This activity is a field investigation where students design and test a gravity ball launcher, record their observations, and share their findings in the large group setting.
This activity is a physics lab in which students generate distance vs. time graphs for skateboarders of different masses being pulled with various values of constant force. Students develop procedures, record and graph data, and analyze the data in light of Newton's 2nd law.
This activity is a laboratory experiment where students change the force applied to a lab cart to investigate the relationship between force, mass and acceleration. They create and analyze graphs to see if Newton's second law applies to the experiment.
This is a three part lesson looking at snowflakes. Students will study an early scientist who discovered that all snowflakes are different. Students will also research basic characteristics of snowflakes. And finally, they will draw a snowflake of their own trying to incorporate what we learned, and write about what we did and the steps we took to learn about snowflakes.
In this series of activities, students observe and sketch the environment outside their school using their senses. Students create a classroom book using one of their sketches.
This is a lab experiment where students make detailed observations of a candle use them to infer the products of combustion of a candle.
This activity is used to introduce or reinforce in students the importance of differentiating between observations and interpretations and quantitative and qualitative observations during classroom experimentation or demonstrations
This activity is an investigation where students observe cells from various organisms and then compare and contrast the cells they observe.
This is a classroom activity in which students observe and describe cells in stages of division. They share observations about what they see in the cells, then formulate questions and do research concerning the changes that take place in cells during the process.
This activitiy is a lab experience where students observe, compare and classify rocks. Close examination of a variety of rocks reveals their differences and can also spark questions regarding their origins.
Students will use science skills of observing, describing and measuring in the context of Making Ice Cream. Students will understand the concept that physical properties can change.
In this activity students will explore leaves using inquiry and their senses.
This lab crushes an aluminum can to investigate states of matter and air pressure.
This is an art project where oil paints and water is used. Students will have already explored the densities of oil and water.
This activity is designed to help deepen our language and understanding of taking observations. We will also learn that water molecules are in constant motion.
Students will investigate what constitutes a solid and a liquid state of matter. Using the probe, students' misconceptions on states of matter will be exposed. The lab, which uses a cornstarch, water and food coloring mixture, will be explored. The students will determine how that exploration will take place and devise a procedure to determine the state of matter. Students will then, as a group, present their findings to the class. After all the groups have presented their findings, the groups with the same findings will combine and defend their findings to the other group(s) until the class, as a whole, has reached a consensus.
In this biology activity, students will first brainstorm how humans use their hands. They will then conduct a short experiment to determine the importance of the opposable thumb to humans and how it is an important adaptation.
This is a computer and outdoor lab based activity in which students design two bottle rockets that are designed to reach maximum height. Students will calculate maximum height and terminal velocity for each rocket launched.
This activity involves using orienteering to gain understanding of vector addition and finding the resultant vector.
This is a lab activity where the students are using the scientific method to observe the process of osmosis. The students will be writing a formal report with their results.