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Air Is Matter part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is a series of investigations about air and its properties. How air exists all around us, and things it is capable of doing.
Is Air Matter? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a mini-lab where students determine a procedure they might use to prove that air is matter.
Conservation of Mass Gum Lab part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Students develop and conduct an experiment using the law of conservation of mass to determine whether or not gum should be considered food. Students will compare the mass swallowed for sugar and sugar-free gum. This could be used to discuss solubility.
Density-Mystery Canisters part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
For this lesson, we want students to become familiar with the concept density through the experimentation of placing different substances and objects into empty prescription pill bottles and placing them into fresh ...
Measuring and Comparing Matter part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a lab investigation where students gather data about the masses of various solid objects found in a classroom. The students graph their data, compare their data, and draw conclusions about what kinds of materials contain more matter than others.
Changes in Gas Volume/Gas Laws part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a hands-on activity to help students learn the behavior of gas particles.
Do Water Molecules Have Space Between Them? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a guided inquiry where students will investigate if water molecules have any space between them.
Air Has Matter part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is a series of activities demonstrating that air has mass, takes up space, and can exert a force on objects enough to lift them.
Air- She's so heavy! part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is an inquiry activity that relies of pervious understanding of balancing and weighing to introduce a properties of air.
What Is The Matter? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
The students will use investigation and data collection to investigate the three states of matter. They will draw conclusions about the physical properties by answering questions.