The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this experiment on forming brass and bronze from pennies. Students will use post and pre-1983 pennies to create bronze and brass alloys. The class...

“10 Simple and Effective In-class Experiments and Demonstrations for Materials Education- An Overview,” is a formal evaluation of 10 basic activities which can be utilized in classrooms from the elementary level through...

The name says it all. At the link above, readers will find 150 science experiments, allowing for enough STEM discoveries to last through spring. These experiments are organized into several categories, including Water...

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration classroom activity explores bioluminescence. This PDF addresses: Which deep-sea organisms are capable of bioluminescence, and how does this ability benefit these...

In this activity, students will identify an assemblage of fossils, determine their age, evaluate the fossil population, and make some inferences about the ancient environment in which they existed. The discovery aspect...