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Free elementary Earth Day basic operations laboratories
STEAM Lab - PreK-3 - Rubber Ducky Oil Spill & Clean Up -NON Renewable Resources
This Rubber Ducky Oil Spill & Clean Up lab for PreK-Grade 3 will help young learners understand what a non-renewable resource is, where oil/petroleum come from, how they are removed from the Earth, what they are used for, what happens when there is an oil spill, how oil spills are contained/cleaned up. This packet contains 1 mini lesson (on oil and non-renewable resources) and 1 lab -- have fun with rubber duckies, cooking oil and cocoa, dish liquid, and a variety of absorbent materials, as
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PreK - 3rd
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Field Trip to a Grocery Store and Bank
If you study family finances and healthy foods with your class, have you ever considered taking a field trip to a local grocery store and bank? Both need to be prearranged with the bank and grocery store.The bank is usually happy to plan an hour or two with your students. My bank breaks the kids up into groups and different department personnel discuss that aspect of the bank’s service. Very interesting! For the grocery store visit, you usually only need to tell the manager that you will be c
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4th - 6th
Pacing Guide for HUMAN IMPACT AND EARTH DAY UNIT MS-ESS3-3, MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-4
This pacing guide covers my 2 to 3 week unit on Human Impact on the Environment and Earth Day. It can be expanded or condensed depending on your needs. NOTE:Each link takes you to individual products but the entire unit bundle(HUMAN IMPACT AND EARTH DAY UNIT BUNDLE With Pacing Guide MS-ESS3-3, MS-LS2 )is available.Notice that in the CONTENT OVERVIEW column, of the Pacing Guide, there are multiple links to my middle school science teacher’s blog (Science by Sinai) with detailed descriptions on ho
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
5-LS2-1
, 5-ESS3-1
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Compost Kid
Composting in a pop bottle! After talking about the Scientific Method and how Scientists set up their experiments and publish their results, the students were given the task of creating their own unique Compost Kid. It is their job to create their kid, keep their kid fed and alive for 70 days. Each Compost Kid is different, just like we are! Lessons to go along with this can include recycling, soil composition, microbiology and agriculture.
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5th - 12th
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NGSS:
5-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-3
Surface Tension/Cohesion Lab
The Penny Drop Lab
Your students will be WOWED by this fun and easy experiment.
-Calculate mean/average
-Test a hypothesis
-Construct a bar graph
-Analyze data
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2nd - 8th
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Oceans & Seas: Investigating Climate Change
This Prezi, Oceans & Seas: Investigating Climate Change, is part of a free climate change series, and it specifically focuses on how increases in C02 are affecting our oceans. Students analyze the differences between land-based and water-based melting of ice, and more broadly its effects on rising sea levels. After doing an experiment and gathering more information, the students create an infographic, Prezi, or Prezi Video. The lesson is roughly 250 minutes, and it is sourced from Open Educa
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4th - 6th
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NGSS:
5-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS2-1
ROCK Lab
Bring rocks for your students... OR... Allow them to find their own rocks at home!!!
Students can use this GRAPHIC ORGANIZER to classify their rock using 6 physical properties!
Luster: describes how a mineral appears to reflects light, and how brilliant or dull the
mineral is.
Color: measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light.
Streak: the line of powder obtained by scratching a mineral or rubbing it upon a hard, rough white surface, often differing in color from the
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3rd - 5th
Economics Laboratory: Factory Simulation
Coupled with a dynamic, interactive web simulation, this lab activity takes students into the fascinating world of the factory. "Think you have what it takes to run a complex machine, control the flow of manufacturing and production, minimize waste and MAXIMIZE profits? And can you do this this while listening to campy 1990s 8-bit music? Let’s find out…" Getting students interested in what manufacturing may involve can be challenging, but this simulation takes up this challenge and succeeds w
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Order of Operations and Chemical Reactions Elephant Toothpaste
In this lesson, students are exposed to order of operations in math and use the order of operations to solve problems to get the correct numbers of ounces, cups, etc for ingredients for a science experiment - elephant toothpaste.
Students will be using order of operations, following a set of directions in the correct order, and exploring an exothermic chemical reaction all while have a great messy fun time!
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3rd - 6th
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Carbon Footprint
A fun way to start a conversation about carbon footprints and what we can do to reduce our mark we leave on the environment. The younger students can take it home and complete it with their parents. After it is complete, go to the website and enter the information from the worksheet. Use the numbers to create a classroom graph.
http://www.nature.org/greenliving/carboncalculator/
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4th - 7th
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Field Frenzy Spring/Summer Scavenger Hunt
A great outdoor based Scavenger hunt activity to search for bugs and evidence of bugs, predators, food, and homes!Designed with a Nature based summer camp in mind, but can easily be adapted to a variety of uses
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PreK - 5th
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NGSS 2-ESS1-1: Core Sampling with Cupcakes
I planned this lesson for 2nd grade science.
This lesson covers Core Sampling, observations, and prediction making.
activity to go along with the book: “How to Drill a Hole to the Other Side of the World” by: Faith McNulty
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2nd
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Scientific Observation Lab
Students practice the scientific process by observing mystery containers! Suitable and adaptable for grades K-3.
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PreK - 3rd
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Cookie Tectonics Data Worksheet
Students will be able to learn the motion of the plate boundaries and the landforms produced by manipulating the ingredients in this investigation.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
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Fall Pumpkin Counting Collection/Observation
Students work in groups to record observations including size of pumpkin and properties of the pumpkin. They then open up their pumpkin and count the seeds as a collection. Counting collections is POWERFUL.
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1st - 3rd
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High Roller - Unit Rate Lab
The main focus of this task is calculating unit rates, but I turned it into a lab to give students the opportunity to think like scientists. You can shorten it and give more distinct parameters to fit your classroom. I left some of it open for students to explore and explain for themselves. Enjoy!
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5th - 8th
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