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Special Collection
These resources are from Teachers' Talking Science, an online resource for teachers, homeschoolers, and parents who like to do science activities and experiments with their kids. Teachers' Talking Science provides a forum for sharing teaching and learning experiences, as well as free materials that will help in the classroom or around the kitchen table. The lesson plans were created by the New York Hall of Science and are based on Science Friday's very popular SciFri Videos.
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Bouncing ScienceIn this lesson, based on the Science Friday segment Physics of Basketball, students explore the properties of various balls from different sports, and discuss why the design of each ball is suited to its associated sport. |
6-8 |
Lesson Plan |
Bringing Down the BoltLearn about how lightening strikes in this video segment from Science Friday. |
6-8 |
Video |
Cheese: Not the Same Mold StoryIn this video, Science Friday investigates the secret life of cheese. |
6-8 |
Video |
Cheesy ChemistryStudents will learn how to make a simple cheese using kitchen utensils and household ingredients in this lesson based on the Science Friday video Cheese: Not the Same Mold Story. |
6-8 |
Lesson Plan |
Give It A Shake, Cornstarch Comes AliveIn this video from Science Friday, learn about a surprising mixture, known as a complex fluid. |
6-8 |
Video |
Gooey GakStudents experiment with another type of non-Newtonian fluid called Gak in this lesson based on the Science Friday video segment Give it a Shake, Cornstarch Comes Alive. |
6-8 |
Lesson Plan |
Let’s Make Some Static!In this lesson, based on the Science Friday video Bringing Down the Bolt, students will generate static electricity by rubbing or “charging” a balloon. |
6-8 |
Lesson Plan |
Life On Our SkinThis video fromScience Friday explores the many different types of bacteria that live on our skin. |
6-8 |
Video |
Mushroom PrintsStudents will be amateur mycologists--collecting and analyzing various mushrooms in this lesson based on the Science Friday segment Stalking Wild Mushrooms. |
6-8 |
Lesson Plan |
Physics of BasketballLearn more about the physics of basketball in this video from Science Friday. |
6-8 |
Video |
Stalking the Wild MushroomThis video segment from Science Friday explores the major macrofungi groups that exist in the world today. |
6-8 |
Video |
What’s On My Skin?In this lesson, based on the Science Friday segment Life on Our Skin, students will formulate a hypothesis about which area of skin on their bodies may have the most or least amount or kinds of bacteria. |
6-8 |
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