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Environmental Chemistry

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to the topic of Environmental Chemistry. In groups, they review the steps within the scientific method and develop their own hypothesis and design an experiment. They solve equations related to the...
Worksheet
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Dancing Raisins

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this raisins worksheet, students test what raisins do in soda. Students experiment with raisins and answer 5 questions on the experiment and on matter.
Interactive
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Chemists and Chemistry

For Students 5th - 10th
In this chemistry worksheet, students click on the links in the questions about chemistry, matter, chemists, and more to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 7 questions total.
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Ice cream in a Bag

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners make ice cream from scratch. They discuss the Food Guide Pyramid and what constitutes healthy and unhealthy food choices. Students experiment states of matter - solids, liquids, and gases. They predict each stage of the ice...
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Clean Air: Our Health Matters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about the human respiratory system. In this pollution lesson plan, students identify the parts of the respiratory system and what happens to them when they breathe in polluted air. Students learn about the importance of...
Organizer
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What is a Chemical Change in Matter?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this chemical change worksheet, students write down the description of a match before burning and after burning. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Science: How Solids Become Liquids

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover how matter changes from one state to another by observing melting ice cubes. They decide on means to warm the ice and predict what will happen. Students record how long it takes for the cubes to melt.
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Matter

For Teachers 1st
First graders categorize matter. They compare how solids and liquids behave.
Lesson Plan
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Particulate Matter in the Air

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners conduct an inquiry exploring the different kinds of particulate matter in the air. They name three different types of particulate matter found in the air and identify different types of solid particulate matter found in the air...
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Indoor Air: What's the Matter?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students develop a greater awareness of the variety and amount of particulate matter in the air. They try to locate general sources of pollution for a specific area and develop some suggestions for improving air quality.
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A World Of Matter

For Teachers 1st
First graders complete a variety of experiments with solids, liquids and gases. They read books about matter, identify the characteristics of solids, liquids and gases and the sort and classify a variety of matter. Students make...
Lesson Plan
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Does the Seed Matter?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students compare the growth of watermelon from commercial seeds and those harvested from a watermelon. They complete science journals showing these comparisons based on the data they collect.
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Matter

For Students 7th - 10th
In this matter worksheet, students unscramble 11 terms associated with the different forms of matter and how matter is measured.
Worksheet
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Science Vocabulary Crossword

For Students 6th
In this science vocabulary worksheet, 6th graders complete a puzzle using a set of definition clues. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Measurement: When Degrees Matter

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders record the temperature change of the beakers. In this general science lesson plan, 8th graders create their own data table for recording observations. They discuss experimental results and cite real life applications.
Worksheet
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Properties of Matter Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers look for the words that are associated with the measurements taken in an average science class.
Lesson Plan
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Investigating Matter and Energy

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research a science related career that they may be interested in. They use their findings to create a pamphlet about the career and present them orally to the class.
Worksheet
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Matching Worksheet: Life Science

For Students 7th - 10th
In this matching instructional activity, students match fifteen words to their definition. They identify words dealing life science such as cell, cell membrane, producer, and antibodies.
Activity
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The Poor Cartographer—Graph Coloring

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Color the town red. Demonstrate the concept of graph theory with a task that involves determining the least number of colors needed to color a map so that neighboring countries are not represented by the same color. Pupils...
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Number Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Generating a system of shapes. Groups work together to create a number system using three different shapes as symbols. The groups should come up with the rules that generate all the possible permutations of the three shapes.
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Investigating the Line

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Note that this lesson is best paired with the preceding lesson in the unit. In that lesson, elementary physical scientists observed that the color coating of M&Ms® candies do not mix when dissolved off of the chocolate surface. Now...
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American Chemical Society

Racing M&M Colors

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
More than anything, this is great practice in scientific inquiry. After discovering that the color coating of an M&M® dissolves in water during a preceding activity, investigators now question whether or not the color makes a...
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Kenan Fellows

Letter Writing to Politicians on Environmental Issues

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Let your voices be heard! Pupils research local and national environmental concerns using the Internet. Class members determine an issue they deem important and draft a letter to a local politician expressing their...
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Calibrating Thermometers

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Engage young scientists in the upper-elementary and middle school grades with this collection of simple experiments. Whether you're teaching about heat transfer, density, or potential energy this resource has a lab for you.

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