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Density of common liquids

Each lab team will determine the density of water and one of the sample liquids. The class will then compile their information.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics and Science)

By Sansia Coble.

Making “Oobleck”

The students will discuss what they think will happen when mixing specific ingredients to create an unknown substance labeled “Oobleck.” Next, the students will work together in small groups of four or five to create this substance. Finally, the students will individually illustrate and write one to three sentences describing the results.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and Science)

By Paige Hoffman.

Grocery store matter

The lesson stimulates students' thought processes and makes students aware of the things around them by teaching them about the three kinds of matter and their properties.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)

By Indiana Jennette.

Superfund in science class

In Bringing current science into the classroom, page 2

Four Web-based activities let students identify Superfund sites, define hazardous waste, see how aquifers work, and explore cleanup solutions.

By Michele Kloda.

French fries up and down

The students will get hands-on practice working with patterns and translating them to numerical sequences. This lesson reaches visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners all at the same time.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)

By Annie Nesbitt.

Making connections between concepts

In The First Year, page 2.3

To help students connect what they're learning, make your expectations clear and ask them what they understand and what isn't working.

By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Mending pottery

In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.9

Students will mend broken pottery to learn what archaeologists learn by mending pottery.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)

Float, sink, flink!

In this lesson, students will learn to make things flink, meaning they neither float to the top nor sink to the bottom of a fluid. They will discover that whether an object floats or sinks depends not only on the properties of the object itself, but also on the properties of the fluid (either gas or liquid) in which it is situated.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science)

By Erin Denniston.

Measuring pots

In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.7

Students will use an activity sheet or modern pottery rim sherds to compute circumference from a section of a circle and construct analogies based on their own experience about possible functions of ancient or historic ceramics.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics and Social Studies)

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A matter of state

The purpose of this lesson is to help students understand that particle movement changes as a substance changes from one phase to another phase. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Putting the ice in hockey

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students will explore a website to learn that what happens at the surface of ice to give it its slippery nature can be explained by molecular motion. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Temperature changes everything

The primary purpose of these activities is to introduce the students to the concept that temperature causes molecules and atoms to move faster and farther apart, which in turn causes the change from solid to liquid, and liquid to gas. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Sink it

This Science NetLinks lesson is designed to develop students' understanding of sinking and floating. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Properties of air

The purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate that air takes up space, and puts pressure, or pushes, on everything around it (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Melting and Freezing

Students explore what happens to the amount of different substances as they change from a solid to a liquid or a liquid to solid: water, chocolate, and margarine. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Water and Ice

The purpose of this lesson is to use observation, measurement, and communication skills to describe change. In this lesson, students will observe, measure, and describe change in water as it changes state. As part of the investigation, students will take... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science)

Provided by: Science Netlinks

FOSSWEB

Interactive science modules for K-2 and 3-6 focusing on topics such as weather, nutrition, animals, solar energy, and measurements. Interactive courses for middle school include the human brain, earth history, planetary science, and a lot more. Teacher registration... (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Lawrence Hall of Science at Berkeley