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Lab Resource
Pingry School

Kinetics of the Acid Decomposition of Thiosulfate

For Students 9th - 12th
Several factors affect the rate of a chemical reaction including temperature, surface area, and concentration. Using an experimental approach, learners explore the effect concentration has on this rate while maintaining consistency with...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Plate Tectonics Day 3 Sea Floor Spreading: Evidence for Continental Drift

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to Sea Floor Spreading and how it provides evidence for Hess's and Deitz's theory of Continental Drift. They use paleomagnetic data to calculate the rate of Sea Floor Spreading.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sports Helmets and Impact Testing of Polymers

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students examine the importance of good quality safety gear. In this investigative lesson plan, students will tests various polymers, collect data, and analyze the data to determine which polymer is best for safety helmets. They will...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graham's Laws: Diffusion and Effusion of Gases

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students conduct a series of experiments to explore Graham's law. In this chemistry lesson plan, students differentiate effusion and diffusion. They perform calculations using Boyle's, Henry's, Charles' and Graham's Laws.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Activity Two Teacher Page: Explosions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify variables that affect the system, and specify which variables are independent and which are dependent.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cosmic Ray Momentum

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students describe how cosmic rays achieve high kinetic energy via conservation of momentum.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Energy of Activation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils determine the activation energy of a chemical reaction.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sexy Coral Reef and I Want My Own Space

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore how coral polyps increase the chances of egg and sperm meeting after being released into the vast ocean waters.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Enslaved and Running

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners use runaway slave advertisements to discover how the language varies from the 18th to 21st century. Using primary source documents, they research the brutality of slavery and the desire of those in slavery to be free. They...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Collision Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive air hockey simulation that teaches about collisions, momentum, and velocity. This simulation can either be downloaded or played online and includes handouts, lesson plans, and additional materials.
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Curling Stone Momentum Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the nature of a nonlinear collision using curling stones. Students will be able to look at how the velocities before the collision and the mass of the stones affects the results of the...
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eBook
Other

Uc Santa Cruz: Collisions

For Students 9th - 10th
A physics definition of collisions with examples to illustrate the concept and related links to problems and solutions.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Diffusion

For Students 9th - 10th
An activity to understand how diffusion is a result of random motion and collisions of particles. With the virtual labs, explore how a drop of food coloring into a glass spreads and how perfume diffuses at different temperatures and...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Chemical Reactions: Factors Which Influence Rate of Reaction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students investigate and discover how surface area, concentration, and temperature affect the rate of a chemical reaction. This lab is designed for students to practice good experimental tests of hypotheses, synthesize...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Colliding Spheres

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lab activity from the Illinois Institute of Technology lets students investigate the impact of collisions upon the velocity and momentum of the colliding objects. Requires understanding of vectors.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Momentum Conserved

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site by the Illinois Institute of Technology gives a Lab activity in which students use a variety of toys to discover Newton's second law and momentum conservation. Newton's cradle, skate boards, and a toy motorcycle are incoporated...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Colliding Marbles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this lesson, young scholars use marbles of various sizes to see how collisions can transfer energy from one object to another. Resources include videos of the lesson in actions, examples of student work, and a lab worksheet for students.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Breaking a Molecular Bond

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you break the bond between the two atoms?
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Activity
Michigan Reach Out

Newton's Apple: Soccer

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning physics can help you win your next soccer game as well as prepare you for your science studies.