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An ad for an element
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Abstract: A lesson plan for Grades 9–12 Chemistry and Physical Science from LEARN NC. Students prepare an ad for an element, including properties and uses, in an attention getting format such as that used in the advertising business.
Blast off the wet way
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Abstract: This lesson takes 6-10 days and includes math classes in which students will serve as observers and will calculate the height that the rocket reached and time elapsed. In the science class the students will design, build, launch, and do a detailed analysis of the acceleration, speed, and force produced ... More »
Convection currents
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Abstract: Students work together to show convection currents in the air. They construct a paper propeller that will be caused to spin as a result of the transfer of heat energy through the air.
Does it float? Exploring density
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Abstract: Density is a property of matter that requires abstract understanding from your students. This lesson plan is a hands-on lab for exploring the concepts of mass, volume, density, and their relationship. This lab achieves several 8th grade science objectives and incorporates mathematical objectives as well. ... More »
g: a pendulum
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Abstract: Students will time the periods of pendulums to determine if length or mass affects them. Students can then use a pendulum to calculate the acceleration of gravity.
Getting an angle on light
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Abstract: Students will discover that the angle of the sun can mark time and is responsible for the color we see in the sky. Students will also understand that light can be reflected and refracted.
Let's hear it for sound!
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Abstract: This lesson will help students build an understanding of the concepts of sound (vibration, pitch) through participation in a variety of hands-on experiments. By observing, predicting, and analyzing results, students can actively investigate the science of sound.
Let's make it simple (pre-visit)
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Abstract: This lesson focuses on the student's ability to recognize objects in nature that could become tools to make work easier (simple machines). It is the first in a series of three lessons, the others being Lesson 2: Make it simple: Now find it (museum visit) and Lesson 3: Simple: Now compound (post-visit).
Light, camera, action! Shadows?
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Abstract: This lesson will demonstrate how the position of a light source or direction of light and the time of the day will affect the shadow images that are depicted in our environment over a period of time.
Magic water and convection
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Abstract: This lesson will give students a demonstration of how heat affects water particles.
Magnetic magic
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Abstract: Students will explore and experiment with a magnet's mysterious invisible strength by rotating through five hands-on centers.
Ohm's Law made easy with a spreadsheet
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Abstract: In this lesson, students will use math word problems to help them input information into a spreadsheet that will use Ohm's law to calculate current and resistance using common household appliance wattages.
Planets' relative gravity spreadsheet
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Abstract: The students use online resources to find information about the nine planets in our solar system. Then, using the relative gravity of each planet, they will create a spreadsheet to calculate what the weight of an average man and woman (possibly their own weight or the weight of other objects) would be ... More »
Positively popcorn
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Abstract: This lesson should be used as a part of a unit on the three forms of matter. This is a fun activity on the process of how popcorn pops using gas as a form of matter.
Simple: Now compound (post-visit)
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Abstract: This lesson focuses on the process of combining two or more simple machines to form a compound machine. It is the third in a sequence of lessons on machines. The others are Lesson 1: Let's make it simple (pre-visit) and Lesson 2: Make it simple: Now find it (museum visit).
Studying simple machines with Rube Goldberg
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Abstract: Using a copy of a Rube Goldberg cartoon, show how the famous cartoonist drew weird and wacky machines to complete a simple task. Students will develop their own Rube Goldberg-type cartoon, using five types of simple machines, to accomplish their selected feat.
Submarines: Using mass, volume and density to create a working submarine
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Abstract: The students will design a submarine that will float, subsurface, sink, and return once again to the water's surface by external manipulation of the submarine outside of an aquarium. In order to accomplish this, the students will use not only the concepts of mass, volume, and density but will also integrate ... More »
The five senses-hearing
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Abstract: We hear through movement of the ear drum which is tightly stretched across the ear canal and vibrates when air waves push it.
What is static charge?
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Abstract: This lab exercise uses ordinary household materials to explore static charge.
What's the matter?
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Abstract: Students will categorize matter according to its properties.