Title: Water Balloon in a Bottle Topic: Matter/particles/pressure Grade: 3 Environment: Classroom, over a sink Materials: Balloons 3 plastic pop bottles (two with a small hole) Water Lighter Paper clip Sticky tack or tape Curricular connections: Big Idea: All matter is made of particles Content: matter is anything that has …
Demonstration: Mixtures & Density (Denée Nickel & Tessa Webb) This demonstration is intended for grade 6, focusing on the following aspects of the curriculum: Big Idea: Everyday materials are often mixtures. Competencies: Make predictions about findings of their inquiry, make observations in familiar or unfamiliar contexts, identify environmental implications of …
Grades: 5 – 6 Curricular Competency: Identify some of the social, ethical, and environmental implications of the findings from their own and others’ investigations Contribute to care for self, others, and community through personal or collaborative approaches Curricular Content: solutions and solubility (Grade 5), heterogeneous mixtures and mixtures (Grade 6) …
