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Lesson Plan
Cornell University

Light Waves: Grades 9-12

For Students 9th - 12th
Explore the behavior of light waves with a lab activity. Scholars build new vocabulary through experimentation and observation. Using different mediums, they model reflection, refraction, transmission, diffusion, and scattering of light.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fuel Cell Experimentation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
With rising oil prices and increasing concerns over global warming, the pressure is on for engineers to develop alternative sources of energy. Among the new technologies being developed are hydrogen fuel cells, which young scientists...
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Activity
National Science Teachers Association

Paper Car Crash Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High school physical scientists collide with motion. They work in pairs to design a paper car that will protect a raw egg during a head-on collision. Measurements of distance traveled, time of run, vehicle specs, and photo gate flags are...
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Lab Resource
Royal Society of Chemistry

A Reversible Reaction of Hydrated Copper (II) Sulfate

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
How can removing water change the color of a substance? Lab partners remove the water of crystallization from hydrated copper (II) sulfate, record their observations, then rehydrate the solid. The resource is printable and contains ideas...
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Lesson Plan
Carnegie Mellon University

Introduction to Climate

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Begin a full lesson on climate change by demonstrating how carbon dioxide gas contributes to increased temperatures. Be aware that pressure inside the antacid-containing bottle in Activity 2 may cause the lid to fly off; keep viewers at...
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Lesson Plan
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Basic Electric Transformers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Life as we know it would not be possible without electric transformers, so there are fewer more pertinent topics for your eager young engineers. An astounding amount of background information is provided to help you develop a lecture on...
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Beyond Benign

Is It Easy Being Green Game Show

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Is it possible to create an environmentally friendly shampoo? Learners accept this challenge in the fifth lesson in a green chemistry series of 24. The analysis of their shampoo ingredients must address pH, exothermic reactions, and...
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American Chemical Society

Does Temperature Affect Dissolving?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
When making sweet tea, why do people dissolve the sugar in hot tea instead of cold tea? The class discusses the previous lab and builds upon it. Working in groups, they design an experiment to determine how temperature affects the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Science

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate scientific methods to solve problems. They demonstrate creating data tables and graphs. They study the role of a scientist and the importance of safety in a science lab. They distinguish between an...
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Lesson Plan
Physics Classroom

As the Crow Flies Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A simple, yet memorable, way of practicing with displacement vectors is described here. Divide your class into groups and assign each a different landmark on campus. They measure smaller legs of the path from the classroom to their...
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Unit Plan
Columbus City Schools

Rocking the Cycle!

For Teachers 6th Standards
Time to rock out! Discover the "life" cycle of the average rock using an illustrative stations lab and stimulating pairs game. Roll the dice to determine your fate: will it be melting in magma or chilling out to form igneous rock? The...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science Safety is Elementary

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to the importance of science safety. As a class, they role play through different safety procedures and decide which senses need to be protected for different scenerios. They discuss how to avoid hazardous...
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Curated OER

Creating a Student Safety Committee to Support Lab Safety for the 21st Century Workplace

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create a Student Safety Committee. In this lesson for science lab activities, students discuss the communication skills required to help each other in the science lab. Students analyze their classmates' response to a scenario...
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Curated OER

Illustrated Safety Contract

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create illustrated contracts that spell out chemistry lab safety rules. They create original drawings illustrating one of the safety rules published by Flinn Scientific.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All About Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a safety podcast. In this safety lesson, students in a robotics lab are introduced to the safety rules for each station. They create a podcast about one station explaining the rules with video, graphics, voice and sound...
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Teach Engineering

How Effective is Your Sunscreen?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Protect skin from UV radiation! Groups design and conduct an experiment to test the effectiveness of UV safety products. The groups collect the data from the experiment and prepare a lab report. In the second day of the activity,...
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Lesson Plan
Code.org

Identifying People with Data

For Students 9th - 12th
How much information about you is out there? Scholars explore this question as they investigate data breaches and how these violations occur. They then take part in an activity where they research how easily people could get access to...
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Lesson Plan
Nuffield Foundation

Observing Osmosis, Plasmolysis, and Turgor in Plant Cells

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Create the perfect conditions for osmosis. Young scholars use a microscope to observe plant cells exposed to distilled water or sodium chloride. They observe how osmosis creates turgid or plasmolyzed cells.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Lab Safety

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this safety learning exercise, students read about lab safety including safety equipment and procedures. Students learn about reading chemical labels and the MSDS. This learning exercise has 14 matching and 13 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Safety Procedures Lab

For Students 9th - 12th
For this safety procedures worksheet, learners answer questions about eye safety, broken glass safety, lab area safety, chemical safety, fire safety and chemical disposal safety.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rules of Laboratory Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a list of lab safety statements in small groups. They share their lists with the entire class and the entire group decides on at least seven rules, with accompanying reasons for using proper lab safety.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Materials Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students locate, identify and describe the purpose and proper use of all safety equipment in the classroom. They describe the processes involved in following the scientific method, and classify matter according to natural or synthetic...
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Unit Plan
American Chemical Society

Energy Foundations

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Only 10 percent of an incandescent bulb's energy is used to create light; the remaining 90 percent is heat. In the unit of activities, young chemists examine energy through hands-on activities, videos, discussions, and readings. Scholars...
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Science 4 Inquiry

Bubbles and Colors and Smells...Oh My!

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A demonstration of elephant toothpaste hooks pupils' interest as they complete multiple experiments with colors, smells, bubbles, and more. By the end, they understand the differences between physical and chemical changes in the world...

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