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Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
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Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
Second Grade
Physical Science
Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.
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Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
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Halloween Decorations: Make Ghouly Hands!
Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.
Second Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Simple Machines: Lever
Simple Machines: Lever
Worksheet
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Simple Machines: Lever
Second Grade
Physical Science
Pull the lever on learning! Get to know one of the six simple machines with this worksheet about the lever.
Worksheet
Simple Machines: Lever
Simple Machines: Lever
Worksheet
Simple Machines: Lever
Pull the lever on learning! Get to know one of the six simple machines with this worksheet about the lever.
Second Grade
Physical Science
Worksheet
Chemical and Physical Changes
Chemical and Physical Changes
Interactive Worksheet
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Chemical and Physical Changes
Third Grade
Physical Science
Change up your regular classwork with this hands-on science worksheet!
Interactive Worksheet
Chemical and Physical Changes
Chemical and Physical Changes
Interactive Worksheet
Chemical and Physical Changes
Change up your regular classwork with this hands-on science worksheet!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Interactive Worksheet
Design a Great Glass Xylophone!
Design a Great Glass Xylophone!
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Design a Great Glass Xylophone!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.
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Design a Great Glass Xylophone!
Design a Great Glass Xylophone!
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Design a Great Glass Xylophone!
Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.
Third Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Light and Mirrors
Light and Mirrors
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Light and Mirrors
Third Grade
Physical Science
How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.
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Light and Mirrors
Light and Mirrors
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Light and Mirrors
How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.
Third Grade
Physical Science
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Make a Fistful of Slime!
Make a Fistful of Slime!
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Make a Fistful of Slime!
First Grade
Physical Science
Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.
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Make a Fistful of Slime!
Make a Fistful of Slime!
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Make a Fistful of Slime!
Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.
First Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Homemade Submarine
Homemade Submarine
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Homemade Submarine
Third Grade
Physical Science
Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.
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Homemade Submarine
Homemade Submarine
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Homemade Submarine
Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.
Third Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Rock Candy Science
Rock Candy Science
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Rock Candy Science
Second Grade
Measurement
The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!
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Rock Candy Science
Rock Candy Science
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Rock Candy Science
The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!
Second Grade
Measurement
Activity
Superhero Strength
Superhero Strength
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Superhero Strength
Third Grade
Physical Science
This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!
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Superhero Strength
Superhero Strength
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Superhero Strength
This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Take the Paper Plate Snack Test!
Take the Paper Plate Snack Test!
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Take the Paper Plate Snack Test!
First Grade
Physical Science
Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.
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Take the Paper Plate Snack Test!
Take the Paper Plate Snack Test!
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Take the Paper Plate Snack Test!
Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.
First Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Predicting How Things Move
Predicting How Things Move
Worksheet
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Predicting How Things Move
Third Grade
Physical Science
Put your prediction proficiency to the test in this third-grade physical science worksheet!
Worksheet
Predicting How Things Move
Predicting How Things Move
Worksheet
Predicting How Things Move
Put your prediction proficiency to the test in this third-grade physical science worksheet!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Worksheet
Make Your Own Soap
Make Your Own Soap
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Make Your Own Soap
Third Grade
Physical Science
Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.
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Make Your Own Soap
Make Your Own Soap
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Make Your Own Soap
Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.
Third Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Investigate Static Electricity
Investigate Static Electricity
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Investigate Static Electricity
Second Grade
Physical Science
Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!
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Investigate Static Electricity
Investigate Static Electricity
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Investigate Static Electricity
Introduce your child to the amazing, almost magical phenomenon of static electricity!
Second Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Spinning Color Wheel
Spinning Color Wheel
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Spinning Color Wheel
Third Grade
Physical Science
Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!
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Spinning Color Wheel
Spinning Color Wheel
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Spinning Color Wheel
Help your curious third grader construct a dazzling spinning wheel that will teach him about the science behind colors while providing some silly entertainment!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Seesaw Pattern Detective
Seesaw Pattern Detective
Worksheet
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Seesaw Pattern Detective
Third Grade
Physical Science
Use your detective skills to predict the motion of a seesaw in this third-grade worksheet!
Worksheet
Seesaw Pattern Detective
Seesaw Pattern Detective
Worksheet
Seesaw Pattern Detective
Use your detective skills to predict the motion of a seesaw in this third-grade worksheet!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Worksheet
Forms of Energy Overview
Forms of Energy Overview
Worksheet
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Forms of Energy Overview
Third Grade
Physical Science
Learn about some of the most common forms of energy with this helpful one-pager for third graders!
Worksheet
Forms of Energy Overview
Forms of Energy Overview
Worksheet
Forms of Energy Overview
Learn about some of the most common forms of energy with this helpful one-pager for third graders!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Worksheet
Ice Cream Science
Ice Cream Science
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Ice Cream Science
First Grade
Physical Science
What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!
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Ice Cream Science
Ice Cream Science
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Ice Cream Science
What's a liquid? What's a solid? What better way to experiment than by turning a childhood favorite, ice cream, into a homemade science lesson!
First Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Heat Detectives: Tracking Heat Transfer
Heat Detectives: Tracking Heat Transfer
Worksheet
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Heat Detectives: Tracking Heat Transfer
Third Grade
Physical Science
Warm up your scientific thinking with this colorful worksheet!
Worksheet
Heat Detectives: Tracking Heat Transfer
Heat Detectives: Tracking Heat Transfer
Worksheet
Heat Detectives: Tracking Heat Transfer
Warm up your scientific thinking with this colorful worksheet!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Worksheet
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #3
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #3
Worksheet
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Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #3
Third Grade
Physical Science
Consider the factors that affect magnetic forces in this informative third- and fourth-grade worksheet!
Worksheet
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #3
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #3
Worksheet
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #3
Consider the factors that affect magnetic forces in this informative third- and fourth-grade worksheet!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Worksheet
Play Forensic Flashlight Tricks
Play Forensic Flashlight Tricks
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Play Forensic Flashlight Tricks
Third Grade
Physical Science
Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.
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Play Forensic Flashlight Tricks
Play Forensic Flashlight Tricks
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Play Forensic Flashlight Tricks
Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.
Third Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #2
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #2
Worksheet
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Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #2
Third Grade
Physical Science
Explore the strength of magnetic forces with this worksheet for third and fourth graders!
Worksheet
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #2
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #2
Worksheet
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #2
Explore the strength of magnetic forces with this worksheet for third and fourth graders!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Worksheet
Forms of Energy at an Amusement Park
Forms of Energy at an Amusement Park
Worksheet
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Forms of Energy at an Amusement Park
Third Grade
Physical Science
Take a science-filled trip to an amusement park in this third- and fourth-grade worksheet!
Worksheet
Forms of Energy at an Amusement Park
Forms of Energy at an Amusement Park
Worksheet
Forms of Energy at an Amusement Park
Take a science-filled trip to an amusement park in this third- and fourth-grade worksheet!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Worksheet
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #1
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #1
Worksheet
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Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #1
Third Grade
Physical Science
Determine which magnets have the strongest force in this third- and fourth-grade worksheet!
Worksheet
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #1
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #1
Worksheet
Compare the Strengths of Magnetic Forces #1
Determine which magnets have the strongest force in this third- and fourth-grade worksheet!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Worksheet
Pop Bottle Science
Pop Bottle Science
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Pop Bottle Science
Third Grade
Physical Science
Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!
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Pop Bottle Science
Pop Bottle Science
Activity
Pop Bottle Science
Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Design a Floating Cork Boat
Design a Floating Cork Boat
Activity
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Design a Floating Cork Boat
Third Grade
Physical Science
Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?
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Design a Floating Cork Boat
Design a Floating Cork Boat
Activity
Design a Floating Cork Boat
Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?
Third Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Amazing Aerodynamics
Amazing Aerodynamics
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Amazing Aerodynamics
Third Grade
Physical Science
This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.
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Amazing Aerodynamics
Amazing Aerodynamics
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Amazing Aerodynamics
This easy aerodynamics activity is a simple way to introduce kids to the scientific method.
Third Grade
Physical Science
Activity
How to Make a Bouncy Ball
How to Make a Bouncy Ball
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How to Make a Bouncy Ball
Third Grade
Physical Science
In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.
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How to Make a Bouncy Ball
How to Make a Bouncy Ball
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How to Make a Bouncy Ball
In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.
Third Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Test the Power of Baking Powder
Test the Power of Baking Powder
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Test the Power of Baking Powder
Third Grade
Physical Science
Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one thing: baking powder!
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Test the Power of Baking Powder
Test the Power of Baking Powder
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Test the Power of Baking Powder
Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one thing: baking powder!
Third Grade
Physical Science
Activity
Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon
Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon
Activity
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Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon
Third Grade
Measurement
How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!
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Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon
Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon
Activity
Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon
How powerful is the reaction between baking soda and vinegar? Find out here!
Third Grade
Measurement
Activity
Simple Machines: Wheel and Axle
Simple Machines: Wheel and Axle
Lesson Plan
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Simple Machines: Wheel and Axle
Second Grade
Physical Science
What do a bicycle and a car have in common? They both move using the simple machine wheel and axle. In this lesson, students learn about how this simple machine works, and will identify objects that use a wheel and axle.
Lesson Plan
Simple Machines: Wheel and Axle
Simple Machines: Wheel and Axle
Lesson Plan
Simple Machines: Wheel and Axle
What do a bicycle and a car have in common? They both move using the simple machine wheel and axle. In this lesson, students learn about how this simple machine works, and will identify objects that use a wheel and axle.
Second Grade
Physical Science
Lesson Plan
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