Interactive
Curated OER

Comparing Covalent and Ionic Substances

For Students 9th - 12th
In this covalent and ionic substances activity, students use the internet to find information about the characteristics of covalent and ionic substance and explain what causes the differences in these types of substances.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ready, Set, Let's Dough! It's a Matter of System

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore physical sciences by participating in a class experiment. In this matter lesson, students identify the three forms of matter and their physical differences. Learners utilize cookie dough to create a play dough like...
Organizer
Curated OER

Thermochemistry

For Students 8th - 10th
In this thermochemistry worksheet, students indicate whether the given processes are endothermic or exothermic reactions. Students complete the phase change diagram as well as define a given set of vocabulary words. Students calculate...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Heating and Convection Contributes to Natural Disasters

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students study the basics of heating and cooling and how it pertains to the earth.  In this global lesson students read the Magic Tree House book then create a chart of their findings.
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Curated OER

Health and growth

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students examine ways for people to stay healthy, such as exercising and eating right.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Earth, Sun, and Moon

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners participate in a demonstration and complete an online activity that illustrates the earth orbits the sun once a year, and that the moon takes approximately 28 days to orbit the earth.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teeth and Eating

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners examine pictures of different animals and decide if they eat meat and/or plants. They inspect models of pairs of upper and lower teeth and discuss which teeth are most useful for cutting grass and tearing meat.
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Curated OER

Rocks and Soils

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students compare the properties of rocks and relate these properties to their use. They perform a virtual experiment to describe and group rocks on the basis of their characteristics.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Interdependence and Adaptation

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders construct a food web to illustrate how animals and plants are interdependent. For this interdependence lesson, 5th graders identify how consumers, producers, herbivores, carnivores and predators are related in a habitat....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sorting and Using Materials

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore materials and their properties. In this matter lesson, students identify objects and describe their properties. Students test and sort materials using an interactive whiteboard, followed by a group discussion of what was...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Force and Motion

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students experiment with force and motion. In this force and motion lesson, students test gravity using a variety of objects. Students rotate through a series of stations which use force, motion, friction, and inclines. Students predict...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Structure of Matter and the Chemical Elements

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students answer 73 fill in the blanks and multiple choice questions on the structure of matter and properties of elements in the periodic table.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solids in Bottles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use funnels to put the five solid materials into clear bottles with caps. They observe how the particulate materials look, sound, and move when they shake and roll the bottle. Finally, students write "sound and touch" poetry.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Construct with Solids

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover which properties of solids lend themselves to building a tower through hands on trial and error and observation of others as they are building. They write down the steps it took them to build the tower and label an...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Addendum to the Written Curriculum: Measuring Solids

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use standard rulers to measure the length of common classroom items - such as pencils, books, desk tops - in inches and centimeters, and measure weight in pounds. They also answer math questions, such as "How long is the front...
PPT
Urbana School District

Fluids

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
In 1879, Sir William Crookes discovered the fourth state of matter, plasma. The presentation covers states of matter, phase changes, density, pressure Pascal's Principle, buoyant force, Archimedes' Principle, Bernoulli's Principle,...
Lesson Plan
Chymist

The Solubility of a Salt in Water at Various Temperatures

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
An educational lesson allows young chemists to test the solubility of different types of salt at various temperatures. Groups create a graph using data from unsaturated, saturated, and supersaturated solutions.
Activity
Perkins School for the Blind

The Three Basic States (Phases) of Matter

For Teachers 4th - 8th
There are three basic states of matter: Solid, liquid, and gas. Help your learners with visual impairments to understand the chemical nature of each state of matter with tactile elements. Marbles are used to model the particles in each...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

It's Just a Phase

For Students 6th - 12th
Explore the phases of water as temperature rises. Pupils consider the idea that temperature remains constant during each phase change. An interactive exercise allows your young scientists to observe the temperature and molecular...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

What's the Matter?

For Students 6th - 12th
What makes ice, water, and steam different? Their molecular arrangements are the same, but their movements are different. Individuals make this conclusion by completing the simulation activity. 
PPT
Urbana School District

Thermodynamics

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Entropy, it isn't what it used to be. Presentation includes kinetic-molecular theory, heat and internal energy, thermal equilibrium, temperature scales, laws of thermodynamics, entropy, latent heat of fusion, specific heat, calorimetry,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Solubility and Intermolecular Forces

For Students 9th - 12th
In this solubility and intermolecular force worksheet, students are given 26 clues about forces between molecules such as hydrogen bonds and London forces and about solubility of solutions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physical Changes to Matter

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Pupils explore matter by conducting an in-class experiment. They experiment with water's various forms by melting and freezing water, identifying its new shape. These observations are recorded to supplement later discussion. They also...
Worksheet
Curated OER

States of Matter Crossword

For Students 5th - 8th
In this states of matter learning exercise, students solve 9 clues in a crossword puzzle about solids, liquids and gases as well as the terms for changes in state.

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