Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Plastic Polymers: Investigating Their Flexibility

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter to develop a hypothesis to test the physical properties of materials such as plastic (polymers) and how its chemical properties allow it to have unique physical...
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Other

Rooted and Growing: Kindergarten Science Unit: Objects and Materials [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A collection of science lessons where students explore the characteristics of different materials and everyday objects and create their own objects and art. They study the properties of the materials that make them strong, absorptive,...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Rainbow Challenge Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this inquiry lab activity, students will attempt to layer 6 different kinds of soda pops in a large test tube using their knowledge of density and other physical properties of liquids.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg, G Gmd Global Positioning System Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Satellites communicate with a GPS device and establish the distance between them and their locations. The set of points at a fixed distance from a satellite form a sphere so when the GPS receives its distance from a given satellite, this...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Polymers & Plastics: Classification & Models

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter including physical and chemical changes to examine and categorize various types of plastics (polymers). They will identify how their chemical properties allow them to have...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Plastic Polymers: Building a Model

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter including physical and chemical changes from the Houghton Mifflin science curriculum. Students will create a hypothesis to test the physical properties of materials...