I have developed lessons designed primarily for middle and high school students in science. These labs have been classroom tested for many years. Awards 2007-2005 Professional Learning Grant from the Waltham Chamber of Commerce 2001, and my name is on Mars 2001 Mars Rover for my contributions to NASA educational system.
I have developed lessons designed primarily for middle and high school students in science. These labs have been classroom tested for many years. Awards 2007-2005 Professional Learning Grant from the Waltham Chamber of Commerce 2001, and my name is on Mars 2001 Mars Rover for my contributions to NASA educational system.
This product caters to both classroom teachers and substitute plans, offering versatility in teaching DNA replication and preparing for AP examinations.
Tailored for high school and introductory college biology courses, it accommodates various levels typically found in high school biology classes, allowing for differentiation. Included are detailed lesson plans outlining how to effectively implement this resource, as well as two hands-on activities to reinforce comprehension.
The product features key terms, a graphic organizer for chromosome comprehension, and an answer key designed for convenient reference during instruction, enabling seamless management of classroom activities.
ing the excitement of horse racing into your classroom.
Students will learn why horse breeders today use pedigrees to determine who to purchase by using a website professional breeders keep in their stables!
Why are some horses better than others?
Can be a fun activity for a sub.
They will gain a better understanding of the Kentucky Derby.
Racehorse breeding is a genetic lottery. All the numbers are in the pool you just have to be lucky enough to match them correctly to have a winner. What methods are used by the breeder to increase their chances of producing a winner
This read is a real-life study in the world of genetics. Horse breeders use this site to find the bloodlines of horses they plan to buy to train for the racetrack. Have your students see how genetics is important in the Sport of Kings. They can trace bloodlines to the mid-1600s. This website is used by racehorse breeders today in the real world.
If you’re looking for a fun, easy, precise sound resonance lab, this has worked great for years. To actually be able to find the speed of sound at around 340 m/s in a classroom setting is pretty amazing.
Physics students will love determining the speed of sound in air with this fun and editable lab! This activity is ideal for a classroom setting or for the homeschooler.
Objective
Calculate the speed of sound using the principle of resonance in a tube.
Are you looking for a fun lab with no prep to motivate your high school students to learn about graphing speed. Here it is!!
Upon completion of the lesson, students will be able to
Define acceleration and velocity.
Describe the differences between velocity and acceleration. Identify and utilize the formula for calculating the average acceleration of an object in given scenarios.
Students will go to the track and race a person against someone on a bike.
Your class will go out on the track and have a student do a 100-meter dash, recording their time at every 5-meter interval. (Have one person stand at each 5-meter mark and use their stopwatch.) Repeat that experiment, but with a bicycle starting from rest, in the highest (hardest to push) gear, and pushing with maximum force on the pedals.
After students collect the data, make one correctly labeled position vs. time graph which includes a curve representing the motion of each racer.
They will have the opportunity to learn about acceleration and make predictions if the track was longer.
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STEM This is the most incredible chemistry lesson you will ever teach your Middle school students. It is tons of fun, and messy, and will put magic in your subject.Included detailed instructions to follow each step. Templates for cutting and tracing are included at the end of the lesson. Students will be making their beautiful decorations from paper templates. The lesson explains the chemistry behind all this fun.
Happy Holidays
Materials
1/2 cup Shaving Cream
Food Dye or water-based paints
A sheet pan, cake pan, plastic food container—even a paper plate will work
Spoon
Measuring Cups
Paint Brushes very soft
Paper
Templates
Cloth to cover lab tables
Products contain
Reading
Lab Procedure
This is a terrific lesson in dimension analysis. The method applied in high school chemistry to solve problems requires practice. Students will enjoy learning how to become skillful and confident in completing this practice with real-world applications
Make chemistry FUN during Christmas
Happy Holidays
This lab is a great resource to engage your middle school students to discover how minerals can be identified and quickly classified with a streak test. An explanation of why minerals change due to chemistry is included. This lab has been classroom-tested with a discussion question at the end. Students will understand WHY minerals change their color upon completion of this lab
MATERIALS
Streak plate
6 to 10 labeled Minerals
Total Pages
5 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
1 hour
Description
Grade 8 STEM Your middle school students will love this Hands-on Lab to discover how heat is the energy used to cause the temperature of an object to increase. The lab setup is quick and only requires mittens and a thermometer. This fun activity will have students discover the concept that heat is a form of energy that flows from areas of high intensity to areas of low intensity.
Objective Students will discover heat is the transfer of one area of energy to another and is felt as temperature
Lesson plan with guided teacher questions are included
No Prep
Materials
Thermometer
Mittens
Key Terms are included
MS-PS1-6
Undertake a design project to construct, test, and modify a device that either releases or absorbs thermal energy by chemical processes. Emphasis is on the design, controlling the transfer of energy to the environment, and modification of a device using factors such as the type and concentration of a substance. Examples of designs could involve chemical reactions such as dissolving ammonium chloride or calcium chloride. Assessment is limited to the criteria of amount, time, and temperature of substance in testing the device.
Total Pages
6 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
30 minutes
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Description
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy
Part 1
STEM This lesson can be used during the movie or as a WebQuest prior to watching the 1995 film starring Tom Hanks. This movie is played at the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium by NASA for my 8th-grade students on field trips. The answer key is included and written in red to make grading easier.
Part 2
Students will learn the contributions to their everyday life from the Space Program
Part 3 Lab
How do astronauts feel when they are working in space
Materials
Nuts and Bolts
Rubber gloves
Big Bowl
Water
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Description
Are you having a hard time teaching your students about the constellations in the night sky? Here is your answer. Classroom-tested for many years. Students have informed me years later that they still look at the night sky.
Complete discussion questions with answers to engage your students!
Objectives
Become familiar with the constellations visible in the Northern Hemisphere
Observe the constellations visible on a particular night.
Your students will learn how to make an astrolabe and star charts.
Included also 3 labs.
Detailed instructions on how to make star grazing safe.
2 Graphic organizers which students can complete for extra credit or keep as emergency sub plans.
Materials
Large Index Card
Protractor
String 30 cm
Large Metal Hex Nut
Tape
Plastic Drinking Straw
Magnetic compass
Drawing compass
Construction paper
Colored pencils
Protractor
Metric ruler
Tennis ball
Basket Ball or soccer ball
Bunsen burner
Googles
Picture Wire
Pliers
SCI.K.8.C
Earth and space. The student knows that there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among objects in the sky. The student is expected to: observe, describe, and illustrate objects in the sky such as the clouds, Moon, and stars, including the Sun.
Total Pages
19 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
2 Weeks
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Description
Your students will greatly enjoy this lab. Easy setup and clean-up are part of the experiment. Get them interested in chemistry and Ph.
I promise you this is a lab they will tell their parents about I left the file in Word so feel free to make any changes you wish.
Happy Halloween!
Guided reading with questions
Complete theanswer key with adetailed explanation
*This product was written for Halloween but you can use it anytime to teach about acids and bases
Total Pages
5 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 hour
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Are you looking for a complete unit to motivate your students to learn about erosion? This is your answer!!
This activity guide is FULL of engaging and hands-on opportunities for students to explore weathering, erosion, and deposition! Students will use common materials to demonstrate how the earth’s surface changes through experiments and labs.
Included in the bundle are:
Teacher version with guided questions and answers
Experiments
2 Directed Readings
Lab Stations (9 MiniLabs)
It is so complete that this unit can be left for a sub.
Labs are easy to prep
Complete answer key
Total Pages
23 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 Week
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Description
Are you trying to teach your Middle School Students about Black Holes in an engaging manner?
This product is for you!
Students will be able to explain how scientists are able to
A. Find Black Holes
B. Determine the chemical composition of stars
Contains 2 No Prep Labs
MATERIALS
Glow Sticks
Index Cards
You can use this lesson during your Astronomy unit or chemistry!!
It connects chemistry with space science.
Total Pages
4 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
1 hour
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Description
Are you trying to teach your Middle School Students about Black Holes in an engaging manner?
This product is for you!
Students will be able to explain how scientists are able to
A. Find Black Holes
B. Determine the chemical composition of stars
Contains 2 No Prep Labs
MATERIALS
Glow Sticks
Index Cards
You can use this lesson during your Astronomy unit or chemistry!!
It connects chemistry with space science.
Total Pages
4 pages
Answer Key
N/A
Teaching Duration
1 hour
This package contains 2 lessons for the price of one.
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The first is the classic timeline which students will create their own timeline.
This lesson has been classroom-tested for 40 years!!
The second lesson is the Evolutionary Tree which when completed students will discover how each major step in evolution was based on the one before. The third is called Creating Life. This fun lab has students observe unicelled organisms in a water sample.
2 Graphic Organizers Use for early finishers, extra credit, or sub plans
This lesson also contains a more challenging reading for your more advanced students
3 Low Prep Labs!
MATERIALS
Meterstick,
Adding machine tape
Plaster of Paris (ready to pour)
Cardboard
Stapler
Beach or park
Total Pages
18 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 Week
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The following standards are listed
PS3.A: Definitions of Energy
PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer
PS3.C: Relationship Between Energy and Forces
PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life
This lab can be used in chemistry, health, physics, or Earth Science class.
Students will learn the effects of evaporation on cooling. Materials are items found in every science class. They will fill in a chart with their data to discover the information for themselves. A worksheet is included to check your students; understanding.
Materials
2 Thermometers
2 Pieces of dry cloth
Water
*Answer key is provided
Need an engaging activity to investigate UV radiation and its effect on your students’ health.
Keep your young scientists safe this summer with the knowledge gathered with this fun lab. Your students will be surprised to see white beads change color with exposure to UV light. Great to encourage the use of sunscreen. This lab is perfect for end-of-year, camps or part of your health lessons.
I have also used it during my unit on Astronomy
MATERIALS
UV beads
Sunscreen 15,30, 50
Ziploc bags
Contains
Lab Instructions
Worksheet to learn the importance of sunscreen
Description
Are you teaching your students the planet’s size, density, and tO distance from the sun? This interesting hands-on project will motivate your students to learn and apply math concepts to science.
This product contains
Directed Reading
2 Mini Labs
Lab A Compare the size of planets to the size of certain objects in the real world
Lab B Pennies and Coke Cans (One of my all-time favorite activities)
Walking to the Rocky Planets (Get your students outside, active, and review math skills)
MATERIALS
Permanent marker
11 clean empty 12-ounce (340g) aluminum soda cans
Masking tape or duct tape
1,100 pennies ($11 in pennies coins
1 Full, unopened can of the same liquid
Permanent marker
11 clean empty 12-ounce (340g) aluminum soda cans
Masking tape or duct tape
1,100 pennies ($11 in pennies coins
1 Full, unopened can of the same liquid
1-meter stick
1 yogurt cup
1 large nail
1 small nail
Total Pages
15 pages
Are you looking for a fun way to motivate your students to learn about concave/convex lenses and how they work? This is an important concept for both Astronomy and Biology.
This product can be used as Observations Stations where they have 15 minutes to experiment before they move to the next table.I have also taught this lesson as a lab one day for a week.They both work equally well and help to keep your students on task.
Materials
6 Magnifying Glasses
Piece of white paper
Window
Rolled piece of paper
Very sharp knives such as box cutter
Tennis Ball
The plastic container is just slightly larger than the ball
Distilled water (from grocery stores or pharmacies)
Flat page with printed words such as a piece of newspaper or a page cut from a magazine.
Plastic wrap
Large metal spoon
The lamp with the shade removed shows just the bare bulb.
2 Lens from a par of drugstore reading glasses (+1.00, +1.25 or +1.50 strength)
Painter’s tape or masking tape
1 Sheet of white copy paper
Tape measure
Magnifying glass
Small rectangular mirror
Sheets of paper
Colored marker pens
Magnifying Glass
Piece of white paper
Window
1 sheet of white copy paper
Tape measure
A fun lesson using your i phone to learn about Moon details and the rotation around the earth Students will learn new technology skills and discover that the sun and the moon has the same movement in our sky. Both rise in the east and set in the western sky.
Common core standards are listed
Total Pages
5 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 hour