General Science Lessons
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Which Tape Is Stickiest?
A fun way to teach constants and variables. It also involves students in creating a line and bar graph.
Key Terms: variable, dependent variable, independent variable, constant, distance, centimeters, line graph, bar graph
Pendulums
Use simple pendulums, in this case nothing more than a string with a washer on the end, to show how a true science investigation is supposed to work.
Key Terms: pendulum, variable, mass, cycle, average
Cost Of My Classroom Lights
A practical lesson that begins with the hourly cost of one fluorescent light tube and ends with the yearly cost of the lights in your room (…and your students do all the calculations!).
Key Terms: cost of electricity, proportion, fluorescent bulb, incandescent bulb, calculation
Cycles- Never Ending Science
Students create a flapbook that shows how matter moves in and out of organisms endlessly. Fun? Yes. Gross? Very.
Key Terms: nitrogen cycle, water cycle, oxygen
How Many On The Penny?
Like simple and engaging lessons? Learn about how science is supposed to work with this fun inquiry lab.
Key Terms: surface tension, prediction, control, independent, dependent variable
Twirlybirds
Students are mesmerized by a twirling paper bird that also helps them zero in clearly on one single variable.
Key Terms: changing variables, time, distance, line graph, bar graph
Happy Trails (Mix)
Ever look at a bag of trail mix and wonder the exact cost by ingredient? In this lesson, students will find the answer to this for their own mixture, and get a very interesting answer.
Key Terms: mass, cost per gram, value, reading triple beam balance, calculations, bar graph, circle graph
Discovering Density
Students determine the densities of all kinds of objects made of clay, and “discover” that all clay has the exact same density. Just for fun, we’ll hide a steel ball inside one of the objects, which should cause minor panic (we hope).
Key Terms: density, mass, volume, balance, graduated cylinder, bar graph
Predictions & Hypotheses
Finally- a complete untangling of the terms “Prediction” and “Hypothesis”.
Key Terms: predictions, hypothesis, game, observation, prior knowledge, future, past
3 Kinds Of Graphs
Students begin with a clean sheet of notebook paper and end with the paper (and their minds) full of information about the 3 main kinds of graphs.
Key Terms: line graph, trend, bar graph, compare, circle graph, parts of a whole
My New Science Classroom
A great way to get students familiar with their new science classroom at the beginning of the school year. Doesn’t it feel good to have day one planned?
Key Terms: location of- safety equipment, makeup work area, homework tray, etc..
Fact Versus Opinion
Help students better recognize true from sensational information with these 17 statements.
Key Terms: opinions, facts, good and bad sources of information
Converting Between Units
Exactly how many seconds are there until Christmas? It sounds hard, but after a warm-up problem or two, it’ll be a piece of cake.
Key Terms: converting from minutes to seconds, millimeters to meters, seconds to days
More General Science lessons coming soon-
- Rounding and Significant Figures