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Physical Science Resources
Websites
3M are interactives that help students discover real-world science around them. The labs help them make connections to what they are learning in school to the world around them.
Science Kids has free games, fun experiments, science fair projects, facts, videos, quizzes, and more. There are also lesson plans and worksheets for teachers.
This website addresses the effects of climate change through articles, quizzes, maps, videos, and models.
Science4Us teaches students concepts such as gravity, energy, friction, and perspective through modules and videos.
This website has lessons to explore the concepts of motion, energy, light, and more in physical science.
Apps & Virtual Labs
This lab investigates what energy is, how it can be converted into useful forms, and why some sources are running low.
The Sphero app allows students to create, contribute, and learn with Sphero robots. Students are experimenting with coding.
Tinkercad allows students to explore fundamental foundational skills such as, 3D printing, electronics, and coding.
This lab gives students the opportunity to create different types of circuits, and includes resources and activities.
This lab allows students the opportunity to explore liquids, soilds, gases, molecules, and atoms.
Lesson Plans
1st grade
This lesson focuses on light and teaches students how light causes objects to be visible.
2nd-4th grade
This lesson allows students to make observations about how melting ice contributes to sea level rise, and if land or sea ice contribute more.
3rd grade
In this lesson, students will investigate the distance on the forces between two magnets and how changing the distance affects the forces.
K-2nd grade
Students will be using Oobleck to observe the characteristics of solids and liquids. They will be observing, exploring, raising
questions, and making
conclusions about Oobleck.
3rd-5th grade
Students are introduced to the types of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources through various activities and help them understand the transformation of energy into electricity.
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