A hands-on and fun-filled resource for teaching science to middle and high school students New in the 5-Minute Fundamentals Series, The Science Teacher's Activity-A-Day, Grades 6-12, includes 180 easy, five-minute hook or sponge activities to capture learners' attention and introduce lessons. Divided into three units, Physical Science, Life Science, and Earth and Space Science; the activities cover topics based on the National Science Education Standards. * All the book's activities can be done with materials that are inexpensive and easy to find * Includes quick and fun "sponge" activities that are designed to engage students * All the activities take about 5 minutes to complete The Science Teacher's Activity-a-Day is an ideal resource for middle and high school science teachers.

 

This book is part of a book series called Jb-Ed-5 Minute Fundamentals .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd .

Ms. Walker and Ms. Wood teach science at Alexander High School in Douglasville, Georgia and are coauthors of several science publications including Hands-On General Science Activities with Real-Life Applications published by The Center in 1994. Pam Walker (B. S. biology, Georgia College, M. Ed. , Ed. S. , Georgia Southern University) has been a teacher since 1981, and has taught science, biology, applied biology/chemistry, physics, health and physical education in grades 9-12.

This book has the following chapters: About This Book iii About the Authors iv Correlations of Activities to the National Science Content Standards xii UNIT I. PHYSICAL SCIENCE Section 1: Organization of Matter 1. 1 Boyle s Gas Law: Marshmallow Under Pressure 3 1. 2 Buoyancy: Ketchup Packet Cartesian Divers 4 1. 3 Counting Molecules and Atoms: Number of Molecules of Chalk in Your Signature 5 1. 4 Identifying and Naming Isotopes: EggCeptional Isotopes 6 1. 5 Chemical and Physical Changes: Examining Paper for Change 7 1. 6 Physical Properties of Matter: Tootsie Roll Properties 8 1. 7 Density: Can t Hold a Good Ping-Pong Ball Down 9 1. 8 Atomic Size in Picometers: Cutting Paper to Atom Size 10 1. 9 Surface Tension: Why Some Insects Can Walk on Water 11 1. 10 Birds in Flight: How Birds Wings Enable Them to Fly 12 1. 11 Mendeleev s Periodic Table: It Was All in the Cards 13 1. 12 Volume of a Cylinder: The Long and Short of Volume 14 Section 2: Interactions of Matter 2. 1 Acids and Bases: Cabbage Juice Indicators 16 2. 2 Polymers: Water-Loving Chemicals in Diapers 17 2. 3 Freezing Point: Why We Sprinkle Salt on Icy Roads 18 2. 4 Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions: Hot Packs and Cold Packs 19 2. 5 Chemical Reactions: Alka-Seltzer and Water Temperature 20 2. 6 Balancing Chemical Equations: Rearranging Atomic Dots 21 2. 7 Limiting Reactants: Putting a Halt to the Reaction 23 2. 8 Writing Ionic Formulas: Equating the Ions 24 2. 9 Single Replacement Reactions: Turning Iron into Copper 25 2. 10 Double Replacement Reactions: Trading Partners 26 2. 11 Polarity and Solubility: Breaking Bonds of Packing Peanuts 27 2. 12 Surface Area and Solubility: Sweet Solutions 29 Section 3: Energy of Motion 3. 1 Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy: Bouncing Golf Balls 31 3. 2 Potential Energy: The Energy of Falling Objects 32 3. 3 Friction Through a Fluid: Fluids and Falling 33 3. 4 Newton s First Law of Motion: Inertia the Magician s Friend 34 3. 5 Law of Conservation of Momentum: Marble Collisions 35 3. 6 Static Friction: Going Against the Grain 36 3. 7 Newton s Second Law of Motion: Acceleration of the Coffee Mug 37 3. 8 Using the Speed Formula: Speedy Manipulations 38 3. 9 Newton s Third Law of Motion: What Is a Reaction? 39 3. 10 Inclined Planes: Making Lifting Easier 41 3. 11 Levers: First-Class Machines 42 3. 12 The Three Classes of Levers: Lots of Levers and Lots of Class 43 Section 4: Heat, Light, and Sound Waves 4. 1 Thermal Energy: What Does Temperature Really Measure? 46 4. 2 Measuring Temperature: Human Thermometers 47 4. 3 Refraction: A Real Light Bender 48 4. 4 Concave and Convex Mirrors: An Up-Close Look at the Spoon 49 4. 5 Magnifying Lens: Water Drop Microscopes 51 4. 6 Mechanical Waves: The Stadium Wave 52 4. 7 Transverse Waves: Anatomy of a String Wave 53 4. 8 Compressional Waves: Making Waves with a Slinky 54 4. 9 Sound and Its Mediums: Sound Matters 55 4. 10 Sound Vibrations: Rubber Band Music 56 4. 11 Sound and Water: Tuning Forks and Water 57 4. 12 Energy Conductors and Insulators: The Cook s Choice 58 Section 5: Magnetism and Electricity 5. 1 Charging by Friction: Balloons and Dancing Salt Grains 60 5. 2 Closed Circuits: A Battery, a Bulb, and a Paper Clip 61 5. 3 Electrochemical Cell: Nine-Volt Battery Electrolysis 62 5. 4 Resistance: Series and Parallel Circuits 63 5. 5 Making Electricity: A Shocking Activity 64 5. 6 Schematic Circuit Diagrams: Seeing the Circuit 65 5. 7 Electromagnets: The Art of Magnetizing a Nail 67 5. 8 Magnetic Field: Long-Distance Attraction 69 5. 9 Magnets: What s in a Refrigerator Magnet? 70 5. 10 Magnetizing Metals: The Magnetic Nail 71 5. 11 Magnets and Compasses: Which Way Is North? 72 5. 12 Magnetic Forces: Force Blockers 74 UNIT II. LIFE SCIENCE Section 6: The Cell 6. 1 Characteristics of Life: Is It Alive? 77 6. 2 Energy Molecules: ATP and ADP 78 6. 3 ATP and Lactic Acid: Muscle Fatigue 79 6. 4 The Cell Cycle, Part One: Getting Started 80 6. 5 The Cell Cycle, Part Two: The Process 81 6. 6 Cell Transport: When It Comes to Cells, Small Is Good 82 6. 7 Proteins as Enzymes: Saltine Crackers and Amylase 83 6. 8 Plant Cell or Animal Cell: Shoestring Venn Diagram 84 6. 9 Enzymes: Temperature and Paperase 86 6. 10 The Mitochondria: Surface Area and the Folded Membrane 87 6. 11 Photosynthesis and Respiration: Formula Scramble 88 Section 7: Genetics 7. 1 DNA: Candy Nucleotides 90 7. 2 Chromosomes: Learning to Speak Chromosome 92 7. 3 Genetic Diversity: Crossing Over During Meiosis 93 7. 4 Genetic Combinations: Tall and Short Pea Plants 95 7. 5 Mendel s Law of Segregation: Cystic Fibrosis 96 7. 6 Dominant and Recessive Genes in Cat Breeding: Curly-Eared Cats 97 7. 7 Pedigrees: The Higgenbothum Hairline 98 7. 8 Sex-Linked Traits: Flipping Over Color Blindness 99 7. 9 Gene Splicing: Human Growth Hormone and Recombinant DNA 100 7. 10 Protein Synthesis: Modeling Transcription 101 Section 8: Evolution 8. 1 Natural Selection: Life as a Peppered Moth 103 8. 2 Advantageous Traits: Which Creature Is the Fittest? 105 8. 3 Primate Adaptations: The Importance of the Opposable Thumb 106 8. 4 Steps of Natural Selection: Natural Selection Sequencing 107 8. 5 Plant Adaptations: Features for Survival in the Rain Forest 108 8. 6 Adaptive Radiation: The Beaks of Darwin s Finches 109 8. 7 Variations and Survival: Pine Needle Variation 110 8. 8 Horse Evolution: Horse Height Over Time 111 8. 9 Fossil Dating: Stacking Up Rock Layers 112 8. 10 Antibiotic Resistance: Present-Day Evolution 115 Section 9: Diversity of Life 9. 1 The Six Kingdoms: Kingdom Match Game 117 9. 2 Vascular Plants: Checking Out a Fern Frond 119 9. 3 Flower Parts: Dissecting the Flower 120 9. 4 Food Storage in Seeds: Dissecting a Dicot 122 9. 5 Seed Dispersal: Where Plants Come From 123 9. 6 Animal Symmetry: What Symmetry Is This? 124 9. 7 Viruses: Nuts and Bolts of a Bacteriophage 125 9. 8 Bird Digestion: Why Birds Don t Need Teeth 126 9. 9 Examining a Fungus: Close-Up Look at a Mushroom 127 9. 10 Taxonomic Categories: Addressing Classification 129 Section 10: Ecology 10. 1 Energy Flow Through the Food Chain: The 10 Percent Rule of Energy Flow 131 10. 2 Population Growth Rate: Growing Exponentially 132 10. 3 Food Web: Piecing Together a Food Web Puzzle 133 10. 4 Population Estimations: Mark and Recapture of Wildlife 134 10. 5 The Importance of Niches: Extinction and the Paper Clip Niche 135 10. 6 Symbiosis: Want Ads for Mutualism 136 10. 7 Human Pollution: Plastic Killers 137 10. 8 Plant Growth Requirements: When Seeds Get Too Crowded 138 10. 9 Packaging and the Environment: Convenience or Conservation? 139 10. 10 Arthropod Behavior: Response of the Pill Bugs 140 Section 11: Body Systems 11. 1 The Role of Bile in Digestion: Emulsifying Fat 143 11. 2 Tendons: Visualizing How the Fingers Work 144 11. 3 The Heart: The Strongest Muscle of the Body 145 11. 4 Partnering of the Brain and Eyes: Putting the Fish in the Bowl 146 11. 5 Lung Capacity During Exercise: Balloons and Vital Capacity 148 11. 6 Blood Vessels: Arteries or Veins? 149 11. 7 Muscle Interactions: Pairing of the Biceps and Triceps 150 11. 8 Mechanical Digestion: The Initial Breakdown of Digestion 152 11. 9 Peristalsis During Digestion: Moving Food Through the Esophagus 153 11. 10 Why We Sweat: Staying Cool with the Sweat Glands 155 UNIT III. EARTH SCIENCE Section 12: Structure of Earth Systems 12. 1 Core Sampling: Seeing Inside the Cupcake 158 12. 2 Metamorphic Rocks: Pressure and the Candy Bar 159 12. 3 Sedimentation: Making Sedimentary Rocks 160 12. 4 Soil Conservation: How Much of the Earth Is Usable Soil? 161 12. 5 Physical Weathering of Rocks: Sugar Cube Breakdown 162 12. 6 Mineral Hardness: Mineral Ranks 163 12. 7 Cross Section of the Earth: Egg Modeling 165 12. 8 Porosity of Soil Samples: Soil s Holding Power 166 12. 9 Groundwater and Permeability: Just Passing Through 167 12. 10 Water in the Ocean: Sink or Float? 168 12. 11 Ocean Currents: Temperatures Start the Motion 169 12. 12 Bottle Eruption: Volcanic Activity 170 Section 13: Earth s History 13. 1 Inferences from Fossils: Who Was Here? 172 13. 2 Magnetic Rocks: Lodestones 173 13. 3 Radioactive Rocks: The Age of Rocks 174 13. 4 Continental Drift: Puzzling Over the Continents 175 13. 5 Strength of Earthquakes: It s the Cracker s Fault 176 13. 6 Fossil Molds and Casts: Making Fossils 177 13. 7 Glaciers: Ice in Motion 178 13. 8 Deformation of Rocks: Rocks Under Stress 179 13. 9 Geologic Time Scale Model: Earth s History on a Football Field 181 13. 10 Graded Bedding: Breaking the Law 182 13. 11 Seismic Waves: Human Wave Form 183 13. 12 Mountain Building: Paper Peaks 184 Section 14: Meteorology 14. 1 Temperature Inversions: Weather Patterns and Pollution 186 14. 2 Cloud Formation: The Cloudy Bottle 187 14. 3 Warm Air Rises: Refrigerated Balloons 188 14. 4 Water Vapor: Dew on the Beaker 189 14. 5 Rain Gauge: Let It Pour 190 14. 6 The Loss of Ozone: Oxygen Is Not Just for Breathing 191 14. 7 Temperature: Do You Want That in Celsius or Fahrenheit? 192 14. 8 Heat Transfer: Spiraling Upward 194 14. 9 Read a Climatogram: Quick Take on Climate 195 14. 10 Air Has Weight: Living Under Pressure 197 14. 11 Make It Rain: Bottle Rainstorm 198 14. 12 Winds: Air Masses in Motion 199 Section 15: The Universe 15. 1 Telescopes: An Eye on the Universe 201 15. 2 Light-Years: Universal Time 202 15. 3 Star Constellations: How Many Do You Know? 203 15. 4 Viewing Constellations: Moving Patterns in the Sky 204 15. 5 The Gyroscopic Effect: Spacecraft Navigation 206 15. 6 Space Shuttle Orbits: Holding Onto Your Marbles 207 15. 7 Gravity and Space Instruments: Writing in Space 209 15. 8 Visible Light: A Blend of Colors 210 15. 9 Infrared Light: Feel the Heat 211 15. 10 Star Magnitude: The Brightness of Stars 212 15. 11 Inertia in Space: Objects Keep Moving 213 15. 12 The Parallax Effect: A Different Perspective 214 Section 16: The Solar System 16. 1 Planetary Revolutions: Birthdays on Mercury and Jupiter 216 16. 2 Jupiter s Atmosphere: A Stormy Planet 217 16. 3 Orbiting the Sun: Earth s Trip Around the Sun 218 16. 4 Planet Formations: How the Planets Were Made 220 16. 5 Surviving on the Moon: Lunar Trek 221 16. 6 Solar Eclipse: Blocking the Sun 222 16. 7 Astrolabe: Medieval Measurements 223 16. 8 Precession of Earth: Spinning on the Axis 225 16. 9 Lunar Surface Regolith: After the Meteorites Hit the Moon 227 16. 10 Weight and Gravity: Weighing In on the Earth, Moon, and Sun 228 16. 11 Auroras: Party Lights in the Sky 229 16. 12 Moon Face: The Moon s Revolution and Rotation 231 Teacher s Notes 232 Answer Key 239