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The following are lessons developed by ScienceDays mentors.  These lesson plans are in Adobe .pdf format for downloading and printing ease.  The contributing mentor, his/her chapter, and the year the lesson was developed are also listed.  ScienceDays chapter directors and mentors should feel free to use any lesson plans listed before for their events.  Mentors are also encouraged to submit to the national chapter any lesson plans that they have developed.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physics and Electricity


 

How Powerful is Static Electricity?
[lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)
[alternative lesson plan]
NC Summer Tour 2007

Marshmallow Towers[lesson plan] [visual aid]
(Lucie Guo, Bianca Calderon, Aaron Goldin, 2008)

Electric Gelatin [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Friction Fun [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Build a Simple Circuit [lesson plan]
(Sagar Indurkhya, NCSSM, 2006)

Build a Simple Motor [lesson plan]
(Sagar Indurkhya, NCSSM, 2006)

What's a Resistor? [lesson plan]
(Sagar Indurkhya, NCSSM, 2006)

Keep in Touch – Communications and Satellites [lesson plan]
 (Xianlin Li, 2008)

Where Am I – Navigation and Satellites [lesson plan]
 (Xianlin Li, 2008)

Exploring Aerodynamics [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Nancy Yang, director)

Ideas from Quantum Physics... for kids! [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Forensics
Fingerprinting [lesson plan] [visual aids] [handout for kids]
(Xianlin Li and Lucie Guo, 2006)

Who Says I Can't Be Sherlock Holmes? [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)
 

Geology and Environmental Science
Earthquakes [lesson plan]
(Mike Mian and Katherine Schulz, NCSSM, 2006)

Moon Pie [lesson plan]
(NC Summer Tour 2007)

So You Think Air is Nothing? [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Core Sampling [lesson plan]
(Xianlin Li, 2006)

Habitable Planet [lesson plan]
(Xianlin Li, 2006)

Radar [lesson plan]
(Xianlin Li, 2006)

Mini-Volcanoes! [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Wind and its Origins [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Back to the Past [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Exploring the Water Cycle [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Nancy Yang, director)

Filtering Water [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Greenhouse Effect in a Jar [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Recycling [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Sprouting Seeds without Soil [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Nancy Yang, director)

Geology of a Candy Bar [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)
 

Computer Science
Introduction to Computers [lesson plan]
(Sagar Indurkhya, NCSSM, 2006)

Introduction to Digital Logic [lesson plan]
(Sagar Indurkhya, NCSSM, 2006)

NAND Gate Logic [lesson plan]
(Sagar Indurkhya, NCSSM, 2006)
 

Biology and Health
Mechanisms of the Eye [lesson plan]
(Arti Ajmani and Wendy Hua, NCSSM, 2006)

Skin Prints [lesson plan]
(NC Summer Tour 2007)

Sneezes and Snot [lesson plan]
(NC Summer Tour 2007)

Lung Capacity [lesson plan]
(Xianlin Li, 2006)

Heartbeat [lesson plan]
(Xianlin Li, 2006)

Creative Cells [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Digestive System [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Learn DNA Replication [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Fatty Foods [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Yeast and Respiration [lesson plan]
(Gloria Choi and Sung Min Kim, NCSSM, 2008)

Tongue Map [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Chemistry and Physical Science
Radical Raisins [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Plastic Milk [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

The Collapsing Can and Thermal Expansion of Gases
[lesson plan]   (Michael Pham, NCSSM, 2006)

Colors Behind the Black [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Lets be Molecules! [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Invisible Ink [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Different Levels of Density [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Magical Goo [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Mini Geysers! [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Ann Liu, NCSSM, 2006)

Popcorn Science [lesson plan]
(Hattie Chung and Jaime McCandless, NCSSM, 2006)

Newton Gets Me Moving [lesson plan]
(Xianlin Li, 2008)

Rocket Me into Space [lesson plan]
(Xianlin Li, 2008)

Blast Off!  [lesson plan]
(Xianlin Li, 2008)

Learn to Build a Rocket in 5 Days  [lesson plan]
(Xianlin Li, 2008)

Gas Laws and Alka-Seltzer Rockets [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Nancy Yang,, director)

Color Splash! [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

What is Density? [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Why Do Some Things Float? [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Dry Ice— Sublimation and Gasses [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Fun with Surface Tension [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Make an Egg Float [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

pH Rainbow [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Polishing Pennies [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Soda Bottle Boat [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Lea Gold, director)

Egg Drop, Kaleidoscope,  Ooey-Gooey Oooze, Gum Drop Tower, and Getting the Object Into the Cage  [lesson plan]
(NCSSM Chapter 2008- Nancy Yang, director)

Disclaimer:
The lesson plans are for use among mentors in all participating ScienceDays chapters.  ScienceDays Inc. does not claim ownership nor copyright responsibilities for the lesson plans.