Download These Science Powerpacks; From Teachers, For Teachers!
All Grades, Multi-Subject
Discover some of the most popular Science By You activities created and shared by educators like you. Each Powerpack is filled with ready-to-use, classroom-tested ideas that will engage your students and elevate your lessons.
Biology Powerpack
Engage with the natural world through interactive activities that explore the complexities of living organisms.
- Bear Trap, Finding Tardigrades – A hands-on activity exploring the microscopic world of tardigrades, sparking curiosity and building skills in observation, microscopy, and scientific procedures.
- Secret Code Game, Discovering Dichotomous Keys – Students will learn how to decipher a dichotomous key to identify organisms.
- Homeostasis Heroes - Create posters to educate others about the League of Homeostasis heroes and their arch-enemies, V.I.R.U.S. (Vile, Icky, Really Uncool Sicknesses). Design a hero and a villain for a body system of students’ choice!
- Gummy Bear Dissection - In this lab, students model the various terminology used to identify anatomical positions.
Chemistry Powerpack
Mix things up in the lab! Discover hands-on teacher-generated activities that make chemistry concepts crystal clear.
- Periodic Trends Lab: 3D Graphing – Students discover how certain properties of elements on the periodic table increase or decrease as they look across the periodic table.
- Borax Snowflake Lab – Students explore the science of crystal formation while fostering creativity, hands-on problem-solving, and an appreciation for the beauty of chemistry.
- Rainbow Lab – Students build essential lab skills, like precise measurement, metric system practice, and following procedures, while reinforcing the importance of lab safety and teamwork.
- Electron Configuration Battleship – Students have fun taking concepts of a game they have probably played (Battleship) and applying them to a scientific concept (electron configuration).
Earth & Space Science Powerpack
Inspire wonder about the world beneath our feet and beyond our atmosphere.
- Ocean Currents and Tides – This activity helps students discover how ocean currents and tides work together to influence climate and ecosystems.
- Climate Time Machine – Students explore striking visual examples of how Earth has changed over time, highlighting the effects of climate change.
- Tragedy of the Commons – This activity examines how shared resources are used and highlights the importance of sustainability and collective responsibility.
- Planetary Adventure Travel Project – Students examine planets in the solar system and discover what makes them uninhabitable.
Physics Powerpack
Take your students on a journey through the laws of motion, energy, and forces. These activities use practical demonstrations to show physics in action.
- Resistance is Futile – In this lab, students investigate how transmission electrical energy transmission is affected by the properties of the material that conducts it.
- Newton’s Laws Stations Activity – Twelve engaging activities that bring Newton's laws to life, helping students explore real-world applications of motion, force, and energy through hands-on demonstrations and problem-solving.
- Wrecking Ball Lab Activity – An interactive lab that gives students a fun and practical way to investigate physics principles, enhancing their understanding of mass, force, and motion through hands-on building and demonstration.
- Transfer of Thermal Energy – This activity is popping with opportunities for students to explore thermal energy transfer while learning about conduction, convection, and radiation in a fun and tasty way.
STEM Powerpack
Introduce your students to interdisciplinary, real-world problem-solving. Explore engineering challenges, coding basics, and design thinking to prepare students for the future.
- Sunshine in a Jar: Do-It-Yourself Outdoor Garden Lanterns – This activity demonstrates photovoltaics concepts while creating a solar LED light, promoting creativity, sustainability, and global impact.
- Marvelous Magnets: An Exploration of Electromagnetism with Lab Stations – This engaging lab with 10 hands-on stations helps students explore magnetism and electromagnetism, meeting national science standards while building critical thinking and investigative skills.
- Wait—Light is Made of Other Lights? – This lab lets students build simple spectroscopes to explore how different light sources emit unique spectral lines, making complex concepts accessible and hands-on.
- Hidden Figures Movie Activity – This activity lets students explore diverse women in STEM while covering topics like social studies, language arts, geometry, physics, programming, history, and career readiness.
Middle School Powerpack
The Middle School Powerpack combines a curated mix of activities from our Subject Matter Powerpacks, tailored specifically for younger learners. With fun, hands-on lessons like Ocean Currents and Tides, Climate Time Machine, Wrecking Ball Lab, and the Secret Code Game (Discovering Dichotomous Keys), this collection simplifies complex science concepts while keeping middle schoolers engaged and excited to learn.
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