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  • Speedy Spool Part II

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    Speedy Spool Part II

    Continue to explore the differences between potential and kinetic energy.

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    Energy and Matter
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  • Modeling Wastewater Treatment

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    Modeling Wastewater Treatment

    Students design a model to demonstrate the first stage of wastewater treatment in a sewage plant. Assesses their…

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    Urban Ecology
    Environmental Science
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  • A Household of the Future

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    A Household of the Future

    Students design a home and a car of the future, which operate entirely on renewable energy sources. Assesses their…

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    Environmental Science
    Natural Resources Conservation
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  • Modeling the Effects of Fault Movements

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    Modeling the Effects of Fault Movements

    Students create a model to show the effects of strike-slip, normal, and reverse faults on a surface feature, such as a…

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    Plates and Tectonics
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  • Identifying a Mystery Mineral

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    Identifying a Mystery Mineral

    Students are asked to identify a mystery mineral sample. Assesses their knowledge of mineral properties and the tests…

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    Earth Science
    Minerals
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  • Making a Model of the Rock Cycle

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    Making a Model of the Rock Cycle

    Students create a model of the rock cycle using the materials given. Assesses their knowledge of the characteristics of…

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    1930s
    Geology
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  • A Model Landscape

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    A Model Landscape

    Students create a model that shows a variety of landform features created by river erosion and deposition. Assesses…

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  • River Erosion

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    River Erosion

    Students create a model demonstrating how flooding affects the amount of material eroded by a river. Assesses their…

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    Floods
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  • Making Salinity Currents

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    Making Salinity Currents

    Students create a model for currents caused by differences in salinity, using the materials provided. Assesses their…

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    Earth Science
    Oceans (Oceanography)
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  • Modeling Plate Movement

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    Modeling Plate Movement

    Students develop a working model of plate divergence at the mid-ocean ridge and plate convergence at a trench. Assesses…

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    Plates and Tectonics
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  • Slowing Evaporation

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    Slowing Evaporation

    Students design an experiment to test how to slow the evaporation of water in an open swimming pool in a dry climate.…

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    Atmosphere and Air
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  • Comparing the Weather

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    Comparing the Weather

    Students compare the weather in their city or part of the country with the weather in three other locations, for a…

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    Weather
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  • The Tides

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    The Tides

    Students construct a model to illustrate how the position of Earth, the sun, and the moon affect the tides. Assesses…

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    Space and Astronomy
    Moon
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  • Sizes of Stars

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    Sizes of Stars

    Students conceptualize the enormous differences in size among four categories of stars. Assesses their understanding of…

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    Space and Astronomy
    Stars
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  • Chemical Family Album

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    Chemical Family Album

    Students create a "family album" for three families of the periodic table. Assesses their understanding of the periodic…

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    Chemical Properties
    Periodic Law and Table
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  • Air in Motion

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    Air in Motion

    Students hypothesize what will happen when objects come into contact with a column of air shooting upward at high speed.…

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    Earth Science
    Force and Motion
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  • Speedy Mediums (Speed of Waves)

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    Speedy Mediums (Speed of Waves)

    Students determine the speed of waves in two different mediums: water and vegetable oil. Tests their understanding of…

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    Earth Science
    Wave Theory
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  • Skateboard Slosh Part I

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    Skateboard Slosh Part I

    Students look at centripetal force in a series of experiments.

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    Science
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  • Skateboard Slosh Part II

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    Skateboard Slosh Part II

    Students continue to look at centripetal force in a series of experiments.

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  • Earth and Shadows: The Reasons for Seasons

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    Earth and Shadows: The Reasons for Seasons

    Try a printable science activity that helps students understand the reasons for the seasons by making a model of Earth…

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    Earth Science
    Seasons
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  • Discovering a Planet: How to Tell a Star from a Planet

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    Discovering a Planet: How to Tell a Star from a Planet

    This printable science activity explains how you can tell the difference between a star and a planet when you are…

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    Solar System
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  • Scale Models: Modeling the Solar System

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    Scale Models: Modeling the Solar System

    In this printable science activity, students make a scale model of the solar system. This activity includes Pluto as a…

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    Space and Astronomy
    Solar System
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  • Making Time Lines: Relating Time to Distance

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    Making Time Lines: Relating Time to Distance

    Explore an activity that integrates math and science, as students create a large chart to plot a time line of Earth's…

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  • Making Model Fossils

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    Making Model Fossils

    Students learn about fossils and how they are created. They then simulate this process, using plaster to make their own…

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    Fossils
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