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Engineering - Solid Rock to Building Block

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars role-play as engineers designing wedge tools. They devise methods for shaping quarry rocks into pyramid blocks. Following a teacher demonstration, they use materials such as soap, clay, and foam for blocks and wood,...
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Visualize 3-D Objects and Make Nets of Common Solids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Prisms are the focus of this geometry worksheet. Students count the number of parts of a prism and chart 26 answers. Vocabulary such as: "faces," "edges," and "verticies" are taught. A well-designed math worksheet!
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Solid Shapes challenge

For Students K - 1st
In this recognizing shapes activity, learners identify the pictures that have round or rectangular shapes, count each shape, and write the total numbers. Students solve eleven problems.
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Classifying Solids

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geometry instructional activity, students classify polygons based on their sides and shape. There are 16 shapes to be identified with an answer key.
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Fluid Thinking About Liquids and Solids

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the physical characteristics of the different states of matter. For this chemistry lesson, 2nd graders observe how matter changes from one phase to another. They classify substances according to its type of matter.
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Rock Solid

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate the three types of material stress related to rocks. They watch a PowerPoint Presentation, view an online animation of the three types of rock stress, identify the various types of rocks, answer true or false...
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Waterproof Paper

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore matter through the concept of displacement. They perforrm an inquiry experiment with a glass, paper and a bucket to demonstrate that gases take up space.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make observations of ice as it melts. In this phase change lesson, students observe ice as it melts in a cup. They discuss their observations and place the cup of water into a freezer to change it back into ice.
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Ready, Set, Let's Dough! It's a Matter of System

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore physical sciences by participating in a class experiment. In this matter instructional activity, students identify the three forms of matter and their physical differences. Students utilize cookie dough to create a play...
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What in the World is Matter?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
How does matter change and what are its properties? This presentation is a bit scattered and attempts to infuse humor in place of concrete definitions. In order to make this worthwhile for classroom use, you will need to add to it.
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Area of Solids

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students find the area of rectangular solids and cylinders by cutting them into flat pieces and adding the areas.
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Solid Waste

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine how to use their vocabulary, writing skills, and creative thinking to address environmental concerns in this unit. They write messages to using creative writing to address the issues of solid waste and recycling.
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Water 3: Melting and Freezing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore what happens to the amount of different substances as they change from a solid to a liquid or a liquid to solid.
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Search a Word

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review vocabulary associated with solid waste management. They complete a word search to familiarize themselves with the options of solid waste management including varying costs and environmental impacts.
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Hunting for Hidden Fat

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners investigate the importance of fat in the diet. They determine the difference between solid and liquid fat. They examine food labels to identify the ones that contain fat.
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Fundamentals of Matter

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the the constituents and properties of matter. They use the scientific process while exploring solids, liquids, gases, the mass, volume and density of matter. Students plan and conduct an investigation to measure...
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States of Matter

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this states of matter worksheet, students will complete the graphic organizer by writing in the 3 states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas.
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ESL Writing: Solids

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL writing practice worksheet, students trace a set of sentences about solids and their properties. A reference web site for additional activities is given.
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Blocks in a Sock

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify geometric solids. In this shapes and solids beginning geometry lesson, 1st graders reach into a bag and identify the geometric solid they feel. Students describe shape attributes and match two dimensional shapes to...
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study the liquid and solid states of water. In this water states lesson, students complete three experiments to study water as it cycles from a liquid state to a solid state and back. Students finish with a Venn Diagram...
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Water and Ice

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students observe, measure, and communicate while observing water convert from a solid to a liquid and back again. In this solid and liquid lesson plan, students answer questions as they observe this change.
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Perimeter, Circumference, Volume, and Surface Area

For Students 8th - 11th
In this Perimeter, Circumference, Volume, and Surface Area worksheet, students are asked to identify geometric formulas and calculate for volume and surface area for geometric solids.  In addition, students are asked to identify...
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Shape All Around

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate solid shapes. In this geometry lesson, students take pictures of solid shapes and classify their pictures according to the vocabulary terms: edge, face and vertex. Students present their findings to the class.
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Cold Facts

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this solid to liquid worksheet, students use ice cubes and water to see how the volume of water changes when solid water turns to liquid. Students follow 4 directions and answer 5 questions.

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