Middle School
Featured Middle School Activities
Baggie Chemistry
Household chemicals mixed in a baggie produce dramatic results.
Build and Test a Model Solar House
Construct and test the energy efficiency and solar heat gain of a cardboard model house.
Comparing Motion to Trajectory with the Qualitative Grapher
Gain insight into the difficulties students face in learning to interpret graphs
Competition
Use a model to study the effect of a consumer (rabbits) on two species of producers (grass and weeds).
Describing Velocity
Learn about velocity-time graphs and their connection to corresponding position-time graphs, and determine velocity during different intervals.
Dew Point
Figure out the dew point temperature for your classroom.
Diffusion
Investigate how the random motion and collisions of particles results in diffusion.
Earthquakes Around the World
In this activity you will use a computer model to investigate earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
Evaporative Cooler
How can the cooling effect of evaporating water be used for air conditioning?
Greenhouse Effect in a Greenhouse
Relate changes in sunlight to the temperature of air trapped in a container.
Greenhouse Light and Temperature
By using a temperature sensor, we can relate changes in sunlight to the temperature of the air being trapped in a container.
Heat and Light from Electricity
How does energy change from one form to another?
How Fast Am I Moving?
Investigate the relationship between slope and velocity on a position-time graph.
How Loud, How High?
Explore the frequency, wavelength, amplitude and velocity of sound waves.
Launching a Satellite
Study how to fire something into space.
Leaf Photosynthesis
This NetLogo model of leaf photosynthesis shows the macroscopic outcome of the reaction.
Making Waves
Investigate the creation of different wave shapes.
Maria's Run
Show that the motion of objects can be described by position, direction of motion, and speed.
Meiosis
Learn how meiosis and fertilization shuffle the alleles that offspring inherit.
Melting Ice
What is the temperature of ice as it melts?
Modeling Earth's Climate
Examine climate data and models to explore what we might be able to predict about the Earth's future, and how sure we will be about it.
Motion on a Ramp
Study the motion of an object as it moves up and down a ramp.
Motion Toward and Away
Explore different ways of describing motion on a graph.
Our Solar System
Study the planets in our solar system using a computer model.
Radiant Energy Flow
Explore the energy balance between incoming and outgoing radiation on the earth.
Relative Humidity Measurement
Measure relative humidity in the air by comparing the wet bulb and dry bulb temperatures
Seeing Motion
Investigate simple, straight-line motion.
Solving Linear Equations with the Function Analyzer
Reveal the connection between symbolic and graphic representations of equation solving
States of Matter
How do the forces and attractions differ between the states of matter?
Was Galileo Right?
Explore the effect of gravity on objects of various mass during free fall.
Weaving a Parabola Web with the Quadratic Transformer
Explore how the graph of a quadratic function and its symbolic expression relate to each other
