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The Pressure of a Solar Storm
In this solar storm worksheet, high schoolers are given three equations and they calculate the magnetic pressure and the particle pressure of a solar storm. They also determine the distance to the magnetopause of the solar storm and...
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Activity Seven -- Picturing Particles (Student Page) A LAB Worksheet
This learning exercise lists background information for a lab on the topics of atom smashers, accelerators or colliders. It clearly states the Rules of the Game -- science laws that apply. Student do the lab and track their results in...
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Sunspot Activity
In this space science worksheet, high schoolers find the data that is needed to help them acquire the knowledge concerning sunspots through observation and data collection.
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Project Map: Scale Worksheet
In this map reading worksheet, students determine the distance from a plotted treasure on a topographic map. They must adjust for magnetic declination.
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Electromagnet
In this scientific investigation learning exercise, students follow the provided procedures to examine how electricity and magnetism are related and then respond to 4 short answer questions.
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Activity One -- Fundamentally Speaking
In this science worksheet, students examine how the universe is bound with the atomic particles and focus upon the findings of two historical scientists.
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A Stellar Review
In this science worksheet, students find the answers to the vocabulary matching activity. Then they fill in the boxes with the correct words.
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Into The Universe
In this space science worksheet, students find the solution to find the different heavenly objects through identifying the pictures.
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IPC Physics Final Review
In this physics review worksheet, high schoolers compare experimental variable, simple machines, and Newton's Laws. Students calculate kinetic energy, work, power, speed, and velocity. High schoolers review conduction, convection, and...
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What's Electricity?
For this review of the vocabulary and functions of electricity worksheet, students fill in the 7 blanks to complete the review sentences.
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Light and Optics
In this light and optics worksheet, students match the light and optics vocabulary with their definitions. Students match 21 words to their definitions.
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Cells: The Units of Life
For this biology worksheet on cells, 9th graders name who the first person was to use the word cell and describe in what materials this person saw cells. Then they determine what instrument uses light and two or more lenses to view cells.
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Always Pointing North
In this magnetic compass reading comprehension worksheet, students read brief 2 page selection and then answer 6 multiple choice questions.
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Analyze Your Sand Samples
For this sand sample worksheet, young scholars analyze a sample of sand and indicate the site the sand was from, the size of major and minor particles, the presence of shells and magnetic particles, the colors present and the shapes of...
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The Magic Of Static Science Station Experiment
In this magic of static electricity set of station activities worksheets, students perform 4 activities with static electricity including popping corn, jumping peanuts, weird water, and dancing balloons. They complete the recording...
It's About Time
AC and DC Currents
An informative physics lesson includes two teacher demonstrations, one on AC currents and the other on DC currents, allowing pupils to take notes while watching. The resource includes questions to assign as homework or during class...
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Building an Electric Motor
Rev your motor with a hands-on activity about electricity. Learners build their own electric motor before reading a handout and answering some questions.
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Impact Craters Activity
Lunar explorers perform an experiment to understand the size of the craters on the surface of the moon. They layer flour, laundry detergent, and cocoa powder in a pan to model the lunar surface. They drop marbles from different heights...
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Typical Numeric Questions for Physics I - Electric Circuits
A collection of 15 practice problems, most of them involving circuit schematics, is provided for your physics class on this handout. Learners are to compute the net charge, resistance, energy, or power dissipated for different...
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Observation and Inference
Assess your young scientists' understanding of the difference between observation and inference with this 20-question multiple choice quiz. It reviews a variety of physics and astronomy concepts, such as solar eclipses and sunspots, the...
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Give Me a Boost—How Gravity Assists Aid Space Exploration
The propellant needed for space explorations runs in the thousands, while paying to get the craft into orbit costs millions! In the second installment of three, two activities explore laws of conservation of energy and momentum. Using...
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Matter and the Periodic Table Chemical Families and Periodic Trends
Is assembling the periodic table as simple as Tetris? Scholars arrange colored cards into a logical order and then make connections to the arrangement of the periodic table. Hands-on activities include adding trend arrows and analyzing...
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Exploring the Large Hadron Collider
On this physics handout, pupils read about the Hadron Collider used to make new sub-atomic particles by accelerating protons. They solve 6 math problems that include translating electron volts to Joules. This is geared toward high school...
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Circuits and the Flow of Electricity Lesson Plan
I think I lost an electron. Are you sure? Yes, I'm positive! Starting with a hands-on demonstration and problem solving activity, young scientists define vocabulary related to circuitry and currents. Then they build their own circuits...