Student Application

Find out how the same lab tools students use in the classroom are used in a variety of careers from construction to chef to doctor.

Learning Objectives

1. Students will know the names of and uses for different tools used in scientific inquiry.
2. Students will understand that the same tools they use in the classroom are used by people at home and in their careers.
3. Students will understand the importance of using scientific tools correctly.
4. St...
   
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Supporting Activities

1. Tools for life. Ask students to make a list of or draw the tools they learned about in the video. Encourage students to work together to think of other scientific tools that they have seen used in the classroom. Ask students to go home and find out what kinds of tools their parents use at home and on the job. Have students draw pictures or...
   
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Student Application

Come join us in the "matter kitchen" as we learn that our entire world is made of matter.

Learning Objectives

1. Students will understand that all objects everywhere, those you can see and even those you cannot see, are made up of matter.
2. Students will realize that not all matter is the same. Some objects are alike, and some are different.
3. Students will know the five senses that aid us in learning more about matter: se...
   
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Supporting Activities

1. Before viewing the video
   1. Bring several objects (solids, liquids, and, if possible, gases) into the classroom (or use objects already in the classroom). Ask the students to describe objects. See if the students can think of any ways to group the objects into categories (all of the solids, all of the...
      
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Student Application

Use your five senses to discover the properties of matter.

Learning Objectives

1. Students will learn matter is all of the stuff in our world.
2. Students will understand matter has mass and takes up space.
3. Students will know matter has different properties. You can use your five senses to discover the properties of different matter.
4. Students will understand all matter i...
   
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Supporting Activities

1. Mystery Box. Have students use their five senses to describe the different properties of matter. Fill several shoeboxes with various items (thimble, cotton ball, orange slice, etc.) Have students work in pairs. One student should close his eyes while the other student hands him objects from the mystery box. The student should use his senses ...
   
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