MnSTEP Activities



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Investigating Flight with Paper Airplanes part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Students will determine a testable question and create an experiment related to flight of paper airplanes. They will gather and record data and present their findings to classmates.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Subject: Physics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Classroom Activity

Exploring States of Matter - Gases part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
A lesson on states of matter using marbles for molecules expands into 3 more lessons elaborating on properties of a gas.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Subject: Chemistry:General Chemistry
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Balloon Racer Project part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity enables students to apply concepts of 'newton's laws of motion' that are learned in class to a realworld situation by having them create a car powered by a deflating balloon that travels as far as possible.

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics:Newton's Third Law, Newton's Second Law, Newton's First Law
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Egg Drop part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an outdoor lab where students gather data and calculate velocity, acceleration, momentum, and force of a vessel they create to safely deliver 2 eggs from the roof to the pavement below.

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics:Gravity
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity

Monitoring pollution in a freshwater environment part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This inquiry lab is useful for monitoring water pollution in a freshwater system using direct and/or indirect methods.

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity

What sizes are the planets and how do they move around the sun? part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is an activity to help students understand the abstract concept about how planets move around the sun and their relative size compared with other planets in the solar system.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity

Investigate Effects of an Oil Spill part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a classroom chemistry lab where students will test different cleaning methods that could be used in oil spills. They will see the effects how oil spills damage animals and the environment.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Subject: Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes, Geoscience
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity

Investigating Ecosystems: Determining Feeding Relationships among Organisms part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a field investigation in which students identify organisms and their energy sources. Students collect data and create a food web that explains how the organisms in their ecosystem are related.

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Food Webs
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity

Investigating Inertia part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an inquiry investigation where students manipulate a variety of objects in a variety of situations to develop an understanding of inertia.

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics:Newton's First Law
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity

Drawing Atoms part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Drawing two dimensional images of an ataom.

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Subject: Chemistry:General Chemistry:Atomic Structure
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity