- Can Cruncher-
Purpose is to show what happens to the pressure inside a container of
steam when it is cooled and how the pressure affects the boiling point
of a liquid.
- Can You Measure Up!-
The students will discover the importance of standards when measuring.
The students will learn how to use the meter stick or meter tape.
- Changing
the Freezing Point of Water with Salt- To determine the temperature
at which water freezes. To understand why salt water freezes at a lower
temperature than plain water.
- Computer Software
and ACS Materials For Chemistry- Computer software can provide an
acceptable alternative to doing experiments and demonstrations involving
dangerous and/or expensive materials.
- Conservation of Energy-
To demonstrate the law of the conservation of energy(blocks) without
counting the units of energy directly.
- Creative
Activities for the Sciences- The purpose of this endeavor is to
provide three activities related to the sciences that will provide opportunity
for creative growth in students of all age groups.
- Densities- This
activity will help the middle school student understand the concept
of density. Students will develop and utilize skills in observing, predicting
and testing.
- Density- Discover
that density is a unique physical property of matter.
- Density And Volume-
Identify an unknown liquid substance after finding the density of several
known substances.
- Density as a Unique
Physical Property- Learn how to determine the volume of an object
by two techniques: using volume formulas and displacement of water.
- Density Determination-
Purpose is to learn and practice techniques and calculations for determining
volume and density of a substance.
- Density of Liquids-
Students will learn that the temperature of water affects its density.
- Density: Qualitative
and Quantitative- I will measure the mass and volume of three objects
and calculate the density of the material in each.
- Density Phenomena
- Using the concept of density- I will use the term density to explain
three applications of density presented by the teacher.
- Dichotomous
Key- To develop understanding of how a dichotomous key is organized.
- Discovering C.A.S.T.
(Cohesion, Adhesion and Surface Tension)- This lesson demonstrates
the concepts of C.A.S.T. while participating in the experiments.
- Discovering Gravity:
What Goes Up Must Come Down- Students will compare how fast objects
of different weights fall.
- Dispersement of Particles:
Diffusion and Osmosis- Students will be able to describe the many
ways in which particles move and transfer from one source to other areas.
- Donut
Sort- This is the clearest and easiest road to understanding construction
of a dichotomous Key that I have found.
- Electricity: Static
And Current- Compare conductors and insulators and explain how they
are used. Construct a battery to show the electrical flow in order to
demonstrate the proper use of electricity.
- Elements, Compounds,
and Mixtures- To distinguish and describe the three types of matter:
elements, compounds, mixtures.
- Estimation and Significant
Figures- This activity will aid the student in understanding the
estimation of measurements and the use of significant figures in measurement
and calculations.
- Everyone has Problems,
but Chemists have Solutions- Relate chemical solutions to everyday
solutions.
- Eye Safety- To
make the students aware of the need for eye safety in the classroom
through three mini labs.
- Grab Bag Experiment-
Students will describe: variable, data, axis, horizontal, vertical,
manipulate, and respond.
- Indirect Observation-
Students will develop an appreciation of indirect observation and make
the connection between this activity and the historical determination
of the molecular structure of matter.
- Is More Expensive
More Absorbent?- Students will find out through experimentation
which paper towel is the most absorbent as well as which one is the
best cost value for their money.
- Just How Thick Is
Aluminum Foil Anyway???- To determine the thickness of a sheet of
aluminum foil from the density of aluminum metal.
- Learning
Science Skills Through Use of Productivity Tools- To learn science
skills of gathering information and of understanding and applying information
and concepts.
- Looking
at Variables- This lesson, using sugar cubes and water, exposes
students to the variables (manipulated/independent, responding/dependent)
found in scientific experimentation.
- Make
Your Own Paper- Students will be able to plan, design, and produce
a wooden deckle with a removable screen and make a piece of paper using
the deckle.
- Making
A Pinhole Camera- : The purpose of this activity is to introduce
students to a basic property of light and how we use this property in
our everyday lives.
- Making
a Pinhole Coffee Can Camera- To understand the photographic process
including camera operation and lights effect on photographic emulsions
at a very affordable rate.
- Mass/Weight/Data/Graphing
- "WHAT IS THE MASS OF A DINOSAUR?"- Students will learn the difference
between mass and weight.
- Measurement- The
students will learn the necessity for the use of standards.
- Measuring
Temperature- Students are introduced to the concept of temperature.
They realize that a thermometer is a more accurate way of measuring
temperature than their fingers are. They learn that Celsius is the standard
for measuring temperature.
- Metrics- To familarize
intermediate grades 4-6 with the metric system.
- Metrics in the Home
and in the Store- Students will be able to compare Metric Measurements
used in common household items to their English equivalents.
- Paper
Airplane Science- The purpose of this activity is for students to
gather some baseline information, make one variable and test the results,
make another variable and test the results, choose a paper plane design
that they believe will fly the farthest and test the results, graph
the longest and average distances flown for each of paper plane trails.
- Passing The Heat Along-
To show fifth graders how heat passes through conductors. To show fifth
graders how different materials contain heat.
- Periodicity (The Periodic
Table)- Relate chemical properties of elements to their position
in the Periodic Table.
- Physical And Chemical
Changes- Students identify the different changes as they relate
to matter.
- Physical and Chemical
Changes In Matter- The student will also be able to recognize the
difference, upon sight, when and why one of the changes occurred, and
verbally explain what they have seen in their own words.
- Popcorn- Students
will learn what causes popcorn to pop.
- Potato
Chip Classification- The purpose of this activity is twofold. Used
at the beginning of the year, it introduces the structure and function
of a dichotomous key preparatory to asking students to identify plant
and animal specimens. It also reinforces the idea that there are many
"right" answers in science.
- Reading The Periodic
Table- Categorize a group of shells and unknown elements using different
characteristics.
- Relative Masses-
The purpose of this mini-teach is to demonstrate the meaning of relative
mass and to set up a scale of relative masses.
- Science
Role Plays- To reinforce knowledge level information on processes
in Science, several times for each child and in a 3-D format. To encourage
creative thinking. To encourage cooperative efforts between students.
- Science
Show- To help students be creative and involve younger students
within the school system.
- Scientific Method:
The Big Ahah- The students will be able to use the scientific method,
understand it's importance to good scientific experimentation and provide
justification for it's use.
- Sensational
Slime- Predicting, observing, and drawing conclusions are key elements
in the scientific process. This activity is designed to foster utilization
of these skills while performing a hands-on experiment.
- Sewer Lice- Demonstrate
forces of adhesion and cohesion and equilibrium density. Explain that
if the pressure on a gas decreases, the gas will expand.
- Surface
Tension (Soap Boat)- Students will become familiar with surface
tension. Students will determine if soap will affect surface tension.
Students will determine if water temperature affects surface tension.
- Temperature:
Is It Hot Or Cold?- Students will understand temperature changes
and will be able to read a thermometer.
- The Amazing Apple-
To acquaint students with the phenomenon of using "an apple" to practice
inquiry process skills of observing, classifying, inferring, predicting,
using numbers, interpreting data, controlling variables and experimenting.
- The Conservation Of
Mass (The Mass Of Gas)- This experiment will help students with
their understanding of matter in all of its phases. It will show that
in a chemical reaction where a gas is produced, the mass does not change.
- The Magnificent Breathing
Machine- To become aware of the functions of the lungs in our bodies.
To become aware that air is made up of gases.
- The
Mole as a Large Number or An Exercise in Dimensional Analysis- This
may be used either as a synthesis project where students are expected
to bring together possessed knowledge to solve a problem, or as a demonstration
either for the concept of large numbers or as a fairly complex example
of what can be done with dimensional analysis (factor/label or whatever
you may call it).
- The Relationship
Between Salinity and the Density of Water- The student will be able
to: a) find the density of a liquid b) understand the meaning of solubility
and salinity.
- The Scientific Method
Using Mystery Powders- Utilize the scientific process to determine
the physical and chemical properties of a variety of common substances.
- The
Touch n Feel Box- The object of the lesson is for students to identify
one or more living and non-living things through the use of tactile
perception, better known as the sense of touch.
- The World of Molecules-
Students will perform phenomological activities related to ionic and
covalent bonding.
- Thermodynamics-
Endothermic and exothermic reactions.
- Using Density to Identify
Metals- To teach the techniques of measuring the density of some
common metals. To identify a metal by its density.
- Using
Microscopes- To further the students understanding of cells and
to give them the experience of using a microscope.
- What
Objects Sink and What Objects Float- The objective of this mini-teach
is to explore the problem of why certain objects sink and why certain
objects float with Severe and Profound Non-categorical Special Education
students.
- What's
an Ecotect?- To develop creative thinking skills using cooperative
learning groups.
- Where
is my Peanut?- The purpose of this activity is designed to increase
students' skills in observation, recording, fact and opinion. This activity
forces students to use their observation skills and then convert their
observations to hard data.
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