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Your Physics Pacing Guide for 3-Dimensional Teaching
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Your Chemistry Pacing Guide for 3-Dimensional Teaching
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Student Physics Laboratory Safety Agreement
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Student Chemistry Laboratory Safety Agreement
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Law of Conservation of Mass
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Build a Bot with Cubelets®, Robot Blocks
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Egg Vacuum Activity
Demonstrate to your students the gas laws of physical science with this engaging activity. View »
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Under The Dome: Demonstrations with a Vacuum Pump
Get out your vacuum pump for engaging activities and demonstrations designed to enrich your lessons on the properties of gases. View »
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Periodic Table Mystery
P is less dense than S. S is an alkali metal. E is a noble gas. In this activity, students generate a periodic table from clues and predict the missing properties of several elements based on the elements’ locations in the table.
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Simply Slime: An Introduction to Polymer Chemistry
Whether you want to introduce students to polymers, engage them with a fun science demo, or simply have the most popular station at your school's science night, making slime is always a big success! View »
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Red and Green Slime Show Properties of Light and More: An Introduction to Slime
How much do you know about that chemistry class staple, slime? Learn how to teach an engrossing lesson exploring slime’s complex physical and chemical properties. View »
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Newton's Law of Cooling
Confirm Newton's law of cooling by collecting and analyzing data on samples of water undergoing a temperature change. View »
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Kool-Aid® Chromatography
Students encounter mixtures every day though they may not realize it. Use this chromatography activity to teach an important lab technique and introduce or reinforce key science terms and concepts. View »
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Signs of Chemical Changes: Testing for CO2, O2, and H2
Help students master techniques for testing and identifying hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide gas while developing a reaction model. View »
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Sweet Solutions for Science on a Shoestring, Part 2
Few science teachers have an unlimited supplies budget. If you need to trim expenses, one “sweet solution” is using inexpensive household materials in your labs. This activity with powdered drink mix will still let you teach key science concepts. View »
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Diffusion—Molecules on the Move
Why not reverse the process for observing osmosis so that it has more of an inquiry-based approach? View »
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Teaching Chemistry with Manipulatives
Manipulatives can help students (especially visual and tactile learners) understand abstract concepts by allowing them to “see” a chemical structure or process. We offer 2 ideas for creating manipulatives and how to use them. View »
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It's a Chemoween Celebration!
Teach fundamental chemistry topics and have fun with these Halloween-themed demos and hands-on activities. Topics include acid-base chemistry, density, indicators, polymers, and more. Most demos and activities can be done with materials you probably already have on hand. View »
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