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Magnetic Experiment

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders experiment with magnets. In this magnet experiment lesson, 3rd graders explore magnetic attraction and repulsion. Students rotate through four stations and investigate the properties of magnets.
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Aerodynamic Design

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research aerodynamic design. In this aerodynamic design instructional activity, students investigate wind resistance on a car. Students explore the reasons necessary for aerodynamic design.
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Photometry of Stars and Clusters

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students apply an algorithm to measure the distance to stars in the night sky. In this photometry lesson, students observe stars in the night sky as they measure the distance to them and to the cluster, The Milky Way. They apply the...
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Labs from Chicago, Summer 1993: Calibrating the Sun's Light

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students experiment with the luminosity of the Sun's light. In this luminosity lesson, students participate in an experiment with luminosity of the sun and flashlights. They make filters and fiber optic sources.
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Protecting Man's Best Friend

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars read about how dogs help people. In this language arts instructional activity, students select a topic and create a presentation about dogs. Young scholars choose the type of presentation to create.
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From Gene to Protein - Transcription and Translation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners identify the different steps involved in DNA transcription. In this genetics lesson, pupils complete a worksheet and model the translation process with a paper chain activity. They watch a video on sickle cell anemia and explain...
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Is Every Color in the Rainbow?

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students discuss whether all colors are in the rainbow. In this physics lesson, students defend their ideas and present persuasive arguments to support them.
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Falling Motion

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students design and conduct an experiment on Galileo's Rule of Falling Bodies. In this physics lesson, students collect and analyze data. They create a presentation and share it with the class.
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Zapping Fish

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore whether fish get electrocuted when the lightning strikes a lake.
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Food and Food Groups

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research the importance of diet and its relationship to disease. They examine their own attitudes about the foods they eat.
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Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Studetns view a terrarium with water droplets on the wals. They discuss the ways the water could have got onto the wall of the terrarium. Students design an experiment to duplicate the process. They describe the patterns form their data...
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Worm Bin Project Data Exchange

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work collaboratively to exchange data with their peers (groups of students at other schools) about their worm bin project. They discuss differing findings and hypothesize reasons for these differences.
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Telescopes Then And Now

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this telescopes worksheet, students will read information about the differences between the early telescopes and the modern telescopes. Then students will complete 2 short answer questions.
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What is a Solution?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this solutions worksheet, students read about how people first learned to use metals and to combine metals to form alloys. Students write an essay telling the story of how ancient people first learned to cause physical changes in metal.
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Human Body

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this biology worksheet, students complete a paragraph about the human body and the eyes. They fill-in the blanks with the correct word from the word bank. There are 21 blanks to complete.
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

For Students 9th - 12th
In this extraterrestrial life worksheet, students review the different space craft used to explore space for existence of life beyond Earth. This worksheet has 8 matching and 5 unscramble words.
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Exploration of the Moon

For Students 9th - 12th
In this moon worksheet, students review the Clementine exploration of the Earth's moon. This worksheet has 8 matching and 14 true or false questions.
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Terrarium Observation

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students observe the growth of plants in their terrarium. For this social studies lesson, students measure plant growth for several weeks. They predict what happens if other organisms are added in the terrarium.
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CSI Interdisciplinary Projects

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Work across content areas with an engaging project that highlights higher-level thinking, teamwork, and a STEM focus.
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Up, Up and Away with the Montgolfier Balloon

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students construct hot air balloons. In this science lesson, students assemble their own balloon using tissue paper and glue. They time the duration of the flight, record data and calculate team averages.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth I

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils identify the elements of science fiction and write their own example.  In this Journey to the Center of the Earth lesson students complete several activities about science fiction, authors and novels.
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"The Vision" Contest

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study a current technology and predict what that technology will be like 30 years from now. They research the technology's origins, how it presently works, and what it might entail in the future. They develop higher order...
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Learning About Our Five Senses

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners study the sense of touch and various degrees of heat. They design a model that displays how the human hand reacts to heat using a touch sensor.
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Lesson- Radial Solution, Hydroggen Wavefunction

For Teachers Higher Ed
Student uses Schrodinger's equation applied to a single electron Hydrogen atom. They use angular and radial portions equation to answer questions. Student use a model to answer equation questions.