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Physical science Common Core 6.SP.A.3 resources
Skittle Radiometric Decay Half-life Lab
Did you know you can use Skittles candy to demonstrate absolute dating and radiometric decay! Buy a 1-4 lb bag at your local bulk warehouse store for savings. This lab is a great way to show how isotopes decay by shaking a plate full of random skittles. Students use Skittles to observe "Isotopes" decay over each half life. At the end of the lab (and only IF they have done all their work) they can enjoy their "daughter products". Skittles were used because they are durable, hypoallergenic, and th
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
HS-PS1-8
, HS-PS1-1
, HS-PS1-4
, HS-PS1-6
, MS-PS1-4
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Also included in: Hands-on Science Semester Labs Bundle
Science Skills Bell Ringers
3 weeks worth of bell ringers focused on basic science skills including determining variables, reading graphs and data tables, making observations and inferences, explaining your thinking, forming hypotheses, sorting information, averaging, measuring, compare and contrast, rounding data and creating a claim. Some questions are open ended and do not have a right/wrong answer, some do have correct answers. These bell ringers are best used with upper middle school through high school. Answer Key is
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7th - 12th
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Drop Zone: Parachute Design Project-Based Learning Lab
This highly adaptable investigation will engage students of many ages and levels. Options for primary, upper elementary, and middle school are included. This is a true STEM lab that incorporates the science, technology engineering, and math components. Common, inexpensive, and easily available materials make this an easy lab to teach yet it produces maximum learning and engagement in your classroom. NGSS and Common Core Math Standards alignment are included in this "STEM on a Shoestring Budget"
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1st - 8th
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