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Static electricity, also called electrostatics, happens when electric charge builds up on the surface of an object. This charge can be positive or negative. It forms when atoms in a material gain or lose electrons.

When two objects rub against each other, electrons move from one to the other. One object ends up with extra electrons and a negative charge. The other loses electrons and gets a positive charge.

You often feel static electricity when you walk across a carpet and touch a metal object. That tiny shock you feel is static electricity at work!

This helpful e-book includes ten easy experiments that show how static electricity works. You can do all of them safely at home or in the classroom. They only need simple, everyday items.

Each experiment has clear, step-by-step instructions. There is also a short explanation after each one, so young students can easily understand what’s happening.

Have fun exploring the amazing world of static electricity!

This is "Irish Magic: Little Leprechaun's Lab" - a delightful, hands-on activity set that brings the whimsy of Irish folklore into creative sensory play.

The resource includes four enchanting potion cards: Lucky Leprechaun's Fizz, Rainbow Wish Maker, Lucky Bubble Blast, and Irish Sky Sparkle.

Each potion card features:

• A beautiful illustration of the finished potion
• Simple ingredients list using common household items like water, food coloring, and glitter
• Step-by-step directions perfect for young learners

The set encourages:

• Fine motor skills development through pouring and mixing
• Following sequential instructions
• Creative play and imagination
• Science concepts through safe mixing activities
• Cultural appreciation of Irish folklore

Ideal for:

• St. Patrick's Day celebrations
• Irish cultural studies
• Preschool and elementary school activities
• Sensory play stations
• Home learning activities

The PDF format makes it easy for teachers and parents to print and reuse, while the colorful illustrations and engaging presentation keep children excited about learning through play.

Are you looking for a hands-on, inquiry-based lab for your middle school students that demonstrates natural selection? This lab will do just that as it guides students to act as birds in a forest as they prey on skittles to see how the adaptation of camouflage helps a species survive. They will then collect data to see how the organisms with the fittest traits survive. The lab can be completed in one day and the graph and reflection questions will most likely take a second day to complete.

The simulation activity includes warm up questions, step by step instructions, a data table, line graph, and reflection questions. Students also use math skills to calculate population percentages and display them on a line graph.

Materials needed: skittles & green paper or green napkins (optional: polka dot napkins)

An answer key is included.

Your students will:

• Engage in visual and hands-on learning
• Apply knowledge
• Practice concepts 
• Collect data
• Analyze data
• Draw conclusions
• Use math skills
• Explore real world application of science knowledge

Are you looking for a hands-on, inquiry-based lab for your middle school students that covers watersheds and human impact on water supply? Then check this out! In this lab, students will crumple a piece of paper, use markers to draw various landmarks and landforms on the paper, and then spray water over the paper to simulate rain flowing through a watershed. Students will be able to observe how water travels from areas of higher elevation to lower elevation due to gravity. Additionally, students will learn how humans impact the environment by leaving pollution on Earth's surface, which gets transported into the water supply. This lab also includes detailed step by step instructions and post-lab questions.

An answer key is included.

Materials needed: markers, plain paper, spray bottles, and water.

Your students will:

• Apply knowledge
• Practice concepts 
• Use observation skills
• Demonstrate understanding
• Analyze data
• Apply key terms and definitions
• Engage in visual and hands-on learning
• Explore real world problems

Transform the often-dreaded scientific method into an exciting mystery with this engaging worksheet. Students will become young detectives as they investigate the puzzling case of a shrunken plant. By following the steps of the scientific method, students will develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and observational skills.

This resource includes:

• A captivating crime scene photo to spark curiosity
• An evidence log for recording observations and inferences
• A hypothesis section for forming educated guesses
• An experiment section
• A data collection chart for organizing findings
• A conclusion section for summarizing results
• MORE FUN? a detective badge from the Department of Scientific Thinking!

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Engage your students with this hands-on Speed, Distance, and Time Lab! Perfect for math or science classes, this activity includes:

• Interactive Exploration: Students measure their own speed and graph the results.
• Bonus Extension: Includes an optional activity for climbing stairs to extend learning.
• Editable Format: Fully customizable Google Doc to fit your classroom needs.

This versatile lab makes learning speed, distance, and time engaging and practical for students while reinforcing graphing skills!

This is a set of 12 accountable talk posters with sentence stems for starting conversations in the science classroom. They will help to keep students thinking and talking like a scientist. They are perfect for elementary science activities as well as upper grades.

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Teach your students all about Light Energy and Luminescence with this fun and messy Science Lab! Students will watch educational videos, go through detailed slides with vocabulary words and definitions, learn the science behind how things glow in the dark, and finish with a Glow in the Dark Slime Experiment!

You will need:

• White Glue
• 12 oz of Warm water
• Glow in the Dark Paint or Pigment
• Food Coloring
• Borax
• 1 large bowl
• Small bowl or cup 
• Spoon 
• Measuring Cup
• Teaspoon and tablespoon 
• Optional: Black light flashlights

This is the perfect product to complement your science lesson. This document contains 9 different lab templates and teacher's notes for conducting all nine experiments.

Experiments:

•The Cracker Lab

•The Transparency Lab

•The Absorbency Lab

•The Rainbow Lab

•Keeping Teddy Dry Lab

•The Flexibility Lab

•The Cookie Dunk Lab

•Will It Float?

•The Reflection Lab

Access to the complete matter workbook HERE.

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Looking to engage your students in an exciting hands-on science experiment? Dive into the fascinating world of earth science with our Stream Table Lab resource.

Watch as your students become geologists in action, simulating natural phenomena right in the classroom!

What you'll get:

• Detailed instructions for setting up and conducting the experiment
• Materials list for easy preparation
• Discussion questions to deepen understanding

Empower your students to think like scientists as they observe, analyze, and draw conclusions from their observations. Spark curiosity and inspire learning with this engaging Stream Table Lab!

Students will use a chair, a board and car with interchangeable wheels (like a LEGO or K-Nex car) to examine the affects of the inclined plane. Students will run experiments, collect data, and do mathematical calculations including mechanical advantage to complete the activity.

The Packet includes:

Materials List

Procedures Instructions

Data Collection Table

Debrief Sheet

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1. Bubbles Science Lab - Practicing the Scientific Method!

A helpful introduction to lab work at any level! Students will practice the scientific method by altering the dependent variable in a bubble mixture.

2. Separating Mixtures using Paper Chromatography Science Lab

An easy access lab to introduce students to chromatography and get practice using the scientific method.

3. Modelling Isotopes Science Lab - Exploring Atomic Mass and the Periodic Table

Students in this lab will utilize a variety of scientific method skills. They will collect data, create their own data collection tables, perform calculations, and use inferring skills.

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This lab introduces students to chromatography and provides hands-on practice using the scientific method. With three thought-provoking questions, students will engage in discussions about mixtures and learn how to identify unknown substances. All the materials needed for the lab can easily be found in the home.

This lab is perfect for distance learning, homeschooling, or in-classroom use. It provides a fun and engaging way for students to learn about chromatography and the scientific method. The lab can also be easily expanded by using alternate materials for even more learning opportunities.

Help your students explore the exciting world of science with this easy-to-use chromatography lab!

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Bubbles Science Lab - Practicing the Scientific Method!

Modelling Isotopes Science Lab - Exploring Atomic Mass and the Periodic Table

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Students in this lab will utilize a variety of scientific method skills. They will collect data, create their own data collection tables, perform calculations, and use inferring skills.

Students will have four separate questions that develop their scientific thinking skills.

This lab has easily accessible materials and can be altered to a variety of "atomic mass" units, such as candy or trail mix. This is great to do at home, distance learning, or in the classroom.

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If this sparked your interest, check out the other labs available!

Bubbles Science Lab - Practicing the Scientific Method!

Separating Mixtures using Paper Chromatography Science Lab

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If you enjoyed this resource, I would LOVE a review and you will earn TeachShare credit for your feedback.

A helpful introduction to lab work at any level! Students will practice the scientific method by altering the dependent variable in a bubble mixture. They have three questions that discuss observations and help them form a general conclusion.

These materials are easily accessible and can be found within the home. A great lab for distance learning or in class learning!

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If this sparked your interest, check out the other labs available!

Separating Mixtures using Paper Chromatography Science Lab

Modelling Isotopes Science Lab - Exploring Atomic Mass and the Periodic Table

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If you enjoyed this resource, I would LOVE a review and you will earn TeachShare credit for your feedback.

Discover the secrets to prolonging the lifespan of cut flowers in this engaging biology lab. Students will design and execute their unique experiments to explore methods for maintaining the freshness and beauty of floral arrangements. Enhance your understanding of plant physiology while cultivating creativity in this hands-on learning experience.

Experimental Design

• Encourage students to think critically and design their unique experiments.
• Provide guidelines for selecting variables, controls, and measurement methods.

Data Collection and Analysis

• Explain the importance of accurate data collection and proper record-keeping.
• Suggest methods for quantifying floral freshness, such as visual assessment, petal discoloration, and stem length measurement.

Discussion and Conclusion

• Encourage students to analyze and interpret their data.
• Guide them in drawing conclusions based on their experimental findings.
• Foster critical thinking skills by prompting students to propose further research questions and improvements to their experimental designs.

This resource is a science driven, easy to use pack to use when investigating all things pumpkin! Pumpkinology is a great way to incorporate kindergarten science standards in a fun, fall themed way.

Cut off the top of a pumpkin and let them scoop out the insides to count seeds, estimate how many counting cubes tall is a pumpkin, how many paperclips will it take to fit around the pumpkin? Will the pumpkin sink or float? What is the life cycle of a pumpkin? Color or use tissue paper to produce a tear art version to create their very own pumpkin.

I use this resource in my classroom on October 31st as part of our fall party! We investigate all things pumpkin and the grand finale is when we carve a face on the pumpkin, add in baking soda, vinegar and green food coloring to make the pumpkin explode (outside of course)! This is a day your students will remember for years to come!

Teachers can use it as a:

• Halloween party and make each investigation a station
• Week long investigation of pumpkin attributes
• Science project to let little learners estimate what they think will happen
• Fall fun pack
• Lesson on the life cycle of a pumpkin

Happy pumpkin investigating!

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Bring the holiday spirit into your science classroom with this engaging and educational “Christmas Candy Science” lesson pack! Perfect for middle school students, these hands-on experiments use festive candies to explore key scientific concepts aligned with NGSS and Tennessee state standards.

Students will love the festive twist on classic science experiments. This is the perfect activity to do the weird days right before Winter break when students are often absent! Each experiment is designed to reinforce important scientific principles and includes clear instructions to make it easy to implement these activities in your classroom.

Included Experiments:

• Candy Cane Dissolution Experiment
• Skittles Color Diffusion
• Chocolate Melting Point
• Gummy Bear Osmosis
• Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon Inflation

Includes:

• Teacher tips and directions for each lab
• Materials list
• Student lab worksheets and data recording sheets
• Beautiful Winter themed slides to keep yourself and student on task

NGSS Middle School:

• MS-PS1-2: Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred
• MS-PS1-4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed
• MS-LS1-2: Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function

Tennessee State Science Standards:

• MS.PS1.4: Develop a model that predicts and describes changes in particle motion, temperature, and state of a pure substance when thermal energy is added or removed
• MS.LS1.2: Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function

Practice the difference between structure and function and bring the excitement of Halloween into your classroom with this engaging and educational lesson plan! Perfect for middle school science classes, this lesson aligns with NGSS and Tennessee State Science Standards, making it a valuable addition to your curriculum.

In this hands-on activity, students will dissect and compare the structures of candy corn and real corn kernels. Through observation, discussion, and a taste test, students will explore the differences between natural and artificial products, and learn about the functions of various seed parts.

Key Concepts Covered or Practiced:

• Practicing making observations and differentiating between structure and function
• Structure and function of seed parts
• Sensory observation and descriptive language

Lesson Includes:

• Lesson Plan Slides: Instructions and tips to guide you through the lesson.
• Lab Worksheet: A comprehensive worksheet for students to record their observations and reflections.
• Slides Presentation: A visually appealing presentation to enhance your lesson and keep students engaged.

Add a Sweet Twist to Your Science Lessons! Make learning memorable with this unique lesson that blends education and fun. Your students will love the opportunity to explore science concepts while enjoying a tasty treat.

NGSS and Tennessee State Standards:

• NGSS MS-LS1-4 and Tennessee 6.LS1.3: Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

Unlock the mysteries of ocean currents with a unique and engaging classroom lesson that brings science to life! This lesson uses adorable rubber ducks to illustrate how ocean currents function and impact the planet. Great for visual and kinesthetic learners.

Looking for a inquiry based investigation ready to go lesson for teaching ocean currents? This activity includes...

• Google slides to go through with students.
• Student handout link
• Tips in the Speaker notes on the Slides
• Exit ticket to assess learning
• Rubber ducks!

Tennessee State Standards

• 6.ESS2.1 - Gather evidence to justify that oceanic convection currents are caused by the sun’s transfer of heat energy and differences in salt concentration leading to global water movement. 

NGSS - Middle School

• MS-ESS2-6 - Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.

Very fun and interactive activity for students learning about ocean currents and density.