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So You Want to Hit a Home Run?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students determine the center of percussion and the center of mass for a baseball bat.  In this projective motion lesson plan students demonstrate the relationship between the position of the baseball bat and when its in the...
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A Matter of Fact

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars design their own Science experiment. For this science experiment lesson students create a hypothesis related to matter and test it. They displayed their data in a graph.
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Downhill Race

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe washers of different weights roll downhill and observe what happens and what rate each of them travels. In this rate of travel lesson plan, students see the cylinders and discuss what happened after the race.
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Density of the Human Body

For Students 5th - 8th
In this density of the human body worksheet, students measure several parts of the body to calculate the body volume. Students convert the body volume to body mass and body density.
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Using Metric Measurement at the Zoo

For Students 6th
In this using metric measurement at the zoo learning exercise, student solve twenty multiple choice problems about the weight and length of zoo animals using the metric system.
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How can we calculate the molecular weight of butane?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students colloborate in a lab experiment. No OBJECTIVES.
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Forces and Graphing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers analyze graphs to determine relationships between variables and rates of change. They determine the basic concepts about static reaction forces. They determine the slope and equation of a line.
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Weight A Minute

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students watch a video and engage in hands-on activities which introduce scientific information made real through re-cognition and understanding the phenomena of gravitational force and how it impacts life on our planet.
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Heavyweight Champion

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify what mass is and how to measure an object with a balance in gram units. Students identify weight and how to measure with a spring scale in units of force. Students compare the masses of two objects by placing each on...
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Chemistry Word Search

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry activity, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to chemistry. There are nine words/phrases located in the puzzle to find.
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Free Fall

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate the law of gravity and how an object can accelerate while going through a free fall. They examine the influence of air resistance and how it can influence the momentum of an object. The lesson contains background...
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Newton's First Law

For Students 9th - 12th
Force acts on objects in mysterious ways ... until now! A comprehensive presentation explains the balance of forces acting on objects. Learners draw free body diagrams to show these invisible forces and make force calculations.
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CK-12 Foundation

Graphs of Linear Model of Direct Variation: On the Moon

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
You'll be over the moon about this resource. Scholars draw a line representing the weight of an object on the moon based on its mass. Consideration of the constant of proportionality allows them to see relationships between weight of an...
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How Much Do You Burn?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover their weight relative to the other children in their class. They determine how many calories they burn through exercise and compare it with their classmates. Using the internet, they calculate their body mass index...
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Walking on Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use this problem to help them to relate to force vectors: Suspend a meterstick horizontally between two tables. Place a 1kg mass in the middle of the meterstick. Notice the bend of the meterstick. Explain why the...
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Creating Impact Craters

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders simulate the creation of impact craters on Mars.Through the creation of model surfaces, the effects of an impacting object's mass, velocity and size are determined, and the features of the resulting crater are identified.
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Vector Lab

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Here is a math lab that helps young mathematicians understand the real-life meaning for vector addition. By building a model using spring scales and washers as weight, and then calculating the vector addition using two different methods,...
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Discovery Education

Discovering Math: Beginning Measurement

For Teachers K - 2nd
Weight, time, length, cost, and mass are all things we can measure. Learners are introduced to the concepts they'll need to know before embarking on any measurement adventure. They are introduced to each type of measurement and types of...
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Properties of Matter

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the molecular structure of matter and how it can affect the physical characteristics of a specific material. They demonstrate that isotopes of an element have different masses. Students demonstrate that the rates of...
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Osmosis and Diffusion Lab: Honey I Blew Up the Bear

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Beginning biologists explore passive transport through two demonstrations and a hands-on inquiry. Spray air freshener from one spot in the classroom and have class members raise their hands as the scent reaches them. Also, place a teabag...
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GUM: More, Less, or the Same?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students confirm the law of conservation of matter by weighing chewing gum before and after it is chewed.
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Density: Float or Sink

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover density.  In this density lesson, students discover the properties of objects that allow them to float or sink in water.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Density

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students observe a demonstration of regular soda versus diet soda.  In this exploring density instructional activity students complete a lab on density and present a PowerPoint presentations of their results.
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Toboggan Science

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students conduct toboggan time trials to investigate the variables that have the greatest effect on toboggan speed. In small groups, they develop a hypothesis to test and perform three trials on the toboggan run for each variable.

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