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Making Plastic

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners experiment to create a plastic solution. For this science lesson, students use sodium borax and polyvinyl alcohol to create their solution, then identify, discuss, and chart observations on the end product.
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A Brief History of Rubber

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the history of rubber. In this rubber activity, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the history of the product and its uses in society. Students create timelines that detail the...
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Balloon Ball Bounce

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the rebound of balls. In this energy conversion lesson, students explore the physics behind the rebound of various types of sports balls. Through the experimental design process using balloons, students investigate and...
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Check Out Lights and Shields with Beads

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Ultraviolet detecting beads and conduct several investigations with them.  In this investigative activity students participate in an experiment to see the harmful effects of UV light and discuss their findings. 
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Cling On's

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners define the term static electricity and how to it.  In this electricity lesson students design and implement an experiment to show how static electricity affects their daily lives. 
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Condiment Diver: The World's Simplest Cartesian Diver

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine buoyancy.  In this density lesson plan students form a hypothesis, collect data and draw a conclusion using the data. 
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Cross That Bridge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create paper bridges. In this geometry and architecture lesson, groups use legal paper and paper clips to design a bridge that will hold 100 pennies. Links to mini-lessons exploring stability of different geometric...
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Describing the Motion of a Battery Powered Cars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore distance a toy car travels by changing the amount of batteries used to power the toy car.  In this force and motion activity, students calculate the average speed of a car while investigating the power from...
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The"Dirt" on Soil

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars examine the three different types of soil and their physical properties.  In this soil lesson students design and implement a model of a water treatment plant. 
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Forces and Motion-The Downhill Racer

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students calculate a toy car's velocity and acceleration. For this force and motion lesson, students build ramps and attach a dropper to a toy car, which is released down the ramp. Students calculate and graph velocity and acceleration...
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Float Your Boat

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate buoyancy, displacement and density.  In this flotation lesson students study the Archimedes' Principle, analyze data and draw conclusions. 
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Heat Loss and Gain in Physical Changes and Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students measure the heat of physical and chemical changes in reactions.  In this chemistry activity students determine at what extent changes emit or absorb heat. 
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How Creepy!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars observe and measure a model of slow down slope movement.  In this graphing lesson students collect, record, and organize data that apply to models.   
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Making a Model Lung

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars explain the parts of the body that are involved in breathing and explore lung function.  In this model lung lesson students make a model of a lung then interpret and explain it. 
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Observations and Inferences

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe how to distinguish observations form inferences.  In this examining inferences lesson students list observations relating to the activity and discuss the importance of them. 
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One Plus One Makes New

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the properties of matter and how they change when composite materials are produced.  In this informative instructional activity students write up a question and procedure to an experiment then analyze and draw...
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Specific Gravity-The Relative Density of Liquids

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore a hydrometer.  In this gravity lesson students construct a hydrometer and create a liquid density column. 
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What's In Crude Oil?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate crude oil. In this crude oil lesson plan, students investigate fractional distillation and use this technique to separate two liquids.
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Where Did the Water Go? An Investigation in Scientific Methods

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view a teacher demonstration that prompts them to solve a problem using the scientific method. In this scientific method lesson, students guess which cup has water and are presented with a conundrum when the water does not...
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Where in the World is Rubber?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine rubber.  In this natural rubber instructional activity students identify a naturally producing rubber location and present a detailed description of a rubber producing country. 
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You Are What You Eat!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students calculate the calories in food samples and plan a meal based on the calorie amount. In this calories lesson plan, students also devise a work out program to burn off the calories.
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Reaction Rates and Catalysis in Ethanol Production

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate alternative catalysts for the degradation of hydrogen peroxide.  In this fermentation lesson students complete an activity that breaks down cellulose into sugar. 
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Transforming Everyday Objects

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Pop artists and their art. In this art analysis lesson, students consider the choices and mediums Pop art artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, and Jasper Johns. Students make connections between...
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Artist's Choice: People

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students examine the different artistic styles of three artists and the stereotypes of women they represent in their art. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze the art of Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, and Richard Hamilton...

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