ACTIVITIES
Students determine the mass of a banana using only a string and a spring scale. Assesses their understanding of Newton's…
Students work in pairs to make a motion graph of the movement of a wind-up toy. Assesses their understanding of motion…
Students create a trivia game about polymers, alloys, ceramics, glass, and radioactive elements. Assesses students'…
Students determine which of four solutions is the best at cleaning pennies and whether the pH of a solution is related…
Students create a poster that classifies compounds based on the types of bonds they contain. Tests students'…
Students design an experiment to determine whether the chemical reaction that takes place as the iron in steel wool…
Students create models of six molecules, each containing six carbon atoms. Tests students' understanding of…
Students create a "family album" for three families of the periodic table. Assesses their understanding of the periodic…
Students create a graph of volume versus temperature for a gas. Assesses their understanding of gas behavior and line…
Students create a poster that uses words and pictures to present basic information about matter. Assesses their…
Students conceptualize the enormous differences in size among four categories of stars. Assesses their understanding of…
Students create "trading cards" of the sun and other objects in the solar system to demonstrate their understanding of…
Students construct a model to illustrate how the position of Earth, the sun, and the moon affect the tides. Assesses…
Students compare the weather in their city or part of the country with the weather in three other locations, for a…
Students design an experiment to test how to slow the evaporation of water in an open swimming pool in a dry climate.…
Students design an experiment to demonstrate that air has mass. Assesses their understanding of the properties of air,…
Students develop a working model of plate divergence at the mid-ocean ridge and plate convergence at a trench. Assesses…
Students create a model for currents caused by differences in salinity, using the materials provided. Assesses their…
Students determine the hardness of two water samples, labeled only as A and B. Assesses their understanding of factors…
Students create a model demonstrating how flooding affects the amount of material eroded by a river. Assesses their…
Students create a model for raindrop formation using the materials given. Assesses their understanding of evaporation,…
Students create a drawing of rock layers in a cliff by interpreting the notes of a geologist. Makes a great lab to…
Students create a model that shows a variety of landform features created by river erosion and deposition. Assesses…
Students are asked to identify which of two soil samples would be best for planting a garden. Assesses their…
