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Physical Science Fun
Fifth graders explain how the land changes by developing some "land dances." Working in cooperative groups, each group develops a movement sequence that depicts the vocabulary word they are given. They teach dance to other classmates.
American Chemical Society
Inquiry in Action: Mysterious M&m's
Students will ask questions and learn more about dissolving in this activity where they place M&M in water. Activity includes students activity sheet and teacher instructions.
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Inquiry in Action: Racing M&m Colors
An activity where students can experiment with whether different colors of M&Ms dissolve faster in water versus others. This lab includes a student worksheet and teacher instructions.
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Inquiry in Action: Colors Collide or Combine
Do M&Ms colors combine or collide when they are put together on a plate of water? This lab activity will have students investigating what happens when M&Ms get wet.
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Inquiry in Action: Defining Dissolving
A lab activity where students will understand the definition of dissolve by observing substances that dissolve in water but not in oil. This site includes both teacher and student instructions.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Why Circulate?
In this lesson plan middle schoolers will observe the dispersion of a drop of food coloring in water, draw conclusions about the movement of dissolved substances, and develop explanations about the importance of organisms' internal...
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: What Dissolves in Water?
In this lesson students will investigate whether several common substances are soluble in water. Student sheets are provided in English and in Spanish.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: What Is One Part Per Million Solution?
Substances dissolved in water can be present in very tiny amounts that are not visible to the eye. in this lesson students make a solution of food coloring with a concentration of one part per million.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Why Does Water Dissolve Sugar?
Explore this animation to learn why water dissolves sugar.
BBC
Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Materials: Changes in Materials
Help solve the mystery and find the missing crystal. Following the activity, read more about chemical and physical changes, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
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Inquiry in Action: Recrystallization Test
In this activity, students will identify an unknown crystal based on its appearance when it recrystallizes. Activity includes both student and teacher instructions.
BBC
Bbc: Bitesize: What Is Dissolving
Find out how dissolving works and why some substances appear to disappear when you mix them with water.
American Chemical Society
Inquiry in Action: M&m in Different Temperatures
An activity where students experiment with the effect of temperature on how fast the colored coating dissolves on M&M's. Activity includes student and teacher instructions.
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Inquiry in Action: M&m's in Different Sugar Solutions
An activity to investigate the factors that affect the rate of a substance dissolving. In this activity, students see if the rate of dissolving of the M&M coat is changed by the amount of sugar already dissolved in water. This...
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Inquiry in Action: Dissolving a Substance in Different Liquids
This activity investigates the question of whether colored sugar dissolves at the same rate in water, vegetable oil, and alcohol. This lesson includes teacher information and student activity sheet.
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Inquiry in Action: Temperature Affects Dissolving
Answer the question of whether cocoa mix dissolves in hot water or cold water in this activity. Help students see how temperature affects the rate at which solids dissolve. This lesson includes teacher and student instructions.
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Inquiry in Action: Dissolving Different Liquids in Water
This activity will have students experimenting with whether all liquids dissolve in water. Activity includes both teacher and student instructions.
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Inquiry in Action: A Dissolving Challenge
A challenge where students are asked to make a lemon soda that holds as much carbonation as possible by using three ingredients. This lab experiment includes a demonstration, challenge, and mini-report. Also, this lab experiment includes...
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Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Can Gases Dissolve in Water?
An activity through which students learn why gas is able to dissolve in water, and how heat affects the solubility of a gas in a liquid.
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Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Why Does Water Dissolve Salt?
Students use their own model of a salt crystal and water molecule to show how water dissolves salt. Then, they relate their observations to the structure of salt, water, and alcohol on the molecular level.
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Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Why Does Water Dissolve Sugar?
Lesson plan in which students design an experiment to determine if different types of liquids affect the amount of dissolution of an M&M candy shell.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Can Liquids Dissolve in Water?
Lesson plan with mulitmedia links in which students identify and control variables to help design a solubility test for different liquids in water.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Salt Dissolved in Great Salt Lake
In this activity, students will compare water from a fresh lake to water from the Great Salt Lake to begin to build a conceptual model for how salt dissolves in water. The activity focuses on students using and developing models of...
University of Florida
Florida Museum of Natural History: Investigating Water
This guide engages children in the process of scientific inquiry using the context of a favorite early childhood pastime-water play.