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Good Vibrations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate sound waves and make changes in the waves resulting in changes in pitch. Students associate changes in pitch in various "musical instruments"with size and shape and the sound waves they produce.
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Sound - Lesson Plan

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders should know how sound is produced and state some properties of sound.
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Do You Hear What I Hear?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners study hearing and are able to differentiate between different sound waves.  In this sound wave lesson students develop a cause and effect model that shows the parts of the ear. 
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Light

For Teachers 5th
Light is such a fascinating subject. This lesson does a great job of illuminating the mysteries of light for your young scientists. A series of demonstrations which are explained in the plan should help your charges to understand how...
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Using Bubbles to Learn about Light Interference

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore constructive interference and destructive interference. In this light travel lesson, students follow procedures to discover how light waves travel and experience interference.
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One World Ocean

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars compare and contrast the properties of salt water in the oceans/seas and freshwater elsewhere on the planet. They also analyze mixing caused by currents in the ocean, including the effects of warm and cold water as well as...
Worksheet
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Properties of Logarithms

For Students 11th
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders apply the 3 properties of logarithms to solve equations by expanding or condensing them. There are 4 problems to solve.
Worksheet
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High or Low

For Students 9th - 12th
In this wave properties instructional activity, students will experiment to see how the sound made by vibrating a ruler is affected by the length of the part that is vibrating. Then students will answer 5 questions based on the results...
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It's a Gas!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate gases and their properties by completing 4 activities. In this gases lesson plan, students perform activities to show that gases take up space, they diffuse, and that odors and vibrations pass through gases. They...
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Properties of the Ocean

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a problem-solving activity, that includes Internet research, about how energies such as currents, waves, tides, etc. affect the ocean.
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Vibration and Pitch

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the relation between vibrations and pitch. They observe and discuss an experiment involving a bicycle and a piece of cardboard in the spokes, listen to a comb with cardboard, and listen to various sounds and...
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Lend Me Your Ear

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson to investigate some of the properties of sound. They create sounds and listen to the vibrations that are made while listing all the sounds that are heard. This is done while the eyes are closed to strengthen...
Worksheet
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Science: Water Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
For this science:  water quiz worksheet, students answer twenty questions, not interactively about the properties of water, then scroll down to check their answers.
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Using Bubbles to Learn about Light Interference

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explain the wave properties of light.
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Wavelengths of Light

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Explore physical science by participating in a visual spectrum experiments. Budding scientists identify the colors in the color spectrum and view the colors in class by utilizing cellophane, flash lights, and other arts and crafts...
Worksheet
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Conic Sections Applications and Properties

For Students 11th
In this algebra worksheet, 11th graders graph parabolas and figure out the major axis and minor axis of the graph. They also find the focus. There are 4 problems on this worksheet.
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Hold Off on the Headphones

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students determine that waves carry energy and information from one place to another. They determine that wavelength, frequency and wave speed are related and describe that sound is a longitudinal wave whose speed depends on the...
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Investigation of Timbre

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils design an experiment to analyze the timbre of different instruments. In this physics lesson, students analyze the missing quality in sound. They discuss their results in class.
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Science Friday

Microorganisms on the Move

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
You can't b. cereus until you see this lesson! Young microbiologists learn to prepare deep well slides, observe two types of microorganisms, and compare and contrast their physical characteristics in this interactive and lively activity.
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Introduction to Gases

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students are introduced to gases. In this science lesson plan, students demonstrate that gases are a state of matter, generate a number of gases, discover some properties of gases, compare some of the properties of different gases, and...
Unit Plan
Benjamin Franklin High School

Saxon Math: Algebra 2 (Section 9)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Section 9 of the 12 linked Saxon Math sections introduces the young algebrist to graphing periodic functions, creating graphs from quadratic roots, working with inequalities, and rational equations. Common among all the lessons is the...
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Echolocation and Communication

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students participate in a role-play activity to determine how whales use the properties of echolocation to communicate.
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Adding Trigonometric Functions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify trigonometric functions. In this trigonometry lesson, students add and subtract trigonometric functions. They add sine and cosine waves and relate it to the real world.
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Petroleum Chemistry

For Students 9th - 12th
In this petroleum chemistry instructional activity, learners review hydrocarbons which includes petroleum. Students understand the properties of petroleum and where it is found. This instructional activity has 12 words in a crossword...