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Cooking With Chemistry: Marshmallows, Admin Stem For Success
Cooking With Chemistry: Marshmallows, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
This lesson plan teaches students thermodynamics, foam, and other chemistry topics by cooking marshmallows.
Magnetic Slime, Admin Stem For Success
Magnetic Slime, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
Students learn chemistry and physics by making magnetic slime.
Invisible Ink, Admin Stem For Success
Invisible Ink, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
Students create invisible ink to hide and reveal a message using chemistry.
Candy Heart Experiment, Admin Stem For Success
Candy Heart Experiment, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
Students practice the scientific process by running an experiment to discover how well candy hearts dissolve in different liquids.
Sugar Water Density Activity, Admin Stem For Success
Sugar Water Density Activity, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
In this activity students learn about density using sugar water. Attached is the activity's lesson plan and a teacher reflection on the activity.
Physical And Chemical Changes Lesson Plan, Admin Stem For Success
Physical And Chemical Changes Lesson Plan, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
Lesson plan and video for an activity on the difference between physical and chemical changes.
The Science Of Baking Bread, Admin Stem For Success
The Science Of Baking Bread, Admin Stem For Success
STEM for Success Showcase
Activity plan to teach biology and chemistry using a lesson on the baking of bread.
Florida Science: The Science That Makes Florida Different, Terence W. Cavanaugh
Florida Science: The Science That Makes Florida Different, Terence W. Cavanaugh
Secondary Level Resources
This book was created to assist students with their understanding of how science occurs in Florida. When teaching science or any subject it’s important to remember to begin with the concrete and then move to the abstract. I have found that it has helped my students when I begin by teaching science concepts in a concrete manner and expand from there. For example, when I taught about topographic maps, the students were much more successful in their learning when I started with local topographic maps that included the school and the surrounding area than with places that had mountains or …