Explore Activity: Exploring Properties of Matter Students observe a rock, water, and air in plastic bags to help them write an operational...		Mineral Properties Introduce your students to a lab that evaluates students' understanding of mineral properties,...
Explore Activity: Exploring Rocks Formed from Molten Rock Students compare the mass of samples of granite, obsidian, and pumice. Materials list, lab...		Soil Samples In this lab, students evaluate a soil sample in order to determine its suitability for...
Investigate Activity: Making a Model of a Landform Students make a model of a landform with a foil pan, pebbles, and fine sand, and observe how...		Weather Measurement Introduce your students to a lab that evaluates students' ability to get information from...
Explore Activity: Exploring Properties of Rocks Students describe the properties of different types of rocks, and classify the rocks into...		Science, Technology, and Society: I'll Huff and I'll Puff Students learn about severe weather and tornadoes.
Investigate Activity: Observing What Is in Soil Students compare and contrast soil samples to make inferences about which soil would be best...		Measuring Weather: Family Activity Suggest a family activity to parents that includes home projects and vocabulary words related...
Explore Activity: Exploring Size and Distance of Earth and Sun Students measure the diameter of a model of Earth (a peppercorn) and a model sun (a 33-cm...		Science and Language Arts: Weather Forecasts Students work with headlines, as well as weather reports, in order to learn how to communicate...
Explore Activity: Exploring How Clouds Form Students make a model cloud and observe how water vapor in warm air condenses when it is...		Science, Technology and Society: Supercomputers Can Track Super Storms Discuss how supercomputers can be used to predict the weather. Students are then asked to...
Investigate Activity: Investigating Clouds and Weather Students use cotton balls, glue, and paper to make models of clouds over a ten-day period, and...		Measuring Weather: Vocabulary Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to weather.
Mixing Soils and Liquid In this lab, students are given several different types of soil. They are asked to predict and...		Investigate Activity: Observing the Parts of Flowers Students observe, compare, and contrast the parts of two different flowers. Materials list,...
Water Sample Evaluation Introduce your students to a lab that evaluates a students ability to check and measure the...		Experiment Activity: Experimenting with Seed Germination Students test how different amounts of water affect the germination of radish seeds. Materials...