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Newton's Third Law
Students describe an everyday situation which demonstrates Newton's Third Law. They state Newton's Third Law;"Every action has an equal and opposite re-action, or every force has an equal and opposite force" in their own words. ...
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Corrosion/Conservation/Preservation
Learners examine the reasons why metal corrodes in regard to metal artifacts. In groups, they discover the affects of salt water on metal and compare the type of corrosion found on iron. They also research the types of metal...
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Does Size Matter?
Students explore the surface area to volume ratio in cellular respiration. While participating in an interactive lab experiment, they examine proportional surface area and discuss nanotechnology. Students observe the effectiveness of...
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Test Your Research Skills-- You Either Know It Or You Don't! 3
In this research worksheet, students use Internet searches or a research library to find answers to 15 questions about a variety of subjects.
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Test Your Research Skills-- You Either Know It Or You Don't! 4
In this research worksheet, students use Internet searches or reference books to answer 15 questions on a variety of subjects.
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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
In this energy worksheet, students review the processes that create energy for a cell: photosynthesis and cellular respiration. This worksheet has 11 fill in the blank and 14 short answer questions.
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The Spring Peepers are Back
In this frogs and toads activity, students examine detailed color pictures of 7 varieties of amphibians. Students write the name of each frog or toad on the line. There is no word bank.
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WS 8.9 Presentation Questions
For this mixtures worksheet, pupils answer twenty three questions about student presentations on topics such as amalgams, homogenized milk, antifreeze and coolants, soaps and detergents and water softeners.
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Explorit's Coffee, Tea or Chocolate Quiz
For this coffee and tea worksheet, students complete a six question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the cultivation and chemistry of coffee, tea and chocolate.
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Making a Battery and Energy Transformation
Seventh graders determine what makes a battery work. For this battery lesson, 7th graders brainstorm ideas about how they think batteries provide energy. They perform an experiment in which they work as a team to assemble a battery. They...
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Passive in Context
In this tense instructional activity, students read the sentences or phrases and choose which tense they are written in. Students complete 10 problems total.
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Biomass: The Energy of the Future
Students research renewable fuels. In this alternative energy lesson plan, students compile information and create a comparison chart on renewable resources. This lesson plan includes additional suggested readings, vocabulary, and a...
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Pollution and Conservation
In this pollution and conservation instructional activity, learners read a passage on pollution and conservation, and answer short answer, multiple choice, and vocabulary matching questions. Students complete 27 questions.
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Classifying Rocks and Minerals
Students identify rock types by observing key characteristics. Describe the differences between minerals and rocks. Observe rocks using a magnifying glass and draw shapes and colors of the minerals.
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Dewey and Chemistry: The Water Cycle Revisited
Young scholars undertake a series of experiments related to the water cycle. All experiments use John Dewey's experiential philosophy as their bases. Each lesson is clearly based on philosophy and attempts to be relevant.
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Iron Oxide Lab: Incorporating Math and Science
Young scholars conduct an experiment in small groups, draw conclusions about the amount heat of a compound achieves and practice their data analysis skills.
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Secrets of the Ocean Realm - Survival in the Sea
Students determine the sequential links in a marine food chain and identify the roles that various organisms play in this chain. Students develop charts as visual aids for illustrating marine food chains.
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Human Genetics
This is a worksheet regarding human genetics where students can poll the class regarding specific traits.
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What's Your Type
Students record their blood types on a class graph and calculate the potential number of blood donors for each group.
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Illumination - Crayon Resist
Students create a crayon resist technique work. They use wax and water based paint to resist each other and repel.
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It's 'ELEMENT' ary
Students, using a Web site about the periodic table of elements, create spreadsheets representing elements and their properties. They also create graphs that compare the physical properties of the elements.
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Weathering Landforms
Stduents create and color plaster landforms, and describe how weathering and erosion change the Earth's surface.
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2D Concept Visualization: Cell Organelles Presentation
Students create simple 2D concept driven visualizations of cells and cell organelles and organize them into an effective presentation.
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2D Animation of Cellular Processes
Students create an animation of a cell process and insert it into a presentation. They choose a cellular process such as mitosis, osmosis or DNA replication, and create a simple 2D animation.