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Worksheet
Curated OER

Four Question Strategy

For Students 8th - 10th
In this experimental design worksheet, students brainstorm about a project to do on the topic of their choice. They answer four questions about the materials available, the hypothesis of their experiment and the independent and dependent...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Four-Question Strategy Practice #3

For Students 8th - 10th
In this experimental design worksheet, students answer four questions about an experiment on dirt. They include the materials available for the experiment, the hypothesis, and the independent and dependent variables.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Scientific Method

For Students 9th - 12th
In this scientific methods worksheet, students compare independent and dependent variables, hypothesis and theory, homogeneous and heterogeneous, and physical and chemical change. This worksheet has 17 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Scientific Method

For Students 4th - 6th
In this science learning exercise, students identify and locate each of the words to the right in the word search puzzle on the left. Then they list as many words as they can from the letters in scientific method.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Evaporation Marathon

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students review the steps of the scientific method and participate in a three day experiment. They observe water evaporation over time.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigating Space Requirement of Seed Plants

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use scientific methods to investigate the effects of overpopulation of seed plants on growth in a limited living space. Students relate seed plant population findings to that of other organisms.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Freshman Project-Part Two-Experimental Design

For Students 7th - 10th
In this experimental design learning exercise, students identify the title, hypothesis, independent and dependent variables , the constants and the control for their experiment. They use a scoring guide to asses their progress.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Measuring and Observing Weather Phenomena

For Students 4th - 6th
In this weather activity, students take the temperature and record data over a period of time of 1 month. Students then make a spreadsheet of their data and include variables that contribute to the weather.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Variables That Can Affect Making Schedule

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students study the variables that affect transportation of shipments and the factors that affect deterioration of a perishable product.  In this transportation lesson plan students discuss the pros and cons of team driving. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Adding Creativity to Science Inquiry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate friction by manipulating some of the variables affecting it. In this inquiry lesson, students design their own experiment. They create a video about it and share it to class.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Self Directed Inquiry into the Identification of Unknowns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gain experience in designing an experiment and use logic in selecting specific tests for unknowns. Students recognize the use of spreadsheets in helping one to make clear comparisons.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Catapult

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students identify the advantages and disadvantages of a catapult as a weapon. For this physics lesson, students construct their own catapult. They investigate how changing one variable affects results.
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Assessment
Noyce Foundation

Truffles

For Teachers 6th Standards
Knowing how to scale a recipe is an important skill. Young mathematicians determine the amount of ingredients they need to make a certain number of truffles when given a recipe. They determine a relationship between ingredients given a...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Roller Coaster

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Roller coasters rely on both kinetic and potential energy, but how much total energy does a roller coaster need? Scholars vary the mass of a coaster and the height of the initial hill. Graphs showing the types of energy and total energy...
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Interactive
Magic of Physics

Wave Machine

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Three main factors determine the wave height experienced in the ocean. Scholars use a virtual simulator to alter wind speed, fetch, and duration. Each combination creates a unique wave measured in significant height.
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Lesson Plan
National Wildlife Federation

How Do You Feel About Water?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Less than one percent of the water on Earth is usable in people's homes. As pupils consider this fact, they reflect on their own water usage before designing a survey to collect information on water usage by others. They then analyze...
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Interactive
PHET

Friction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Friction leads to movement, heat, and melting on such a small scale most people don't notice. A short simulation permits scholars to observe the reaction between atoms as they move together.  The simulation applies the concept of...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Airplane

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How does an airplane control its take off and descent? Scholars explore the forces acting on an airplane and control the angle of attack, wing profile, thrust, and airplane size. They learn about lift, drag, thrust, gravity, and the...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Newton's Apple

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Scientists state that the higher something is above the earth, the greater the gravitational potential energy. Does this mean there is more gravity acting on the moon than on an apple falling from a tree? Scholars adjust the distance...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Cannon Simulation

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Fire in the hole! Thrill your classes as they see what it's like to fire a cannon ball. Scholars practice aiming a cannon ball by altering first the firing angle, then the velocity, and finally both simultaneously. Can they discover the...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Oscillations Simulation

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What makes a swing go back and forth like a pendulum rather than going all the way around? Scholars use the simulation to explore pendulums and how they work. They vary the weight, length of the rope, and even gravity in various trials.
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Interactive
Chemistry Collective

Chemical Potential: Staircase Demonstration

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
It's all uphill from here! Scholars examine the pattern of random particle motion up a staircase. The simulation shows how the linear increase in energy corresponds to an exponential decrease in particle concentration.
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Lesson Plan
Nuffield Foundation

Measuring Respiratory Quotient

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
How do scientists prove tiny living things respire? Young scientists build a respirometer and measure respiration rates in living creatures. By comparing the measurements of both plants and animals, they understand the similarities.
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Interactive
Physics Classroom

Using Graphs

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Many university professors complain incoming scholars struggle with interpreting graphs. A skill builder offers three different types of exercises including calculating slope, interpreting graphs, and extrapolating outside the plotted...

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