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Subtopic: Properties of Objects and Materials

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Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
100's Day What does 100 look like? Sound like? Feel like? In this video from Curious George, explore the many ways to measure 100 things.	K-2	QuickTime Video
Acids and Bases: Cabbage Juice Indicator In this video segment, the ZOOM cast demonstrates how to use cabbage juice to find out if a solution is an acid or a base.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Acids and Bases: Kitchen Chemistry In this interactive activity from the ZOOM Web site, search for chemistry clues and experiment with acids and bases in a virtual kitchen.	3-8	Flash Interactive
Acids and Bases: Making a Film Canister Rocket In this video segment, ZOOM cast members mix different amounts of baking soda and vinegar to see which combination produces the most carbon dioxide for launching a film-canister rocket.	K-5	QuickTime Video
Acids and Bases: Testing Rocket Cars In this ZOOM video segment, cast members make bottle rocket cars using lemon juice and baking soda, and experiment with different ways of launching the cars.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Acids and Bases: Testing Rockets What happens when you mix baking soda and lemon juice? Watch the ZOOM cast launch a rocket using kitchen chemistry.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Atomic Arrangements in Solids This video/animation asks the question "So if the same molecules are in the solid, liquid, and vapor forms of water, why are their properties so different?" The properties of a material are affected not just by the kinds of atom in it, but also by how they are arranged, and how free they are to move around. Forms of carbon are introduced, from graphite to buckyballs.	6-12	QuickTime Video
Balloon Brain: Designing a Helmet In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, cast members are challenged to design protective headgear for a water balloon using what they know about the properties of the materials available.	K-8	QuickTime Video
A Boat That Floats In this video from Curious George, children build boats out of everyday materials and then predict and observe whether the boats sink or float.	K-2	QuickTime Video
The Chemistry of Makeup In this video from DragonflyTV, join Jazi and Danielle as they experiment with different combinations of everyday ingredients in order to create and test batches of lip gloss.	5-8	QuickTime Video
Comparing the Density of Liquids, Solids, and Gases Students compare the relative densities of different liquids and then solids, and also explore the density of air versus the density of water.	3-5	Lesson Plan
Cooking Cookies with Solar Power In this video segment adapted from ZOOM, two solar cookers are tested against a control to see which can cook a "s'more" faster.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Cooking with Sugar Find out about the chemistry of candy and how sugar reacts at different temperatures to become fudge, caramel, lollipops, and more in this interactive activity adapted from the Exploratorium.	5-8	Flash Interactive
Design: Building a House This collection of images follows the process of building a house from cutting the trees and making the bricks to finishing construction.	K-8	Flash Image
Disappearing Milk A magician pours milk into a glass, but when he turns the glass upside down, nothing comes out. How does he do it? Discover the science behind the "magic" in this video adapted from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.	4-12	Flash Interactive
Helium Is Boring In this video adapted from the National Science Center, observe a demonstration to discover how helium gas is inert and hydrogen gas is reactive.	3-8	QuickTime Video
How Do We Measure 100? In this media-rich lesson, students explore the value of the number 100. They use a variety of objects in sets of 100 to measure length and to learn about the benefits of using standard units of measurement.	K-2	Lesson Plan
Mystery Mud: Exploring Changes in States of Matter Join a group of middle-school students on a visit to a laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they experiment with "mystery mud" and learn about the relationships between magnetism, particle motion, and changes in the state of matter.	3-8	QuickTime Video
Observe, Make, Measure There are many ways to get information in the world. This collection of still images features tools that help us observe, make, and measure things.	K-5	Flash Image
Sound Vibrations Students learn that vibrations are responsible for the sounds we hear and that sound vibrations can travel through different mediums.	K-5	Lesson Plan
Substances and Chemical Reactions Students gain experience in distinguishing between solids, liquids, and gases and how you know when a chemical change has occurred.	K-5	Lesson Plan
Testing Insulators: Ice Cube in a Box Watch the ZOOM cast discover which insulator -- newspaper or aluminum foil -- is better at keeping an ice cube frozen longer.	K-5	QuickTime Video
Using a Compass to Find Your Way Kelsey and Ryan show how to use a compass as they race through their orienteering course in this video segment from ZOOM.	3-5	QuickTime Video
Using Salt to Melt Ice How can you pick up an ice cube with a string? Watch this video segment adapted from ZOOM to see how salt can help.	K-8	QuickTime Video
Volume and Shapes If boxes have different shapes but are made from the same number of identical blocks, do they have the same volume? Explore properties of shape and volume in this video from Curious George.	K-5	QuickTime Video
Your Carbon Diet Find out how much energy you use and some ways to conserve in this interactive activity from the NOVA/FRONTLINE Web site.	3-12	Shockwave Interactive