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Curated OER

The Importance of Water

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils explore the importance of water. They discuss why water is important and students design an experiment that evaluates the water quality and methods of improving water quality. Pupils perform testing and report their findings.
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Curated OER

Cracked Marbles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine how weathering, specifically ice, snow, and freezing water change the Earth's surface and rocks. After completing the investigations, they explain how heating and cooling expand and contract marbles until cracks...
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Curated OER

Synthesizing Pigment and Dyeing Cloth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a synthetic dye and oxidize the dye and record the effects.
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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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Curated OER

How Dense Are You?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners examine how density is a value that describes what type of a material an object is made of regardless of its shape or size.
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Curated OER

The Penny Factory

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the characteristics of a simple physical and chemical change. They describe objects by the properties of the materials from which they are made and separate or sort items using these properties. Students explain...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Frog Dissection Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Check out these lesson plans for both actual and virtual frog dissections.
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Kenan Fellows

The Newton Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Make Newton proud. Scholars apply their understanding of forces and energy to an engineering design challenge. They learn about simple machines, create a presentation on Newton's laws, and develop a balloon-powered car.
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

States of Matter Lessons

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Teachers can give their students hands-on ways to explore solids, liquids, and gases with these lesson plans.
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Curated OER

Roll with the Punches: Depression Era Machinery

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct models of simple and complicated machines with Legos. Then they design an experiment using the scientific method. ESE modifications included.
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Curated OER

The Kindness Company

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers organize themselves into a simulated company complete with applications, interviews and training. They identify a community need they can fulfill related to cooking or sewing and work to make and deliver the designated...
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Curated OER

GUM: More, Less, or the Same?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils confirm the law of conservation of matter by weighing chewing gum before and after it is chewed.
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Curated OER

Middle School Home Energy Audit

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research the origins of local electrical power and compare costs and methods of generation with other areas of the country or world.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Safety in the Science Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners, working in groups, write and produce a video on laboratory safety. This can be done as an interdisciplinary activity with the English and/or drama departments.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Safety in the Life Sciences

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] There can be some very serious safety risks in scientific research. Safety practices must be followed when working with the hazardous materials and organisms. Learn...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Safety in Science

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Safety symbols and safety rules in science.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 1.7 Safety in the Life Sciences

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the safety precautions while performing scientific investigations.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Safety in the Life Sciences

For Students 7th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The standard safety symbols and practices used in a biology laboratory are covered in this lesson.
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Usda: Virtual Labs: Bacteria Sampling (Using Various Disposable Lab Equipments)

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science simulation, students test milk samples to check for bacterial contamination.
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Interactive
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Usda: Virtual Labs: Controlling Water Activity in Food

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science simulation, students investigate water activity in corn that has been dried using traditional Native American methods in order to learn about the best way to ensure food safety.
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Interactive
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Usda: Virtual Labs: Testing and Adjusting P H

For Students 9th - 10th
In this virtual science lab, students learn how to control the pH level in salsa to prevent the growth of a dangerous bacterium.
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Interactive
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Usda: Virtual Labs: Corn Mold Test Mycotoxins

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science simulation, students test corn for the presence of Aflatoxin, a toxin produced by mold.
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Interactive
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Usda: Virtual Labs: Gram Staining

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science simulation, students learn how use gram staining to test for bacterial contamination in yogurt.
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Usda: Virtual Labs: How to Use Oil Immersion Microscope

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science simulation, students learn how to use a microscope as they investigate bacterial contamination in a sample of yogurt.

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