Topics

Labs - All Labs are Recorded in Lab Notebook

Odds and Ends

• Science Alphabet Border : (Word Doc) Print and paste onto construction paper to create a great border and to reinforce vocabulary.

• Formulas (pdf) List of formulas with units

• Hershey Park, PA - Physical Science Activities for their rides and attractions

Famous Scientists/ Scientific Method

• Wanted Poster Project: Research a famous scientist and create a wanted poster!  Great for beginning of the year and to post around the school.  Links: Biography List | Treasure Trove Biography| Distinguished Women | Famous Astronomers| Mug Shots  | Yahooligans - Scientists by catagory | Energy Scientists |
• Paper Airplane Activity (pdf) Students will construct a paper airplane, learn how to use the scientific method, and graph their data.  Submitted by Trina L. from Florida.

The Metric System

• Class Notes: Metric System (PDF)
• Smile Metric Style : Measure your Lab Partner's Smile in cm - Who has the largest smile? Smallest smile?( Modified from the original source)
• Let's Grow Metric:  Students will take metric measurements of themselves in Sept and again in June.
• Metric Estimation Game: Played like the Price is Right, great for the kids to practice the metric system, makes it more concrete.
• Metric Mania - Lessons and Links at Sciencesopt.net
• Statistics : n, sum, avg, max, min & range. 

Interactive:

• Measure it!  Interactive game from FunBrain.com  Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty levels.

Bar Graphs & Line Graphs

• Learning How to Graph Correctly Lab : What days are the busiest in the Maternity Ward? Collect class data on Birthdays. Make a Bar Graph to represent what day of the week had the most births. Make a Line Graph to represent what numerical day of the  month had the most births.    TOP

• Volume Lab of Regular and Irregular Objects:  Station Lab.  

• Regular Objects: Place blocks of different sizes around room. Groups will rotate and measure in cm or mm sides of blocks then calculate the volume in cm3 or mm3. 

• Irregular Object Lab :  Set up paper clips, rubber stoppers, marbles, etc. End mL - Start mL = mL or cm3. 

NEW! Interactive:

• Pour to Score - logic problem using volume

• Can you fill it? Fill the container with the fewest # of pours

Speed & Acceleration 

• Take a Walk! Lab: Students will calculate and graph their walking speed.
• Balloon Racers - Students will design a balloon powered race car.  Great activity for calculating speed and incorporating Newton's Laws.

Forces in Fluids 

Interactive:

• How far can your airplane fly? Online paper airplane activity with worksheet (pdf)

Work, Power, & Simple Machines 

Electricity & Magnetism 

• Van de Graaff Generator links : History | Sparks

•  Theater of Electricity | Energy Quest

NEW! Interactive:

• Circuits: Can you make the light bulb light up?

• Ohms Law: What happens when you change the voltage and resistance in a circuit?

• Electromagnets: how much can you lift?

• Static Charge: explore static charge and what makes a spark

NEW! Interactive:

• Kinetic Energy and Temperature - What happens when you change the temperature?

• Potential and Kinetic Energy: Take the paint can up the ladder.

• Roller Coaster: How PE and KE changes

Waves

NEW! Interactive:

• Wave Graphing: Change the amplitude and frequency to see what happens to the boat.