil holds together and what the effect of particle size and water content is on soil. In this engineering instructional activity students complete a lab, record their observations and discuss what they...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Layering Liquids
A lab activity to show students how different densities of liquid layer on top of each other by using four different colored liquids that contain different levels of salinity. This activity can also be used in an ocean unit where...
Science is Fun
Science Is Fun: Layered Liquids
An investigation into what properties liquids have that enable them to sit in separate layers in a container.
American Chemical Society
Inquiry in Action: Comparing the Density of Different Liquids
How do the densities of vegetable oil, water, and corn syrup help them to form layers in a cup? Students will carefully pour vegetable oil, water, and corn syrup in any order into a cup and discover that regardless of the order they are...
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Science Fun: Layered Liquids
This experiment allows you to dramatically demonstrate the different densities of five different common household liquids.