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Why Does It Go So Fast? Investigating what makes rockets go up in space
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis activity is an inquiry based activity where students investigate how the force that causes rockets to go into space is simi...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Will the cup of water overflow when the ice melts?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis activity is an in-class experiment where students predict, observe, and summarize what will happen when ice melts in a cup ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Lab: Conservation of Mass
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Chemical Reactions & Stoichiometry, Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentThis investigation is a lab where students find out if mass is created or destroyed in a closed system. Students will balance th...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Newton's Second: Having A Ball With Motion
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis activity is a field investigation where students design and test a gravity ball launcher, record their observations, and sh...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Invisible Ink
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Chemistry, Professional DevelopmentThis activity will give kindergartner the chance to see what happend when they paint an iodine solution over a lemon juice messa...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Working with a handmade oscilloscope
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis activity is where students build and use an oscilliscope exploring with sound and sound waves.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Determination of Boyle's Law through Data Collection
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, Gases and Kinetic Theory, Professional Development, ScienceThis is a lab activity where students observe the relationship between pressure and volume. They use their data to determine the...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0You Greedy Energy User
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems, Energy & Work, Professional Development, PhysicsThis activity involves students in recording their energy usage of particular appliances and devices over a certain period of ti...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Rain Erosion-Does the Rate of Water Effect Erosion?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Earth's Resources, Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentThis activity is a guided inquiry investigation where students gather data on rate of water falling on erosion. Student will int...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Egg Drop
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Force & Motion, Professional Development, PhysicsThis activity is an outdoor lab where students gather data and calculate velocity, acceleration, momentum, and force of a vessel...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Investigating Soils
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Earth's Resources, Professional Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Earth & Space ScienceThis guided inquiry is a laboratory investigation on soil textures where students gather and analyze data, compare findings and ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Investigating Batteries: Building an Electrolytic Cell
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis activity is an inquiry where students will design an electrolytic cell that produces work in the form of lighting a bulb.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Balloon Car Challenge
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis activity is a lab investigation where students design a balloon car to collect data about speed and velocity.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0How Enzymes Work: Investigating their specificity and susceptibility to environmental factors using Jell-O.
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Biochemistry, Science, Professional Development, Life SciencesThis activity is a lab investigation in which students design and conduct experiments using pineapple juice containing the enzym...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Vocabulary Review Bingo
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, PhysicsThis is a vocabulary building game based on matching words with definitions.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Investigating Movement of Tops
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis is a guided inquiry lesson using tops to teach the students how to raise questions and seek answers by making careful obser...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Obesity Epidemic
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Instructional Strategies, Professional DevelopmentA one page activity that takes students to several websites related to the obesity epidemic. First they can calculate BMI, then ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Observing Cell Division
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Cells, Life Sciences, Science, Professional DevelopmentThis is a classroom activity in which students observe and describe cells in stages of division. They share observations about w...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Investigating Flight with Paper Airplanes
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, PhysicsStudents will determine a testable question and create an experiment related to flight of paper airplanes. They will gather and ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0The physics and engineering of a trebuchet
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Mathematics, Professional DevelopmentThis activity is a hands on investigation in which students will construct, and launch a trebuchet.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0