An engaging unit on wildfires includes three sections, including a background section with eight lessons and five activities, a field experience section with 13 lessons and five activities, and a conclusion section featuring an...

Heat things up in your physical science class with this interactive lesson series on thermodynamics. Through a series of class demonstrations and experiments, young scientists learn how heat is transferred through conduction,...

What is the difference between a comet and a meteoroid? An educational lesson includes five demonstrations of how the atmosphere can inhibit our ability to measure many things in the galaxy. 

Take a "conservative" approach to planning your next unit on mass and matter! What better way to answer "But where did the gas go?" than with a lab designed to promote good report writing, research skills, and detailed observation....

Embark on a year long investigation of the seasons with this 10-lesson earth science unit. After being introduced to different types of weather and the tools used to measure it, young scientists perform fun hands-on activities that...

Building off young chemists' knowledge of the states of matter, kinetic molecular theory is the focus of the unit. Eight days of lessons including multiple demonstrations, one lab experiment, directed instruction, and worksheets,...

Water, one of the basic needs of humans, is found in all three states of matter on Earth; no other planet—that we know of—possesses this quality. Here is a unit that allows learners to explore through experimentation what it...

Kick-start children's education with this pre-school math unit. Offering 31 different hands-on learning activities that develop young mathematicians' pattern and shape recognition, basic number sense, and much more, this is a...

The first STEM lesson in a group of 10 explores composting. After discussing how to make a better tomorrow, classes are challenged to track garbage in their communities, visit a local waste management facility, and conduct a survey...

Students complete four activities that are about meteorology. The first activity is for them to explore weather maps. The second activity is for students to discover high-pressure and low-pressure air. The third activity is for them to...

Students investigate how to find the density of fluids and solids using math. Students also learn how to find the density of regular and irregular shaped objects.

Students are introduced to the topics of electric currents and resistance. In groups, they distinguish the difference between conventional and electron flows and state Ohm's Law for electrical components. They calculate the resistance of...

Caleb works in a Hamburger restaurant and he can really use your help measuring temperature and comparing the areas of things in the restaurant.

Instructional module focusing on temperature. Discussion includes historical references to the different scales by which temperature is measured. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will begin to identify the seven base units of the International System of Units. They will understand the commonly used metric...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online lesson students will be introduced to conditions required for an ideal gas. They will also learn about the similarities and differences between...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive tutorial students will learn the physics definition of temperature, how temperature is measured and how to convert the units of temperature...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of temperature, how it is measured and the three temperature scales.

A slideshow, a karaoke song to sing along to, and a short multiple-choice quiz on the topic of measurement and the tools that can be used to measure things, depending on the purpose, e.g., temperature, length, mass, angle, time, etc.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students will learn the significance of using moles in converting between measurements and in understanding how much of something you have.

Learn that temperature measures average kinetic energy, and heat is the transfer of energy from hot systems to cold systems. Consider what makes a good conductor. (Requires Java)

Students learn the difference between heat and temperature, how temperature is measured, and about the Celsius scale.

The Classius-Clapyron equation can be used to determine the enthalpy of vaporization from vapor pressure measurements over a range of temperatures. In this simulation students are asked to create the appropriate plot of the data and use...

How does temperature vary in the sunshine and shade. Find out as you participate in this lab activity. The resource also has some online thermometers for you to read.