science experiment rubric image Science Experiment Rubric

This is the rubric I use to grade each student's science experiment that they present to the class.

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division, number sqares, and arrays explorer Visually Demonstrate Division to Students

Teachers can create arrays and visually show how division works.  Using the program students can also work on estimation, factoring, remainders, and fractions that all deal with division.  Factor Pairs and Prime factors can also be shown.  TeacherRead more about this product.

Volcano Eruption Style: Surtseyan Video

This volcanic eruption style is called Surtseyan, named after the island of Surtsey.  Surtseyan volcanoes erupt below the surface of the water.

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Exploring the Petrified Forest National Park Video

Embark on an extraordinary adventure as two explorers venture beyond the conventional trails and unearth the hidden treasures nestled within Petrified National Park.Read more about this product.

Can you drink too much water? Video

Here is a quick video that discusses what would happen if you drank too much water.  More importantly though is that it discusses many organs that help your body's systems.

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Nixon Leads Through Final Chapter

This video explores President Richard M. Nixon's promise and approach to the Vietnam Conflict/War.

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Volcano Science Experiment Demonstration

Demonstrate how magma is more buoyant than the surrounding earth material.  Volcanoes erupt simply because the melted rock rises up through cracks in the crust.  This science experiment will easily demonstrate this concept.

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learn context clues game Context Clues in Space Game

In this game, students will destroy aliens and space junk.  If they get an alien, they have to answer a context clues question.  If they miss, they lose a life.  How many aliens can they hit?Read more about this product.

Policy Of Containment

This is a great video clip to help explain the George Kennan's proposed policy containment of Soviet style communism at the end of World War II (WWII, WW2, World War 2) and at the beginning of the Cold War that would bring about the iron curtain.Read more about this product.

How to create square bubbles Experiment Video

Steve Spangler does a great job presenting videos and experiments for kids.  Here is a video and his website.  In this video he demonstrates how to create square bubbles.

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Why do we get nervous? Video

This video teaches the science behind getting nervous and how it involves adrenaline. 

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Mental math gone wrong on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

How well can you or your students complete a simple mental math question under pressure?  This video shows a young woman losing out on the first round of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire because she couldn't calculate a simple division or multiplicatRead more about this product.

Understanding the Battery

This video shows the history of batteries.  Find out who were key inventors and what all the important parts of the battery are.

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What are population distributions? Video

This is an introduction to population distributions.  It talks about the three different population distributions:  aggregated, uniform, and random.Read more about this product.

Comparing the sizes of shapes image Comparing the sizes of shapes

Students will compare the size of each pair of shapes. They will color each shape according to the comparison.

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Nashville Sit Ins

This is a great video to help introduce or review the Nashville, Tennessee Sit ins during the Civil Rights Movement.

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Baltimore Landslide Video

Watch as a whole line of cars falls off into a ravine in this amazing amateur video.  This would be a great video to show during a unit on erosion, deposition, and landslides.

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measuring lengths Measure the length or the height of the animals

Students will measure the length of a bird, snake, dog, hippo, and a goat. They will also measure the height of a giraffe. This worksheet includes a comparing activity and some practice with spelling.

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Saturn's Moon Enceladus Video

Explore with your students Saturn's moon Enceladus.  Did you know that scientists believe they have finally confirmed under-ice oceans on Enceladus?

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What is Gluten? Video

What is Gluten?  Why are there so many commercials about Gluten.  In this short video you can get the simple answers.

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create clock image Create your Own Clock Image Tool

Teachers can use this clock image generator to custom design a clock and then save the image to use in your presentation about clocks or time.  There are many variables that a teacher can manipulate to generate multiple clocks.  Once finished withRead more about this product.

find the correct spelling saxon 6 image Which is the correct spelling?

In this spelling activity, students find the correct spelling of a word from a list of 4 options.  There are 20 words that come from the 3rd Grade Saxon Phonics list lesson 6.

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worldwide earthquake map activity image Current USGS Significant Worldwide Earthquake Investigation

In this Earth Science Earthquake activity, students will explore the USGS current earthquake website. Students will understand what is to be found on the USGS Earthquake website. They will discover how many earthquakes have occurred recently.Read more about this product.

Abraham Lincoln: Mini Biography

This mini biography video provides an excellent overview of the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln.Read more about this product.