Students will be introduced to the concept of chemical change when they observe the chemical change that occurs between vinegar or lemon juice and heat.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/physical11.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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The purpose of this activity is to help students understand the concepts of life cycle, dependency, recycling, and innate behavior
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/animal/salmon.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Students will examine the uniqueness of each other's fingerprints through the dusting and lifting of them.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/life14.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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The lesson will focus on students’ discovery of light reflection from a mirror through use of inquiry based methods. This lesson fulfills the California State Standards for Fourth Grade Physical Science 2:
Light has a source and travels in a direction and
Students know light is reflected from mirrors and other surfaces.
http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/4610.shtml
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Activities used in this unit should provide students with an opportunity to examine the characteristics and behaviour of light.
http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsci/gr4ufesc.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Classify objects attracted and not attracted by magnets. Analyze materials of objects used. Predict the poser of a unit magnet. Make a nail magnet
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science...
Grade Level(s):
1-2, 3-5
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Students will be able to see, and thus better understand, the vibrations that sound makes through this simple project.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/physical12.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Students will use their knowledge of force and motion to make working leprechaun traps.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/visart17.html
Grade Level(s):
K, 1-2, 3-5
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Students will make a pinhole camera and be able to see the effects of light traveling in straight lines have on images.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/physical3.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Students will make a pinhole camera and be able to see the effects that light traveling in straight lines have on images.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/physical4.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Students will better understand how fossils are created by making their own.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/life19.html
Grade Level(s):
K, 1-2, 3-5
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Making a gauge to measure daily precipitation - from Education Place.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/weather/rain.html
Grade Level(s):
1-2, 3-5
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In this activity, students will build a tabletop village and use it to visualize the relative height and affects of gigantic waves called tsunamis.
http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/gen_act/disaster/monster.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Students will imitate the movement of molecules in a variey of situations to assist them to visualize and better understand the concept of the constant motion of molecules.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/physical15.html
Grade Level(s):
K, 1-2, 3-5
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Newton's Apple - Experiment with different salt compounds to mummify an apple.
http://www.ktca.org/newtons/13/mummy.html
Grade Level(s):
1-2, 3-5, 6-8
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This is a good way to introduce the students to three parts of a tree and how they function. Extensions can be easily added such as studying the tree rings for evidence of disease, fire, and other detrimental effects on a tree.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceSSMyLifeAsATree-RingsBarkCambium...
Grade Level(s):
K, 1-2, 3-5
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Students will adopt a tree and throughout the year will record and examine its characteristics and the changes that it goes through.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/life9.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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30 lesson unit exploring the water cycle, survival of the species, life cycle of a tree, plant and animal diversity, food chains, and animal adaptations. (Meets the Virginia SOLs for Grade 3)
http://www.mcps.org/ces/connect/water/frames.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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30 lesson unit explores weather, plant anatomy & life processes, plants and animals in an ecosystem, simple machines, and Virginia's natural resources. Meets the Virginia SOLs for Grade 4.
http://www.mcps.org/ces/connect/weather/frames.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Activities for classes demonstrating how desert plants conserve water--a supplement to the film Ocean Oasis.
http://www.oceanoasis.org/teachersguide/activity8.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5, 6-8
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Students will observe and record the amount of work done by marbles rolling down a plane and more fully understand the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. - CanTeach
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/physical16.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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