Hunting with Light
In this lab, students use a light sensor to compare how organisms, including humans, are able to see. Then, they will compare the light sensitivity of...
Investigating Sound Levels
This lab helps students recognize that continuous sound is made by vibrating objects, and can be described using pitch and volume. Students will also explore...
Feeling and Measuring Temperature
In this lab, students use a temperature sensor to compare the results of measuring temperature to how the temperature feels.
Cars and Heat
In this lab, students use a temperature sensor to determine how the temperature inside a car parked in the sun compares to the temperature of the air outside...
Observing Clouds
In this lab, students use a weather sensor to show that clouds in the sky have properties that can be observed and described, and that students associate...
Can Plants Survive without Light and Water?
In this lab, students use a light sensor to explore whether plants need light and water to survive...
Temperature and Change
In this lab, students use a temperature sensor to determine how temperature effects the time it takes for a sugar cube to dissolve or an antacid tablet...
The Water Cycle
In this lab, students use a weather sensor to measure the conditions in a water cycle model.
Conductor or Not
In this lab, students use a voltage sensor to test the conductivity of different materials.
Electric Circuits
In this lab, students use a voltage sensor to measure the voltage across elements in series and in parallel in an electric circuit.
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