Deliberating in a Democracy
Youth Curfews
Don't stay out too late! Scholars analyze the need for youth curfews in a democratic society. They examine primary documents, case studies, and short video clips to form their opinions and take a position on the issue. Holding a class...
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Magnetic Poles
In this scientific investigation activity, students follow the provided procedures to examine positive and negative charges of magnets and then respond to 3 short answer question.
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Calculating the Number of Sub-Atomic Particles in an Atom
In this atoms instructional activity, learners compare the position, relative charge and relative mass of sub-atomic particles. Students define mass number and atomic number. This instructional activity has 2 graphic organizers and 4...
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Thunderstorms
Fourth graders examine the attraction between two different charges to investigate lightning in a thunderstorm. They complete an experiment and a worksheet.
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Acidity or Hydrolysis Reactions
In this acidity or hydrolysis reactions worksheet, students read about the different types of metal ions and how they react in aqueous solutions. They read about the factors affecting the acidity of metal ions including the charge:size...
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Capacitors
Students explain the concepts of charge storage and how a capacitor works. They construct a capacitor and measure the stored charge using the appropriate equipment and measurements. They also demonstrate capacitance and how it can be...
Physics LAB
Electric Potential Drill: Point Charges
In this electric potential activity, students answer 16 questions about absolute potential, field lines, equipotential surfaces, and electrostatic potential.
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Charging Up, Charging Down
Learners collect and analyze voltage data. Then, they investigate exponential functions using the TI and a Voltage Probe and graph their data and analyze it using a table.
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How Lightening Works
Annotated diagrams explain the distribution of charged particles in clouds that can lead to lightening bolts. This is a super short slide show but it is useful for explaining the phenomenon and safety mechanisms.
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Electricity
Give your science lesson a charge with this presentation on electricity. Each slide contains vocabulary or great information on what electricity is and how it works. Note: This resource would be even better if accompanied by a video and...
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Static Electricity
In this static electricity worksheet, students review terms and concepts relating to electricity. Students place 21 vocabulary words into a crossword puzzle.
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Conjugate a Verb Today! (positive)
In this grammar skills worksheet, students will practice conjugating verbs. Graphic organizers show how to conjugate in the present, past, and future tenses.
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Test Your Grammar Skills: Conjugate a Verb Today! (positive – example)
In this grammar skills worksheet, students will read examples of how to conjugate verbs. Graphic organizers show how to conjugate a verb in the present, past, and future tenses.
K12 Reader
Waves and Currents
Waves, currents, crests, and troughs. Using information provided in an article about waves and currents, readers define terms used to describe how energy travels.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Tests for Anions
The anode, the positive electrode, attracts negative charges, which is why we call negatively charged atoms anions. The interactive allows pupils to match six different anions to the associated properties when testing. Offering four...
Certificate Street
Most Helpful Student Award
Reward a classroom helper for his or her hard work and dedication with a basic, but cute certificate. You can customize the award by typing in a student name, date, and teacher name.
American Chemical Society
Dissolving M-and-Ms
Learning ... how sweet it is! A hands-on lesson uses colored candies to demonstrate how positive and negative charges interact. Pupils use different types of liquids and watch as the color from the candies spreads—or doesn't.
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Electrostatics
Students examine ways positive and negative charges are attracted and repelled by watching teacher demonstrations, and complete activity sheet related to classroom demonstration activities to prove proficiency of knowledge of...
TV411
How Do You Read Your News?
Words carry baggage. Class members are asked to consider the weight of words in an exercise that contrasts the word choices in two versions of the same event. Consider following the exercise with an activity in which pairs craft positive...
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Battery fun
Conduct an experiment with batteries to make a simple circuit. Fifth graders read the provided information, consider the two circuits, and determine which one is complete. An electrically charged experiment suggestion is included. Tip:...
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Beat the Clock
Tired of wasting time trying to get your class to split up into groups? Engage in an activity to help your charges manage time. Learners reflect on a time they were left out or rejected, and then practice forming groups of three within...
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Using Ion Exchange Chromatography to Separate Proteins
Young scholars explore protein purification by separating a positively charged molecule, lysozyme, from a negatively charged molecule, albumin, at neutral pH using ion exchange chromatography.
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Electrostatics
Students explore charges using balloons and soap bubbles. In this chemistry lesson, students analyze the Van de Graaf generator to see how charges flow using charged particles, static electricity and lighting. This assignment requires...
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More About Static Electricity
Young scholars examine the concept that static electricity is a phenomenon that involves positive and negative charges. They explore the Static Electricity section of the Science, Technology and Engineering website to learn more about...