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      • Thumb image for Introduction to Electricity by creating a light up quiz boardResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Introduction to Electricity by creating a light up quiz board

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Professional Development
        This activity is a guided demonstration where students create light up quiz boards to demonstrate electricity vocabulary.
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Scientific Observations: A Schoolyard BioBlitz

        Grades: 6 to 9
        Subjects: Professional Development, Physics, Life Sciences
        This activity is a classroom and field activity where students learn about and practice scientific observations in the classroom...
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Snails: Population Calculation in an Aquatic Environment

        Grades: 6 to 9
        Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Physics, Earth's Resources
        In this field investigation, students will identify and determine the population size of snails in an aquatic environment.
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Investigating Macroinvertebrates: How Clean is Our Lake?

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Physics, Science, Earth's Resources
        This 3-part lesson begins with a field activity beside a lake or stream where students collect and identify macro invertebrates....
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Building Big Educator's Guide Mini-Activity Human Arch, Forces

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Physics, Professional Development
        This classroom activity where students physically show where the forces are in an arch.
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Goldenrod Gall Flies: Writing a Lab Report in the Form of a Scientific Paper

        Grades: No grades selected.
        Subjects: Professional Development, Life Sciences
        Students collect protein electrophoresis data comparing goldenrod gall flies, analyze class data, and write a lab report in the ...
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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      • Thumb image for Light & Sound, Light Reflection RelayResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Light & Sound, Light Reflection Relay

        Grades: TK/K to 9
        Subjects: Professional Development, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Physics, Light, Sound & Other Waves
        This activity is an experiment where students learn about angles of reflection and use that knowledge to reflect a light beam ar...
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Monitoring pollution in a freshwater environment

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Physics, Science, Earth's Resources
        This inquiry lab is useful for monitoring water pollution in a freshwater system using direct and/or indirect methods.
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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      • Thumb image for Our Big Backyard: How does our local ecosystem change during the year?Resource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Our Big Backyard: How does our local ecosystem change during the year?

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Physics, Earth's Resources
        This activity is a field investigation where students will make observations on a chosen location every two weeks for the period...
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Investigating Projectile Motion: Creating a Catapult

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Instructional Strategies, Professional Development, Force & Motion
        This activity is a project where students build a catapult and analyze the energy transformations, role of Newton's Laws, and ro...
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Exploring States of Matter - Gases

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Professional Development
        A lesson on states of matter using marbles for molecules expands into 3 more lessons elaborating on properties of a gas.
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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      • Thumb image for Minnehaha Falls: Observing Changes in Nature through Drawing and WritingResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Minnehaha Falls: Observing Changes in Nature through Drawing and Writing

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth's Resources, Life Sciences
        The activity is a field trip to Minnehaha Falls where students will observe and record their findings in a science notebook.
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Investigating Inertia

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Professional Development, Force & Motion
        This activity is an inquiry investigation where students manipulate a variety of objects in a variety of situations to develop a...
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Coke vs. Pepsi Taste Test: Experiments and Inference about Cause

        Grades: No grades selected.
        Subjects: Professional Development, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics
        The Coke vs. Pepsi Taste Test Challenge has students design and carry out an experiment to determine whether or not students are...
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Modeling Valence Electrons

        Grades: 6 to 12
        Subjects: Professional Development, Atomic Structure, Physics
        This activity is a guided practice and scaffolding activity in which the students learn how to configure electrons of elements a...
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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      • Thumb image for Macroinvertebrates and Indicators of Water QualityResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Macroinvertebrates and Indicators of Water Quality

        Grades: 9 to 12
        Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Physics, Science, Earth's Resources
        This activity is a field investigation where students can go to a body of water and collect the macroinvertebrates there and ide...
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Sharpie Marker Tie-Die T-Shirts

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Professional Development, Chemistry
        This chemistry lesson uses Sharpie Markers, rubbing alcohol and t-shirts to make a exciting tie-die looking t-shirt
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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      • Thumb image for Schoolyard BioBlitz: Monthly Observations of Plants, Insects, Weather, the Sun and MoonResource Type: Website / HyperLink

        Schoolyard BioBlitz: Monthly Observations of Plants, Insects, Weather, the Sun and Moon

        Grades: 6 to 9
        Subjects: Our Solar System, Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Physics and 4 additional..
        In this field lab students will go outside and observe a particular area of the schoolyard. Students will design investigations ...
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Is Air Matter?

        Grades: 6 to 9
        Subjects: Professional Development
        This activity is a mini-lab where students determine a procedure they might use to prove that air is matter.
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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        Oil and Water Art Project

        Grades: TK/K to 6
        Subjects: Professional Development
        This is an art project where oil paints and water is used. Students will have already explored the densities of oil and water.
        Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)
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