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Basic principles simulation pdfs
Virtual Density Lab
Students use PhET Sim to explore density in an inquiry based lab. Check out the Sim here:: http://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/density/latest/density_en.html?fbclid=IwAR09bUeRxx_DckEweccfg2_1DozdustsrS4RJYOtwDkaHwiyJ6RDzLTofPIThis lab first walks students through finding volume through water displacement. Then students explore densities of different materials with the same mass but different volume, same volume but different mass, and then same density but different masses and volumes. Finally
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-1
, MS-PS1-2
, MS-ESS2-5
Also included in: Weather Activity Bundle
STEM Lab Activity Balloon Rockets - Newton's Third Law of Motion
Students will experiment with balloon rockets to observe and study Newton's Third Law of Motion and the principles of rocket propulsion. Students will collect, analyze, and graph data from the launches in this STEM lab activity.
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K - 12th
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4th Grade Science: Animal Structures (NGSS Aligned)
This unit was designed specifically to address NGSS 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support, survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction. This unit is appropriate for grades 3-5. Upper Elementary students learn about the structures animals have to help them with nutrition, self-defense, reproduction, and communication. Activities include:Activity 1: Animal Structures Sort: This introductory activity gets students fo
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
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NGSS:
4-LS1-1
Also included in: 4th Grade Science Plant and Animal Structures Bundle (NGSS Aligned)
DNA Fingerprinting-Gel Electrophoresis "paper lab"!
Absolutely no prep! Just print and go! This activity will teach students why and how gel electrophoresis is used. Students will also analyze a gel or "DNA fingerprint" and help to solve a crime! This is a great product for a Biotech unit if you do not have the equipment to run an actual gel or use as a fun pre-lab! Used by thousands of students!
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6th - 12th
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Conservation of Momentum Lab Series using Marbles
This listing features two labs about the conservation of momentum using marbles. I facilitate this activity series on successive days in my eighth-grade physical science class. This lab set aligns with our unit about Newton’s three laws. In the first lab activity, students determine if there is a positive correlation between the number of marbles released down the ruler ramp and the number of stationary marbles ejected upon impact on the bottom, flat portion of the track. In the second lab activ
Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: Physical Science Semester Activity Bundle Special
What is in the Sky? A Nature of Science Modern Mystery of Social Media and Bias!
Have your students embark on this modern mystery where they are challenged to identify examples of bias found in social media! This activity, based on true events, begins when several people spot an unknown object in the sky above a tornado ravaged city in Ohio. Cell phone-armed citizens begin taking pictures of the object before sending them to the local weatherman for answers. Ten eyewitnesses debate their inferences regarding the object's identity until the sun sets and they are left with no
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6th - 9th
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Rock Cycle Game Connect 4
Rock Cycle Connect 4 Game includes a diagram of the rock cycle, a detailed lesson plan with suggested pre-game activities and a preparation checklist, tokens for each player, a familiar looking gameboard, a visual example of gameplay and easy to follow game instructions.Field tested with sixth-graders, this game challenges students to think of the rock cycle in terms of states of matter and geologic processes. It helps students to break misconceptions of the rock cycle as a predetermined order r
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Earth Science Games Bundle
Water Cycle Game Connect 4
Water Cycle Connect 4 includes a diagram of the water cycle, a detailed lesson plan with suggested pre-game activities and a preparation checklist, tokens for each player, a familiar looking gameboard, a visual example of gameplay and easy to follow game instructions.Field tested with sixth-graders, this game challenges students to think of the water cycle in terms of water stores and water flows. It helps students to break misconceptions of the water cycle as a simple process involving only eva
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Earth Science Games Bundle
Rabbit Farm: Project-Based Learning in Genetics & Heredity
This product includes a single day's lesson plans and resources for a simulated genetics lab. Students will randomly receive four parent rabbits with their genotypes and phenotypes. Students will pen rabbits together and follow them through 2 generations before totaling their value based on phenotypes and discussing how natural selection influences genetics.This product includes:1 - Lab Introduction Page1 - Rabbit Manipulative Page1 - Sample Completed Student Page3 - Student PagesPlease contact
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Grades:
6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS4-4
, MS-LS4-6
Also included in: Hands On Science Bundle - Learn Through Exploration!
Physical Science: Energy, Energy, Energy
This three-lesson unit includes an introduction to energy and energy forms, energy transfers and transformations and variables that effect kinetic and potential energy, like height, mass and speed. These lessons can also be purchased individually. This unit supports MS-PS3 (Energy) of the NGSS. The student handouts and included answer keys work together with videos and links found at Physical Science on the How About Science? website. Here are some things you will like about “How About Sci
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6th - 10th
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Density Tower Lab
Calculate the density of 8 mystery liquids. Draw in color what each mystery liquid looks like in its numbered box. First, measure the mass (minus the mass of the beaker ____ g). Then, use the beaker itself to measure the volume. Lastly, calculate the density and identify the liquid using the formula: D = m / vOnce you have identified all substances, work with the teacher to create a density tower! (Draw & label the tower in color)
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Grades:
5th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-PS1-2
Best Weathering, Erosion, Deposition Model Ever- Inexpensive w/ writing piece
I can not begin to tell you how much I love using this model in my class. It demonstrates weathering, erosion, and deposition (without the use of stations, water, or sand!) at a minimal cost. It is a hands-on model that takes very little class time and just a small amount of teacher monitoring. The model runs for 3-5 days using just a few minutes of class time at the beginning of each day. After the model has run, the students write a paragraph explaining the model.
Included in this produc
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4th - 7th
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Electricity Exploration Stations
This activity was designed to be a PBL Entry Event or Attention Grabber for a larger unit on electricity and magnetism. However, it could be used as an introduction lesson into electricity and magnetism.
Station 1: Ouch! You Shocked Me! - static electricity
Station 2: Can You Light It Up? - circuits
Station 3: What Uses Electricity? - picture sort
Station 4: The Mystery of Magnets - magnetism
This resource includes everything you need to set up a 4 station rotation.
A list of resources need
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Grades:
3rd - 4th
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Friction Lab Simulation
The Velocity and Acceleration Simulation activity allows students to play a computer simulation for an interactive lab experience. The simulation utilizes a PHET simulation where students can analyze the effects of velocity or acceleration on an object as they try and guide the object through a maze. As a Science teacher it is difficult to find time to set up and tear down lab activities for every topic and simulation is a nice quick activity students can complete in one class period.
I have se
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Grades:
7th - 10th
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Volume of Irregular Objects Lab STEM PBL
This lab provides students with the opportunity to work as a team to solve a skateboard company's dilemma!
You will need 60-80 minutes to complete this lab.
The lab comes with a diagram to help students understand the task without minimizing its challenge!
Although this lab stands on its own legs, you may want to "hook" the kids by showing them a video of skateboard production OR allow for research opportunities online.
Students will discover that they can find the volume of an irregular
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Grades:
5th - 6th
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Bohr Models - Guided Notes and Station Activity
Online simulation, teacher led guided notes, and hands on station activity to understand the structure of the atom and decipher Bohr models of atoms. Students investigate the properties of subatomic particles using a PHET simulation, complete notes over the composition of a Bohr model of the atom, then rotate through seven stations to calculate the protons, neutrons, electrons, and mass of atoms, determine the atom's identity, and classify the image as a neutral atom or ion.Please click this lin
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Build a Model of a Frog
As an alternative to dissection or as an enhancement or evaluating tool after dissecting, this activity has students build a model of a frog with clay. Students use textbooks and the internet to find information about the external and internal anatomy of the frog. The objective is to learn about comparative, structural and functional anatomy. Directions are simple, allowing for students to come up with their own model.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Changing States of Matter
This product is intended to give you and your students a hands-on opportunity to predict and observe how water can change states. This is intended to be a culminating investigation after your study of states of matter. It is also intended to be a small group activity. First, students will be given a zip-top bag full of ice cubes. The handouts will walk them through the process of predicting, observing, and explaining the changes the ice cubes experience after being placed outside for an extended
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Grades:
1st - 6th
Static Electricity and Laws of Electric Charges
Introduce students to static electricity and let them explore right from day one with all the concepts that they will be studying over the next few days. Hands-on and interactive. Great way to get discussion started. All you need are some rulers, pencils, thread and some small styrofoam balls.
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8th - 10th
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STEM - How Dry I Am Paper Towel Activity
This STEM based activity challenges students to "figure" out a way to dry their hands with the least amount of paper from a paper towel. This activity is based on a video from TED Talks. Students work in groups of 4 to brainstorm and then create and then demonstrate how to dry their hands in an efficient way with little paper towel waste. They will test their ideas, document their ideas in a product Testing Report and then demonstrate their technique for the class. This is an inexpensive, fu
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5th - 9th
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PHET Capacitance Lab (HTML Simulation)
An updated version using the HTML simulation found on PHET. This one does not include diaelectric (the other one does but refers to the JAVA based applet). These instructions cover parallel-plate capacitance geometry, electric field, and application.
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
DIGITAL Scientific Method Activity
Looking for something fun to do with kids during digital learning? Not finding any good activities online? Here you go! This is an interactive activity in which students are given real cases of people with different problems (and the cases are ranked by difficulty) and they have to decide what is causing the symptoms. This activity lists out the steps of the scientific method used by doctors EVERY DAY to come up with real diagnoses! There is a case in there that looks like COVID, but it is not.
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7th - 10th
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Mark & Recapture Simulation Lab for Ecology Using Poker Chips
This listing features a three-page user-friendly lab guide for an interactive mark and recapture simulation, where students use poker chips to symbolize fish captured in a lake. I facilitate this mark and recapture simulation in my year-long field ecology course every year. This activity is also ideal for a wildlife management course or for an extended ecology unit in biology. Please note – there are materials you will need that are not included in this listing to conduct this lesson. They inc
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Grades:
9th - 11th
Nocturnal Animals
Students love learning about nocturnal animals! This resource is great for primary students who are learning the difference between nocturnal and diurnal animals. It contains two lessons that you can use in your classroom in either a whole group or small group setting. It would also be a great resource for a parent night focusing on science. Both lessons are student-centered and engaging because they involve movement and discussion.
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Grades:
PreK - 2nd
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NGSS:
2-LS4-1
, K-LS1-1
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