Rebecca Falin
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School
OH

Hi Payton, The American Chemical Society also has some activities created for young students.  Their site for elementary students is called https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry...istry.html " target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Adventures in Science and their site for middle school students, which may have some activities you could adapt, is called http://www.mid...

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Hi Rochelle, Field trips can be a great way to engage students with science.  Our school asks us to include one field trip for each class.   Local museum and other educational institutions are a good place to start.  I've taken my chemistry students to a local aquarium the past two years where they have a hands-on program on water quality in the aquarium as well as a lo...

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Hi Kyle, I know how difficult it can be for a new teacher to develop and equip a new classroom. There are some online simulations that you can use on chromebooks. In particular, PhET has a whole series of science simulations and is working toward converting their older ones into HTML so that they can be used on a greater range of devices. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/by...

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