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Marrero, Meghan E.; Stevens, Nicole – Science Scope, 2011
The ocean is home to some of Earth's most important producers. Single-celled organisms in the ocean are responsible for more than half of Earth's productivity, as well as most of its oxygen. Phytoplankton are single-celled, plantlike organisms. That is, they have chloroplasts and perform photosynthesis, but are not true plants, which are typically…
Descriptors: Botany, Marine Biology, Marine Education, Science Experiments
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Brockway, Debra; Papaleo, Marie – Science Scope, 2009
The International Boiling Point Project is an online, collaborative project for students in grades 6-12 in which they investigate the impact of four factors (room temperature, elevation, volume of water and heating device) on the boiling point of water. A detailed procedure is provided for students in order to limit the number of variables…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Secondary Education, Science Process Skills, Inquiry
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Burns, John E. – Science Scope, 1994
Using the movie Star Wars as inspiration, an activity is presented to introduce students to water's cohesiveness and how the surface tension of water can be disrupted. (MKR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Demonstrations (Science), Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
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Herricks, Susan – Science Scope, 2007
A local middle school requested that the Water Center of Advanced Materials for Purification of Water With Systems (WaterCAMPWS), a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center, provide an introduction to pH for their seventh-grade water-based service learning class. After sorting through a multitude of information about pH, a…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Service Learning, Journal Writing, Social Studies