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Physical science activities for Microsoft Word
Measuring and Metric System Unit | Length Mass Weight Volume | Middle School
Looking for fun and engaging ways to teach the Metric System and Measuring Skills? This bundle will help your students to understand metric units and to practice and reinforce the techniques for measuring length, mass, weight, volume and liquid volume. This Measuring and Metric System bundle contains five products to help you teach the skills of precise and accurate measuring and using the Metric System. Save 20% on these activities!The Cornell Doodle Notes are completely No Prep- and scaffolded
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6th - 8th
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Rube Goldberg simple machine project
This is a 2 page description/procedure/rubric for a Rube Goldberg project. I gave my class 2 full weeks to work on this. They are provided with minimal materials, the rest is gathered from home (recyclable materials, toys, etc..). A PowerPoint presenation accompanies the Rube Goldberg machine. My students LOVED doing this and they learned a lot about simple machines as well.
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5th - 12th
Paper Airplane Lab: Gravity and Air Resistance
This activity helps demonstrate some of the unbalanced forces, namely gravity and air resistance, that affect us every day. Students should predict why paper airplanes do not stay in the air forever. After testing their paper airplane, they should create a force diagram and answer some questions regarding these unbalanced forces.
Materials needed: paper, meter stick
Main topics: unbalanced forces, gravity, air resistance (friction).
Quick, easy, and effective in demonstrating gravity and
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Bill Nye: S1E8 Phases of matter (States of matter) video sheet
Bill Nye: Phases of matter video sheet. Very easy for my 6th grade EC classes, it's multiple choice answers, the last 2 are short response.
This way they get a chance to watch the video and not spend all of the time on reading and answering the follow along question. Also includes absolute zero, and shows how individual molecules act when you add or remove energy.
Hard time finding the video to stream try looking on dailymotion
Just added an answer key.
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Bill Nye: The Science Guy. Chemistry (5) Video Bundle (With answer keys)
Forms of Energy and Energy Transformations Practice
This activity provides students with energy practice! it starts with identifying different forms of energy in common life scenarios and items: mechanical, kinetic, potential, heat/thermal, radiant/light, sound, electrical, nuclear and chemical. It then moves on to identifying energy transformations: the starting form and the final form. The practice is best used after the "Energy Powerpoint" and the "Energy Guided Notes". I find it important to scaffhold the practice - to do a few of each type
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5th - 9th
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Water Cycle in a Bag Experiment
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Accumulation!
Observe the water cycle in your classroom. Using a sandwich bag and colored water watch the water form vapor and then "rain" inside the baggie. Students love this!
This download includes directions and a two page, detailed observation sheet to record the progress four times.
My class said this was their favorite activity of the year. I hang the baggies on the window facing our school courtyard and always get compliments on how appealing
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1st - 5th
Simple Machines Marshmallow Catapult Lab Experiment - Newton's Laws
Really fun way to teach simple machines, levers, and Newton's Laws. This is a lesson plan with the full description of how to make marshmallow catapults to launch in class. This is a formal lesson plan, usable for any observation. This was a big hit in the classroom!
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3rd - 10th
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Penny Boat Lab: Density, Buoyancy and Archimedes
This is a one period activity/lab to teach students about the concept of density and Archimedes Principle, why things float. Students each get a piece of aluminum foil and design and make a boat. They then must calculate how many pennies it will carry before sinking, and then test it. This is an excellent one day STEM project that combines science, math, design and construction. Students will use the formula Density=Mass divided by Volume.
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7th - 10th
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"Inertia Games" Lab Activity - Newton's 1st Law of Motion
Students are introduced to the concept of Newton's 1st Law of Motion and inertia by completing six (6) different challenges/games in this lab activity. Example of one of the game challenges:a. Get a plastic cup, index cards, and a quarter. b. Place the index card on top of the cup so it is centered over the opening. Put the quarter on top of the index card. c. Using your finger pull the index card out from under the quarter. You are trying to get the quarter to drop into the cup. d. Compl
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5th - 10th
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Lab: Paper Plate Periodic Table and m&m Atoms - Energy Levels and Electrons
Students study the structure of the atom with m&m's atoms on a paper plate periodic table! This lab investigation on edible "electrons" and elements explores the Essential Question: How are Elements Arranged in the Periodic Table? And, How Are Electrons Configured in an Atom?"Share with your students edible electrons; EX: m&m's, skittles, smarties, cereal, or mini-marshmallows. Ss will model atoms of elements using a paper plate and different sorts of sweets. At the end of the lab, when
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7th - 11th
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HS-PS1-1
, HS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-1
Also included in: StayGiant Candy Mix Bundle: Lab Investigations
First Week of Physics | Back To School Bundle with Icebreakers
Perfect bundle for the first week of your physics class. This bundle includes differentiated syllabuses, icebreakers, math reviews, a student survey, pacing guides, lab safety guidelines, and a formula sheet. Additionally, we've added a day-by-day guide for the first week of school, so you know exactly what to do each day.Purpose:1) To encourage familiarity among students and between students and the teacher.2) To provide clear expectations for the course.3) To equip students with the skills to
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HS-PS2-2
, HS-PS2-1
Complete 5E Lesson Bundle - 72+ Resources
Complete 5E Lesson Collection - 72+ fully editable and complete 5E Lessons. This is a growing bundle so each time I create a new 5E lesson, you will get immediate access to it. I will also increase the price accordingly, so get it now at the lowest price it'll ever be. By purchasing this bundle you will save 82% vs. purchasing the individual 5E lessons separately and over 91% if you purchased each resource separately.**IN ADDITION. When you purchase this resource you will get 1-month free to my
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7th - 12th
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Chemistry Bingo - Calculating Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons
Your students will love practicing calculations of subatomic particles with this pre-made bingo game. The teacher draws a card with the name of an element and calls its name. Student then use a periodic table to find its atomic number, mass number, protons, neutrons, and electrons. When students find a corresponding number, they place a token.
File includes 30 different bingo boards with numbers already filled in, a sheet of element names that can be cut out for calling bingo, and a call she
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8th - 11th
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Conduction, Convection, Radiation Popcorn Lab
Students will investigate the differnces between conduction, convection, and radiation by making popcorn. The students LOVE this lab!
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5th - 8th
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Electricity Webquest
Students will explore the basic fundamentals of electricity, such as static & current electricity, circuits, conductors and insulators, etc. . QR codes are included for easy access to the required websites!
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5th - 10th
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Inertia Lab: Testing Newtons First Law of Motion
Students always enjoy testing inertia. This activity takes students through three activities that demonstrate Newton's First Law of Motion. Students should notice that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Materials needed: coins or washers, beaker or cup, note card, toy car.
Main topics: inertia, Newton's First Law of Motion
Quick, easy, and effective in demonstrating inertia. Great for middle school or
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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NGSS Energy Activity BUNDLE
SAVE 30% OFF list prices plus a FREE BONUS! Includes 6 NO or LOW PREP activities! Includes engaging activities, graphing practice, hands-on stations, a low-prep lab, and a fun project for energy transformations - all designed to SUPPLEMENT and add FUN to an existing energy unit! ⭐ Looking for a FULL ENERGY UNIT? Click here!This bundle includes the following:Hands-On Forms of Energy Stations (Free bonus!)Energy Transformations MatchingEnergy Claims and Evidence ActivityPotential and Kinetic En
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
, MS-PS3-1
Georgia Standards of Excellence - 8th Grade Science - Complete Resource Package
Each resource inside this bundle was handpicked to cover all aspects of the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) Eighth Grade Science Curriculum. The resources found inside will ensure your students fulfill each requirement of the standard and keep them interested and engaged throughout. A description of how each standard is covered is broken down below. This bundle will save you time and money, the two things every teacher needs more of. There are over 100 classroom-tested resources included w
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7th - 10th
Soil Profile (Horizon) Poster activity with grading rubric
Soil Profile (Horizon) Activity with grading rubric Includes all the basic requirements including using the 3 main soil horizons with definitions on the poster (definitions are on the rubric). Definitions include Topsoil Humus Subsoil Bedrock Parent rock Grading point system is premade for easy expectations and grading. On a word document so you can edit any parts you would like to. Simple easy activity that most students enjoy Used in my middle school cl
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4th - 9th
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Work and Power Lab - Running the Stairs
INTRODUCTION
Most of us love the dear old Earth – in fact we’re quite attracted to it. That attraction arises from the Earth’s large mass and thus the Earth’s pull of gravity. When we lift a book away from the center of dear old Earth, we do work on that book. We do work because we must counteract the book’s attraction to the Earth in the process. We do work by applying a force over a distance. What does that do for us? Well, it tires us. The book, however, gets energy out of the deal. Any
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7th - 9th
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Waves Lab - Transverse, Longitudinal, ENERGY
OMG WAVES!!!This inquiry lab activity consists of 7 stations that students will rotate through in one class period. It works great as an intro activity before teaching a unit on waves to engage students and to show them that waves have energy, which can then be transferred through different media. It also makes a great review activity to really drive home your standards. During this inquiry activity, students will create longitudinal and transverse waves, see how tuning forks transfer energy
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5th - 10th
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Classical and Operant Conditioning with Pavlov and B.F. Skinner
This is such a fun lesson, you get to be Pavlov and your students get to be the dogs!You will need dixie cups, Tang powder or Lemonade powder (to get them salivating) and a bell or other stimulus. They don't need a ton of powder, just about a tablespoon or so, enough to dip their fingers and lick powder each time you ring the bell.I have the lesson timed out on a Word document along with a student page of guided notes that has the clips embedded. I have tested all links as of 3/11/20
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9th - 12th
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Density Lab
This lab is fantastic for connecting density-in-theory to real life! This winner is great for general science, layers of the earth, oceanography, marine biology, or chemistry. My students are always so proud of themselves for figuring it out! The student sheet includes a section on evaluating the model (vital to the Next Gen. Science Standards!) Fits very well in a science journal/interactive students notebook (ISN). The teacher instructions gives detailed material list, instruction, and hints f
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7th - 10th
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Calculating Speed Practice Task Cards (15) Speed, Distance or Time EDITABLE
15 Calculating Speed Practice Task Cards ...
Students practice finding Speed, Distance or Time using formulas given.
Record sheet and answer key included.
EDITABLE
This activity pairs nicely with:
Calculating Speed Experiment & Practice using ramps, marbles- Scientific Method
AND it is part of the following BUNDLE:
Introduction to Motion and Calculating Speed Experiment Task Cards Bundle
More Great Force Stuff!
*Simple Machines Examples Cut and Paste
*Simple Machines Mini Book
* Force an
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5th - 8th
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