Boyle's Law investigation using marshmallows in a syringe part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is an activity where students watch what happens to marshmallows under pressure and relate it to Boyle's law.

Scientific Method Lab Using Bubble Gum part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a lab investigation where students gather data which compares 2 types of bubble gum, while learning to use the scientific method to collect qualitative and quantitative data using SI units.

Elements - Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is a lab activity where the students group the given elements as metals, nonmetals or metalloids.

Acid-Base Titration of an Eggshell part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is acid-base titration lab where students determine the percent of calcium carbonate in an eggshell.

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

Using Simpson's Reciprocal Index to Identify and Compare Habitat Biodiversity part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a field investigation where students will compare the biodiversity of two separate habitats based on the collection and identification of insects.

Making Hydrogen Gas From a Decomposition Reaction part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is a lab designed to allow students to create and collect gas through a simple acid-metal reaction.

Investigation of Heat capacity and Specific Heat: Using Different Temperatures of Water and Solids part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a chemistry lab-based investigation where students apply observational skills and critical thinking skills to finding specific heat and heat capacity using different temperatures of water and solids. A final activity will assess students understanding of specific heat and heat capacity and promote data analysis skills, using real-life situations.

The Three Bears Heat Investigation--It's Just Right part of 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.

Being Darwin's Finches part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is an activity that involves students modeling the behavior and competition that Charles Darwin's finches would have gone through as they competed for food and space on the Galapagos Islands. Some will survive. Some won't.