River Erosion Students create a model demonstrating how flooding affects the amount of material eroded by a...		A Matter of Fact Students create a poster that uses words and pictures to present basic information about...
Making Salinity Currents Students create a model for currents caused by differences in salinity, using the materials...		Balloon Graph Students create a graph of volume versus temperature for a gas. Assesses their understanding of...
Hard or Soft Water? Students determine the hardness of two water samples, labeled only as A and B. Assesses their...		Materials Pursuit Students create a trivia game about polymers, alloys, ceramics, glass, and radioactive...
Modeling Plate Movement Students develop a working model of plate divergence at the mid-ocean ridge and plate...		More Molecular Models Students create models of six molecules, each containing six carbon atoms. Tests students'...
Slowing Evaporation Students design an experiment to test how to slow the evaporation of water in an open swimming...		Bonds and Compounds Students create a poster that classifies compounds based on the types of bonds they contain....
Demonstrating That Air Has Mass Students design an experiment to demonstrate that air has mass. Assesses their understanding of...		Chemical Reactions Students design an experiment to determine whether the chemical reaction that takes place as...
The Tides Students construct a model to illustrate how the position of Earth, the sun, and the moon...		Chemical Family Album Students create a "family album" for three families of the periodic table. Assesses their...
Comparing the Weather Students compare the weather in their city or part of the country with the weather in three...		Machine Mania Students create four simple machines to make the work of moving an object easier. Assesses...
Solar System Trading Cards Students create "trading cards" of the sun and other objects in the solar system to demonstrate...		Clean Money Students determine which of four solutions is the best at cleaning pennies and whether the pH...
Sizes of Stars Students conceptualize the enormous differences in size among four categories of stars....		Newton's Banana Students determine the mass of a banana using only a string and a spring scale. Assesses their...