"Does it Float?" An inquiry-based activity investigating buoyancy part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is an inquiry-based activity in which students will need to work together as a class to solve the following problem: they must construct a "boat" entirely out of modeling clay that is capable of supporting 150 grams of cargo without sinking.

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.

Sponge Lab: Experimenting With Absorption part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity allows students to brainstorm investigable questions, conduct an experiment, and communicate the results related to our invertebrate animal study; specifically sponges and absorption. (Lesson is based on an original activity from "Porifera's Porosity", Holt Science and Technology - Animals, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston 2002, pages 50-51.)

Investigating Pendulums: Calculating the Effect of Mass, Length, and Angular Displacement on Period part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This physics lab activity is an introduction to Simple Harmonic Motion, utilizing the variables of mass, length, and angular displacement to determine their effect on period. Acceleration of gravity is calculated and the results of manual data collection and Vernier LabPro data collection are compared.

Investigating Projectile Motion: Creating a Catapult part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a project where students build a catapult and analyze the energy transformations, role of Newton's Laws, and role of friction and other forces.

Investigating Electricity part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a group lab activity where students explore beginning electrical circuits.

Investigating Sound: Vibrations are the Source of Sound part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a classroom activity where students use the inquiry method to answer the question "How is sound made?" by observing different sound producers and coming up with their own conclusion.

Rotational Motion: Various Spools: Investigating Moment of Inertia and Torque part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
In this physics lab, students investigate the effects of different sizes of spools on the effect of torque and moment of inertia.

Investigating How to Create a Stronger Electromagnet part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a guided inquiry investigation where students will propose a question on what makes an electromagnet stronger. They will conduct a controlled experiment to answer their own question.

Measuring and Graphing Toy Water Animal Growth part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an guided inquiry based lesson where students measure and graph data on a two-coordinate graph the growth of a toy animal submerged in water over a period of time.

4th Grade Students Investigate Electric Circuits Through Construction and Illustration part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
As an activity related to FOSS unit Magnetism and Electricity, 4th grade science students use a computer download to explore electrical circuits and to generate illustrations of electrical circuits for physical models built in class

Investigating Motion - Graphing Speed part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This introduction to motion activity has students exploring speed and acceleration using a wheeled office chair and rope to pull a student a given distance and record the time. The results are graphed and different outcomes are predicted when variables are changed.

Science on a Skateboard - Applications of Newton's Third Law part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Interactive Lectures:Examples
A think, pair, share activity with Socratic questioning to help students begin to understand rocket propulsion.

Think-Pair-Share Analysis of the Operation of a Metal Detector part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Interactive Lectures:Examples
The activity presents a Think-Pair-Share analysis of a metal detector including a simulation.

Context-rich problem for cooperative group problem solving - Electric Force part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Context-Rich Problems:Examples
Context-rich problem for electrostatics in an introductory physics class. The instructional setting uses cooperative group problem solving.

Iron in my cereal part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a hands on activity where students will gather information on their findings about iron in different cereals. Then use their finding and give reasonings of the differences and similarities.

Reflection Race: exploring reflection of light part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Students will explore reflection using hand mirrors and a laser pointer in this competitive activity.

Investigating Sound: Using pipe music to understand pitch and length. part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a classroom experiment where students learn about sound. Students will use musical instruments to explore the relationship between length and pitch.

Marble Stop part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a classroom investigation where students test the impact track shape has on vertical distance of a rolling object.

Construction of a Complex Machine Through Classroom Collaboration part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Successful completion of this cooperative learning activity requires the active involvement of the individual, the small group and the entire classroom (collaboration). The goal is to make a simple task as complicated as possible by constructing a single complex machine.