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20 Questions
A Chemical Reaction with Sugar and Yeast: Observing Gas
Biomes
Bubbles
Busted Bubbles: Variables (SOL: 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1,5.4)
Butterfly Center
Camouflage: Critter Hide n’ Seek (SOL: K.6, 1.5)
Camouflage: Polar Bears (SOL: K.6, 1.5)
Cells
Chemistry & Nutrition: How’s Your Diet? (SOL 4.1)
Cloud in a Bottle (SOL 2.6)
Conductors or Insulators
Creating Fog in a Bottle
Desalination (SOL 5.6)
Description of displacement
Earthquakes
Egg and Saltwater Experiment: Density of Water
Electric Circuits 1 (light a bulb) Electric Circuits 2 (buzzer and switch) Simple Circuit 3: More with Bulbs Series and Parallel Circuits Series and Parallel longer version (SOL 4.1, 4.3)
Electric Motor
Erosion
Exploration with Light (SOL 5.3)
Fireflies and Cold Light: Investigating Bioluminescence
Food: Fishing in the Ocean
Friction: Friend or Foe? (SOL 4.2)
Geology: The Environment “ROCKS”! (SOL 2.3, 2.7, 3.3, 3.8, 4.8 & 5.7)
Goldfish Lab (SOL 4.5, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2)
Gravity: The Science of Art (SOL 4.1, 5.1 & 6.10)
Habitats: Pond Science (SOL 1.1, 3.5)
High and Low: column length effects on pitch
Higher: Differences in pitch
How Do Boats Float?
Hurricanes (SOL 4.6)
Ice Cube Racing: Observing Heat Conduction
Inertia: Investigating Forces
Investigating Stomata: Which side of a leaf takes in gases?
Limp Lettuce: An experiment illustrating osmosis
Matter: Alice’s Magic Cake (SOL 2.3 & 3.3)
Matter: Glitter Bottles & Oobleck (SOL 2.1 & 2.3 )
Melanin, Skin Color, and the effects of light
Metric Units
Mickey’s Magnets (SOL 2.1, 2.2)
Moon, Earth and Sun
Morse Code and Electric Circuits (SOL 4.1, 4.3)
Observing Details (SOL 6.1)
Our Eyes and Color (SOL 5.3)
Paper Airplane Science (SOL 2.1-5.1)
Phases of the Moon: Review (SOL 3.8)
Photosynthesis
Planting a Seed: Understanding the anatomy of a seed
Polymers: Diapers
Popcorn: Chemical Changes (SOL 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3)
Reversing Raisins: An experiment illustrating osmosis
Reviving Celery: Turgor pressure and plant study (SOL 5.5)
Rock Sort and Edible Rocks (SOL 5.7)
Scientific Investigation: Bubbles (SOL K.1 – 3.1)
Senses: Flavor Detectives (SOL 1.1, 2.1, 3.1 & 4.1)
Solutions: Does 1+1 Always = 2? (SOL 4.1, 5.1 & 5.4)
Sound (SOL 5.2)
Sound & Frequency (SOL 5.2)
Sound and Light Study Guide (SOL 5.2 & 5.3)
Sound Waves (SOL 5.2)
The Earth’s Atmosphere (SOL 6.10)
The Fireproof Balloon: Energy and Water Absorption
The Ocean (SOL 5.6)
The Physics of Sports (SOL 2.1, 3.1, 4.2 & 6.1)
The Power of Wind (SOL 2.1, 3.2 & 3.11)
The Solar System (SOL 6.10)
The Solar System (SOL 6.10)
TIC-TAC-TOE Matter (SOL 3.1, 3.3)
Timing a Chemical Reaction with Alka-Seltzer (SOL 5.1)
Volcanoes (Rock Star)
Weather Changes: Cloud Types (SOL 2.6)
Wonderful World of Slugs (SOL 2.5, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.5 & 5.5)
Yellow and Blue Make Green: Molecular Behavior