Charles' Law and Ivory Soap part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a 2 part lab activity where students record properties of various bars of soap, and make models of molecules as they are cooled or heated. Students develop a new experiment changing one variable.

Properties of Cations: Flame Test Lab part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
In this lab students will make qualitative observations of flame color, a property of metals, to identify unknown metals in salt compounds.

Investigating Magnetism: What are Magnets and Why Do They Attract or Repel? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a classroom lab in which students observe and investigate how magnets interact with each other and the objects around them.

Investigating pH of common household substances part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a classroom lab where students test common household liquids for pH level on the pH continuum, 1-14. They compare and contrast everyday use of the liquids, and how this relates to the liquids' pH property.

Consumer Testing and the Scientific Method part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Using paper towels this activity introduces using the scientific method to set up and test and experiment.

Chemical Reactions and Pancakes part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Students will compare ingredients in two different pancake recipes, then taste the difference. We will talk about the chemical reaction that happened when the recipes are mixed and why there are bubbles in the pancakes.

Physics Motion Activities for Second Grade part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
The activity consists of a story and two experiments demonstrating how push and pull can make objects move.

Investigating Motion With Marbles part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Through the use of marbles, this investigative experiment gives students the opportunity to learn about motion.

Observing, Describing and Measuring Changing Physical Properties: Making Ice Cream part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Students will use science skills of observing, describing and measuring in the context of Making Ice Cream. Students will understand the concept that physical properties can change.

Mixtures, Solutions and Saturation: Testing Household Materials part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a laboratory extension where students test and collect data on two kitchen materials in the categories of solubility, saturation, chemical reaction and weights. Thus, giving students opportunity to reinforce skills already learned.

Sink or Float? Inquiry Investigation part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Students explore and experiment with various objects to find which materials will float or sink. They record predictions and results, and generate ideas about the properties of materials that float or sink.

Investigating with magnets: attraction and repelling part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is a classroom activity where students create magnetic cats and see what occurs when the cats are placed next to each other. Students will be informally investigating magnetic attraction and repelling.

The Three Bears Heat Investigation--It's Just Right part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is a classroom lab investigation where students use the story of the three bears to discover inadequacies in the story and discover how to make them correct. Convection, conduction and radiation are involved.

Introduction to Open and Closed Electrical Circuits part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Students will act out open and closed circuits and is followed by individual journal writing and a class discussion.

Measuring and Comparing Temperatures part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an inquiry lesson where students learn how to accurately read a thermometer and then set up an investigation to compare the temperatures of different materials or locations.

Investigating The Magnetic Force Field: Calculating the magnetic pull of a magnet by varying distances. part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a classroom investigation of the magnetic force of a bar magnet where students conduct an experiment, collect the data, and make interpretations of that data (conclusions).

Investigation of Newtonian Forces on Plate Tectonics part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This model-making activity gives students an opportunity visualize Newtonian forces acting on a single point as well as combined forces acting to produce synclines and anticlines in Earth's crust. Students will analyze models to interpret findings of plate movements.

Physics of Sound: How does length affect pitch? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an investigation where students use tools to determine how the length of a sound source affects its pitch.

Investigate Chemical Changes - What are some signs of chemical change? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a classroom lab activity that demonstrates chemical change in a dramatic way using a few inexpensive, easily obtainable materials.

Mystery Powders: An Introduction to Physical and Chemical Properties part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
In this classroom guided inquiry lesson, students will complete a serious of tests using five different mystery powders. Student will develop hypotheses, make observations, and draw conclusions about what each powder is and the physical and chemical reactions that occur when heat, water, iodine, and vinegar are added to each substance.