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Curated OER

Investigating the Effect of Salinity on the Density and Stability of Water

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Water with varying amounts of dissolved salt are dyed and then used to compare densities. The objective is to discover the effect of salinity, and therefore density, on ocean water on the stability of the ocean. Many branches of science...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Mineral Formation: Evaporating Lake

For Students 9th - 12th
Get crazy for crystals! Junior geologists learn the secrets of crystal formation through lecture, reading, and examples. Other topics include common ionic compounds found in fresh and salt water, the effects of location on forming...
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Curated OER

What Floats Your Boat?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
This open-ended boat building exercise is meant to be part of a three-lesson series on ships. Links to the other two lessons are included. This particular part is mostly a group lab activity in which they build a boat, find its load line...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Microscale Chloride Determination in Salt Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the concentration of chloride ions in seawater. In this determination of chloride ions lesson plan, students perform a titration of sea water with silver nitrate and an indicator to determine the chloride ion...
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Lesson Plan
Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Eyes on Dissolved Oxygen

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learn about the factors that affect the way oxygen dissolves in salt water with a chemistry lab. After studying the molecular structure of water, young scientists figure out how aeration, temperature, and organic waste affect dissolved...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ocean Exploration: Dentists of the Sea!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners watch videos about unusual fish behavior and write to marine scientists about the proper care of fish. In this fish lesson plan, students watch the videos on how to properly transfer fish to saltwater, and they do so in an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Floating Pencil

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students discover how salt water makes a pencil float better than freshwater by measuring and comparing the lengths of the portion of the pencil that floats above the water surface. They then determine if an unknown water sample is...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Floating Golf Ball

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore density by floating golf balls. They explore having their golf balls float halfway in a container of water and discuss density and its realtionship to where the golf balls are floating. After adding food coloring, they...
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PPT
Curated OER

Sunken Millions

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
This PowerPoint provides a game show format with multiple choice questions about fresh and salt water. Topics include sources of water, water geography, uses of water, and the water cycle.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 4 - Dangerous Sea Creatures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Lesson 4 is part of a 22 lesson plan unit on boat safety and water sports. This lesson plan is about dangerous sea creatures, mainly in the ocean. There is a link to find pictures of the creatures discussed. It is suggested to click on...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biocomplexity Lab Activity: Creating Salt Water

For Teachers 6th - 7th
The instructional activity seeks to intorduce to students the properties of salt water and how to create salt water. Teacher gives backgound information about salt water to students. From that point, students dscuss what elements are...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chillin' Out with Freezing Point Depression

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students examine the freezing point depression of salt water by making ice cream. Lab activity begins with students layering a bowl with ice and salt around an empty cup before adding a mystery solution to the cup. They take the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shadow Know-How: Saltwater Fish

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this fill in the blank worksheet, pupils identify the names of thirteen common saltwater fishes by analyzing their outlines in shadow pictures.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Comparing Fresh and Salt Water: Venn Diagram

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this Venn diagram worksheet, students compare and contrast fresh water and salt water. Worksheet includes a link to additional activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Salt Water Revival

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners produce a high tide. In this Marine Biology lesson, students visit a tide pool to investigate the creatures response to changes in the tide. Learners discuss the results of their experimentation.
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Curated OER

Frozen Water Before? I'm Sure You Have; But I Bed You've Never Frozen Salt Water! Water!!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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PPT
Curated OER

Aquaculture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
There are many important facts about raising water animals commercially in this PowerPoint. Fish, alligators, crayfish and bullfrogs are considered, and the special conditions that each require is also included.
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Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Changing the Density of a Liquid - Adding Salt

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Fourth in a set of several little lessons on density, this one compares the density of fresh and salt water. First by demonstration, and then by a hands-on activity, learners find that adding salt increases the density, as is evidenced...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

MEASURING THE DENSITY OF WATER

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students perform an experiment to measure the density of tap water vs. salt water.
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Lesson Plan
Teach Engineering

Solar Power

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary schoolers discover how engineers use solar energy to heat buildings. They take a close look at some of the materials used: sand, salt, water, and shredded paper and evaluate the efficiency of each material. An incredible...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Salinity Lab

For Students 8th - 10th
In this salinity learning exercise, students simulate conditions of salt and fresh water mixing and observe the various densities of these solutions based on their salinity.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Caspian Sea

For Students 7th - 10th
In this comprehension and geography worksheet, students read an article about the Caspian Sea, identifying where it is located and what countries surround it. Then they describe three parts of the sea, what are tributaries, and how many...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

North American Biomes

For Students 4th - 9th
In this Science worksheet, students color a biome map of North America. Students color the map by solving the clues listed on a separate sheet of paper.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Floating Egg Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This is the grown-up version of the classic "float an egg in salt water" experience, plus an experiment in soap making. High schoolers explore density, but more importantly, practice accuracy, precision, and the use of significant...

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