Activity
North Haven Middle School

Environmental Expert Presentation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Individuals or groups select an environmental issue, then spend time researching and creating a presentation to share in class. By allowing learners to choose the issue that matters most to them, you will motivate them to do...
PPT
Bowels Physics

Newton's Second Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Were it not for Sir Newton, our understanding of physics and matters of the world would be drastically different. Present your class with detailed information of Newton's Second Law as they explore the concepts of mass and acceleration....
Lesson Plan
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Vaccine History and Research

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
It all becomes a matter of timing. Groups use a variety of resources to research the history of vaccines by first creating a timeline of vaccine research using leading scientists' work. Learners read articles to develop a story of the...
PPT
Curated OER

Water:Properties, Chapter 3

For Teachers 11th
Hydrogen bonds, and polarity are described in this PowerPoint, and the reasons for tension and cohesion associated with water.  The states of water under certain conditions are explained with information about the changes in...
PPT
Curated OER

Atoms, Molecules and Ions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Atomic theory, experiments that contributed to our knowledge of matter, atomic structure, isotopes, and ions are covered in these 33 slides. Quality diagrams and labeled charts will help activate understanding. The presentation concludes...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension 5: Level 10

For Students 9th - 10th
Whether used as a reading comprehension assessment, as the basis of a mini-lesson on reading strategies, or as extra practice, this exercise will prove to be valuable because of the answers and explanation key that accompanies the...
Worksheet
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Gallantsbiocorner.com

Heart and Circulation

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Young scientists get to the heart of the matter with this comprehensive review of the circulatory system. Addressing the different anatomical structures and processes involved in pumping blood through the human body, this worksheet...
Lab Resource
University of Chicago

Don't Be Too Flaky

For Students 6th - 8th
Snow, ice, and water are all composed of H2O. Does that mean they all have the same volume? Discover the ways that the densities of these substances determine their volumes, and how they change based on their current states of...
Handout
CPO Science

Potential and Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Here's a resource ideal for independent learners who need extra reinforcement or would like to work ahead. These textbook chapters and practice problems cover many basic physics concepts, starting with potential and kinetic energy and...
Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Chemical Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Le Chatelier's interest in thermodynamics and building materials such as cement and plaster led to the Le Chatelier Principle in 1884. Activity 13 in a series of 36 extensively explores chemical equilibrium. Learners read about...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Doppler Ducks

For Students 9th - 12th
The study of waves is not a quacking matter! Watch as a duck manipulates the behavior of its waves through its motion. Graphs show the frequency and wavelength of the waves. 
Interactive
Fuse School

Quiz: Emulsions

For Students 9th - 12th
Ready to mix it up? Learners step up to the plate and show what they know in the 12th installment of a 14-part series covering the states of matter. The quiz contains four questions testing the basics of emulsion chemistry.
Lesson Plan
K20 LEARN

Periodic Shuffle: Introduction to Periodicity and Electron Configuration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
No matter how you shuffle the elements, their electron configurations keep them in the same order. How can that be? Introduce the concept of periodicity through a lesson that combines inquiry, discussion, and comparison. Partners...
Unit Plan
College Board

Vectors: A Curriculum Module for AP® Calculus BC

For Students 10th - 12th
It is all in a matter of time. The model curriculum module uses parametric equations and vectors to solve problems dealing with particle motion along a curve. At the beginning of the lesson, the unit reviews parametric equations and...
Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

A Genome Is an Entire Set of Genes

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Today researchers identify a gene suspected of causing a genetic disease in a matter of days rather than years, thanks to the Human Genome Project. Young scientists learn about the Human Genome Project and the scientists who designed the...
Lesson Plan
Science Matters

Heart to Heart

For Teachers 5th
It's time to get to the heart of the matter! After introducing the heart anatomy in the previous lesson in a series on the systems of the body, the lesson looks at the specifics. Learners complete a series of six activities to study the...
Activity
NASA

Water Works on a Blue Planet

For Students 6th - 12th
Keep within a water budget. Learners find out that less than 2.5% of Earth's water is available to drink—and that there is a fixed amount of water. Scholars read an interesting article comparing the available water to a game of Monopoly...
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Vertebrate Circulatorium

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
When you get to the heart of the matter, you learn a lot about an organism by studying its circulatory system! A perfect resource for a zoology or anatomy class, the simulation gives users a peek inside a variety of vertebrates to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solids, Liquids and Gases - Part 2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students experiment with balloons, soda water and raisins to find out about the states of matter.  In this solids, liquids and gases lesson plan, students complete a group activity with balloons to recognize the state of matter in...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solutions and Suspensions

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explore matter by conducting an in class demonstration. In this liquid mixture lesson plan, students identify the difference between a solution in which a solid dissolves into liquid, and a suspension where the solid doesn't...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Changes of State

For Students 5th - 7th
In this states of matter activity, students are given 5 diagrams showing particles of matter and students predict the temperatures of each and the reasoning for their prediction given 5 different temperature to choose from. Students...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Nouns and Verbs

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this nouns and verbs worksheet, students fill in the blanks with words from a word bank. Students write five answers about the states of matter.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Gas Laws and Alka-Seltzer Rockets

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate the Ideal Gas Law. In this three states of matter instructional activity, students create Alka-Seltzer rockets using film canisters. Students record observations and data according to the scientific method and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Energy and Changes of State

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners complete a variety of labs to help them explain how energy affects the changes in states of matter. They also be required to collect and record data, graph data, and apply interpretations of that data.

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