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Free Winter applied math laboratories
Valentine's Day Science Experiment (Dissolving Candy Hearts)
Want to incorporate some Valentine's Day spirit into your Science classroom? In this FREE DISSOLVING CANDY HEARTS LAB, I provide you with everything you need to celebrate the season of ♥LOVE♥ with your science class while practicing Science skills. This activity can be used as a demonstration for lower grades (1st-2nd) or given to the students as a lab experiment in upper grades (3rd-6th).
This FREEBIE is part of a larger ❄️WINTER THEMED SCIENCE ACTIVITY BUNDLE ❄️ (click HERE to see a preview
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1st - 6th
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Crystal Snowflake - Free Science Investigation
Here's a free science investigation to engage your students during this hectic holiday season! Crystal snowflakes allow students to demonstrate and observe the making of a crystal using a saturated solution of Borax and water - easy, cheap, fun AND all your holiday decorations are done for you classroom :)
Have fun with this "cool" science investigation!!
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4th - 11th
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Inch by Inch Scavenger Hunt!
Use your best measuring skills with an inch ruler to measure common classroom objects and document your data. In my blog https://teachingwithjane.com I have a set of procedures I list that help me have successful math engagement! Use inquiry skills to get creative! Find objects on your own to measure the room!
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1st - 3rd
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Borax Crystal Snowflakes Lab Activity
This lab activity is used in my 8th grade classroom as a review of physical and chemical changes prior to beginning the chemical bonding and chemical reactions chapters. This is a creative and entertaining way to review the differences between physical and chemical changes, introduce crystal structure, and revisit geology concepts learned in earlier grades. The crystals grow large and quickly on the pipe cleaners. It's fun to hang the "snowflakes" from the classroom ceiling to make your very
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5th - 9th
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Marshmallow Flight Lab
Do your students love a good competition? You might want to try this lesson titled “Marshmallow Flight.” I have used this lab with junior and high school students, but have also done a simpler version of this lab with my kindergartner.
The file contains two versions of the same lab. The first is a commonly used version in which students follow directions, collect data, and answer post-lab questions. The second version of this lab is a higher-level inquiry lab, where students move through the
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PreK - 12th
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Holiday Crystal Trees - Free Science Activity!
Looking for something new and different to do with your students around the winter holidays? In this easy activity, students cut out holiday trees and dab on a solution made from a few household chemicals. In as little as a few hours, crystals will start to grow on the trees! Over time, the crystals will grow larger, making the trees appear even more beautiful. Students will love checking on their trees each day to see how much it “snows” on them!
This FREE download includes:
*Experiment
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5th - 12th
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Gingerbread Man Science Experiment
Would the Gingerbread Man have actually crumbled? This simple science experiment is fascinating and so much fun for early elementary students! This product includes a student recording sheet with a place to draw and label their prediction and a place to draw and label their observations.
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PreK - 2nd
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Ice Cream In A Bag | Simple And Easy Recipe FREEBIE | End of Year Fun
Discover freezing and melting by making ice cream in a bag with this simple and easy recipe. Tastes great! Easy supplies and direction page. Students will remember this food science activity for years to come.This is an easy recipe for creating ice cream in a bag. The directions page is a nice printable to send home with students. That way, they can try it at home.This is a great activity to turn into a science fair project.Try these complementary activities for a complete lesson.Science Re
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Not Grade Specific
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My Own Snow Storm- FREE STEM Activity
Do you need some short STEM activities for your students to fill in between PBL’s? Are you just starting out in your STEM journey? Do you need to create excitement about Science in your class? These STEM activities will work for any of those situations!
Try these out for free and if you like them please rate them on whichever site you downloaded them from! Also- tell your friends :)
Who doesn’t love a snow storm where you don’t get cold or even have to shovel? Have your students create the
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K - 5th
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WINTER SCIENCE EXPERIMENT FOR PRESCHOOL AND TODDLERS | FIZZING SNOWMAN
HAPPY WINTER! Add this fun Toddler or Preschool Science experiment into your Winter lesson plans and it will sure to be a hit with your toddler, preschool, or early elementary student! With this activity, your student will learn about chemical reactions by doing a "cool" experiment!This resource includes an instruction sheet, an idea sheet, and sorting tray labelsIf you like this, be sure to check out more of the Winter Line for Toddlers and Preschoolers by clicking on the title below! 1. Winter
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PreK - 3rd
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Graphing Motion: Tortoise and the Hare
This resource is intended to introduce students to the concept of creating distance vs. time graphs and interpreting them for information such as direction traveled relative to the observe and relative speed. The materials required for this activity are a stopwatch, yardstick or measuring tape, and pieces of clay. This activity can be completed in groups of 3 or as an entire class. The activity ranges from 30 to 45 minutes.
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6th - 8th
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Willy Wonka Candy Lab - Exponential Growth and Decay
In this candy lab, we will be using M&M's to discover exponential growth and decay relationships. It is set up as a lab activity, so students should be able to complete this on their own. We also use Twizzlers so show an exponential decay in this lab.
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9th - 10th
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Candy Cane Science Experiment FREEBIE (Physical Changes / Crystalization)
A fun and easy science experiment to show mineral changes and crystalization. I usually do this the few days before Christmas break, and encourage students to also try at home with their families.The experiment can be modeled for lower grade levels, taught step-by-step for some, or completed independently for older grades.
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PreK - 12th
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Density Column Worksheet
Students will:Calculate densityPredict how different fluids interact based on their densityCheck their predictions by analyzing a class demonstrationExtensions:Add different small objects (ex: marble, nail, paperclip - whatever fits!) and have students predict where the object will settle based on its relative densityHave students explore a digital density simulation like this one: https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/density/latest/density_en.htmlMake it a lab! Have students create their own den
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5th - 8th
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NGSS:
5-PS1-3
, 5-PS1-4
WINTER SNOWFLAKE SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS-looking at geometric shapes
Capturing snowflakes is always fun for students…add some science in by trying to collect and observe some!
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K - 5th
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Science: Melting Ice (Salt or Sugar)
As part of our winter themed unit in Kindergarten we investigated what makes the ice melt on the road. In this experiment, students will make a hypothesis , test their hypothesis, and record their results.
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PreK - 3rd
Personalized Rice Krispie Treats Lab (Fun & Easy End of Year Science Activities)
This lesson centers around a lab where students make their own personal rice krispie treats. It's a fun and easy lab that can be used to explore chemical and physical changes in a highly visual and tasty way.This Lesson Includes all of these materials:Lab: Personalized Rice Krispie TreatsInstructional How-To Lab Video + Slow Observing Video + "Science Snack" VideoClassroom Slides with discussion prompts, lesson flow, and embedded videosAll materials are included in a Google Drive folder
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6th - 9th
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MS-PS1-2
, MS-PS1-3
Hydraulic machine STEM project laser cutter template (body template only)
Hydraulic digger project:(This listing only includes the template for the base. The bucket can be purchased from my store.)This is a project suitable for high school students studying science, maths, technology or engineering (STEM). The package includes .ai and .pdf files to laser cut the body of a hydraulic digger. The file is designed to be cut from 3mm plywood in 600 x 400mm sheets.The files are separated into two components. The main body template, and bucket template. The bucket template c
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Not Grade Specific
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Snow Day lab
Here is a free resource to use if your school is moving away from actual snow days in favor of going "all virtual" on snow days and being required to post or teach lessons. It is a generic science lab, that could be great and adapted well for all ages. There are places (highlighted in blue) where I remind students how to work the google doc, and places (highlighted in yellow) giving them additional hints that they may have questions on for an asynchronous model. This could be adapted multiple
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7th - 12th
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Hands-On Understanding of Square Roots: Cubes & Making Squares
This simple, hands-on activity has students count out a given number of unit cubes and then asks them to build a square from the cubes. Then, they record the length of the square. Students repeat this process with different numbers of cubes and record the information in a graph and a table. They also are asked to write a rule to describe the relationship between the number of cubes and the length of the square.
I've found that this activity helps students better understand the idea of the sq
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8th - 10th
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Coloring for Data Collection
Product allows children to record data without writing . Coloring records changes in a growing Narcissus Bulb.
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PreK - 3rd
Snow Lab - Scientific Method
During this wintery lab, students will use the scientific method to create and test various recipes for fake snow and determine which recipe is the best.
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4th - 7th
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STEM: Simple Machines Inclined Plane Experiment Using Legos
STEM hands-on learning. Middle school students love it !!
Powerpoint step-by-step directions to build an inclined plane using Legos.
Students build using the "Simple and Motorized Mechanisms Base Set W991756" available through Lego Education.
Lever, pulleys, gears & friction powerpoints and scientific method experiment packets for each also available.
All experiments use the same Lego Base Set W991756.
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6th - 8th
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Inquiry Lab: Mechanical and Chemical Weathering
An engaging two part lab containing 2 levels of labs for your Earth Science, Environmental Science, or inclusion class! This combines one of my Chemistry 1 metal oxide labs with a new mechanical weathering lab. The follow up analytical questions are geared towards common core mathematics modeling concepts. NGSS, State and Common Core standards are all presented.
The first page is background information. It is written for an inclusion classroom and actually replaces our textbook. It gives all t
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6th - 10th
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