States of Matter

Find out how to make Oobleck!

By popular demand - The States of Matter Song

Mass, Weight, and Volume

MASS, WEIGHT AND VOLUME QUIZ ON Wednesday 8/18/2010!

Study guide
Practice using and reading a triple beam balance.

Alternative Energy

Alternative Energy Resources

Solar:
Alternative Energy Primer
Kid Cyber Solar
Energy Experience
Energy Quest

Biomass:
Biomass Energy
Energy Experience
Energy Quest
Science Online
Biomass

Geothermal:
Alternatice Energy Primer
Geothermal
Kids' Energy
Geotherm Alternative Energy

Wind:
Alternative Energy Primer
Kid Cyber Wind
Energy Quest

HydroPower:
Hydropower
Energy Experience
Energy Quest
Think Quest
Hydro

Ocean Energy:
Hydropower
Energy Quest
Tidal Power
Science Online

Fossil Fuels:
Fossil Fuel

Electric Cars:
Electric Car

Nuclear:
Nuclear

Magnetism

Discovery Education interactive generator - fill out the worksheet as you complete this activity.

You've built the real thing in the lab - now get a little more practice building electromagnets

Learn more about electromagnets here

How do we use electromagnets everyday?

Learn about Magnalev Trains

No Missing Work Reward

Optical Illusions
Check out some optical illusions
more optical illusions here
even more

Brain Teasers
can you solve these puzzles


Games
Nobel Prize Games
Edheads
Hobby Shop
Get Howie Home
Blobs Electicity Game
Puzzles

Mixing Color

Mix light and paint
more mixing

Mighty, Mighty Waves!

1. Draw and label the parts of a wave on your computer lab packet.

2. Open the "Waves on a String" PhET simulation. Click Run Now.

3. Spend 5 minutes experimenting with the different features of "Waves on a String."

4. Now that you've gotten familiar with everything, turn your paper over and choose either Amplitude -OR- Frequency as your independent variable.

5. Write your focus question:

• How does the amplitude affect the ____________________. (you choose what you investigate).
• How dies the wavelength affect the ____________________. (you choose what you investigate).

6. Record your independent variable (you've already done this) and dependent variable.

7. Make your prediction

• If the amplitude increases, then the _____________ will ________________.
• If the wavelength increase, then the _____________ will ________________.

8. Make sure you've set all the tools according to the independt variable you choose (tool settings are on the back of the first page). Now experiment with your independent variable and record observations.

9. Now you're ready to start collecting data!

(a.) Set your first independent variable (the amplitude or the frequency) - write it down in your data table

(b.) Now run your simulation three times and measure and record the WAVELENGTH in your data table each time.

(c.) Change either the amplitude or the frequency and run the simulation three more times recording your wavelength data as you go along.

(d.)Continue changing your independent variable and recording the wavelengths until your data table is complete.

10. Using the data you collected, make a LINE graph.

11. Turn in your packet.

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You may begin this section only if you have turned in your computer lab packet. You can do these activities in any order you choose.

Make some waves in this interactive

Other wave interactives

Wave animations

Watch a video about ocean waves (headphones required)

Learn about earthquakes and waves

Lots of science interactives