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 is a fun lab in which students will have a hands-on approach to learning the flower parts.
Objectives
describe that the flower produces pollen, nectar, and seeds,
describe how the flower attracts insects and other pollinators for reproduction,
All key terms have been listed with a definition
In this lab activity, students will dissect the typical parts of a flower and identify male and female reproductive organs
Low Prep
This lab is a must before your unit on Genetics!
Classroom-tested for many years
Crossword Puzzle
Graphic Organizer for Early finishers
Readings
Materials
Magnifying Glass
Tulips (Flower)
Worksheets
Forceps
Dropper
Pipette
Coverslips
Microscope
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Taking measurements, performing dimensional analysis, determining temperature, density, and so on are all things that cannot be done without math
The first section reviews measurements in metric.
Start your year teaching chemistry on the right foot and find out where your students are in their math skills. Everyone knows you can not do chemistry well without a math background. d. The tests have bunnies on them to help students not be so nervous doing math. This lesson contains 2 tests. You can use one before and the other one after
In order to excel in chemistry, you must understand unit conversions, significant figures, summation notations, probability and statistics, exponents and logarithms, proportions, and concentrations. In most cases, these subjects overlap, so they are frequently discussed together
Grab this free lesson to make soap in your classroom
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Are you looking for a way to make science both fun and safe for your students?
This is the most important lesson of the year for high school students. Your kids will love and remember this lesson because instead of just reading and answering questions they will be performing labs to learn the importance of safety in the classroom.
Total Pages 15
Teaching Duration
2 days
https://youtu.be/kzKkk6Dcx0c
This resource was created to help teachers review and teach the Metric system and density. It is a classic lab highly recommended for the start of the school year. Students will be engaged and learn how to use the Metric System
This product contains
Fun no prep lab
10 Metric problems
Answer Key
MATERIALS
Ruler
10 index cards
Balance
Graduate cylinder
Rubber stopper
Water
The metric system is a decimal system based on the meter, liter, and gram as units of length, capacity, and weight or mass. The system was first proposed by the French astronomer and mathematician Gabriel Mouton (1618–94) in 1670 and was standardized in France under the Republican government in the 1790s. Unlike the English system which has multiple units for length (inch, foot, yard, mile), the metric only has one – the meter (m). Similarly, there are four basic metric units: ● Length – meter (m) ● Mass – gram (g) ● Volume – liter (l or L) ● Time – second (s) Base unit values can be modified (made larger or smaller) through the use of prefixes (ex. kilo, 1000; hecto, 100; deka, 10; deci, 0.1; centi, 0.01; milli, 0.001).
https://youtu.be/c8p4BMhb7Js
Taking measurements, performing dimensional analysis, determining temperature, density, and so on are all things that cannot be done without math
The first section reviews measurements in metric.
Start your year teaching chemistry on the right foot and find out where your students are in their math skills. Everyone knows you can not do chemistry well without a math background. d. The tests have bunnies on them to help students not be so nervous doing math. This lesson contains 2 tests. You can use one before and the other one after
In order to excel in chemistry, you must understand unit conversions, significant figures, summation notations, probability and statistics, exponents and logarithms, proportions, and concentrations. In most cases, these subjects overlap, so they are frequently discussed together
https://youtu.be/yajQdRwxCi4
Here is a fun lab to use this popular toy to teach your high school chemistry and physics students thermodynamics in simple yet very important experimental techniques in this lab.
Included is
Explanation of how this bird acts as a heat engine
4 Labs
directions on how to make your own drinking bird
Lab questions with an answer key
Apply the concept of significant figures to limit measurement to the proper number of digits.
Recognize the number of significant figures in a given quantity. Limit mathematical results to the proper number of significant figures.
Are you looking for a fun activity to motivate your high school students to learn significant digits?
Included
Summary of the rules
10 practice problems
3 Engaging Worksheets
A complete answer key is provided
Keep one of the worksheets as a review or a sub plan!
Total Pages
6 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
2 hours
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
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
Grade 8 STEM labs
Are you having trouble explaining the phases of the Moon?
PRODUCTS CONTAINS
Moon Observations Sheets
Directions to find an estimate of the Moon’s angular height
Two Classroom Labs
Tables of names of Full Moons of the AbenakiNortheast, Maine, and the early English Settlers . Students can see what was important to each settlement . Great lesson to combine history and science.
In the labs, your students will understand the reason why we do not ever see the Dark Side of the moon The earth’s position relative to the moon is demonstrated. This lab has been classroom-tested for over 40 with several teachers. There is a very easy setup and no mess to clean afterward.
MATERIALS
Sheet of newspaper
Cup with handle
Ball or balloon wrapped in aluminum foil (the Moon)
Flashlight (the Sun)
Darkened Room
Friend
In my years of teaching, I have found be the best labs to explain to middle school students the motions of the moon around the Earth. Included is a student worksheet to make sure that your pupils do not leave without an understanding of this concept.
Total Pages
12 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
1 Week
https://youtube.com/shorts/RvZXELdSQJY?si=6VKU4MYVBceTJkCp
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
The incredible power of magnets is illustrated in two engaging labs hands-on labs. Clear and easy-to-follow editable lab worksheet
Included is a reading for students to fully understand the power of magnets
Students will discover that magnets are attracted to special metals.
Objectives
Magnets attract and repel other magnets.
What makes some materials magnetic
Materials
Wide mouth jar
Book
Magnet
Compass
Eisco Labs Floating Ring Magnet Set with Wooden Base
Total Pages
7 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
45 minutes
This is the perfect resource to help explain to your students the main facts about the inside of a thunderstorm. All the major parts of what causes the storm to develop is explained. Students can use this sheet for
A. Homework
B. Extra Credit
C. Help visual learners understand
D. To decorate your room
Why use graphic organizers? It helps my students organize their notes, so we don’t need to spend a lot of time on them.
Coloring is a technique that should be used in all grade levels because there is research that shows that it helps us to retain information on a deeper level. Coloring activates both sides of the brain’s hemisphere to help us remember, concentrate, solve problems, and use our fine motor skills to fill in each section.
Studies show that adding images with notes increases retention by 30% with their
study guides
Conversations naturally start among the students. When we color, we do not need to concentrate as fully on the task as we would if we were completing a worksheet or writing a report. This frees us up for, well, talking.
Are you looking for a fun way to introduce pH to your High School Science students?** Here is the lesson you have been looking for to teach your students about pH.**
Use Candy for 2 fun lab lessons
This product includes
Guided Reading
2 Fun low Prep Candy labs
Questions
Graphic Organizer on food pH
Total Pages
10 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
90 minutes
Are you searching for a fun way to teach your High School Chemistry students the difference between chemical and physical change? Make chemistry fun by using Cotton Candy as the main component in 6 labs.
All materials are found in every lab.
Here is the ultimate product for your needs
Includes
6 Labs
Homework
Guided Reading
Questions
The complete answer key is included
Total Pages
14 pages
Answer Key
Included
Teaching Duration
3 hours
https://youtube.com/shorts/Fe00TLE6YeA?si=M6IlhvQc86Jy1m5I
This fun lesson can be used for
Classroom
Camping
Home School
Low Prep
Product contains
3 Labs
Worksheet
Poem by Robert Frost
This lesson will work well with your English Department.
MATERIALS
Lab #1
Warm moist place
Fresh-cut hay, fallen leaves, or grass
Thermometers
Lab #2
Steel wool (not the soapy kind)
Jar
Water
Vinegar
Bleach
Thermometer
Lab #3
Apple
Lemon Juice
Knife
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
Students design and create containers that will keep one standard-sized ice cubes in their solid form for a set period of time. The winner is the person who creates the container that keeps the ice cube solid for the longest period of time.
Ribbon Templates are included for first, second, and third prize
After the actual “Great Ice Cube Melt” students will analyze what worked and what did not
Take the classic STEM challenge to the next level. Question Can you build a better cooler that can hold ice colder longer? This lab is an application of the engineering process. Also, includes
Engineering
Geometry
Ratios
Critical thinking
Materials are common items around the home
No prep for you but lots of science for your students.
Students learn and apply concepts in thermodynamics and energy—mainly convection, conduction, and radiation— to solve a challenge. This is accomplished by splitting students into teams and having them follow the engineering design process to design and build a small insulated box, with the goal of keeping an ice cube frozen
This is a fun lab for students to learn important constellations. Clear step by step instructions with materials found in every classroom. Lessons has been classroom tested for many years.!