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What Holds a Substance Together?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe how substances are held together by bonds. In this physics instructional activity, students demonstrate how a substance is held together by ripping newspapers and stretching marshmallows. Students complete a data sheet.
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The Structure of Materials

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm what matter is and how they define it. They construct a water molecule with marshmallows and toothpicks. In addition, they watch videos to explore the use the idea of nanoscience to investigate the properties of...
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Strong as the Weakest Link

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students discover the types of stress that materials undergo. They examine how bridges and skyscrapers are built to withhold the tension. They create their own structure out of marshmallows and spaghetti.
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Earthquake in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover how engineers construct buildings to stand up against earthquakes. They build their own structures out of marshmallows and toothpicks. They test how earthquake-proof their building is with jello.
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Toying Around with Newton's Laws

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify balanced and unbalanced forces that affect the movement of objects and Newton's three Laws of Motion. Students also design a contraption utilizing Newton's Laws of Motion that will launch a marshmallow five meters.
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Communicate and collaborate using technology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a collaborative project with another class and view their process of creating the project using technology. Then they use a digital camera and send pictures electronically, saving the pictures to the school's...
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Spaghetti Challenge

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use materials like marshmallows, spaghetti, and chocolate to build structures. In this building structures lesson plan, students use these materials to construct a building and compare different structures. Students see which...
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Venn Diagrams

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Combine your lessons on Venn diagrams, probability, and multiples with several activities. After picking seven cubes, learners note the number of cubes that are blue and mark them in a Venn diagram. The next assignments prompt them...
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Identify Criteria and Constraints

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What defines success? The fourth installment of a 10-part series focuses on the criteria for engineering design success in solving the plastics problem. Pupils also consider any constraints.
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KS2 Forces and Motion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a variety of activities of scientific principles.  In this science instructional activity, students experiment with spaghetti and marshmallows to build a strong structure, balance nails on a nail, and use...
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Let's Make Subtraction Movies!

For Teachers 1st
First graders make subtraction movies. In this subtraction lesson plan, 1st graders review subtraction facts and subtraction sentences. Students work in groups to create subtraction sentences using cereal or marshmallows. Students then...
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Building a Bridge

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design a bridge. In this science lesson, students research different types of bridges and create a bridge using marshmallows, toothpicks and construction paper.
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Investigating and Using Biomass Gases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the definitions of biomas gasification and generate their own biomass gas.  In this renewable energy lesson plan students collect gases and roast a marshmallow. 
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Building Blocks of Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view videos and worksheets and construct a model of a water molecule. In this atomic structure lesson, students view video clips and handouts about matter and nanoscience. They construct a model of a water molecule with...
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Force and Motion - Part 2

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students test different objects such as dominoes, marshmallows, slides, and more to test their force, motion, gravity, friction, and the concept of matter. For this force and motion lesson plan, students understand that the force an...
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Finding Fractional Parts Using an Area Model

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore math functions by completing a problem solving worksheet in class. In this division instructional activity, students utilize visual aides such as marshmallows and candy to visualize the act of division. Students complete...
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The Dinosaur Body

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate how body design affects balance. They make simple models of dinosaur bodies using straws and marshmallows. Before making their models, they discuss the effects of gravity and the importance of balance in body shape.
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Simple Machines, Odd Machine

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners construct a device to 'launch' a marshmallow at the teacher and then discuss various forms of levers. They work in teams to design catapults and identify different kinds of levers.
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Metamorphic Rock: Melting Rocks

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students observe and gain a better understanding of the metamorphosing power of heat. They mix mini-marshmallows and chocolate chips in a bowl and add just enough peanut butter so the mixture clumps together.
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Reflective Solar Cooker

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils build and use a reflective solar cooker to cook marshmallows.
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Earthquakes!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experiment with the concept of earthquakes while completing a lab with marshmallows, toothpicks, modeling clay and firm Jell-O and rectangular pan. They explore what kind of soil earthquakes do the most damage in and how...
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It's Hot

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the effect of sunlight on the earth. Individually, they pick an article of clothing out of a bag and sort themselves based on the color of the shirt and whether it should be worn on a cold or a hot day. To end the...
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Candy Word Search Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this candy word search instructional activity, students locate 27 words that are associated with candy. They see the words in a table at the bottom of the page, which include; chocolate, lollipops, marshmallows, and pralines.
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The Transformation and Use of Different Types of Energy Using Local Flora and Fauna in a Vietnam Village Setting

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the concept that the sun is the ultimate source of energy for living things. They conduct an experiment in which they roast marshmallows over a flame that has been produced from methane gas, which originates from...

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