Living in sunny Southern California, we don’t really have opportunities to make snowmen, so using a simple pre-printed sheet with the outline of a puddle and an overturned paper bowl the kids made their own melty, sunshine snowmen. They put the usual accessories on, with the exception of the sunglasses, and then wrote a sentence about where their snowman should move to or what happened to him. A lot of bang for the buck.
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Grade 3 Grade 2 temperature Science Engineering and Technology making predictions mittens thermometer
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This lesson could be extended in all sorts of directions, depending on what stage the children are in their learning. For example, you could tie the lesson into other sorts of measurement and have students estimate how much the mitten can stretch. This lesson can be adapted for more accelerated students by allowing them to experiment with different mittens and gloves to see which is the most efficient at holding heat. 2.NS.3=Generate questions and make observations about natural processes. 2.NS.5=Discuss observations with peers and be able to support your conclusion with evidence.
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5.4.2 Investigate the purpose of prototypes and models when designing a solution to a problem and how limitations in cost and design features might affect their construction.
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Students could also extend the activity to see how different types of gloves and mittens hold heat, thereby deciding which is the most efficient.
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This is a fun lesson that connects literature to science and allows students to think about temperature in a new way. The lesson involve measuring the temperature of the room, an empty mitten, and a mitten with a hand in it. Most children will be surprised to find out that the mitten itself is not warm, but mittens keep your hands warm because they insulate your body temperature.
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Grade K temperature making predictions cause and effect weather snowman
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K.2.3=Describe in words and pictures the changes in weather from month to month and season to season K.NS.3=Generate questions and make observations about natural processes. This activity could be extended for special needs children by allowing them to explain to the teacher what they are thinking, and then the teacher could help the student express themselves through writing. Kindergarteners don't know how to write very well yet, anyway, so they will probably need a lot of help and creative teachers to understand their written work.
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In this activity, students make a melting snowman out of paper, then they write about the snowman. For example, they might say why the snowman is melting. This activity incorporates a lot of language arts, but it also allows young children to think scientifically and notice things about their environment, such as weather and temperature.
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Grade K observation outdoor color match paint chip journaling nature Grade 1
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This activity allows itself to adapt to all sorts of different learners, because it gives everyone a chance to work at their own pace. For example, fast finishers can work to see how many colors they can find in nature and document those observations in their journals. Slower students can be allowed to take their time and focus on one or two colors. This is perfectly fine as long as everyone is learning and participating. K.NS.1=Use a scientific notebook to record predictions, questions and observations about data with pictures, numbers or in words K.NS.6=Make and use simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses.
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This activity is a great starter activity for a science lesson about making observations and using a scientific journal. In this activity, students use paint chip cards to go on a "scavenger hunt." This is an outdoor activity, and it probably works best in fall, spring, or summer. Students try to match up the colors on the cards to colors in nature. It could be extended by having students bring their notebooks with them and drawing pictures of items in nature that are their favorite colors. It is really good for exercise and fostering a love of nature and the outdoors as well. It is great for naturalists.
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Grade K Grade 1 autism flower plant parts tactical biology
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This activity could be adapted for ELLs and special needs students by showing them on the board or overhead what the completed project should look like. If they have difficulty reading, it could be hard to know where to put the different labels, but this would be much easier for them if they had an example to look at. K.3.1 Observe and draw physical features of common plants and animals. K.NS.6 Make and use simple equipment and tools to gather data and extend the senses.
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This is a really cute activity for young students learning about the parts of plants. It could even be adapted for older students who are learning about the more detailed parts of plant biology (stamen, pistol, etc.) with a little creativity. I like this activity because it uses tactical elements to create a 3D craft. It is not simply drawing or coloring a picture. This is especially good for children who need a more sensory approach to learning, especially those children with autism or asbergers.
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Grade 5 Grade 4 Grade 6 color eye optical illusion properties of light
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This activity should be introduced with a discussion about the properties of light. The teacher could talk about why rainbows are all different colors or use a prism to show how light can be broken into all different colors. A short video on the topic might work well for this topic as well, if you can find a good one. By the end of the initial introduction, students should understand that all different colors of light, when combined, create white light. Then students will be introduced to the experiment, write their predictions in their science notebooks, conduct the experiment, and record their findings. 4.NS.4 Perform investigations using appropriate tools and technologies that will extend the senses. 5.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. Like most experiments, student capabilities should be taken into consideration. If they cannot handle conducting this experiment on their own or with a small group, they can observe another student's or the teacher's experiment.
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This is a very hands-on activity that would be good as a supplement to a science lesson, but may not work so well on its own. It could be used as a fun activity for family science or some other sort of science fair as well. In this activity, students create colored disks and attach them to strings. When spun rapidly, the colored disks appear to be white and have no color. This would be a great introduction to learning about the properties of light, and how white light is really comprised of all the different colors. A prism would be a helpful add-on to this lesson as well.
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Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Design Process Science Engineering and Technology Grade 4 Grade 5 yeast balloon chemistry experiment
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These experiments should be conducted with a science notebook so students make predictions and observations, draw pictures, and record their findings. They are fun experiments to do in class, but they should be tied into a lesson about why the things happen in the experiment. Like I have been noting in many of my science lesson activities, know your students and their capabilities and make sure that they understand what is going on. Lessons that involve the student observing and note-taking in a science journal allow them to work at their own pace and according to their own abilities, so the nature of the assignment means that it is already adapted for all different learners. 5.NS.1 Make predictions and formulate testable questions. 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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5.DP.3 Document the design throughout the entire design process. 5.DP.4 Select a solution to the need or problem.
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Learn about yeast with this fun science experiment! Students will love this activity because it is very hands on, and they love to see slimy liquids that bubble and grow. This would grab their attention and allow them to make observations and predictions about what is happening to the yeast, and then they can test those predictions by experimenting with ratios of yeast to other ingredients. I did the balloon activity with my first graders and they loved it! But it should really be reinforced with a lesson about why what is happening is going on, otherwise it is just something cool to see.
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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.
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Layering Liquids: Explore Density Science | Activity | Education.com - 1 views
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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.
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"Here's an experiment using simple household stuff to replicate discoveries that were first made centuries ago by the great Italian scientist, Allessandro Volta (if the last name "sparks" a memory of a certain electrical term, you're right!). This is a great way to get even the most reluctant of scientists excited about electricity science! Don't worry-there are no explosions in this experiment; but you can expect some delightfully "shocking" results."
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2.3.2 Compare and contrast details of body plans and structures within the life cycles of plants and animals. 2.NS.2 Conduct investigations that may happen over time as a class, in small groups, or independently. This activity could be adapted in many ways to suit your goals and time constraints, but the reason I chose it is because it involves using technology, research, and includes quality literature.
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physics Newton's 1st and 3rd law egg Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Design Process Grade 6
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This is an experiment that is fun to do in class, but it needs to incorporate the scientific method and discussion of the laws of physics in order to be educational. I would start by explaining Newton's Laws of Motion to the class, writing them on the board, and having students copy them down in their science notebooks. Then, after they understand the Laws of Motion, set up the egg experiment and talk about what will be going on. Have the students draw the initial set-up in their journals, then have them make predictions about what will happen when the experiment is conducted. All of this should be recorded in the journals. Finally, do the experiment (it would be best if students could work in small groups so that they can conduct the experiment for themselves). Have them record what happened with words and pictures and identify if their hypothesis was correct or not. Then explain how this experiment uses the Laws of Motion. This activity could be adapted for special needs kids by allowing them to observe the teacher conducting the experiment rather than doing it themselves. They could try it by themselves first, but then they should watch the teacher do it so that they are certain to see the experiment conducted correctly. 5.NS.1 Make predictions and formulate testable questions. 5.NS.4 Perform investigations using appropriate tools and technologies that will extend the senses.
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This activity can be used to introduce Newton's first and third laws of motion to children. First law: If an object experiences no net force, then its velocity is constant: the object is either at rest (if its velocity is zero), or it moves in a straight line with constant speed (if its velocity is nonzero). Third law: When a first body exerts a force F1 on a second body, the second body simultaneously exerts a force F2 = −F1 on the first body. This means that F1 and F2 are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
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egg experiment air pressure Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 earth science physics Grade 5
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This activity should be done as an experiment in class. This means that students should make a prediction about how the match will heat the air and affect the egg. Students will write down their predictions in their science notebooks. They should also draw pictures and make notes about what is happening in their science notebooks. All students will be expected to participate in this activity and take notes, make predictions, draw pictures, and describe whether or not their predictions were correct. Adaptations could be made for students with special needs by allowing them to express themselves more with pictures than words, and giving them additional time to complete their work. 5.NS.1 Make predictions and formulate testable questions 5.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.
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This experiment shows how air pressure works by heating up air to make an egg fit into a bottle that it should not be able to. The egg is first placed on top of the bottle to show that it does not fit through (the bottle should be large enough for the egg to fit through for the experiment, though, so it should be tested ahead of time). Then a match is dropped in the bottle, heating the air, and forcing the egg through the hole and into the bottle. This is a fun way to teach about air pressure and the effects of heating air.
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MA.6.3.1 2000 Write and solve one-step linear equations and inequalities in one variable and check the answers. Extension: The following day, the teacher can have students graph the linear equations on the tic-tac-toe board on graph paper. Adaptation: Students who struggle can use one-step linear inequality equation boards and students who are excelling in this area can use multiple step linear inequality equation boards.
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Next time you bake a cake, consider this. The cake dough is not really a cake, but when it's heated in the oven, a chemical reaction occurs and new bonds are formed. How does heat change things? When it comes to heat changing a chemical reaction, there are two types. One is "exothermic," a reaction that produces heat, and the other is "endothermic," a reaction that takes heat in. When you make a cake, you a producing an endothermic chemical reaction which changes batter to baked!
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Science is fun for kids of all ages. Experiments that dazzle, models that demonstrate, and activities that fascinate are fun for children to watch and participate in. But scientific explanations are often difficult for early elementary students to grasp. By third grade, students are familiar with the scientific process, and are ready to learn the "why" behind science. Here's a quick and easy science experiment that helps to add a visual element to the science of sound. What causes sound? In this activity, your third grader will find the answer. He'll see it for himself!
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