Sea of Sorrow: The Crude Reality of Oil Spills Worksheet and Experiment

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Immerse your students in a thought-provoking exploration of the devastating impact of oil spills on our oceans with this engaging worksheet and hands-on experiment. This resource combines an informative reading passage with a captivating experiment to deepen students' understanding of the consequences of oil spills and the importance of effective cleanup methods.

Wondrous Water Erosion Worksheet: Investigating Nature's Nurturer and Nuisance

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Engage your students in a hands-on exploration of water erosion with this worksheet This activity and reading passage is designed to help students understand the fascinating process of erosion and its effects on the Earth's surface while giving students a nonfiction text to read and discuss.

 

Understanding Sand Dunes

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In this sand dune activity, students will have the opportunity to explore five different types of sand dunes: barchan, parabolic, star, transverse, and longitudinal (seif).

This Sand Dune Lab worksheet offers a hands-on experience in understanding different sand dune types and their characteristics. By creating sand dune models and answering related questions, students will deepen their knowledge of these geological formations and their connection to wind patterns.

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Earth Science: Understanding Glaciers Lab

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This is an interactive digital glacier lab that will help students understand what glaciers are, what some of the formations and deposits look like, and will have students explore how glaciers grow and shrink, and how scientists go about discovering glacial movement speeds over time as well as finding out how scientists come up with the numbers of how long glaciers will last at current rates. Students will actually be the scientist discovering the rate of speed as they build their own interactive glacier using Phet. You will need computers that can run Java.

The Mad Scientist Vocabulary Review Game

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Introducing "The Mad Scientist Game," an exciting and interactive review activity designed to make studying for tests enjoyable and engaging for students. This game is perfect for teachers looking for a fun way to review concepts and vocabulary with their classes. With simple rules and an element of competition, students will have a blast while reinforcing their knowledge.

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Momentum and Impulse Problems to be Solved With Answer Key

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This worksheet is designed to help students strengthen their understanding of momentum and impulse in physics. Through a series of engaging problems and calculations, students will explore concepts such as momentum, force, velocity, and kinetic energy.

Engaging with these problems will enhance your comprehension of momentum and impulse concepts while honing your problem-solving skills. Have fun tackling the challenges and mastering the principles of physics!

The answer key is provided as well.

Collision and Momentum Digital Lab

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This physics lab worksheet focuses on exploring the concepts of collision and momentum using a simulation. The lab is designed to engage students by interacting with a digital simulation of two balls slamming into each other. Students will make predictions, and analyze outcomes. Students will develop a deeper understanding of momentum, velocities, and the differences between elastic and inelastic collisions. It is suitable for middle school and high school physics or physical science classes.

Marble Physics

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Students will be engaged in hands-on experimentation and discover the principles of motion and collision through a series of captivating lab exercises.

Lab Setup: To begin, set up the lab by placing one end of the track on two reading books and the other end on a pencil, creating a slanted track. The angle of the track will determine the direction of the marble movement.

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Pond Water Lab

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In this lab, you will be exploring the organisms present in pond water. Add leaves and grasses to your pond water. Students will observe and document the organisms found in the water over a two-week period. Additionally, they will analyze the data, calculate rates of organism increase, create a function, and make predictions about future organism populations. 

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