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Process Activities
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Engaging Science Activities and Fun Experiments for Kids

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Science A-Z Process Activities provide opportunities to apply important unit concepts and develop scientific practices through hands-on science activities and fun experiments for kids. Students learn to read, think, write, speak, and behave as real scientists in a structured format, which helps prepare them to design and pursue their own investigations in the future.

Each Process Activity includes a purpose, background information, a materials list, procedures, a data sheet, and several questions to help students analyze their data and draw conclusions. Teaching Tips help guide science projects for kids.

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Why Use Process Activities

In Science A-Z Process Activities, students apply important practices in order to construct scientific understanding. Students identify problems, ask and answer questions, hypothesize, manipulate variables, apply math skills, gather evidence, solve problems, and communicate their findings through speaking, listening, and writing.

Students practice observing, proposing new ideas, designing experiments, and testing new ideas as they collaborate with peers on a Process Activity. These skills and habits of mind apply to everyday life long after students complete classroom investigations.

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Life

Earth & Space

Physical

Process

Life

Animals

Animal Trading Cards

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Animals Around You

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Pet or Not

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Sow Bugs

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Living/Non-Living

Testing for Life

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Plants

Fruit Seeds

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Plants, Water, and Sunlight

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Sorting Leaves

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Senses

Identifying Substances by Smell

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Senses Poster

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Sensory Deprivation

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Earth & Space

Earth, Moon, and Sun

Modeling the Earth, Moon, and Sun

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Weather

Cotton Ball Clouds

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Measuring Wind with a Cup Anemometer

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Weather Journal

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Earth's Surface

Erosion Control

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Physical

Doing Work

Tasks and Tools

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Energy

Rolling Down a Ramp

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Tuning Forks and Sound

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Light

Mixing Colors

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Properties

Classifying Objects

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Magnets

Magnetic Nails

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Things Move

Launch Weights with Rubber Bands

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Process

Hypotheses (Skills)

Hypotheses

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Data Sheets (Skills)

Using Data Sheets for a Survey

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Using Diagrams (Skills)

Making Diagrams

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Draw Conclusions (Skills)

Drawing Conclusions

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Observation vs. Inference (Skills)

Making Observations and Inferences

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Identify and Control Variables (Skills)

Working with Variables

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Using Graphs (Skills)

Using Graphs

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Thermometers (Tools)

Water Temperature

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Balance Scales (Tools)

Using a Balance Scale

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Length Measurement (Tools)

Measuring Length

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Hand Lenses (Tools)

Using a Hand Lens

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