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Floating and Sinking

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students conduct experiments in which they investigate which materials float and which sink. They examine what qualities the materials that float have in common. They carry out a scientific investigation, predict, and test their...
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Mapping the Blue Part

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders determine the location of specific features of the stimulated ocean floor. The features include the continental shelf, continental slope, an ocean trench, and a mid-oceaniz ridge.
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Oobleck

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars examine states of matter. In this solids and liquids lesson, students conduct a scientific investigation that requires them to make oobleck and record their observations pertaining to it.
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Citizen Scientist - Collect Some Data

For Students 5th - 10th
In this science project worksheet, students view a sheet of numerous science projects including weather, animals, flowers, and more. Students choose 1 project to do out of 22 projects total.
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Fossil Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students ask questions about the nature of science as they experience a 'Fossil Hunt'. They reconstruct a book that has been literally destroyed, just as the fossil record has been changed by billions of years of geological processes.
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Science NetLinks: Changing World 1: Endocrine Disruptors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate how environmental surprises and endocrine disruptors influence perceptions of benefits and costs. The decisions of science are under these type of influences and must be thought out with a definite method.
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Worm Weather Predicted

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners examine worm habitats. In this animal habitats lesson, students participate in a lab activity that requires them to explore the adaptations that earthworms make to their environment.
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Seeing Is Believing: Atoms

For Students 4th - 8th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to examine 4 mystery objects and then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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I Wood if I Could

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the process of how specific products are made from trees. For this chemistry activity, groups of students must choose among ice cream, bubble gum, paper, toothpaste and lipstick. They research, design and...
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Measuring Permeability of Soil, Sand and Gravel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the different materials in their environment.  In this geology lesson, students collaborate in groups to examine the differences in sand, soil and gravel.  Middle schoolers utilize a magnifying...
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Electromagnet

For Students 5th - 8th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to examine how electricity and magnetism are related and then respond to 4 short answer questions.
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Microscope Investigation

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils explore physical science by participating in a science examination. In this microscope tutorial lesson plan, students read the book The Naked Eye and discuss the purpose for using a microscope in the field of science. Pupils...
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Inclined Plane 1

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to create an inclined plane paper model and then respond to 1 short answer question.
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Is Electricity Safe?

For Students 5th - 8th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to examine the safety of electricity and then respond to 3 short answer questions.
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Magnetic Poles

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this scientific investigation activity, students follow the provided procedures to examine positive and negative charges of magnets and then respond to 3 short answer question.
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Air Atoms

For Students 5th - 8th
In this scientific investigation instructional activity, students follow the provided procedures to examine what happens to atoms in the air when metal atoms bump them. Students then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Poetry and Observations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare poetry and the night sky. In this poetry lesson, students read poetry and compare the imagery from the poem with the night sky. Students explore how science and poetry relate to one another.
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Gathering Data About Respiration

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students engage in an experiment that tests how much air we breathe in and out during the respiration process. In this respiration lesson, students blow a typical breath's amount of air into a balloon. They use a ruler to measure the...
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Pulleys 1

For Students 5th - 8th
In this simple machines scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to examine how pulleys work and then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Static Electricity

For Students 5th - 8th
For this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to examine static electricity and then respond to 1 short answer question.
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Atoms or Molecules?

For Students 5th - 8th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, learners follow the provided procedures to examine the chemical reactions of hydrogen and oxygen atoms and then respond to 1 short answer question.
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Cells

For Students 5th - 8th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to examine the number of cells in animals and then respond to 3 short answer questions.
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Artificial Gravity

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to observe gravity as they build a paper space station and then respond to 4 short answer questions.
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Measuring Relative Humidity: A Psychrometer

For Students 5th - 8th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to examine the temperature reading of wet and dry thermometers and then respond to 5 questions.