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Mary Miller

Make Fresh Water with the Help of the Sun! | Activity | Education.com - 1 views

  • Make Fresh Water with the Help of the Sun!
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      This activity could be adapted for English Language learners by creating an instructional guide on how to set up the still that uses pictures and illustrations heavily.  This way, if the students have difficulty understanding spoken English, they can use the direction handout to figure out  5.NS.4 Perform investigations using appropriate tools and technologies that will extend the senses. 5.NS.3 Plan and carry out investigations-often over a period of several lessons-as a class, in small groups or independently.
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    This activity shows students how to make fresh water from salt water. Some sort of instruction about why fresh water is so important to life should be included as well, but this activity is a nice add-on to regular life science or earth science lessons because it allows students to see science at work.  This activity is not very educational without discussions of the differences between salt and fresh water and the content of earth's water.
Maria Watson

Spring is Sprung: Water Movement in Plants | Scholastic.com - 0 views

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      SCI.1.3.3 2010 Observe and explain that plants and animals have basic needs for growth and survival: plants need to take in water and need light, and animals need to take in water and food and have a way to dispose of waste. ADAPTATION: Students who are more bodily-kinesthetic learners can even use water based paint to represent their own versions of water movement.  EXTENSION: Students can draw a picture representing their observations of the water movement in the celery.
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    SCI.1.3.3 2010 Observe and explain that plants and animals have basic needs for growth and survival: plants need to take in water and need light, and animals need to take in water and food and have a way to dispose of waste.
Andrew Todd

The Mystery of the Sponge - 1 views

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      Standard: 2.NS.1.1- Observe, describe and measure ways in which the properties of a sample of water (including volume) change or stay the same as the water is heated and cooled and then transformed into different states. Extensions: Students can graph the weight of the sponge over time on a line graph. Students can discuss their predicitions and/or inferences (depending on how familiar they are with the water cycle) as a class. This activity is a good segwey into concepts such as the water cycle, evaporation, and states of matter. Adaptations: ELL students benefit from the whole class discussion stemming from the single experiement performed at the front of the class. Students gain a better idea of what is going on as they listen to each others' predictions and inferences as to where the water is going if it is leaving the sponge.
Caitlin Ridley

Friendly Physics: Make a Water Wheel | Activity | Education.com - 1 views

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      Expansion: 4.4.1, 4.4.3, 4.4.4
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      Expansion: Have students theorize what a water wheel like this could be used for.  Have them try to develop a simple machine that could be attached to the wheel and moved via the water, then record their findings.  Have them vary the rates of water flow to determine how it effects the wheel. 
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      ESL: Cooperative work, innovation and hands-on time will help students better understand how water creates movement. 
Caitlin Ridley

Molecule Madness: A Water Experiment | Activity | Education.com - 1 views

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      Standards: 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.NS.1, 6.NS.2, 6.NS.4, 6.NS.10
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      Expansion: Have students predict what will happen to the paperclips when soap is added before they do it, then compare their predictions to their results.  Have them record and discuss their findings.  
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      ESL: Group cooperation will help students retain science vocabulary and understand more.  
Caitlin Ridley

Layering Liquids: Explore Density Science | Activity | Education.com - 1 views

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      Standard: 6.DP.1-11, 5.DP.1-11
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      Expansion: Have students record their hypothesis of what the different liquids will do before they perform the experiment, and then the results when they are finished.  
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      ESL: working in groups to perform experiments will help reinforce vocabulary and understanding.  
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    Density - or mass per volume - of a liquid is an important scientific concept that can be viewed with the naked eye. We see it all the time with oil and water. Oil has a different density than water so the two liquids do not mix. In this experiment your child will look at a number of liquids with different densities and compare them all to water. She'll build her science skills and learn one of the most fundamental scientific concepts she'll use for years to come.
Mary Miller

Apple Earth Science Lesson - 1 views

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      4.NS.3 Plan and carry out investigations-often over a period of several lessons-as a class, in small groups or independently. 4.NS.4 Perform investigations using appropriate tools and technologies that will extend the senses. Of course, you should know your students and whether or not they are capable of using knives.  Consider using plastic knives instead of real knives or cutting the apples for them, doing a demonstration. Students who need adaptations due to special needs could work in small groups or could just observe the teacher doing the demonstration, and other students could cut the apples themselves.
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    Students use apples to represent the earth.  By cutting apart the apples, students are taught about the importance of water conservation, geography, and latitude and longitude.  They are also given a better idea of the ratios of land to water on Earth's surface.
Andrew Todd

Demonstrating Water Erosion Of Land Masses | Education.com - 1 views

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      Standard - 4.NS.2 - Observe, investigate and give examples of ways that the shape of land changes over time.(4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3)
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      Extension: Students could experiement with different laying techniques of the soil, rock, clay, etc. to see if erosion occurs differently based on the order of earth's layers. This experiment could be completed in small groups, all studying different arrangements of the earthen materials. Students could present their findings to the class or in the form of a report.
Maria Watson

Watching Erosion | Environmental Science Activities for Kids | Kid Pointz - 1 views

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      SCI.4.2.2 2010 Describe how wind, water and glacial ice shape and reshape earth's land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas in a process that occurs over a long period of time. ADAPTATIONS: The teacher can pair high ability students with middle/low ability students.  The high ability students can help the middle/low students extend their thinking and observations.   EXTENSION:  Students can 
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      EXTENSION cont'd: The teacher can read Erosion: Earth's Changing Surface by Robin Koontz
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    SCI.4.2.2 2010 Describe how wind, water and glacial ice shape and reshape earth's land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas in a process that occurs over a long period of time.
Caitlin Ridley

Solids, Liquids, Maple Syrup! | Activity | Education.com - 1 views

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      Standards: 1.1.2, 1.1.3
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      Expansion: The maple syrup part of this will be a little difficult with a stove in a classroom, but experiment with different types of liquids or solids.  Salt-water might be an interesting long-term experiment for changing a liquid to a solid.  That, or be very cautious how this is done. 
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      ESL: Recording findings will help students reinforce science writing skills. 
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    On your mark, get set, pour! Your first grader has probably already noticed that some liquids, such as pancake syrup, pour slower than liquids like water. While this topic is always fun (and a little sticky) to explore in the kitchen or at mealtimes, it's good first grade science, too. In fact, a common core topic in early elementary school science is the difference between solid and liquid states of matter. And you don't need any fancy lab equipment to learn about it. Use the activity below to help your budding scientist become familiar with the properties of liquids and solids.
Caitlin Ridley

Bowling for Addition | Education.com - 1 views

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      C.C.Standard: 1.OA.5, 1.OA.6 
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      Expansion: This could be used with subtraction, by having students subtract the number of pins knocked down from ten. 
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      ESL: Visual representations of numbers using objects will help connect the numbers they hear and see to real-life objects. 
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    When you don't want to wear rented shoes at the bowling alley, try whipping up this homemade water bottle bowling set! Help your first grader improve his math skills while having hours of fun at the same time. Play this on a family game night, a rainy day, or at a party and it's sure to bring a smile to everyone's face. This game is great for all ages!
Caitlin Ridley

Build a Terrarium | Activity | Education.com - 1 views

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      Standards: 3.3.2, 2.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.DP.5, 1.DP.6
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      Expansion: Students can observe and record changes in their terrarium over time, and create a log.  
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      ESL: Cooperative work and practice writing will help reinforce science vocabulary.  
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    Here's a great idea for recycling those 2-liter soda bottles. Create a mini plant habitat with your kids and learn what it takes to make an ecosystem work. Explain to your children that they'll be providing the water and sun for the little world they're making-its survival is in their hands! Don't be surprised if feelings of eco-responsibility start sprouting right before your eyes.
Caitlin Ridley

Cave Creations | Activity | Education.com - 1 views

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      Standard: 4.2.2
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      Expansion: have students make predictions about what will happen to the solution and then record changes in crystal formations as they grow.  Have student check their prediction to see whether it was accurate. 
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      ESL: practice writing observational notes will reinforce vocabulary and writing skills.  
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    It's one thing to learn that cave formations are created when dissolved minerals are deposited as water evaporates, but your budding earth scientist can do it herself. Encourage your child's interest in the world around her with this hands-on activity.
Caitlin Ridley

Make a Hovercraft! | Activity | Education.com - 0 views

    • Caitlin Ridley
       
      Standards: 4.4.1, 4.4.3
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      Expansion: Have students vary and record the amount of air inside the balloon to see how it effects how far and fast the hovercraft moves.  Set up a fan to see if air currents effect movement.   
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      ESL: Cooperative learning and recording of findings will help reinforce student vocabulary.  
Mary Miller

Lesson Plans: Growing Lima Beans (3-5, Science) - 0 views

  • Growing Lima Beans
  • All right guys, if you had fun doing this activity today you can try your own experiment at home. You can do this activity with different types of seeds. You can also do the potato suspended in water as well as the carrot top grown in soil.
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      An extension for this activity would be to have students who seem to be enjoying it but are moving ahead of the group try the growing experiment with different plants.  These students could then compare the lima bean growth to that of other plants. Students who are struggling, or maybe who have had a plant die could work together in groups and share plants to observe and experiment with. 4.NS.7 Keep accurate records in a notebook during investigations and communicate findings to others using graphs, charts, maps and models through oral and written reports. 4.3.4 Describe a way that a given plant or animal might adapt to a change arising from a human or non-human impact on its environment.
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    This site shows what should be included on student worksheets for this activity, and it also tells you what you should be doing every day for this unit of study.  This allows students to see first-hand the different parts of plants and to observe plant growth as it happens.  I like that it includes both dissection of the seed, or plant embryo, and growth of a plant.  Students should use their science notebooks to record the stages of growth of the plants and to make scientific drawings of what they see.
Maria Watson

Grow Sparkling Borax Crystals | Activity | Education.com - 1 views

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    I have made these before at a church camp and they were very pretty. You just have to be careful with the hot water.
Andrew Todd

Paper Airplanes & The Four Forces of Flight Lesson - 1 views

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      4.DS.4 - Design a moving system and measure its motion. 4.DS.4.1- Investigate transportation systems and devices that operate on or in land, water, air and space and recognize the forces (lift, drag, friction, thrust and gravity) that affect their motion.
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      Adaptation - Lesson could be shortened by discussing the principles of flight, reviewing possible designs, then have students design 1 paper airplane based on what they think will work best.
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      Extension: Students could be given a second chance to construct a paper airplane, providing a written explanation and model drawing for what they did differently.
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