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The Magic School Bus Baked in a Cake

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. In this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students learn that baking is like a chemistry experiment as they make chemistry happen by following a recipe for pretzels.
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Macromolecule Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
During a macromolecule lab, young chemists perform multiple tests, including iodine starch tests, to determine if eight mystery foods contain lipids, sugars, or starches.
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Managing Nutrients in Livestock Manure

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Livestock managers reinforce math and science skills while learning about the nutrients found in manure. They predict which animal produces the largest amount and which animal's manure contains the most nitrogen. Finally, they compare...
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Mangrove Ecology and Adaptations

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a plant or animal that would be well adapted to a habitat they selected. They first learn about Mangroves and their specific adaptations that help them survive in their habitat.
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Earth Systems

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate biological systems. They summarize relationships between systems. Students determine how systems relate within the biosphere. They analyze the carbon cycle.
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Watercolor Collage

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study about Impressionism and Post Impressionism. They create a watercolor collage.
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Osmosis Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate osmosis as they determine how carrot cells respond to two different environments. They conduct the experiment, record the data, and answer discussion questions.
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Fun With Food

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students participate in hands-on scientific experiments relying solely on household kitchen materials.
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Buoyancy: What will float and what will sink

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars write and explain why an object sinks or floats.  In this buoyancy lesson students demonstrate how items float or sink and graph the results. 
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Columbus' Voyage to the New World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars develop cooperation skills and to teach rules and how to follow them. Students create voyage card. They discuss and decide on some situations that may have or did occur to the crew during Columbus voyage to the new...
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Foods and Nutrition

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners study nutrition, healthy choices for food, and ways to prepare food. They review the Food Guide Pyramid and play Nutriend Tic Tac Know to select healthy foods. As a group they make pretzels, Mystery Muffins, soda, and play the...
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Electricity/Magnetism

For Teachers K
Students investigate how magnets attract and repel.
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Create a Cloud in a Jar (Hands-on Version)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the conditions necessary for cloud formation.  In this clouds lesson students complete an activity that shows them atmospheric pressure.
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Cabbage Juice Indicator

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment with household solutions and classify them as a base or acid.  In this exploratory activity students complete a lab where they test products to see if they are an acid or a base. 
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Current Interactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design an experiment to see how wind, temperature, and salinity work together to influence ocean currents and present it in a report format. They explain to their classmates how experiment findings relate to ocean currents.
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Teach Engineering: Water Desalination Plant

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use a thermal process approach to design, build and test a small-scale desalination plant that is capable of significantly removing the salt content from a saltwater solution. Students use a saltwater circuit to test the...
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American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: Ice of a Different Color [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
An experiment to test what happens to water when salt or sugar is added and it is then frozen into ice cubes. Students also explore the ice's physical properties by rubbing cubes on sandpaper and dropping a heavy object on each type.