- Anchors Away!
- A Rocky Test
- As Far As I Can Sea
- Bounce
- By All Indications
- Create a Crater
- The Great Diamond Heist
- Fossil Puzzler
- Get Cooking
- Going with the Flow
- How's the Weather?
- Impact!
- It's All Relative
- Keep It Up
- Layers of Earth
- Let's Get Carried Away!
- Look Out Below!
- Motion In The Ocean
- Play Ball
- Sand Shake
- School of Rock
- Shaky Ground
- Smoke on the Water
- Solar System Scale
- Splendid Soil
- Super Soaked Soil
- Tragedy of the Commons
- Warm Colors
- Watching Weather
- Water Cycle
- Weathering Cubes
- What Lies Beneath?
- What Am I?
- Will There Be Enough
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Hands-on Activity
Counting Calories
Summary
In this activity, students use simple materials to create a calorimeter. They burn several common food items to heat water and measure the change in temperature of the water to decide which items contain the most energy. If possible, perform this activity in a room that is well ventilated, on a day when the weather allows for windows to be opened.
Overview
Topic: Chemistry
Real World Science Topics:
Real World Science Topics:
- An exploration of energy transfer through heat
- An exploration of the relative amount of energy contained in food
Objective
Students will gain an understanding of the relative amounts of energy contained in samples of food and how energy is transferred from one object to another.
Activity Difficulty Rating: 4 Each hands-on science activity has been ranked based on difficulty of set up and how difficult they are to perform. The rating scale is from 1 to 5, with 1 being the easiest and 5 being the most complicated.
5-MINUTE REFRESHER
TAKE FIVE
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