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Elementary basic operations laboratories for International Baccalaureate
Which bubble gum has more sugar? Density Experiment Scientific Method
The purpose of this experiment is to determine which bubble gum brand has the most sugar/flavorings. You will find the density of each gum before chewing and again after chewing to determine and compare which bubble gum lost the most density (lost most of its sugar/flavorings).
Students practice metrics measurement finding mass, volume and density AND get to chew gum!
This lesson is part of the following bundle-Check it out!
Measuring and Calculating DENSITY Introduction Lesson and Experiment
Grades:
4th - 8th
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50 Math Labs - Fractions Operations Number Sense Graphing Data Math Skills
PREVIEW AVAILABLE!LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? CHECK OUT OTHER STEM RESOURCES IN MY SHOP!FROM THE CREATOR OF 50 STEM LABS & 50 MORE STEM LABS comes this collection of 50 Math Activities for kids. Recommended for grades K to 6 and up! Each one has a snappy title, a brief set of instructions, recommended materials list, and space for notes. These are very adjustable for your classroom, home, or homeschool needs. Do projects for concepts like: Operations, Math Skills, Geometry, Shapes, Fractions, Percen
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K - 8th
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Leap Frog Measurement
Practice standard or non-standard measurement with this flippy fun center!
Using little frogs from the party store, your class can measure how far and how high they leap! Plus, an extension to experiment and find out how you can super charge your frog's jumping power!
This product includes two versions of the booklet with options for inches or cubes.
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K - 2nd
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Halloween Science: Candy Corn Experiment!
Have your student explore which temperature of water will dissolve the candy corns first! They will be following the steps of the scientific method by predicting, observing, recording,drawing and concluding. This is a great activity to put in a center or even do as a demo or a whole class! Super EASY!
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2nd - 6th
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Separation Techniques Experiment - Chemical and Physical Change - G6 MYP Science
Challenge your students to separate a mixture of iron filings, salt, and sand in this student-led lab activity, recommended for grade 6 chemistry! In the process, your students will learn about pure substances and mixtures, separation techniques, and the importance of purity. Includes teacher preparation notes, student handouts, as well as opportunities for discussion, reflection, and extension.Get the Chemical and Physical Changes unit plan associated with this activity here.Designed with MYP i
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Chemical and Physical Changes Complete Unit Bundle - Grade 6 MYP Science
DTI: Journey to Utopia "Space Exploration" Student Handbook- Full Version
Begin your journey to the planet of Utopia in the first installment of this STEM-based curriculum. Build your space shuttle to propel through the galaxy into unchartered territory. Explorers must conceptualize their journey to Utopia and execute interplanetary travel to build a base camp on this new planet. The clock is ticking to obtain the necessary resources the earth so desperately needs.
Over 20 hours of instruction, engaging labs, content links and activities.
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PreK - 6th
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Lesson Plan: Missing Organisms Prokaryote & Eukaryote
This is a fully laid out in detail science investigation into Prokaryote and Eukaryotes.-Inquiry Based-Teaching notes included -Scholars will explore prokaryotes and Eukaryotes through a CSI missing organisms investigation. Instructional Framework: Science Investigation LessonObjective: Obj 1 – SWBAT classify organisms in to a Domain based on the presence or lack of a nucleus. Obj 2 – SWBAT compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.Obj 3 – SWBAT classify organisms into Kingdoms base
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS1-1
, MS-LS2-1
Times Tables Wheels Up to 12
Many children, included the Special Needs Children, enjoy learning by doing and manipulating. Simple and colourful, each timetable disk can be laminated for more durable use or glued to card.The resource has the Timestables Wheels up to the 12 timetable. You can buy the individual Timestable Wheel, each one for $2.50 or the 12 Timestables Wheels for $6.50: what a bargain!You can use it as a hand-eye coordination activity where the children cut, paste and assemble each wheel or the older children
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1st - 3rd
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Dissolving Candy Canes Lab
Looking for a fun lab to do with your students leading up to winter break? Have them show their knowledge about solvents and make observations about candy canes dissolving in different liquids. Students will time how long it takes each candy cane to dissolve in a different liquid, then record their results in a table and graph. Page 3 offers the option for them to use Claim, Evidence, Reasoning for their conclusion. Goes along with MYP B and C year 1 for science.Materials needed for lab:-mini ca
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5th - 8th
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Measuring Weight in the Measurement Lab
The Measurement Lab is designed to clean up misconceptions in the area of weight. The lessons in Measurement Lab are created for students 1st-5th grade. Students have a difficult time remembering how to accurately measure when they don’t understand the basic concepts of measurement. Often times teachers will skip the most important conceptual lessons because they are focused on teaching the CCSS. Without checking to see if the students understand the most basic concepts, the students who str
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1st - 5th
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Measuring Populations Experiment - Ecology - Grade 6 MYP Science
In this two-part ecology experiment recommended for grade 6 Biology, students record quadrat data and perform a mark-recapture simulation in order to estimate the size of populations. They will also learn how to measure wild populations and practice a variety of math skills. Includes teacher preparation notes, student handouts, as well as opportunities for reflection, discussion, and extension.Get the Ecology unit plan associated with this activity here.Designed with MYP in mind but appropriate
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: MYP Science Experiments Growing Bundle - Grade 6-10 Complete Collection
Cloud in a Jar | Experiment | Structured Scientific Inquiry
Learn about the scientific inquiry process and get a chance to experience it with your students! This quick, easy and fun experiment allows your students to learn about the water cycle, clouds and how they are formed! Using household items, this experiment is perfect for in-person teaching or remote learning! Create a cloud in a cup using different materials of the house!
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PreK - 8th
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GROWING Density Bundle
ALL of these products can be bought separately in my store, however the bundle gives you everything at a cheaper cost and ALL future updates! Check out the DENSITY tab on my store site!1. Density Foldable Notes In this product you will find foldable notes that teach students what density, mass and volume are. They teach the students the definition, the formulas, units, and a sample problem in each to help them when learning the concepts. You get the power point, and the foldable notes that can s
Grades:
4th - 12th
Current Events Evaluation - MYP Criterion B
A simple task that can be used with the IB MYP grading rubric for Individuals and Societies for Criterion B, or independently. Ideally you can run this as a lab and have students submit the work, or as an independent activity.
For those looking to apply the IB MYP to this activity: Year 1 Rubric Criterion B Individuals and Societies, and Understanding or handout of all 6 Global Contexts. All documents are public documents available under Google searches.
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Powers & Exponents Discovery Lab & Notes
Included in this are very detailed instructions on introducing the concept of exponents to students. They will complete a discovery lab guided by you and transition to completing a quick note sheet.works for both interactive notebooks and regular binderscontains detailed instructions on conducting the lab successfully with your students including prompts and suggestions for you to use to help them through the lab.contains a half sheet for the lab portion and half sheet for the notes portion - le
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5th - 8th
Baking Science Experiment - Scientific Method - Grade 6 MYP Science
This engaging baking science activity, recommended for grade 6, will have your students utilizing the steps of the scientific method in order to make the perfect cupcake! Students will practice unit conversions, identifying and selecting variables, and following the scientific inquiry cycle. Includes teacher preparation notes, student handouts, as well as opportunities for reflection, discussion, and extension.Get the Scientific Method unit plan associated with this activity here.Designed with M
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: MYP Science Experiments Growing Bundle - Grade 6-10 Complete Collection
Comparing Fuels Experiment - Energy - Grade 6 MYP Science
Have your students measure the energy content in various alcohol fuels or nuts, recommended for grade 6 Physics or Chemistry. This is a low-prep, reliable experiment that is easy to plan and execute! During the activity, students will learn about combustion, the energy in food, and what makes a good fuel while practicing data collection and measurement skills. Includes teacher preparation notes, student handouts, as well as opportunities for reflection, discussion, and extension.Get the Energy u
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5th - 7th
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NGSS:
MS-PS3-4
, MS-PS3-2
, MS-PS3-5
Also included in: MYP Science Experiments Growing Bundle - Grade 6-10 Complete Collection
Candy Hearts Valentine's Day Math Lab - Grades 3 - 5
This is a super-sweet math lab to do with your students for Valentine's Day! All you need is candy hearts to complete this lab. Because I know there are a lot of different brands of candy hearts out there, I made this as generic as possible to best fit whatever you can find on sale.
The lab includes 2 parts: In the first part, students analyze their own candy hearts, estimating, finding an actual count, filling out a data table, and finding the probability. Students then have to eat some o
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3rd - 5th
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Graphing Lab with Candy!
This activity is a perfect way to check for understanding as you teach graphing to your students! Students compose a frequency table, bar graph, stem and leaf plot, line plot, and find the measures of central tendency while using candy. They also analyze the data once they have calculated it. Can be used as a review activity, formative assessment or just for a fun day in math class!
If you like this activity, check out my Edible Fraction Lab!
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5th - 6th
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5th Grade Go Math Chapter 6 Document Camera Lessons
DISCLAIMER: Please, read the description thoroughly. Some lessons may not follow Go Math curriculum 100% of the time. Also, some math problems may have been skipped due to their unnecessary difficulty, or repetitiveness. Finally, the names of characters in math problems may have been changed to make the problem more appealing to students. In addition, the lessons are completely editable. Feel free to change any or all parts of it. For example, I use bitmojis throughout and I used mine. Therefor
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5th
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My LIT Science notebook | Properties of Light | Inquiry
This product was originally created to be used as several provocations that can be presented to students during any inquiry that is dealing with light, the sun, the sky, colours etc. It is made up of several different experiment and exploration type activities that students can participate in independently or collaboratively. This collection of “labs” can also be used in a centers based learning environment within a classroom. The options are endless in how you can present this content to your s
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1st - 8th
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How far could you jump on other planets?
This is a short and fun lab for kids to determine how far they would be able to jump on other planets due to gravity. It includes a hypothesis as well as conclusion questions for kids to complete. If you wanted to stretch it out a bit, you could have kids do 3 trials and find their average before calculating their new jump distance. You could also find class average or have kids graph their data. Hope you enjoy!
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5th - 7th
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EUREKA You Found It The Care and Feeding of Cooperative Group Discovery Labs
EUREKA You Found It! The behind-the-sciences, how to do it, care and feeding of student-centered discovery labs. Learn how to set up, maintain and manage cooperative group hands-on labs in the elementary classroom from a teacher that used the system for 10 years in both self-contained and block classrooms.
Grades:
3rd - 5th
Chocolate Rock Cycle Lab
Students will act as the environment as they take their chocolate through each stage of the rock cycle. Step by step directions are included along with reflection questions to finish. The best part? This lab is edible!
Grades:
2nd - 8th
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