Potato Power
Students assemble a potato battery to power a digital clock.
Stem Discipline:
Chemistry
Grade Level:
Grades K-2, Grades 3-5
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How to Make Gack
Students learn about the properties of polymers and mixtures by making gack.
Stem Discipline:
Chemistry
Grade Level:
Grades 3-5
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Producing X-rays at the APS
This resource provides information about the production of X-rays from high speed electrons, their uses in experiments, and the construction of the Advanced Photon Source facility at Argonne National Laboratory.
Stem Discipline:
Physics
Grade Level:
Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12, Grades 12 plus
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Combustion
This clip demonstrates that a burning match will turn brighter in liquid oxygen but turn off in liquid nitrogen.
Stem Discipline:
Chemistry
Grade Level:
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10
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Catching some Z's
Students access Monte Carlo particle physics data and apply conservation of momentum and energy to determine the mass of a particle that the machine did not directly observe.
Stem Discipline:
Physics
Grade Level:
Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12, Grades 12 plus
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A Green Solution for the Electronic Age
This resource provides information about a new type of solder that is lead free; it uses a combination of tin, silver and copper. Discussion questions are included.
Stem Discipline:
Chemistry, Material Sciences
Grade Level:
Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
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How to Make Oobleck
Students learn about the properties of non-Newtonian fluids.
Stem Discipline:
Chemistry
Grade Level:
Grades 3-5
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“Solar Circuitry” with the Solar Powered Energy Kit
Students build series and parallel circuits to learn how energy is generated and converted.
Stem Discipline:
Physics, Energy
Grade Level:
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12
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Penetrating Power
Students demonstrate the interactions of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation with matter.
Stem Discipline:
Physics, Mathematics
Grade Level:
Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12
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Rolling with Rutherford
Students use indirect measurement (firing a probe at a target) and probability to understand how Rutherford determined the size of a nucleus.
Stem Discipline:
Physics, Mathematics
Grade Level:
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, Grades 11-12
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Polar molecules
This clip demonstrates the effects of the polarity of water using PVC pipe.
Stem Discipline:
Chemistry
Grade Level:
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10
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Sustainability: Energy Efficiency
Students use models and simulations to learn about energy efficiency in heating and cooling a house and waste management.
Stem Discipline:
Energy
Grade Level:
Grades 6-8
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