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Free high school physical science projects
FREE Invention Project l Google Slides l Create Your Own Invention
This Google Slide project will walk students through the invention process to create their own invention. After learning about famous inventions and inventors, I have my students create their own invention. This is a creative hands-on assignment that will get kids excited about designing something unique. Slide 1: Title Slide 2: InventorSlide 3: Invention ProcessSlide 4: Think ItSlide 5: Invention IdeaSlide 6: Explore ItSlide 7: Sketch ItSlide 8: Create ItSlide 9: Try It, Tweak It, Sell It (I ha
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3rd - 12th
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STEM Project: Egg Car Newton's 2nd Law of Motion
This project correlates with my unit on forces and motion in my physical science middle school class. Over a span of three days, students design a car that will protect a raw egg from breaking when it hits the ground after being on a ramp. The students will then test and modify their design. Included are directions, student reflection questions, and a rubric to assess the student's egg car. This project was highly engaging and educative in my class. Students must use their critical thinking skil
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5th - 9th
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Element Project
Apply general Periodic Table information and the physical characteristics of elements with this project! The Federal Bureau of Elements is on the hunt for the Elements Most Wanted and your students have been asked to make the Most Wanted Posters!
All information for this project can be gleaned from the Periodic Table or found with a simple search online! Download the preview for more information and examples of student posters from my own classes!
Happy Teaching!
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6th - 12th
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Engineering Design Challenge: Spaghetti & Marshmallow Towers
Get your students collaborating and using their higher order thinking skills in this fun, hands-on activity! This activity is perfect to incorporate into an engineering unit or use as an additional fun activity! Students individually brainstorm building ideas and then share with group members to evaluate and decide on a final design.The provided constraints in the activity require students to collaborate and be creative in order to successfully complete the challenge. Product Includes:Google D
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5th - 12th
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Plate Tectonics Activity: A Synthesis of the Cross Section of the Earth
One of my very favorite activities to do with students - in fact, I use it whenever I can because it provides an engaging way to get my students talking about plate tectonics, using new vocabulary, and flexing their creative muscles. If you haven't taught plate tectonics, this is a great lesson to open with - all the background you need for this activity is included!This lesson includes an illustrated brief introduction to plate tectonics, followed by an activity that challenges students' under
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-1
, 4-ESS3-2
Build a Catapult Game STEM Challenge with just PAPER, TAPE & SCISSORS
Explore forces & motion, simple machines, trajectories, projectile motion, potential and kinetic energy, energy transfer, inertia, gravitational forces, and more with this versatile catapult STEM challenge. AMAZING RESULTS WITH JUST PAPER, TAPE & SCISSORS! You can follow all instructions on-screen or print them. This step by step project is a sampler of my more in-depth, open-ended project packets. All projects teach hands-on skills that empower students to explore and create. Start by m
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K - 12th
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MS-ETS1-2
, 3-PS2-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, MS-PS2-4
, MS-ETS1-4
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Spaghetti and Marshmallow STEM Challenge
An awesome introduction to STEM. Very simple and the kids have a lot of fun with it. I put them into groups and had them compete who could build the tallest tower. Supply quantities are flexible depending on how much time you have.
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PreK - 12th
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Periodic Table of Elements Project
The Periodic Table of Elements Project gives students a variety of options to select from when creating a product to show their understanding of their element. In this file, students are introduced to the project and given some project ideas, a project checklist, and a list of internet resources to research their element. Students are also guided along with a student sample, an element outline, and a project rubric. Lastly, on the due date, students participated in a fun "show and tell" activ
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5th - 11th
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Physics Full Year Lab Equipment and Material List
Here is the list of supplies I use for my physics classroom. You will notice that the list is very minimal and inexpensive. This list is based on my High School Physics Entire Year Lab Bundle.Despite not using the latest and greatest technology, I have found that students say labs are their favorite part of my class. At the same time, teachers save lots of time and energy, bynot worrying if the technology is working the way it should or not._______________________________________________________
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8th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-PS3-2
, HS-PS2-2
, HS-PS3-1
, HS-PS2-1
, HS-PS4-1
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Egg Drop Challenge Editable STEM Lab End of Year Activity
Looking for a fun and engaging STEM activity for the end of the year or after state testing? If so, then the Egg Drop Challenge Editable STEM Lab End of Year Activity is the answer! Challenge your students to design an apparatus to save their egg from disaster after being dropped from a specified height. You can use a stairwell, the school bleachers, a school window… any height at all. This 3-page lab is completely editable and includes an editable scoring rubric AND an Award Certificate for the
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-PS2-2
, MS-ETS1-1
Science Matter Poster
A great culminating project for the study of states of matter, chemical changes, and physical changes. Students follow the directions to create a poster to show their learning.
Provide students with blank paper for the poster, the directions, and reference material. This is a great form of assessment and a scoring guide/rubric is included.
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3rd - 9th
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Element Superhero Project
This fun project teaches students about elements, atoms, and the periodic table - all while engaging them and providing plenty of student voice and choice! Students create an origin story for a superhero that is based on one of the elements on the periodic table. They then present their origin story in one of several ways - from creating a comic book, to drawing story boards, to even creating a movie script!
This handy project addresses a variety of student learning styles, plus it is fun a
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8th - 12th
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Layers Of the Earth Project
Looking for a unit project on Earth's layer. Well here you go, this can help wrap up your Geology Lesson.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Element Mini-poster Project- FREEBIE!
This is a quick, fun add-on project to my Introduction to Atoms Unit. Students are given three (or more) elements to complete a mini-poster on. They have to write the atomic number, symbol, name, and atomic mass; calculate the protons, neutrons and electrons; identify the group and period, and draw the Bohr model and Lewis Dot diagram for their elements.
I like to use their projects as a fun bulletin board for the first 20 elements!
Looking for the complete unit lesson to go with this? I've go
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5th - 9th
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Mole Day Avogadro the Mole Chemistry Extra Credit
Using these Make Avogadro the Mole instructions, your students can make their very own Avogadro the Mole for Mole Day or for Chemistry Extra Credit! Easy to follow instructions for making a stuffed animal mole as a fun extra credit activity during your chemistry unit, after teaching about the chemist's unit of the Mole, or as an activity for Mole Day (October 23rd or June 2nd)! The pattern for this stuffed mole was originally published in a 1998 edition of the reACTant, but I updated the design
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7th - 10th
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Laws of Motion Gravity Force & Friction Creative Writing Science Activity
This product will engage your students to create a cartoon comic project focusing on vocabulary from the unit: Force and Motion. This project includes a non-editable directions, a rubric, and student template. This product is part of my Force and Motion Bundle, which includes:Notebook Set-UpPre-Assessment/Warm-upLesson- Speed and MotionLesson- Acceleration and VelocityLesson- Force and FrictionLesson- Net BalancesLesson- Newton's Laws of MotionActivity: Obstacle Course ChallengeProject- Trivia B
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Laws of Motion UNIT Bundle - Notes, PowerPoints, Activities - NGSS
The Elephant Toothpaste - Scientific American Lab Activity - pdf format
The Elephant Toothpaste is a motivating lab activity in chemistry and other science courses. This clear and excellent work was done by Scientific American in partnership with Science Bodies. The content in the web site https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/make-elephant-toothpaste/ was converted by Ceres Science to a 5-page document in pdf format. Ceres-Science teacher support: science@ceressoft.net The links to other high school chemistry activities from Ceres-Science are the following:ht
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7th - 12th
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Chemical Reactions Choice Project
My students love this project! They can choose to research a specific example of how chemical reactions happen in the real world. This appeals to a variety of interests, including nature, the human body, history, and art.
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7th - 12th
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Famous Scientist Cereal Box Project
Need a fun engaging end of year activity that will motivate your students to squeeze in a little more learning before the summer break? The Famous Scientist Cereal Box Project combines research, design, organisation, and presentation skills and is ideally suited for 7th to 9th grade students. My students love this assignment which gives everyone a chance to do well with a little effort and a lot of creativity. This free resource contains the scoring rubric and a list of 60 famous scientists that
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
Thermal Energy Lab (Design your own cooler)
Students complete this lab and show their knowledge of thermodynamics, heat transfer, insulation, and conductors. Students, over the course of a week, will draw and design a device that helps to stop the transfer of heat. They will begin the lab by brainstorming ideas for a design. They will also have an explanation sheet that says why they chose to use certain materials. Included in this lab are student directions, a student checklist, a grading rubric, and an explanation of each part of the la
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6th - 12th
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EGG DROP CHALLENGE: Physics (RUBRIC)
!! Use along with the Egg Drop Lab !!This rubric should be edited to meet your needs. The rubric gives you some freedom to make the lab longer or shorter. Suggestions:Short lab: Feel free to delete the poster or lab report components. Simply let the students make the egg drop device and answer some post-lab questions.Longer lab: This lab could be more intensive if you leave in the poster and lab report. Each group will report their findings to the class in a visual poster and in a formal lab rep
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9th - 12th
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Planet Vacation Advertising Project
A fun project for students studying space science! Students will create a travel itinerary and advertisement of a vacation to a planet of their choice. This project helps students learn more about a particular planet and also forces them to use their own creativity. I have seen students do really creative things with this project.
Included: Project info sheet, students rubric, teacher grading rubric
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6th - 10th
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Acids and Bases Arts-Integrated Unit Project Assignment
Tired of grading tests? This arts-integrated end-of-unit project allows students to demonstrate their learning of acids and bases through their favorite way of creative expression! Students can research, plan, and present in groups or individually and are graded by the teacher (and could be extended to peer grading) through a criteria-based rubric. Original poetry, rap songs, movie trailers, cooking show segments, original art, the sky is the limit! Highly engaging and motivating to even the
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7th - 12th
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HS-PS1-4
, HS-PS1-6
, MS-PS1-2
, HS-PS1-5
, HS-PS1-7
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Renewable Energy Resources Final Project
What's Included:3 Final Project Options!!!Student directions & scoring guide for each option!SWBAT explain advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy resource technology.SWBAT draw conclusions based on evidence to support a recommendation for the best renewable energy resources.Essential question: Which renewable energy resources would you recommend for the future? Support your claims with evidence from the Renewable Energy Resource Activity. Final Project OptionsOption 1 - Contact yo
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7th - 10th
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NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
Also included in: BUNDLE!! Renewable Energy Unit
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