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Frozen Film

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners discover how light reflects off surfaces. In this hands-on demonstration, students examine how variations in color are produced by light interference.
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Winter Weather Week Day 1: Weather Words

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore winter weather. In this winter weather lesson, students examine and define 22 weather-related terms. Students determine the words that have to do with winter weather.
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The Ups and Downs of It: Wind

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the ways in which wind is formed and how it affects our weather.
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Gas Law Worksheet II

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this gas laws worksheet, students calculate volume, pressure, or mass for given gas reactions. Students calculate partial pressures for given gases. This worksheet has 17 problems to solve.
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1ST _ Measurement

For Teachers 1st
In this first grade measurement instructional activity, 1st graders answer 15 multiple choice questions that include days of the week, months, inches, feet, and liquid measurement.
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Build Your Own Weather Station

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Studens experiment with temperatures. In this science lesson, students make their own weather station by heating one bottle and keeping the water in another bottle at room temperature.
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Property: Ownership, Respect, and Responsibilty

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners brainstorm objects that belong to themselves, classmates, the teacher, and the school. They discuss and rank what happens when personal property is damaged.
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Weather Log

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop the skill of recording weather observations. Not only students be responsible for recording visual observations of the sky, but also collecting and recording weather instrument data.
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The Chemistry of Fire and Other Oxidation Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the process of combustion.
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Heat Absorption

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars examine how heat moves from substance to another.  In this heat absorption instructional activity students identify ways that heat is transferred and analyze data.
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One Square Foot

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars identify, describe, count, tally, and graph life found in one square foot of land.
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Mystery Boxes

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students make observations about Mystery Boxes that their teacher has made up and describes the motion of the object inside the box and hypothesizes it's shape based on their observations.
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Water Quality Monitoring of Natural Water

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create their own monitoring program for natural water. They collect samples from an appropriate sampling site. They perform chemical and biological analyses of their samples. They present their information to the class.
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Color Dots 3

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make simple observations, test mixtures, and make generalized inferences from their observations. They observe bleeding of colored inks with water.
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Tree Study

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars measure the lengths of provided leafs to the nearest millimeter. Students identify trends in the data as well as sourced of inaccuracy and formulate additional questions that could be investigated to enhance their...
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Testing the Waters

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Pupils study the quality of water by running chemical tests on the water. First, they measure pH, temperature, phospates, and nitrates in tap (drinking) water and an outdoor water sample. Then they post and evaluate the results of these...
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Smog Be Gone

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners begin the instructional activity by identifying greenhouse gases. In groups, they observe and record the effect of the gases on the atmosphere and the temperature of the Earth. They participate in activities that describe the...
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Understanding Cloud Formation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners explore air and clouds by watching demonstration. They perform an experiment to measure air pressure changes.
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Heating Up!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders measure the heat created at each center.
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The Heat is On

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders experiment with heat through investigations. They rub objects together and compare the relative differences in the amount of heat given off. They write in their journals about the results they find.
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Carbon Dioxide: The Heat is On

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the greenhouse gases affecting the atmosphere. In groups, they participate in activities in which they examine the effects of heat on the atmosphere and phytoplankton. They research how the phytoplankton differ in warm...
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Let There Be Light

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe that different lights have different effects on matter. Students see that ultraviolet light is powerful although it cannot be seen through this teacher led demo-experiment.
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Is It Hot in the Light?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make observations about the temperature of items in direct sunlight. In groups, they discuss why asphalt, brick and cement are warmer than items surrounding them. To end the lesson, they examine how heat transfers energy...
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Fourth Grade Math: Geometry

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this math assessment worksheet, students answer 5 multiple choice geometry questions. The assessment is on the fourth grade level.