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Curated OER

Variation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice sorting living things into groups using their characteristics. Using pictures of leaves and animals, they sort them based on their color and shape and write the objects characteristics under the picture. They share...
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Curated OER

Keeping Warm

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students place words describing a range from cold to hot on a scale. Using those words, they identify places on Earth which are cold, hot, freezing or boiling. They practice using and reading a thermometer with three different beakers...
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Curated OER

Moving and Growing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students work with a partner to brainstorm a list of as many human body parts as possible. Using that list, they circle any one of those that are bones. They are shown a model of the human skeleton and practice locating various bones. ...
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Curated OER

Keeping Healthy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review what the heart does and why the muscles in the body need oxygen. As a class, they measure their pulse rate while they are resting and after they have jogged for three minutes. They are helped by their teacher to convert...
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Curated OER

Grouping and Changing Materials

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students feel and observe different types of materials. Using the internet, they sort objects based on the materials they are made from and justify their reasons for putting it in a certain category. They identify objects that could...
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Curated OER

Helping plants grow well

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the effect of water, temperature and light on plant growth. Students are asked if they remember the LAW for plants. This is Light, Air(temperature) and Water, which all plants need for growth. Students are divided...
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Curated OER

Life cycles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and explain the parts of a flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed dispersal, and germination. Students recap the following information: that plants need light, warmth,...
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Curated OER

Changing Sounds

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify how the pitch of an instrument can be altered. They complete a worksheet by labeling several images in order of pitch and then fill a bottle with water to create a sound that matches a pitch on a drawn card.
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Curated OER

Gases Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in a whole class discussion about solids, liquids, and gases. Students get involved in a teacher-directed experiment related to solids, liquids, and gases. Students complete worksheet, writing the names of the parts...
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Curated OER

Changing State

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners identify the changing states of water, water vapor and ice in the water cycle They investigate how each of these stages can be reversible. Students complete a worksheet describing the water cycle.
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Curated OER

Teeth and Eating

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore animal diets and teeth. In this animal science lesson, students view photos of animals and their teeth. Students identify the type of diet the animal has based on the teeth. Students are introduced to the terms...
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Curated OER

Ohm's Law, Watt's Law and Solving Formulas.

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars, in groups, connect a 10 ohm resistor across their 1.5 volt battery, and take voltage readings every 5 minutes.
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Curated OER

Current-Carrying Coils In Magnetic Fields

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students predict the direction of movement for the pointer of a home-made galvanometer for a given current direction and describe how the current-carrying coil exerts a force on the magnet.
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Curated OER

Base 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate this problem that aims to give a better idea of our decimal system by looking at a comparable system - the base 3 system. By seeing how base 3 numbers work students should have a better appreciation of base 10...
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Curated OER

Moisture Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the effects of moisture and dampness on homes, clothing, and mold growth. In this moisture instructional activity, students discuss which certain cities are damper than others based on location and geography. They...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Ph Et Simulations: Replace Real Equipment in Lab Circuit Construction Kit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore with a PhET interactive simulation to replicate the construction of electrical circuits.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Comparing Current Intensities of Series, Parallel, and Complex Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will investigate the differences of current in series, parallel, and complex circuits through the construction of a small house containing the different types of circuits.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Mineral Electrical Conductivity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this activity is to test the conductivity of various minerals with a simple electrical circuit and draw conclusions about which ones would be used in electronics.
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Electric Switches

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Lesson focuses on how switches control the flow of electricity. Students are posed with the challenge of designing and building a simple switch into an electric circuit.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lighting the Way: Electrical Circuits and Lamp Wiring

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through a series of self-guided activities, students will explore basic electrical circuits and then build a working model of a circuit through the process of wiring a lamp. They will understand the flow of electrons through a circuit,...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Current Electricity Lights On

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
An exploratory lesson plan that provides the learners with a chance to discover the possible connections in an electrical circuit in a controlled setting.
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A teacher lesson plan which could be easily converted into an idea for a student project or presentation. Ideal for pre-high school learners. This page describes an activity in which the history of electric circuits, the nature of...
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The core of this lesson is simple circuits and the differences between parallel and series circuit design. Students perform experiments to test the differences between the two circuit designs using low voltage light bulbs.
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TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Electric Messages: Then and Now

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson investigates electronic communication from the Morse Code system to text messaging. To learn about this, students construct simple circuits, send messages to each other, and explore the history and impact of communication.

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