Science FREEBIES - Round 3!

It's time for some MORE GREAT SCIENCE FREEBIES!
Please enjoy the freebies featured below, both from the Science Teacher Resources store, and donated from some generous TeachersPayTeachers sellers! Visit their stores, download some FREE resources, and show them some support!

Didn't see our prior freebie posts? View them here!

Science FREEBIES!

Science FREEBIES - Round 2!  

 

And now, onto the FREEBIES!

From the STR store:

FREE Science Discourse Writing Prompts Mini-Pack!
Engage your students in meaningful discourse with this free subset of the full Science Discourse Writing Prompts Pack resource. The Science Discourse Writing Prompts Mini-Pack engages students in thinking, discussing, and analyzing/synthesizing different ideas about science process, physical science, life science, and earth science content.

FREE Stomach Model Digestion Lab!
Let students explore the stomach - by creating stomach and using it to digest actual food!

FREE Rock Cycle Simulation Lab!
Make the rock cycle fun! This lab walks students through modeling rock cycle processes, and asks them to make analogies between the activity and the rock cycle.

FREE Heat MiniQuiz
Teaching about heat, heat transfer, conduction, convection, or radiation? This short quiz is designed to assess student understanding of heat transfer and knowledge of heat transfer methods.

FREE Identifying Variable Practice!
This printable, reproducible worksheet (answer key included) can help with independent, dependent, and control variables!

  

From other generous TpT sellers:

FREE! Christmas Sound Bingo from Oddball Science
Topic:  Animals Sounds and Math


FREE! Magnet Experiment on Attraction from Tab Purvis
Topic: Magnetism


FREE! Making Ginger Ale: Yeast Fermentation Lab from Cooking With Science
Topic(s): Cell Respiration, Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Respiration


FREE! The Scientific Method Presentation from Biology Roots
Topic: Scientific Method


FREE! Astronomy Terms Domino Puzzle from Mrs. Brosseau's Binder
Topic: Space Exploration Vocabulary

NFL Sport Science and the Sunday Super Sale!

The Super Bowl is almost here!

I hope everyone is having a great week! As we get closer to Sunday's big game, I wanted to let you know about the Sunday Super Sale at the Science Teacher Resources store!

All day on Sunday, February 3, all items (including the new STR Digestive System Teacher Pack) will be 28% off!

Below, please enjoy some Sport Science, courtesy of Fox, ESPN, and the NFL! 

Super Bowl Science!

David Tyree vs. Santonio Holmes

The Science of Accuracy

Andy Dalton

 

Neck Surgery and Recovery
Peyton Manning

The Double Catch

Greg Jennings

Acceleration

Ndamukong Suh

The Science Behind...

Let's take a look at the science behind...everything!

Today: Sonic the Hedgehog, Lucid Dreams, a Brain Freeze, and Why Onions Make You Cry!

The Science Behind

Sonic the Hedgehog!

The Science Behind

Lucid Dreams!

The Science Behind

A Brain Freeze!

The Science Behind

Why Onions Make You Cry

Let's Play! (Great Online Science Games).

First of all, thanks to everyone for your support - I'm excited to report that the Science Teacher Resources store now has over 100 followers!   

Please know that I appreciate every one of you! If you're not a store follower, please click here to start following the STR store, and be the first to find out sales, new products, and more!

Now, on to the games! 

Enjoy, and feel free to share your own!

Fantastic Contraption

 Build a contraption to move the pink wheel into the pink square - that's it.

VERY addictive - one of the best physics-based games out there.

Already played it? Try Fantastic Contraption 2!

Perfect Balance

Balance all of the shapes without allowing any to fall off of the screen.

Also available: Perfect Balance 2!

 

CellCraft

Build a cell, fight off viruses, survive harsh worlds, and save the Platypus species!

Half tutorial, half game - CellCraft makes learning about cells fun! 

Powder Game

Love it, but not really sure what to say about this one.

Fun? Yup. Addictive? Sure.

No real goal, more of a lab in which to experiment.

 

The Far Side (School and Science!).

Gotta love the Far Side by Gary Larson!

Below, find some of my favorite school and science-related Far Sides.

Enjoy!

 

 

Science FREEBIES - Round 2!

 It's time for some more science FREEBIES!
In addition to freebies from my store, some generous TpT sellers have offered the following FREE science resources!
Download, enjoy, and show them some support!


Featured FREEBIES from the STR store...

And FREE from other sellers!

Flight Workbook - Using the Technology Process from Top Notch Teaching
Topic: Forms of Energy, Energy Transfer

Carnivores, Herbivores, and Omnivores from Chris Pearson
Topic: General Science 

Plate Tectonics Activity: A Synthesis of the Cross Section of the Earth 
from Christina OMalley
Topic: Physical Science/Earth Science/Geology/Plate Tectonics 

Planning an Investigation and Turkey Treasure Hunt from Oddball Science 
Topic: Investigation Skills

The Scientific Method from Susan Cahalane
Topic: General Science

Life Cycle of Plants Anchor Charts from Linda Kamp
Topic:  Plant life cycle

Air Pressure Giveaway and Blog Hop!

Today, I want to take a closer look at air pressure!

Below, you'll find several amazing air pressure demonstrations (and some explanations)  - many of which you can repeat in your classroom!

You'll also find a related product from my TpT store - the Air Pressure Lab Pack. This product includes four experiments students can complete - and one comment on this post will win it FREE! (Comments/giveaway close at the end of the day on Sunday, 12/16/12).
Be sure to stop by on Monday to see if you've won!

Also, we're running a blog hop! Check out the links at the bottom of the post to follow the hop!

Enjoy!

Air Pressure is STRONG!

Wish you could do this in your classroom?

Well, you can! (Sort of).

See the next video!

The Amazing Smooshing Can!

I usually use this demo to introduce air pressure.
As students learn, they are able to explain what happens!



Another great air pressure demo for the classroom!

Low air pressure created by the burning oxygen leaves relatively high pressure outside.
This high pressure pushes the liquid into the cup!



Some engaging labs for students from my TpT store!

One lucky commentor on this post will receive a FREE copy of this lab pack!
Be sure to stop by on Monday to see if you've won,
leave your email in your post,
or send it to me at ScienceTeacherResources@ymail.com.
I promise no spam - I'll just need to contact you if you win!

Another great demo!
(and some more detail on how air pressure works)

 

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Head to the next blog in the hop: Live Teach Create 

Find a broken link?

Want to start at the beginning?  

Click here!

More Awesome Science! (videos and resources)

Time for some more awesome science -

With some student friendly, ready to use teaching materials to match!

Time Lapse Erosion

Two amazing looks at erosion - aided by time lapse! Above,

Collaroy-Narrabeen Beach (Sydney, Australia) in June 2007. During 3 days,

almost 300 000 cubic meters of sand was removed from the beach.

Below, the erosion of a soccer ball over time.

Both work well with one of my freebie resources:

FREE Rock Cycle Simulation Lab 

 

The Egg in the Bottle

Whoa! The fire consumes the oxygen - around 21% of the air inside the bottle.

This leaves relatively low pressure inside the bottle (as compared to

the relatively high pressure outside the bottle). This higher pressure outside

air pushes the egg in!

This demo is a great match with

my Air Pressure Lab Pack or Percent Oxygen Lab!

The Ultimate Zoom-In Shot

 One of my (and student) favorites! 
A simulated zoom from the outskirts of the universe to the inside of an atom!
This is great for looking at relative sizes, and can easily be paired with my  
Cells vs. Atoms Worksheet.




The Blubber Glove

I have a friend who participated in a pain study at the National Institutes of Health.

She had to keep her hand in ice water as long as she could stand it - too bad

she didn't have blubber! Blubber is an incredible insulator, allowing very little heat to

transfer from the hand to the water!

This demo makes for some great lessons when paired with my Conduction Lab, 

Heat Notes Pages, Heat Transfer Practice Worksheet,and FREE Heat MiniQuiz.

Or get them all (and more) with the Heat Transfer Teacher Pack!

Correct Horse Battery Staple (awesome science websites)

My brother showed this one to me. Awesome.

It's from

 xkcd.com 

A very cool (and addictive) math/science web-comic.

I especially like the What If section, self described as "Answering Your Hypothetical Questions With Physics, Every Tuesday." 
Disclaimer: I've browsed the site, but can't vouch for 100% kid-friendliness.

Planet-Science.com

Cool and amazing videos, experiments, and a special section for parents and teachers!

HowStuffWorks.com

Ok, so you may have heard of this one, but I had to include it.

It's too awesome not to.Wonder how anything (real or imagined) works?

You can probably find out here.

 

Popular Science Image Galleries 

Some of the most amazing pictures on the web. 

For a longer chain of cool images, check out their Year's Most Amazing Scientific Images.

Science FREEBIES!

 Today, I'd like to share with you the freebies available in my and other Teachers Pay Teachers stores. I'm hoping to add more soon, so please follow my blog or check back!

Identifying Variable Practice
This worksheet is a designed as practice identifying variables, although it may be used as an introduction or homework.
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Heat MiniQuiz
This short quiz is designed to assess student understanding of heat transfer and knowledge of heat transfer methods.






Rock Cycle Simulation Lab
This lab walks students through modeling rock cycle processes, and asks them to make analogies between the activity and the rock cycle.

Science FREEBIES generously donated by other TpT sellers:

Please visit their stores and show them some support!

Static Electricity Lab from Tara L

Topic: Static Electricity, Energy, Electrons

Non-Fiction Text-Feature Scavenger Hunt from Margaret Vaughan - iHeartLiteracy

Topic: Understanding Your Science Textbook or Scientific Articles

Magnetism Word Search Puzzle from Marcia Murphy
Topic: Physical Science, Magnetism

Surface Area in the Body from Cate O'Donnell

Topic: Surface area in lungs and small intestine. 

Science Experiment - Investigating Floating and Sinking from Top Notch Teaching

Topic: Floating and Sinking 

How to Interpret Graphics from Biology Roots
Topic: General Science

Plant Life Cycle Anchor Charts from Linda Kamp
Topic: Life Cycles