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Observing,Comparing and Classifying Rocks part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activitiy is a lab experience where students observe, compare and classify rocks. Close examination of a variety of rocks reveals their differences and can also spark questions regarding their origins.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Creating understanding how metamorphic rock is formed part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity gives a visual representation of how we are able to see the different layers of metamorphic rocks.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration

Radioactive Dating: Looking at Half-Lives Using M&Ms part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is an activity that students will use M&Ms to gain a better understanding of radioactive dating and half-lives.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Subject: Geoscience, Chemistry, Physics:Modern Physics:Nuclear Physics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Investigating Liquids: Color Changing Milk part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This experiment is a lab activity in which students will learn how different liquids react when put together.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
Subject: Chemistry:General Chemistry
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity

Charles' Law and Ivory Soap part of 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.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Subject: Chemistry:General Chemistry:Thermodynamics:Heat, Chemistry:General Chemistry:Thermodynamics, Properties of Matter, Bonding & Molecules
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity

Maximizing Kinetic Energy: An Investigation Using Marbles and Marble Run Construction Sets part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This is an indoor lab where students design marble runs to test what factors affect the final velocity of a marble.

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

The Disintegration of Polystyrene Lab part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This lab activity shows students the Law of Conservation of Matter and intermolecular forces by having them dissolve packing peanuts in acetone.

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Subject: Chemistry:General Chemistry:Bonding & Molecules
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity

"Does it Float?" An inquiry-based activity investigating buoyancy part of 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.

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Subject: Physics:Fluid Mechanics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity

Properties of Cations: Flame Test Lab part of 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.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Subject: Chemistry:General Chemistry:Atomic Structure, Physics:Optics
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity

Duckweed Bioassay part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a bioassay lab where students tested the effect of an environmental toxin (fertilizer) on the growth rate of Duckweed.

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