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Slumber Party

For Students 5th - 10th
In this food worksheet, learners pretend they are going to a slumber party and have to calculate food according to PKU. Students complete 7 questions and 2 charts.
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Guess The Weight

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this weight worksheet, students match pictures of products with their correct weights given, 11 total. An answer key and reference web site are provided.
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Circle Packing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify different parts and properties of circles. In this geometry lesson, students identify the radius, diameter, semicircle and inscribed angle of a circle. They identify the tangent lines to a circle.
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The Best Pancake Recipe

For Students 4th - 8th
In this pancakes worksheet, students read a description of a pancake recipe and complete word problems based on it. Students complete 10 problems.
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Making a Water Filter

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders draw a plan that they think will clean the sludge in a jar. Students construct the treatment system they designed, take a bottle of sludge to the system and try it out, writing down what happened.
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Blast Off to Learning

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explain the laws of volume and pressure, identify what a limiting reagent is and why it is important in a chemical reaction, and distinguish between fossil fuels and renewable energy sources.
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As a Matter of Fact

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students rotate through various hands-on experiment stations to explore the concept and properties of different types of matter. They compare some properties of solids, liquids and gases and describe how matter changes from one state to...
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Acids & Bases: What's the Solution?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students conduct an experiment called "What's the Solution? Acid, Base or Neutral." to determine the differences between these types of substance.
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Making A Natural pH Indicator

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students make their own pH indicator from red cabbage. Red cabbage contains a chemical that turns from its natural deep purple color to red in acids and blue in bases. Students boil the cabbage to get the pH indicator.
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Soil Buffering

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers observe the pH change of an acid mixture poured over soil in a filter. Since the buffering capability of soils differs, you may want to do this experiment with several different soil types.
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Observing Buffers In Lakes, Ponds And Streams

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils observe the effects of limestone on the acidity of water. Some areas of the nation have a lot of limestone in lake bottoms and in soil, which helps neutralize the effects of acid rain. Students see this effect first hand.
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Looking At Acid's Effects On Metals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform an experiment that demonstrates acid rain. The chemical effect of acids on metals may take at least five days for the human eye to see, even though the reaction starts as soon as the acid contacts the metal.
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Getting the "Yuck" Out

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine various types of household materials for their usefulness as filters. They work together in teams to design a filtration system that produces the cleanest water in the shortest time.
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Surface Tension and 3D Soap Films

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept of surface tension, its dependence on material composition, and how it can produce uniquely shaped surfaces.
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Igneous Rocks/Volcanoes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students differentiate between the two types of igneous rock and designate the area the rock comes from.
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Everyone Knows It's Windy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create an anemometer, an instrument that measures wind speed.
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes (K)

For Teachers K - 1st
Students observe how lava flows from a volcano by watching the teacher create a mini volcano with shaving cream.
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Jungle Survival

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students make a chart with columns for water, food, shelter, fire, and other needs.Then list whatever each person thinks they might need in each column to survive for at least a week in the outdoors during that season.
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Soil Analysis Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners practice calculating density and examine examples of the physical characteristics of soil. They solve a "crime" based on the evidence and laboratory investigations.
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DNA: What Does It Mean?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore DNA using online tutorial. They perform their own DNA extraction from a clove of garlic and identify the key components of DNA.
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Demand Shifters

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore concept of demand and factors that cause demand for a good or service to change; students recognize factors that influence their behavior as consumers. Real world examples are provided through an interview with William...
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What's the Matter with that Cup?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders measure volume, circumference, and height of fast food cups, find which one has the greatest volume, and compare/contrast those measurements to discover any correlations between them.
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Boom and Fizz

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the differences between a physical and chemical change. They observe various demonstrations involving physical or chemical changes, make predictions, and record what they see, hear, and smell.
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The Last Great Canal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students read about a cholera outbreak in the 1840's. They read maps, predict how cholera moved throughout the country and participate in a lab activity that demonstrates how disease is spread. They compare cholera through time.

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