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Lab Resource
Colorado State University

Does Air Weigh Anything?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Can you feel the weight of the air on your shoulders? Your classes may not believe that air has weight. A straightforward experiment asks individuals to weigh a bottle before and after adding air. Their results may surprise them!
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Lesson Plan
NASA

The Invisible Sun: How Hot Is It?

For Students 9th - 12th
It's getting hot in here! The first in a series of six lessons has learners model nuclear fusion with a simple lab investigation. Groups collect data and analyze results, comparing their models to the actual process along the way.
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Lesson Plan
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Small Scale Stenciling: Mask Lab

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Investigate the procedure for developing computer chips! Learners use solar print paper to create both positive and negative images. They observe the effects of single and multiple exposures and compare results.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Wildlife Federation

Leaf Chromatography

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Pigmentation of leaves is important in plant processes. Scholars use chromatography to create a better picture of the pigmentation in an assortment of leaves. They share their results to make comparisons between different plant species.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

Trip Up Your Brain

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Sometimes different parts of the brain disagree. See what this disagreement looks like using a remote learning resource to experience how brains often take shortcuts. Pupils complete the activity, observe their results, and then read...
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Interactive
Las Cumbres Observatory

Down2Earth: Making Impact Craters

For Students 3rd - 10th
Is the sky falling? Learners use a simulator to modify the mass and velocity of asteroids and collect data on how they influence the diameter and depth of the impact crater. They use their results to draw conclusions and make predictions...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing Glucose Tolerance Test Results.

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students graph glucose test results to compare between people with and without diabetes.  In this investigative instructional activity students participate in activities that allow them to better understand diabetes and how to graph...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Results and Conclusions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice using the scientific method.  In this results and conclusions lesson, 4th graders review data collected, create a graph of their data and make their final conclusions about the information collected.
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PPT
Curated OER

Lab Tests, Results, and Sulfuric Acid

For Teachers 7th - 12th
You may want to change the title of this chemistry PowerPoint to "Identifying Compounds in the Laboratory." Individual slides explain tests that can be performed to confirm what element you have: carbon dioxide, carbonates, and metal...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vectors

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars describe motion by the use of adding vectors to obtain the resultant vector. They comprehend the meaning of a resultant vector. Students identify the difference between the x and y components of vector quantities. Young...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trends Forecasting

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice trends forecasting to predict the weather. In this forecasting lesson plan, students learn how meteorologists predict the weather by looking at weather trends. They then predict their own forecast, analyze the results,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wind

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students make a wind vane, anemometer, wind spiral, and wind streamer to calculate wind movement. In this wind lesson plan, students test each of their wind instruments, and graph the results of the wind speed in different locations.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding Oceans

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate how ocean currents affect our world. In this ocean currents lesson, students perform an experiment to show how cold water is near the poles and warm water is near the equator. Students use water, food coloring, ice...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graphing Pendulum Results

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders set up a pendulum experiment deciding which variable to manipulate (length of string or weight on the string). They create a hypothesis, collect necessary equipment, and write out each step of their experiment. They then...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Titration Results Sheet

For Students 9th - 12th
There are two identical half-sheets on this page, each including a data table to indicate the outcome of a titration experiment. Chemistry technicians fill in the reagents used, the final and initial volumes of the titration, and the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Examine Methods of Reporting Research Results

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze a research report and the list of components needed in a research report and then identify those components based on a set of standards using the scientific method. They collect data which can be used for a graphical...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

A Solubility Curve for Potassium Nitrate

For Students 9th - 12th
Step-by-step laboratory instructions are listed so that chemistry explorers can consider the solubility of potassium nitrate. They combine their results with those of other lab groups and then graph the data to display the solubility...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Finding the Formula of Magnesium Oxide

For Students 9th - 12th
Rather than simply matching up the ionic charges on paper, this exercise gets chemists into the lab to determine the chemical formula for magnesium oxide! If a know amount of magnesium is used, an oxidation reaction results in this...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Engaging Young Scientists with Inquiry: Part Two

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Evaluating data and learning to communicate the results is a big piece of the inquiry puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Planet Data

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use various resources to locate information for a database (name of planets, diameter of planets, etc.). They enter the data onto a prepared data grid. Use of Access to sort data is accented within this lesson. Students...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Effect of Dissolved Salt on the Boiling Point of Water

For Students 7th - 12th
Explore the properties of solutions with a lab activity. Chemistry fans determine the boiling point of water, add salt to create a solution, and then repeat the process four more times. They design their own data table and then graph the...
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Lesson Plan
Earth Day Network

Staying Green While Being Clean

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Clean up the environment with a lesson that focuses on replacing hazardous cleaning supplies with green, environmentally-friendly products. Using a dirty patch of surface as a control area, kids clean other parts of various surfaces...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fish Tank Territories

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Young scholars observe swimming and resting patterns of aquarium fish to determine how different parts of the habitat are used. Different pairs of students should compare their results after several days to look for daily patterns.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

One Sweet Experiment

For Students 4th - 6th
This resource is designed to be used as a lab sheet when experimenting with the dissolution of sugar in water. It's very nice in that it follows the scientific method of experimentation. There are places for the definition of the...

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