Curated OER
Making a Model Lung
Students explain the parts of the body that are involved in breathing and explore lung function. In this model lung lesson students make a model of a lung then interpret and explain it.
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One Plus One Makes New
Students discover the properties of matter and how they change when composite materials are produced. For this informative lesson students write up a question and procedure to an experiment then analyze and draw conclusions based...
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Check Out Lights and Shields with Beads
Students explore Ultraviolet detecting beads and conduct several investigations with them. In this investigative lesson students participate in an experiment to see the harmful effects of UV light and discuss their findings.
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Cling On's
Students define the term static electricity and how to it. In this electricity instructional activity students design and implement an experiment to show how static electricity affects their daily lives.
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Forces and Motion-The Downhill Racer
Students calculate a toy car's velocity and acceleration. In this force and motion lesson, students build ramps and attach a dropper to a toy car, which is released down the ramp. Students calculate and graph velocity and acceleration...
Curated OER
Float Your Boat
Pupils investigate buoyancy, displacement and density. In this flotation lesson students study the Archimedes' Principle, analyze data and draw conclusions.
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Observations and Inferences
Learners observe how to distinguish observations form inferences. In this examining inferences instructional activity students list observations relating to the activity and discuss the importance of them.
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Specific Gravity-The Relative Density of Liquids
Students explore a hydrometer. In this gravity lesson plan students construct a hydrometer and create a liquid density column.
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Watching Crystals Grow
Students observe crystal growth of Epsom salts and the variables that hinder or help their nucleation and growth. They illustrate a series of drawings/pictures as the crystals grow. They look for the different shapes they form as well...
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Measuring Magnetic Field Strengths Using Ferrofluids
Students explore the field of nanotechnology by examining magnetic field strength in ferrofluids. They use probes attached to a computer program to determine the relationship between magnetic field strength and magnetic field lines.
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Condiment Diver: The World's Simplest Cartesian Diver
Students examine buoyancy. In this density lesson students form a hypothesis, collect data and draw a conclusion using the data.
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Heat Loss and Gain in Physical Changes and Chemical Reactions
Students measure the heat of physical and chemical changes in reactions. In this chemistry lesson students determine at what extent changes emit or absorb heat.
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How Creepy!
Students observe and measure a model of slow down slope movement. In this graphing lesson students collect, record, and organize data that apply to models.
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The Glass House - Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois
Students analyze the architecture of Ludwig van der Rohe's 'The Glass House.' For this architecture analysis lesson, students view the images of the house and read about the home. Students complete two research projects for the lesson.
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Analagous Colors
Middle schoolers encounter how to mix analogous colors and use them in cane patterns. They select two colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. Students then knead the pieces for a couple of minutes and then roll each color...
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Breaking Beams
Students work together designing and building their own beams. They discover the concepts of stress and strain. They participate in a competition to determine the best beam.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Plastic Polymers: Building a Model
Young scholars will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter including physical and chemical changes from the Houghton Mifflin science curriculum. Students will create a hypothesis to test the physical properties of materials...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Close Encounters of the Polymer Kind
Students explore the basic characteristics of polymers through the introduction of two polymer categories: thermoplastics and thermosets.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Where in the World Can I Find Plastic Polymers. Why Are They Used?
An investigation of where plastic polymers can be found in everyday life. After identifying them, students test them to learn about their properties, then try some online activities.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Polymers & Plastics: Classification & Models
Students will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter including physical and chemical changes to examine and categorize various types of plastics (polymers). They will identify how their chemical properties allow them to have...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Turn Milk Into Plastic!
In this hands-on lesson plan, learners will conduct a simple milk-transforming experiment to explore how plastics can be derived from a natural resource such as milk.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Plastic Polymers: Investigating Their Flexibility
Students will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter to develop a hypothesis to test the physical properties of materials such as plastic (polymers) and how its chemical properties allow it to have unique physical properties.
McREL International
Mc Rel: Glue Polymer (Whelmer #15 Learning Activity)
An easy to do activity that investigates the basic principles behind chemical bonding. The activity is written in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Shrinky Dink Chemistry
In this lesson, students first learn about thermoplastics, and about polystyrene in particular, which is a #6 plastic. They will then heat different #6 plastics to create shrinky dinks. As they are heated, they shrink, which is a...