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Usda: Virtual Labs: Bacteria Sampling (Using Various Disposable Lab Equipments)

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science simulation, students test milk samples to check for bacterial contamination.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Chemistry Lab Equipment

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the lab equipment used for chemistry experiments such as beakers, flasks, test tubes, stirring rods, pipettes, bunsen burners, gloves, goggles, and more.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Scale Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students learn how to use a meter stick to create and calibrate a scale. This lab can be used as a stand alone lab or as a companion to a live lab using the same equipment. This lab is intended to be done...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Virtual Neurophysiology Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the nervous system by looking at nerve cells in this virtual lab. This lab exercise allows students to experience a virtual dissection of a leech to use electronic equipment to explore the electrical activity of nerve cells....
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Study of Student Precision Using Volumetric Glassware

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is an exercise in using various lab equipment for measuring the volume of a liquid. Data is recorded on a spreadsheet and analyzed to see which tool offers the greatest precision.
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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Flasks, Beakers, & Graduated Cylinders

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the uses for Erlenmeyer flasks and beakers and graduated cylinders in this informative site.
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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Analytical Balance

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn how analytical balances are used when you need a high degree of precision. Find out the proper use and care of this very sensitive instrument. Requires QuickTime plug-in for some features.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Suspension Bridge Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students look at how the forces needed to support a suspension bridge change as the object moves across the bridge. This lab is intended to be used as a companion to a live lab with similar equipment.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Scientific Method and Metrics

For Students 9th - 10th
Students have the opportunity to review the scientific method, become familiar with vocabulary terms associated with scientific investigation, and learn about real-world scientific examples where the method is used.
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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: P H Meter Analog

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to find out what a pH meter is and how to use it in this informative and concise site.
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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Digital P H Meter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains how a digital pH meter uses an electrode to measure the pH of a solution Find out how to use this instrument in this informative site.
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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Top Loading Balance

For Students 9th - 10th
Use a top loading balance to weigh solid material when a precision of 0.1 is adequate. Find out how to operate this instrument in this concise site.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Laboratories

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn about science laboratories, the types of equipment that are used in them, and about safety guidelines in a laboratory.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Timing Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must show that they can successfully time an event using a hand held stopwatch.
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University of California

University of California Berkeley: Charging an Electroscope by Induction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the U.C. Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations website. A thorough description of an activity in which a charged metal plate is used to charge an electroscope by induction. Complete directions and a diagram of the equipment and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Simple Coulter Counter

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students build and use a very basic Coulter electric sensing zone particle counter to count an unknown number of particles in a sample of "paint" to determine if enough particles per ml of paint exist to meet a quality standard. In a lab...
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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Wolf Pack in a Bottle: Dna Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson plan can be used to illustrate the principle of electrophoresis without the equipment. Paper chromatography can be used to separate dye just like electrophoresis will separate DNA. The lab also covers DNA analysis for an...