What makes things move? part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an inquiry approach to teaching what force is. Students will learn what push, pull, gravity, and friction are.

Understanding Half–Life : Simulating the process of a radioactive material decaying according to the concept of a half-life. part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
In this activity, students will learn the concept of half-life of a radioactive material. Students will create and be able to recognize a graph representing the half-life of an imaginary radioactive element.

Investigating Motion: What Causes Objects to Move? part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a structured inquiry into why objects move and why some objects move farther than others. Students will make predictions on how far an object will move when blown on, blow on the objects, measure the distances they moved and record their findings.

Lab: Conservation of Mass part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This investigation is a lab where students find out if mass is created or destroyed in a closed system. Students will balance the chemical equation to re-enforce their findings.

Air Is Matter part of 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.

Modeling Valence Electrons part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a guided practice and scaffolding activity in which the students learn how to configure electrons of elements and determine the number of valence electrons.

Rock Cycle Skit part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a skit, commercial or song/rap about the rock cycle

The First Law of Motion: The Tower of Coins part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity will provide the students with an opportunity to use inquiry. This activity will also help them to begin to understand friction and inertia,.

Hot Wheelin' with Speed, Acceleration, and Data Graphs part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a lab investigation where students observe, record, and gather data on the speed, acceleration, constant speed, and average speed of toy cars. This activity allows for futher investigation of speed, time, and distance of objects to calculate speed and acceleration.

How Enzymes Work: Investigating their specificity and susceptibility to environmental factors using Jell-O. part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a lab investigation in which students design and conduct experiments using pineapple juice containing the enzyme bromelain and its affect on the substrate gelatin found in Jell-O. The focus of student driven investigations are on enzyme specificity, activity and the impact of environmental factors on enzyme functioning.