High School Resource Salts & Solubility by PhET This simulation will allow students to add different salts to water, then watch them dissolve and achieve a dynamic equilibrium with solid precipitate. They can compare the number of ions in solution for highly soluble NaCl to other slightly soluble salts and then relate the charges on […]

Middle School Resource Balancing Act by PhET This simulation will allow students to play with objects on a teeter totter to learn about balance. Using the simulation, students will: Predict how objects of various masses can be used to make a plank balance. Predict how changing the positions of the masses on the plank will […]

High School Resource The Greenhouse Effect by PhET This simulation will allow students to see how the Earth’s temperature changes due to the Greenhouse Effect. Students can select the level of atmospheric greenhouse gases during an ice age, in the year 1750, today, or at some time in the future. Just how do greenhouse gases […]

Middle School Resource Project Earth Game by Teaching Channel The objective of the lesson in this video is for students to work as a mock community to see how choices impact the environment. Related NY State Academic Standards: SL.5.1.c and SL.5.1.d! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, […]

Elementary School Resource The Living Earth by Discovery Education In this activity, students will: discuss glaciers and how they change the land; do an activity that illustrates how glaciers change the land, and make a class list of what causes changes to our planet’s structure. Related NY State Academic Standards: S.2.ESS.2.1, S.4.ESS.2.1, MST4.E.PS2, and more! […]

Middle School Resource Plant Pollination by Discovery Education In this activity, students will: identify the different parts of a flower and understand their functions and understand the importance of pollen for plant reproduction and diversity. Related NY State Academic Standards: S.MS.LS.1.6, S.MS.LS.1.4, MST4.E.LE.6, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands […]

High School Resource The Parachute The Parachute is an activity in which students design and then conduct an experiment to investigate the effects of various factors on the rate of fall of parachutes. This learning experience was designed as a variance for the Physics Regents examination (35% Option). In addition to supporting student progress toward […]

Middle School Resource Balloon Blow-up by Exploratorium In this experiment: Pour about an inch of liquid–half vinegar, half water–into the bottle. Use the funnel to fill the ballon half full of baking soda. (If you don’t have a funnel, you can use a straw to load the balloon. Stick the straw into the baking soda, […]

Elementary School Resource Spinning Blimps by Exploratorium This activity demonstrates how to create a spinning “blimp” using paper. Related NY State Academic Standards: S.K-2.ETS.1.3, S.3-5.ETS.1.1, MST1.E.ED.1.4, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

High School Resource Electric Heart This web-based practice allows students to: see how a heart works manipulate an interactive and perform a heart transplant learn interesting facts about the heart learn how an artificial person could be created Using this resource is an engaging approach allowing students to learn about the parts of the heart […]