Activity
Curated OER

Treasure Rocks

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students mix ingredients together until it forms a soft dough. In this art lesson, students flatten the dough out and put small trinkets, wrapped candy or anything else they would want to hide in the rock. Students form dough up and into...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making soap you can use

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Those textbook experiments are no good. Using this simple method you can make a real bar of soap. It's
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To Be Salty Sea Ice Or Not

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore what type of solutions freeze. They design their own experiments to compare how fresh water and salt water freezes. In addition, they write their observations in a journal and complete analysis questions.
Lesson Plan
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Bouncing Popcorn

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders meet a teacher challenge to work like chemists. They investigate with baking soda, water, salt, sugar, vinegar, and sprite to move a popcorn kernel from the bottom of a cup to the top. They experiment with different...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why Is The Sea Salty?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students observe how salt concentration increases in water and how salt remains after water evaporates. In this salty sea lesson plan, student use rock salt, water, containers, and strainers to observe that salt increases each time new...
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Coal Flowers

For Teachers K - 5th
Students observe the effect of various chemicals on coal. Using coal, laundry bluing, water, salt, and ammonia, they observe crystal formations after a period of a few hours, and discuss their observations.
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A “Salting” Solution

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the factors affecting solubility. In this chemistry lesson, 9th graders differentiate solvent and solute. They give examples of real world application of solutions.
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Water Currents

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers demonstrate how ocean currents are influenced by changes in density. They discover that temperature and salintiy affect density as well. They participate in a short experiment to end the lesson.
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WONDERFUL, WATERFUL WETLANDS

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students list characteristics of wetland and describe the functions of a wetland.
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American Chemical Society

Using Dissolving to Identify an Unknown

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
There is a solvent called aqua regis that can dissolve gold! After observing a solubility demonstration, groups receive four known crystals and one unknown. Based on the demo, they design an experiment to determine the identity of the...
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NOAA

Ocean Layers II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Now that you know the ocean has layers, let's name them. The seventh installment of a 23-part NOAA Enrichment in Marine sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) program covers terminology associated with ocean layers, such as thermocline and...
Unit Plan
Calvin Crest Outdoor School

Survival

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
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American Chemical Society

Does Temperature Affect Dissolving?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
When making sweet tea, why do people dissolve the sugar in hot tea instead of cold tea? The class discusses the previous lab and builds upon it. Working in groups, they design an experiment to determine how temperature affects the...
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University of Georgia

Heating and Cooling of Land Forms

For Students 9th - 12th
Compare heating and cooling rates of different land forms. A lab activity has groups collect data on the rate of heating and cooling of soil, grass, saltwater, fresh water, and sand. An analysis of the rates shows how the different land...
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Exploratorium

Salty Pits

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Yuck, does my deodorant kill that? To test whether deodorant is anti-bacterial, class members use petri dishes to grow control bacteria and bacteria from sweat, and then compare them to see if deodorant effects the...
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Polar Trec

Sea Ice Impact

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The arctic seas contain currents that are both warm (with high salinity) and cold (relatively fresh water) that circulate throughout the year. Through discussion, a lab, and a web quest, participants explore the impacts of melting and...
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Curated OER

Where's My Mummy: Preservation Techniques

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
To observe preservation techniques firsthand, learners dry a flower in sand and compare cucumber slices soaked in salt water for a week with slices left out to dry in the open air. Video resources (not attached) include one about mummies...
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How To Grow Red Seaweed

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore ocean biology by participating in a plant growing activity. In this seaweed lesson, students identify the importance and uses of seaweed in the ocean and examine different seaweed samples. Students utilize an aquarium,...
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Making a Region Map of a State

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create salt maps of a state and indicate its regions. They include topographical elements including mountains, valleys, lowlands and major water bodies and a compass rose.
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Osmosis

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore osmosis as they watch organisms divide.  In this organism lesson, 5th graders use potatoes to experiment with the effects of salty water in the body.  Students discuss what osmosis is and record what...
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Weathering and Erosion

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate how changes occur on the surface of the earth through erosion and glaciation. They observe what happens to salt and iron after they interact with water and vinegar, and analyze what occurs when water is sprinkled on...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Effect of Temperature on Solubility

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this solubility instructional activity, students conduct an experiment to see how temperature effects the solubility of salt in water. Students record their data in a chart and then graph the results. Then students complete 2 short...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Salinity Lab

For Students 8th - 10th
In this salinity worksheet, students simulate conditions of salt and fresh water mixing and observe the various densities of these solutions based on their salinity.
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Antarctica: Effects of Salinity on Icebergs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the effects of salinity on icebergs. In this hands on lesson, students design and conduct an investigation into how the amount of salt in ice affects its buoyancy.

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