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Experimenting with Angular Diameter and Distance (study of Outer Space)
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Our Solar System, Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentThis is an activity on apparent sizes and apparent angles, related to understanding how distance affects what we observe in oute...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Looking at Minnesota Geology
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentThis activity is used to help students describe various rock types.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Learning Observation Skills Through Studying Solids, Liquids, and Gases
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis activity is an inquiry lesson where students investigate solids, liquids, and gases through a variety of hands on experimen...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Investigating Circuits: Building and Comparing Current Intensities of Series, Parallel, and Complex Circuits
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis activity is a indoor lab where students investigate the current differences in different circuits where students build a sm...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Going Through A Phase: The Changing Patterns of Our Moons Appearance
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Our Solar SystemThis activity is an investigation of the Earths Moon phases and its position in the sky.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Investigating the Inclined Plane through Inquiry
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis guided inquiry activity is designed to help students understand the effectiveness of inclined planes to reduce the amount o...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Density with carbon dioxide
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Physics, Professional Development, ChemistryThis activity is a demonstration proving that carbon dioxide is more dense than air which leads to a deeper understanding of the...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Ecology/Geography Classification
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Ecology & Ecosystems, Professional Development, Agriculture & Natural ResourcesThis short lesson was designed in collaboration with a 7th grade Life Science teacher (Paul Jeffery). The idea behind the lesson...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Rainbow Milk
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Light, Sound & Other Waves, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Physics, Professional DevelopmentIn this classroom experiment the students will observe primary colors mixing together to create a secondary color.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Bubbling Blobs
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Physics, Professional Development, Properties of MatterThis activity is a lab project where students observe what happens when you try to mix oil and water. It can also be used to wor...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Measuring the Speed of Go-Carts
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentStudents will create go-carts and calculate the speed, then change a variable and record the differences in speed.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Determing the health of an acquatic ecosystem by identifying macroinvertebrates
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Science, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentThis lab activity allows students to indetify macroinvertebrates and determine the health of an acquatic ecosystem.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Balloon Racer Project
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Force & MotionThis activity enables students to apply concepts of 'newton's laws of motion' that are learned in class to a realworld situation...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Soil vs. Rocks
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentThis lesson will extend the learning on rocks with the Foss kit, Pebbles, Sand, and Silt to include soil. Students will perform ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Air Has Matter
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis is a series of activities demonstrating that air has mass, takes up space, and can exert a force on objects enough to lift ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Proton Neutron Rotation and Nuclear Stability
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Professional DevelopmentIn this physics activity, students will review and investigate stability of the nucleus of various elements. They will then dete...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Investigating Temperature: Using a Thermometer
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentStudents will record the temperature daily, using a bar graph, color coded bars. this monthly bar graph helps students understan...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Transferring Heat Lab
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Physics, Professional DevelopmentThis lab introduces or reinforces the concept of specific heat and the transfer of heat amongst substances.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Our Place in the World (Long Island Series)
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Earth's Resources, Science, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentOur Place in the World is a hands-on Google Earth activity designed to establish a local, regional, and global geographic contex...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Relative Dating Using "The Block"
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Earth & Space Science, Professional DevelopmentThis an inqiury based activity where studnets are asked to sequence events that have occurred to a block of wood and justify the...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0