Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Matter?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore many of the basic properties of matter including atoms, ions, elements, molecules, and density. The class explores an interactive flash-animated Web site to answer questions and clarify misconceptions they might have had...
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Archimedes and the King's Crown

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners will shout "Eureka!" in this quick but deep activity replicating the famous bathtub experiment of Archimedes. Given the scenario of a king with a suspected fake crown, young investigators develop formulas using density to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is Matter?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate what matter is and how it changes states.  In this physical properties lesson plan, students examine the vocabulary database and identify the characteristics of the three phases of matter.  Young...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

By Golly, By Gum

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate the ingredients and creation of chewing gum.  In this scientific method lesson, students make predictions about what will happen to the mass of a piece of gum as it is chewed by a human.  Students graph the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Freshwater/Saltwater "Eggs-Periment"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore water properties by conducting a class experiment. In this buoyancy lesson, students utilize freshwater, saltwater, plastic cups, hard boiled eggs and food coloring to experiment with the floating capabilities of salt...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Flipping Coins: Density as a Characteristic Property

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young scholars explore linear functions in a crime solving context. They collect and analyze data using linear equations, then interpret the slope and intercepts from a linear model.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

WHY DO SOME THINGS FLOAT WHILE OTHERS SINK

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explore how density can cause things to sink or float by experimenting with a jar, oil and corn syrup.