Activities
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In this activity, students will practice classifying matter while playing a game.
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In this activity, students will use a laser pointer and flat mirrors to explore the law of reflection.
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In this activity, students will be able to describe the water cycle by creating and observing a model.
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In this activity teams design, build, and test paper helicopters to observe a relationship between blade surface area and descent rate.
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of magnetic fields and magnetic forces.
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In this activity, students will learn about Earth's four major systems: geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
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In this activity, students drop rubber balls in order to observe and measure the effects of elasticity. They use graphs to make predictions for further trials.
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In this activity, students will investigate how camouflage can help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
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In this activity, students will create a model of a sloped hillside using sand and simulate conditions that can cause a landslide to occur.
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In this activity, students will learn about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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In this activity, students will design their own miniature golf hole and then determine the path along which a ball would travel to score a "hole-in-one."
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In this activity, students will excavate a box containing several layers of sediment.
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In this activity, students use a stream table to model the processes of erosion and streambed formation.
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In this activity, students will investigate the variety of ways plants can disperse their seeds, or the fruits containing the seeds.
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In this activity, students will learn about thermal energy.
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In this activity, students will create their own windmills and test them in a wind created by a fan.
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In this activity, students will learn about how human lifestyles cause the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to be released into the air.
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In this activity, students will investigate the motion of wind-up toys.
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