Investigating Solids, Liquids and Gases with TOYS (Teaching Science with TOYS S.) - Softcover

Terrific Science Press

9780070482357: Investigating Solids, Liquids and Gases with TOYS (Teaching Science with TOYS S.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070482357 ISBN 13: 9780070482357

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US, 1997

Innovative investigations will empower students in grades 6 through 8 to explore the states of matter and changes of state - using inexpensive toys and common household items like balloons, paper bags, Silly Putty, facial tissues, and plastic Easter eggs. Classroom-tested and proven effective, these activities draw students in with toys, gadgetry, fun-to-do experiments, and observations of scientific phenomena in everyday events. Students will see solid rock candy form as a sugar solution evaporates; inflate a balloon using dry ice; and use the BedBugs game to learn about the behavior of solids, liquids, and gases. You'll find 24 motivating, reproducible projects in all - ready to use, and clearly referenced to the National Standards for Science Education, with comprehensive materials lists, procedures, content review, and extension activities included.

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24 teacher-tested, toy-based activities, created with funding from the National Science Foundation Boil water. . .while cooling it with ice! Demonstrate how air takes up space. . .using a bottle that burps! Investigate the relationship between pressure and volume of a gas. . .with a marshmallow inside a syringe! Innovative investigations like these will empower students in grades 6 through 8 to explore the states of matter and changes of state using inexpensive toys and common household items like balloons, paper bags, Silly Putty, facial tissues, and plastic Easter eggs. Classroom-tested and proven effective, these activities draw students in with toys gadgetry, fun-to-do experiments, and observations of scientific phenomena in everyday events. Students will see solid rock candy form as a sugar solution evaporates; inflate a balloon using dry ice; and use the BedBugs game to learn about the behavior of solids, liquids, and gases. You'll find 24 motivating, reproducible projects in all ready to use, and clearly referenced to the National Standards for Science Education, with comprehensive materials lists, procedures, content review, and extension activities included. Teaching Science with Toys in an activity-based, discovery-oriented approach developed by National Science Foundation-funded teacher training programs at the University of Ohio. The programs promote toys and household items as ideal science materials because they're already a user-friENDly, everyday part of a young person's world.

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Terrific Science Press is a nonprofit publisher housed in the federally and state-funded Center for Chemical Education (Miami University Middletown in Ohio). At the Center, educators and scientists have worked together since the mid-1980s to provide professional development for teachers through innovative approaches to teaching hands-on, minds-on science.

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