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A New Phase In Town
Middle schoolers explore heat energy and how it is used to change the phase of matter, and discover that temperature does not increase or decrease until the phase change is complete. This extremely well-written plan is packed with great...
Center for Learning in Action
Introducing Physical and Chemical Changes
Young scientists investigate chemical and physical changes to the states of matter—gas, liquid, and solid—as well as solutions and suspensions with a variety of demonstrations, grand conversation, and an interactive quiz to check for...
It's About Time
Chemistry and Physical Changes
Engage the class like never before as pupils learn to differentiate between multiple physical and chemical changes by conducting a list of small experiments, most often with household materials. They make observations and...
Curated OER
English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 1 - Exercise 1b
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills worksheet, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Breaking News English: Global Warming
In this Global Warming learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Ziplock Chemistry
Students investigate various chemical reactions when creating mixtures in ziplock baggies. In this chemistry instructional activity, students will recognize various chemical reactions and cite evidence. Safety and assessment strategies...
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Designing Detectives
Third graders explore the idea of formulating a hypothesis and designing an experiment to test the hypothesis.
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Physical vs. Chemical Changes
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students read about the differences between physical and chemical changes in substances. Then kids identify situations as either an example of physical or chemical change. Students learn how to...
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Physical vs. Chemical Changes and "The Code"
In this chemical and physical change worksheet, students read about the differences between substances going through physical changes vs. chemical changes. They are given examples of each and evidence to look for in chemical changes....
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FOLLOW THAT WATER
Students build simple stream tables and vary the angle of the stream tables in order to simulate different flow rates and compare the results. They observe various features formed in a stream table by flowing water and compare these to...
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What is the Mantle Like?
In these earth science worksheets student complete this project to model activity in the mantle, one Earth's four layers. The project includes liquid and powder materials in addition to several measuring components. Students must then...
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Where Have All the Glaciers Gone?
Fourth graders discover that scientists examine evidence from around the world in order to explain global climate change. They see that records of climate change exist, and describe photographs interpreting changes in glaciers over time.
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Exploring Phases of Matter
Students discuss and experiment with the phases of water. For this phases of matter lesson, students recognize the different states of matter. Students measure and record changes and understand when the state changes.
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Jupiter's Moons
Students predict which of Jupiter's moons will be the "brightest" in infrared wavelengths. Using provided information, they rank the moos from brightes to faintest in infrared.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Rapid Changes in Glaciers and Ice Sheets
The world's glaciers and ice sheets are melting according to this extensive report. It makes recommendations on how to monitor this situation, explains what we know about the past when there was much less ice in the world, describes what...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Is Greenland Melting?
An activity where students monitor the thickness of ice sheets found in Greenland by looking at photographs, map views, and tabular data. During this activity, students will make a conclusion to whether the ice sheets are melting.
Climate Literacy
Clean: March of the Polar Bears: Global Change, Sea Ice, and Wildlife Migration
Young scholars use NASA satellite data to study temperature and snow-ice coverage in the South Beaufort Sea, Alaska. With the data, they investigate global change, sea ice changes, and polar bear migration.
Society for Science and the Public
Science News for Students: Science Loses Out When Ice Caps Melt
Discusses the melting of mountain ice caps from climate change, and how this represents the loss of valuable historical data that disappears as the ice layers melt away. [February 2, 2009]
University of Wisconsin
Uw: Probabilities, Uncertainties and Units Used to Quantify Climate Change
This resource engages learners in using scientific data to analyze a 150-year dataset from Lake Mendota in Madison Wisconsin reflecting seasonal ice cover.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Greenland Mass Variation Since 2002
Scientists study ice sheets because they influence weather and climate, playing a role in atmospheric and ocean circulation. Ice sheets can also have huge impacts on global sea levels because they store so much water. Explore this...