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Look at those Leaves!
Students observe leaves for patterns and similarities. For this science lesson, students sort through a pile of leaves to find patterns and take measurements. Students make leaf rubbings to view the details of the leaves.
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Uniforms vs. Fashion: Want to Take a Side?
Seventh graders write a draft of a persuasive essay to the principal addressing the issue of whether or not Three Oaks Middle School should adopt uniforms. This instructional activity get your students motivated to try persuasive writing!
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Inventions 2: The Impact
Students see what inventors have to think about when making an invention, particularly the kinds of effects they can have on people.
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10 Huh?
Learners use powers of ten to make reasonable estimations for list of questions. They share their problem solving techniques with the class.
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Frozen Water Before? I'm Sure You Have; But I Bed You've Never Frozen Salt Water! Water!!
Students examine what happens to salt water when it freezes. In groups, they measure density and salt concentrations in different samples of water and record its freezing time. They discuss the relationship between water density and...
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Brain POP - Electricity
For this electricity worksheet, middle schoolers answer 22 fill in the blank questions about conductors, flow of electrons, electrical circuits, and magnets.
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Microscopes
In this microscopes worksheet, 7th graders read information about microscopes and how they work. Students then complete several questions about the passage. Students study the diagram of a microscope using the letter definitions.
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Tools of Modern Astronomy
Young scholars describe the electromagnetic spectrum and astronomy. In this astronomy lesson students complete an activity, predict what will happen and complete a worksheet.
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Microscope Word Search
In this word search learning exercise, students locate 12 words related microscopes. The word list includes ocular lens, and stage clips.
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Eclipse: Using a Classroom Model to Explore the Moon's Shadow
Students manipulate and observe a 3-D model which simulates the activity of the Sun, Earth and Moon during a solar eclipse.
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Making Energy "trails"
Young scholars explore ten different stations that demonstrate either chemical, kinetic, or mechanical energy. They examine the way energy is transferred during each station's hands-on activity. Stations include vinegar and baking soda,...
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Electric Messages: Then And Now
Learners engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the history of communication devices that are used today and in the past. They practice using morse code as a look into the past and then cover the modern subjects of...
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Dimmer and Dimmer and Dimmer and Dimmer
Eighth graders model rheostats to see how they work.
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Brine Shrimp 1: Hatching Brine Shrimp
Students review their prior knowledge on brine shrimp. In groups, they raise a group of brine shrimp and design an artificial environment in which they can live. They change the conditions of the environment to see how the shrimp react...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Do Light Bulbs Work?
A guided inquiry that involves observation of the parts of a light bulb in a lab.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Lighting a Revolution
This website is part of a bigger exhibit exploring the history of invention. This looks at Edison's invention of the light bulb and many other electrical inventions from the following century.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Saltwater Circuit
Students build a saltwater circuit, which is an electrical circuit that uses saltwater as part of the circuit. Students investigate the conductivity of saltwater, and develop an understanding of how the amount of salt in a solution...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Inventors & Inventions From the 1700s
Use this site to learn more about early inventors and inventions from the 18th century. This web page offers text and images on various inventors and their inventions. You can also access information about inventors and inventions from...