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Inquiry with anything is modified for use with indicators. This still allows the student to define the question, set the procedure, collect and report on results. Included is a reflective piece and how student work is tied to the nature of science. See http://www.wetheteachers.com/plan.php?id=...
Use a pop quiz approach to teaching the most common elements and their symbols. This is a first day activity that allows almost all students to succeed. At the end of two days about 90 percent of the students will know the common elements and their symbols. A link to the research that supports ...
Create a themed travel brochure that tempts people to go to the various states of matter: solid, liquid, gas and plasma. It needs to be modified. For some reason I totaled the points to 60 instead of 50. Hmmmm....
Cut 9 square blocks of equal size out of different materials. Mine were purchased out of the Ward Catalog OR Science Kit & Boreal Lab 1-800-828-7777. The blocks are made out of oak, pine, acrylic, aluminum, copper, steel, brass, PVC and polypropylene. Students experiment and realize that j...
A activity on surface area that leads student to identify variables and graph the results of their own investigations. Illustrates the effects of surface area on a chemical reaction. You can use water displacement of the balloon to make the results more quantitative. See http://www.wetheteache...
This worksheet is from physical science teacher Bill Braun. Most high school science students will likely not have to balance chemical equations for a living. They still need to learn and apply the basic skill to other areas. This worksheet has the students balance numbers- for example as if t...