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  • Chemical Reactions

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    Chemical Reactions

    Students design an experiment to determine whether the chemical reaction that takes place as the iron in steel wool…

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    Chemistry
    Chemical Change
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  • Bonds and Compounds

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    Bonds and Compounds

    Students create a poster that classifies compounds based on the types of bonds they contain. Tests students'…

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    Chemistry
    Chemical Formulas
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  • Materials Pursuit

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    Materials Pursuit

    Students create a trivia game about polymers, alloys, ceramics, glass, and radioactive elements. Assesses students'…

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    Chemistry
    Chemical Properties
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  • Tracking a Toy

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    Tracking a Toy

    Students work in pairs to make a motion graph of the movement of a wind-up toy. Assesses their understanding of motion…

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    Physics
    Motion and Momentum
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  • Newton's Banana

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    Newton's Banana

    Students determine the mass of a banana using only a string and a spring scale. Assesses their understanding of Newton's…

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    Physics
    Newton's Laws
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  • Machine Mania

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    Machine Mania

    Students create four simple machines to make the work of moving an object easier. Assesses their understanding of simple…

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    Physics
    Machines
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  • Energy and Power (Water Wheel)

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    Energy and Power (Water Wheel)

    Students build a machine that converts the kinetic energy of falling water to the gravitational potential energy of a…

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    Physics
    Motion and Energy (Mechanics)
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  • Keeping Cool

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    Keeping Cool

    Students rank air, water, and foam insulation according to each material's insulation ability. Assesses students'…

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    Physics
    Heat
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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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  • Fencing Frenzy

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    Fencing Frenzy

    Students create an electric circuit that they must position using a compass. Tests students' understanding of Earth's…

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    Physics
    Electricity and Magnetism (Electromagnetism)
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  • To Tell the Truth

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    To Tell the Truth

    Students create a true/false game about electronics. Assesses their understanding of concepts related to electronic…

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    Physics
    Electricity
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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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  • In the Spotlight

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    In the Spotlight

    Students create a working model of a spotlight system that will produce the primary and secondary colors of light in…

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    Physics
    Light and Optics
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  • The Path of Power

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    The Path of Power

    Students create a newspaper page that describes how electricity is generated and delivered to homes for use in devices…

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    Physics
    Electricity
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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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    Space and Astronomy
    Solar System
    Science
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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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    Earth Science
    Science
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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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    Earth Science
    Fossils
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  • Learning about Metamorphic Rock

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    Learning about Metamorphic Rock

    In this science activity, students learn how metamorphic rocks are formed, and then make models of the Earth's crust,…

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    Geology
    Rocks
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  • Glaciers: Ice That Flows

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    Glaciers: Ice That Flows

    In this activity, students learn how glaciers are formed and how they move materials around Earth. They then experiment…

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    Earth Science
    Glaciers
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  • Density: Making a Water Sandwich

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    Density: Making a Water Sandwich

    In this classroom activity, students use liquid solutions to learn about and experiment with density.

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    Physics
    Density
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  • Earthquake Waves

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    Earthquake Waves

    In this activity, students create model buildings from toothpicks. Using Jell-O, sand, and modeling clay, they then…

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    Earth Science
    Earthquakes
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  • About Metals

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    About Metals

    Learn more about some common metals.

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    Earth Science
    Metals
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