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Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Teacher Edition (Book Sample)
How do our bodies manage to heal wounds, build the stamina to run marathons, and give us the energy—even while we’re sleeping—to keep us alive a...
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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 3–5: Explore Before Explain (Book Sample)
Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 3–5 is a one-stop resource that will inspire you to reimagine how you teach science in elementary school. The...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, How does changing the speed of a marble affect the energy of that marble? In this lesson, students wil...
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Energy Transfer Through Collisions
The guiding question of this investigation is, How does the energy of a moving ball change after it collides with objects that have different masses?...
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Energy Transfer Between Liquids
The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we predict how much the temperature of 100 ml of water will change when we add different amoun...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, How does the distance between a light source and an object affect the amount of energy an object receiv...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, How does adding more batteries or bulbs to a closed circuit affect the brightness of a single bulb wit...
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Energy Transfer by Electric Currents
The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we make an electric car move faster? In this lesson, students will apply what they know about...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, How does changing the mass of an object that is dropped into water affect the height of the resulting ...
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Characteristics of Sound Waves
The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we use the properties of waves to explain different sounds? Sound waves are created when a di...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, What is the relationship between the location of an object and the location of its image in a mirror? ...
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Patterns and the Transfer of Information
The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we use an electric circuit to accurately transfer information about the content of a picture? ...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, How does water move from the roots to the leaves of a plant? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out ...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, How should we classify the unknown organisms? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out how to classi...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, What type of environmental conditions do mealworms seek out? In this lesson, the goal is to figure ou...