This activity is lab oriented where students will observe that light travels in a straight line and is reflected, redirected, absorbed, or passes through objects.
This experiment is a lab activity in which students will learn how different liquids react when put together.
This activity is a lab investigation where students work in groups to develop their own electromagnets.
This activity is a classroom lab in which students observe and investigate how magnets interact with each other and the objects around them.
You will be investigating different materials to better understand the
phenomenon of Block A and B. In scientific experiments you can only
change one variable at a time. Thankfully Hand2Mind sells a group of
equal mass materials. Each of the objects shown to the right have a
mass of 16.0 grams.
You will use material selected from the list below to plan and conduct an
investigation on different materials. The purpose of this investigation is
to answer the following question:
How does the material affect the temperatures of
objects as they cool or heat in the environment?
This activity is a classroom lab in which students investigate and observe three types of balloons to help identify the states of matter and their properties.
This activity is a guided inquiry laboratory in which students perform reactions involving metals and hydrochloric acid in order to determine their activity series.
This activity is a field investigation where students gather data on their motion and how it compares to another person.
This introduction to motion activity has students exploring speed and acceleration using a wheeled office chair and rope to pull a student a given distance and record the time. The results are graphed and different outcomes are predicted when variables are changed.
This inquiry based activity will help students discover that marbles move in a variety of ways and the path in which it starts to move can be changed.
In this lab activity, students observe and describe motion from different frames of reference and measure the time for the motion. They analyze their findings and develop a working definition of "frame of reference".
This activity is a structured inquiry into why objects move and why some objects move farther than others. Students will make predictions on how far an object will move when blown on, blow on the objects, measure the distances they moved and record their findings.
Through the use of marbles, this investigative experiment gives students the opportunity to learn about motion.
This activity is an activity where students build a motor, learn motor operation and theory, interpret their understanding through troubleshooting, and develop a new, experimental question related to the motor. One follow-up activity would be coupling their motor to a fan blade or other axle to convert electrical energy to magnetic energy into mechanical motion for real world application.
This is a guided inquiry lesson using tops to teach the students how to raise questions and seek answers by making careful observations. They will note what happens when they explore the tops and then share their results with others.
This activity is a structured inquiry for students to observe how Newton's 3rd law of motion which states that to every action there must be an equal reaction. By flicking a set # of coin into a row of coins they will observe the force of the impact being passed along until the last coin flies off when no other coin prevents it from moving.
This activity is an outdoor lab investigating Newton's Third Law with film canister cannons.
This activity is a puzzle where students organize samples and look for patterns in order to predict properties of missing puzzle pieces. The students then relate their experience to the historical development of the Periodic Table and the ways that the Periodic Table can be used to predict the properties of the elements.
This physics lab activity is an introduction to Simple Harmonic Motion, utilizing the variables of mass, length, and angular displacement to determine their effect on period. Acceleration of gravity is calculated and the results of manual data collection and Vernier LabPro data collection are compared.
This is a short unit (including hands on activities) on polymers and plastics to expand our study of physical/chemical properties and changes.