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It is important for students to understand how resistors, capacitors, and batteries combine in series and parallel. The combination of batteries has a...
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This lab is not an inquiry activity. There are some students whose reaction times will not allow them to catch a 12 inch ruler. They may use a dowel, ...
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This lab is an inquiry activity in that students have not been exposed to the idea of terminal velocity, though they are using skills that they alread...
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This inquiry activity is used after students have learned how to calculate kinetic and potential energy but before they learn about conservation of en...
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PISA: An Introduction and Overview
For most science teachers, the term PISA evokes images of a leaning tower in an Italian city, but PISA also is an acronym for a major international as...
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This simple but engaging activity about texture is for students in grades K–4. Textures are all around us, and they are important to our everyday ac...
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Investigating the Properties of Magnets
In this activity, younger students encounter, discuss, and apply the basic characteristics of magnets and magnetism as they explore and elaborate on t...
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Applying Simple Chromatography
This activity involves chemistry, mystery, colors, and measurement. Students observe the composition of various inks by separating them via water-base...
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Investigating Surface Tension and Soap
You students encounter soap and water every day and the activity in this chapter helps them learn something new about both substances. Students find o...
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Learning About Acids and Bases
The chemistry of acids and bases is a fundamental area of study in the physical sciences. The following activity is really two exercises in one. First...
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For this Earth science investigation, students examine the composition of soil samples taken from three different depths at the same location. Student...
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In this activity, students examine garden variety rocks, classifying them based on observable properties. This lesson teaches students not only about ...
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Students learn what evaporation is and how various factors—time, heat, surface area, and wind—affect it. They also discover that water does not al...
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Examining Colors, Color Perception, and Sight
Students of all ages are fascinated by color and how we perceive it. For the main activity in this chapter, your class explores colors and visual perc...
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Exploring the Mysteries of Fingerprints
This activity combines a variety of processes and skills into an investigation of something near and dear to your students—their fingers. Math and s...