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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Classifying Matter Game

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the different states of matter. In this chemistry lesson, students differentiate the physical properties of the three states. They apply what they learned by playing a team game at the end of the lesson.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Atoms, Kinetic Theory, Solids and Fluids

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify and describe the building blocks that make up an atom. They also compare the ages of atoms to the ages of the materials they compose,as well as, give examples that illustrate the small size of atoms.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Planet Structure & Interior

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars compare Jupiter and Earth. In this Earth and space studies lesson, students compare the composition of Earth and Jupiter and analyze how the composition affects the rate at which the planets spin.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wet Weather, Wet Climate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the differences between weather and climate in this long-term lesson plan introduction. They create rain gauges and practice reading rainfall measurements, view a website showing the cloud cover in their location and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Science Word Search

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science learning exercise, middle schoolers look for the words that are related to the theme of the sheet in the word search. They also work on spelling skills.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Emulsion_ Compulsion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment with common household products to determine the properties of emulsions and how they fit into the classifications of matter through this series of lessons.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physical Difference and Classification

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students use a microscope and observation skills to compare and contrast several physical properties and develop a classification system.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's the Matter with My Jell-o?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students work in teams of four as they conduct four controlled Jell-O experiments over a two-day period. The Family Page extends this learning to the community by providing families with challenges to explore at home.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Activity #7 Special Properties: A Discussion

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify special properties of matter (absorbency, hardness, brittleness, malleability, and elasticity). They define the term matter. Pupils investigate some of the special properties of matter to aid in classifying matter.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Quality Monitoring

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Solid and Liquid Density Investigation

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
For this activity, students investigate whether objects and liquids float or sink when placed in water. As they proceed, they will develop an understanding of what density is. Student handouts are provided.
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Activity
American Chemical Society

Inquiry in Action: Comparing the Density of Different Liquids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How do the densities of vegetable oil, water, and corn syrup help them to form layers in a cup? Students will carefully pour vegetable oil, water, and corn syrup in any order into a cup and discover that regardless of the order they are...
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Activity
American Chemical Society

Inquiry in Action: Changing the Density of a Liquid: Adding Salt

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will see that a carrot slice sinks in fresh water and floats in saltwater. Considering the placement of the carrot slice in water and salt water, students will infer that the density of salt water must be...
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Activity
American Chemical Society

Inquiry in Action: Changing the Density of a Liquid: Heating and Cooling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will investigate whether the temperature of water affects its density. Students will place colored hot and cold water in a cup of room-temperature water to see that cold water sinks while hot water floats. Then...
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Unit Plan
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Oceanography Institute: Activity: Demo for Density

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, students look at Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basins, or DHABs, that are present in the Eastern Mediterranean, and make a model of a DHAB to investigate how liquids that have different densities can form layers. This...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Comparing Liquid Density

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Because different liquids have different properties, density also differs. In this lesson from the Illinois Institute of Technology, students will calculate densities of water, dish-washing detergent, cooking oil, and other liquids.
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Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Density: Sink and Float for Liquids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students determine whether a liquid will sink or float in water by comparing its density to the density of water.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Density Column Lab Part 2

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Concluding a two-part lab activity, students use triple balance beams and graduated cylinders to take measurements and calculate densities of several household liquids and compare them to the densities of irregularly shaped objects (as...
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Layering Liquids

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lab activity to show students how different densities of liquid layer on top of each other by using four different colored liquids that contain different levels of salinity. This activity can also be used in an ocean unit where...
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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 lesson to provide them with an understanding of why the density column's oil, water and syrup layers do not mix and how the concepts...
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Interactive
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Identifying an Unknown Liquid From Its Density

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to design an experiment to determine the identity of mislabeled bottles using the densities of the solutions inside.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Stacking Liquids

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this science activity, you will stack several liquids, one by one, and create a colorful density column.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Klutz Proof Density Column

For Students 9th - 10th
An activity to help you create a density column that contains layers of liquids that are separated by different densities.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploring the Properties of Liquids, With an Emphasis on Density

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students experiment with liquids; comparing and contrasting, and creating a density tower leading to a beginning understanding of density.

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