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Help your students tackle the misconception that air is not matter! Students are challenged to prove that air is matter by finding the mass and volume of air. In this download, students get background information, and some simple supplies (see below). Students create their own procedure and plan for determining the mass and volume of air to encourage ownership and engagement with their learning, but helpful questions are provided for students if they get stuck. You'll also find a data table and

Moon phases can be a challenging concept to visualize, and this is a perfect way to help students systematize their real-world observations, spark curiosity, and strengthen pattern identification skills! By the end of this inquiry activity, students will have generated a scientific question about how the Moon changes and its relationship to the Sun and Earth, developed a procedure, collected and analyzed data, and answered their own question. Step 1: Choose a scientific question about the Moon'