This lesson will be used after students have learned about the differences …
This lesson will be used after students have learned about the differences between renewable and nonrenewable energy sources. With a team, students choose a renewable alternative energy source such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal or hydroelectric and research the pros and cons of that energy type.
The team then splits into debate teams and draws straws to determine whether they are on the "pro" or "con" side. They will debate in front of the class allowing others in the class to learn about both sides.
The students will analyze the pH of four citrus fruits: lime, lemon, …
The students will analyze the pH of four citrus fruits: lime, lemon, orange, and a grapefruit, and then they will analyze the pH of four different types of stain removers: Shout Advanced, Spray 'n Wash Max, Oxi Clean Laundry, and Clorox Oxi Magic. Using their learned information, they will predict and then analyze the pH of a final cleaning solution Bathroom Lime & Scale Remover, which is a Green product.
Students will use two methods of determining the pH for comparison. This will be done utilizing pH litmus paper and creating a cabbage indicator solution.
Students will also read labels, list the first few ingredients, and identify sales tactics used for their products such as eye-catching phrases. (Language Arts)
Finally, students will discuss and share their results as a class. Students need to answer what do citrus fruits have to do with cleaning? What product is most effective? Students need to support their answer with data from their experiment.
Students will learn about the Transit of Venus through reading a NASA …
Students will learn about the Transit of Venus through reading a NASA press release and viewing a NASA eClips video that describes several ways to observe transits. Then students will study angular measurement by learning about parallax and how astronomers use this geometric effect to determine the distance to Venus during a Transit of Venus. This activity is part of the Space Math multimedia modules that integrate NASA press releases, NASA archival video, and mathematics problems targeted at specific math standards commonly encountered in middle school textbooks. The modules cover specific math topics at multiple levels of difficulty with real-world data and use the 5E instructional sequence.
Having students follow animal tracks (even just people, dogs, or squirrels) and …
Having students follow animal tracks (even just people, dogs, or squirrels) and investigating how tracks are made is a fun and exciting way to develop critical thinking, measurement, and graphing skills.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of attributes of animals by sorting into sets. …
Students will demonstrate knowledge of attributes of animals by sorting into sets. The teacher will introduce the vocabulary term, attribute, and encourage students to utilize the vocabulary term when explaining how they classified animals into groups.
In this lesson, students explore the importance of albedo (or reflectivity) to …
In this lesson, students explore the importance of albedo (or reflectivity) to penguins and the surfaces they inhabit and learn how penguin colonies may be mapped using satellites.
In this middle school and high school unit, students engage with 360�� …
In this middle school and high school unit, students engage with 360�� virtual reality tours, authentic Arctic datasets, and app-based labs to construct models and explanations for the unit driving question, "Why might the Arctic be warming twice as fast as the rest of the world?"
This link will take you to a summative atmosphere and weather review. …
This link will take you to a summative atmosphere and weather review. I use this as a homework assignment before the common assessment is given. It could be assigned in google classroom or printed and passed out as a hard copy.
This link will take you to a summative atmosphere and weather review. …
This link will take you to a summative atmosphere and weather review. I use this as a homework assignment before the common assessment is given. It could be assigned in google classroom or printed and passed out as a hard copy.
Explore the interactions between various combinations of two atoms. Turn on the …
Explore the interactions between various combinations of two atoms. Turn on the force arrows to see either the total force acting on the atoms or the individual attractive and repulsive forces. Try the "Adjustable Attraction" atom to see how changing the parameters affects the interaction.
An atom consists of a nucleus which contains protons and neutrons and …
An atom consists of a nucleus which contains protons and neutrons and an electron cloud which contains electrons. Like an atom a computer consists of different components such as a motherboard, primary memory, and input and output devices. In this lesson, students will apply their knowledge of the atom and the Atomic Theory to sort scientists, models and contributions while completing practice assignments. When finished, students will review the parts of an atom and predict what would happen if the number of protons were to change. Lastly, students observe an image of a computer’s motherboard and make observations, predict what happens to a computer's primary memory if there is a change, and lastly infer which part of the computer is similar to an atom.
5th grade students that are studying matter will be focusing in this …
5th grade students that are studying matter will be focusing in this lesson on the smallest unit of matter - the atom. Students will use small marshmallows to construct a model of an atom.
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