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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Popcorn Is a Gas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) program. A lesson plan in which students explore the pressure-temperature-volume relationships by performing a popcorn lab investigation. Intriguing. Great...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Relationships: Pressure, Volume, and Temperature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) program. A lesson plan that centers around a lab investigating the gas laws of Boyle, Charles, and Gay-Lussac. Data is collected, analyzed and discussed.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Crystals I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) program. A lesson plan in which students explore the properties of crystals. Includes a variety off hands-on activities. Great for stimulating an idea for a...
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Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Thermal Expansion Pin Breaker

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of thermal expansion. Shows apparatus and set-up; Provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as a student project...
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Activity
University of Maryland

Lowering the Freezing Point of Water Using Salt

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of the effect of an ionic solute upon the freezing point of water. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides...
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Activity
University of Maryland

U. Of Maryland: Change of State of Liquid Nitrogen

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of the vaporization of liquid nitrogen. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as...
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Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Boiling Water by Pumping

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration which utilizes a Bell jar and vacuum pump to show the dependency of boiling point upon pressure. Shows...
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Activity
University of Maryland

U. Of Maryland: Latent Heat: Ice to Water to Steam

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of latent heat in the melting and vaporization process. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions....
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Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Absolute Zero

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for determining the value of absolute temperature. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as a student project...
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Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Boyled Marshmallows

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of Boyle's law. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as a student project or lab...
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Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Ideal Gas Law Volume of One Mole

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of the ideal gas law. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as a student project...
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Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Thermal Expansion: Ball and Hole

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of thermal expansion. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as a student project...
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Activity
University of Maryland

Um: Carbon Dioxide Balloon on Liquid Nitrogen

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of sublimation. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as a student project or lab...
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Making Heat

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students perform a reaction with different concentrations of reactants and monitor the temperature of the reaction. Activity contains procedure, analysis questions, and graph template. Students can save their answers...
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Activity
Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Experiments to Compare Carbon Dioxide Content of Inhaled and Exhaled Air

For Students 9th - 10th
A science experiment comparing carbon dioxide content of inhaled and exhaled air.
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Other

60 Second Science: Rainbow Gel

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Examine mixtures made from different substances, and discover how to make gel.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: What Is a Buchner Funnel? Setup, Structure, and Uses

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what a Buchner funnel is, how it works to filter solids from liquids, and some of its applications.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Safety in Science

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Safety symbols and safety rules in science.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Hydrochloric Acid

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows a well protected lab technician pouring highly concentrated hydrochloric acid ammonia into a beaker.
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Unit Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Carbon Imbalance: Algae to the Rescue? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A 95-page learning module that integrates biology, chemistry, and engineering. It includes in-class labs, virtual labs, and engineering design activities. Working with algae, students learn about and investigate how photosynthesis,...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Density & Miscibility

For Teachers 7th - 9th
After students conduct the two associated activities, Density Column Lab - Parts 1 and 2, present this instructional activity to provide them with an understanding of why the density column's oil, water and syrup layers do not mix and...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Determining Iodide Content of Salt

For Students 9th - 10th
In this week long "kitchen chemistry" project you will use chemicals from the supermarket to test for the presence of iodine and iodide in salt. These are common micronutrients added to some preparations of table salt. A materials list,...
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Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Experiments With Homemade Batteries

For Students 9th - 10th
Simple homemade batteries are described that can be made from items found in the home or school lab. These experiments help students understand how to wire them up, the origin of current, voltage and power, as well as the chemistry that...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Torpedo Designing Contest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this combined Chemistry and Physics lab, students investigate how to create pipette torpedoes that will be propelled using the chemical reaction of baking soda and vinegar.

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