Middle School Resource Respiration Stations by Kinetic City How do you think oxygen gets from the air into the parts of your body that need it? How many steps do you think it takes? In this activity, students will trace the path oxygen takes from breathing to running, jumping, lifting, or anything else they need […]

Elementary School Resource The Circulatory System – Part I In this activity, the nurse/teacher will observe each child locating his or her heart and describing it as a pump. Related NY State Academic Standards: HPF.HE, HPF.HE.E.1.1.A, HPF.HE.E.1.1.B, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, […]

High School Resource Generator by PhET This simulation will allow students to generate electricity with a bar magnet. They will discover the physics behind the phenomena by exploring magnets and how you can use them to make a bulb light. Using this simulation, students will: Identify equipment and conditions that produce induction. Compare and contrast […]

Middle School Resource Circles of Magnetism I by Exploratorium In this experiment, you’ll learn that compass needles are little magnets that are free to rotate. Compasses allow us to observe the direction of a magnetic field. Normally, they respond to the earth’s magnetic field, orienting themselves parallel to magnetic field lines. If we create a […]

Elementary School Resource Magnetic Suction by Exploratorium This experiment shows how your doorbell works. A coil of wire with current flowing through it forms an electromagnet that acts very much like a bar magnet. The coil will magnetize an iron nail and attract it in a remarkably vigorous way. Related NY State Academic Standards: S.3.PS.2.1, […]

High School Resource Producing Oxygen and Chlorine Gases in a Syringe In this lab experience, students will be producing oxygen and chlorine gases in a syringe. Related NY State Academic Standards: MST4.C.C.PS3.4! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

Middle School Resource Cold Metal by Exploratorium For this activity, place your palms flat on the various surfaces and compare how cold they feel. Arrange the materials in order from cold to warm. Then place the liquid crystal thermometer, or regular thermometer, on each surface. Notice that all the materials are at the same temperature. […]

Elementary School Resource Give and Take: Color and Heat Absorption by Exploratorium Experiment: Using a postcard made of temperature-sensitive liquid crystal material, you can monitor temperature changes. By observing these changes, you can show that dark materials absorb and reemit the energy contained in light more readily than light-colored materials. Related NY State Academic Standards: […]

High School Resource How Cells Divide This website compares and contrasts the phases of mitosis and meiosis using an interactive simulation. Students can see the processes side by side so they have a visual comparison of the two processes. Students can also read about other ways that couples are having babies in today’s society. Related […]

Middle School Resource Twins! by Discovery Education In this lesson, students will understand the following: Identical twins are genetically identical. For this reason, twins separated at birth and later reunited have been subjects for scientific researchers investigating the influence of heredity and environment on human personality. Related NY State Academic Standards: S.MS.LS.2.4, S.MS.LS.1.5, S.MS.LS.3.1, and […]