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Three, Two, One, Go!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work in teams conducting an experiment that demonstrates why the height of an inclined plane affects the speed at which an object travels. They record data on a chart and calculate speed to reveal the results of three trials at...
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Ready, Set, Go!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers predict if the height of a ramp affect how far an object travels. They design and conduct an experiment to test their predictions. The results are recorded and a graph is created to show the relationship between ramp...
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Putting Our Solar System in Order

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create models of the solar system.
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Paper Airplane Project

For Teachers 4th
Students create paper airplanes.
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Oh, Let the Rain Fall Down

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explain the three phases of the water cycle in a narraive paragraph where they describe the journey of a single raindrop. They are introduced to five science vocabulary words and personfication.
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Make Life Simple

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine six simple machines by looking at pictures of real world objects.
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Life And Death

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in an interactive game to review how living things are classified.
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IS THE SUN OUR HEATER?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore and discover how the sun provides heat to the earth, depending on the surface as well as the angle of the sun's rays.
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FLIGHT FAIR

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars conduct their personal investigations into paper airplane flight. Cooperative teams are formed, with students choosing the paper airplane design that they are most interested in building.
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Changes All Around Us

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders, in groups, observe the difference between physical and chemical changes and create a collage of pictures to show the difference.
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Constructing a Cell

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in groups, make a model of a plant or animal cells and represent each of the organelles in the cell.
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Invertebrates, No Backbone, No Problem

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research an invertebrate, create a poster about it, then present it to the class.
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Let's Get Moving

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in sports activities that relate to motion, velocity and momentum. They produce a PowerPoint presentation after researching the activities.
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Mind Games

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design a prototype game as they simulate being game designers for a major corporation. They base the game on the major body systems.
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Projectile Motion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe projectile motion and calculate the speed of a baseball based on the time and distance traveled. They record the time, measure the distance, and draw the path of the ball's travel on a data table.
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Probing Our Solar System

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders engage in a lesson utilizing small group activities and individual work incorporating student research on space satellites, probes and international connections. They, in groups, construct information disks, timelines, and...
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Physical or Chemical? That Is the Question

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars find examples of physical and chemical changes using the five Web World Wonders camera sites.
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The Energy Grab Game

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the scarcity of energy resources. They also explore the competition for natural resources and the inadequate distribution of natural wealth among the Earth's nations.
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Up, Up, and Away

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study the concepts of speed and velocity and complete practice problems. In small groups, students fly airplanes and record time and distance traveled for each flight. They calculate the speed and velocity of their plane for...
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To Be or Not to Be - Abiotic/Biotic Factors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define and compare/contrast abiotic and biotic factors presented while using web cameras on the Web World Wonders website.
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What Is in a Rock?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify, sort, and classify mineral samples that make up a common rock.
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Do You Know the Master Programmer?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, using candy, build models of DNA replication, RNA transcription, and tRNA translation.
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Enzymatic Action

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe how a cell uses an enzyme to rid itself of a poisonous substance by experimenting with hydrogen peroxide, potatoes, liver and carrots. They record the temperature and changes of the hydrogen peroxide as other elements...
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Introduction to Classification

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders design a classification system to categorize animate and inanimate objects. They discuss the advantages of grouping things as they classify buttons, leaves, shells.

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