plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking and answering questions, making inferences, and selecting and using equipment or technology needed, to solve a specific problem in the natural world;
An activity to demonstrate what happens to a variety of liquids when heat is removed.
A 31-slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about solids, liquids, and gases.
An activity to demonstrate how a change of state between solid and liquid (and back again) can be caused by adding or removing heat.
A template to help introduce making a hypothesis before starting an investigation.
A science experiment which investigates the relationship between multiple forces acting on a single object in various ways.
A diverse template to help students craft inquiry questions to produce different types of research projects.
A science investigation in which the students investigate how to use thrust force to increase the speed of a model car.
A set of 20 STEM challenge cards for students, suitable for the middle year levels.
A science experiment which investigates the buoyancy of different objects when placed in water.
A worksheet to use when developing the concept of a fair test.
A worksheet used to check the students' knowledge of working scientifically.
A 17 slide PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about how to make a fair test in Science.
A teaching presentation discussing the development of a scientific hypothesis.
A teaching presentation discussing the development of scientific lines of questioning.
A worksheet to help the students begin the process of a scientific investigation.
A worksheet to use when developing the concept of a fair test in a science investigation.
A STEM challenge suitable for students in the middle years.
A fun design task that encourages creative thinking and design engineering.
A set of 12 STEM challenge cards for your students to enjoy during the holiday season.
A recording sheet to use when completing a Science experiment.
A hands-on investigation task that allows students to design, create, and evaluate the effectiveness of a parachute.
A 60-minute lesson designed to investigate the relationship between force and the resulting speed of an object.
A 60-minute lesson in which the students investigate how moving objects in different ways affects the strength of friction force.
A 60-minute lesson in which the students investigate the forces involved in throwing, dropping, bouncing, and rolling, and how they affect an object.
A 60-minute lesson in which students will recognize that not all substances can be easily classified on the basis of their observable properties.