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Learn about the parts of a seed.
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Rainbows are lovely, but sometimes they're hard to find. This is one of several experiments on light behavior available on our member site.
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Make your own miniature wave in a bottle.
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Instructions for performing an experiment to learn about evaporation.
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Two printable cards with graphics for writing facts about water or evaporation.
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One of several science light lessons on our member site, this experiment in light behavior is also a cool magic trick.
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What will affect how ice cream melts, and how? Science experiment.
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Leads students through the steps of a science experiment to help them towards logical thinking with increasing independence.
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Use this worksheet to classify objects as transparent, translucent, or opaque.
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This science experiment demonstrates refraction and reflection, and goes with a related lesson on our member site.
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With colored light bulbs and a dark room, you can make rainbow shadows! This science experiment on light behavior is one of several on our member site.
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Use this worksheet to help organize everyday objects by their states of matter.
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Record your data on an experiment or other research and draw a picture for each observation with this simple form.
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Rules and task description for building a tower from simple household materials. This is a great science/math combo lesson: students explore properties of balance and strength and try to balance a budget!
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Create your own mini-volcano in order to better understand this phenomenon.
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Students adopt a "pet rock" and use these forms for a simple and comprehensible science project, developing skills in collecting and recording data.
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Practice scientific methods of categorization using random (teacher supplied) objects hidden in a paper bag.
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This great introduction to the importance of indicators is a science experiment, with different levels of questions presented for each grade level from kindergarten to middle school. Clear, thorough, and fun explanation of acids and bases.
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Reading comprehension explaining the use of the pH scale to classify acids, neutrals and bases. Includes a worksheet and pH scale graphic.
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Collect glass bottles, and then try these great classroom experiments with soundwaves.
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Pumpkin seed fun with 6 pages for learning centers or group projects.
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An experiment that demonstrates chemical testing by adding a turmeric test liquid to 12 substances. Color changes illustrate whether the substances are base or not. Includes instructions for the experiment and a lab worksheet for students.
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Step-by-step building of a catapult from craft sticks; this unit presents the elements of a science project (research, hypothesis, etc.) that can be used for this catapult experiment and applied for other science projects in the future.
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A study of acids and bases that includes a reading comprehension, worksheet, and 2 experiments.
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Building Faraday's homopolar motor.
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In this "hands on science" experiment, students compare growth between beans planted in soil and beans planted without soil in order to understand the importance of soil nutrients to plant growth.
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In this hands-on science project, students understand how plants produce their own food.
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In this hands-on science experiment, students understand turgor pressure and osmosis.
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Explains the hows and whys of scientific observation and provides forms for practicing observation, suitable for almost any science experiment.
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A one page explanation of where we find science and an introduction to the abcteach series that looks at where we find science through sets of experiments. Includes vocabulary list and comprehension questions.
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A simple in-class experiment, done over the course of a week, using eggs as a hands-on example of how acids and bases interact, as well as the dynamics of permeable and semi-permeable membranes.
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A fact-filled reading comprehension on the formation and types of crystals is followed by SEVEN great crystal experiments for home or the classroom, using everyday materials.
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Reading comprehensions on light waves and on how they differ from sound waves, with an experiment to help aid understanding.
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A reading comprehension explaining protons, electrons, and photons.
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You know what you weigh on Earth (even if it doesn't make you happy!!)--but what would you weigh on Mars? on Pluto? Students combine science and math in this fun gravity lab.
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Reading comprehensions on the sun, incandescent light, light bulbs, electroluminescence, fluorescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, LEDs and LCDs... every type of light. A thoroughly informative unit!
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Reading comprehensions on UV and Infrared light are reviewed with science experiments.
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A fact-filled reading comprehension, explaining and defining light. Our light units are available at four different levels, with increasingly advanced vocabulary and concepts.
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Two reading comprehensions on the light spectrum.
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What makes objects appear to have color? Two reading comprehensions combine with simple science experiments to explain color, light and shadow.
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Students construct one of two versions of a pinhole viewer and then use the viewer to establish the diameter of the sun and the moon. Part of abcteach's Where We Find Science series.
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Shows how an alternating pattern of blocks is stronger than straight lines. This is a good introduction to concepts of strength and construction.
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Explains how catapults work and how they were used in medieval times. Lots of hands on work for comparing three classes of lever.
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A Tesla coil with the words "brain power". Three desk tags.
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Picture of a robot plugging in.
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Light and your eyes: cones, colors, and rods. Two reading comprehensions explain how we perceive color and how night vision works.
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Lined pages for recording facts, ideas, sources, materials, notes, experimental process notes (hypothesis, etc.). A great prompt tool.
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Ten pages to help organize a science project.
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A cooking thermometer, batteries, and a hot dog are part of this popular science experiment.
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A fact-filled reading comprehension, explaining and defining light. Our light units are available at four different levels, with increasingly advanced vocabulary and concepts.
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A detailed set of instructions for a series of experiments on plant growth under a variety of circumstances.
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Comprehensions on light and atoms, rainbows, scattered light, and shadows. Each comprehension is reviewed with great (and easy) science experiments to bring the concepts to life.
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This "hands-on science" lesson helps students address the question of what plants do with all the water they absorb. This lesson includes a reading comprehension.
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A science project of raising and observing pond organisms in an aquarium at home or in the classroom, with instructions and observation form. Part of the abcteach series, Where We Find Science.
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In this hands-on science project, students will learn how leaves change color in the fall.
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Two fact-filled and easy-to-understand reading comprehensions, explaining and defining light. Our light units are available at four different levels, with increasingly advanced vocabulary and concepts.
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A one page reading comp with four experiments for understanding air pressure, with completion and matching questions.
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Fictional short story about a student science engineering project carried out at a zoo exhibit. Help students value planning and consider potential outcomes and consequences. Middle/High school level.
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A set of seven experiments that demonstrate that the sciences of biology, chemistry and physics are part of our life at home. Set 1 of a series of experiments titled Science at Home, includes a description of experiments, scientific method report form and an explanation of probable results.
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A set of two experiments about static electricity, which includes directions, an experiment report form and an explanation of probably results. Part of abcteach's Where We Find Science - Science at Home series.
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A set of four physics experiments in our Where We Find Science series that demonstrate the properties of the surface tension of water. Includes a Scientific Method report form and an explanation and results page.
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An explanation of Archimedes discovery of the formula to measure density of an object using water. Includes directions to conduct an experiment using the Archimedes' method, plus a report form. Part of abcteach's Where We Find Science; Science in Water Series.
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Build a pond project, part of our "Where we Find Science" series. This project offers opportunities to observe biology in a pond. Instructions for building a pond, plus explanation of possible results and a form for observations of changes in pond are included.
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A set of four experiments in our Where We Find Science series that demonstrate bouyancy and density of water. Includes a Scientific Method report form and an explanation and results page.
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Two fact-filled and easy-to-understand reading comprehensions, explaining and defining light. Our light units are available at four different levels, with increasingly advanced vocabulary and concepts.
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Grow sprouts in a sponge! This creative (and easy-to-do)project combines science and art to make fun for everyone.
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Instructions for a science project of raising amphibians in an aquarium, with report form. Part of abcteach's Where We Find Science: Science in Water series.
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Two simple experiments help students understand the movement of the sun and its relationship to the seasons and the time of day. Includes observation, note taking, sketching, building a simple sundial and a scientific method report form. Part of abcteach's Where We Find Science Series.
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An advanced astronomy project in which student builds a device to measure the position of the sun in the sky and record its changes, to help understanding of seasons. Includes scientific method report form. Part of abcteach's Where We Find Science Series.
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Predict whether an object will float or sink. Students make and test hypotheses with this simple experiment. Includes detailed instructions and pages for recording predictions and results.
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An explanation of Hawking Radiation, plus an experiment creating an event horizon, a report form, a vocabulary exercise and glossary make up this lesson.
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A one page explanation of surface tension followed by two related experiments and a teacher's note.
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four general forms to be used for science experiments- multi-age.
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