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1 All About Elements: Lithium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Lithium 1. Elemental Lithium can float in mineral oil! 2. Lithium was one of the elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The other tw...

1 All About Elements: Carbon http://boreal.com boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Carbon 1. Graphine, an allotrope of carbon, is the strongest, thinnest, and best conductor of heat known to man. It was created by scientists using ordin...

1 All About Elements: Lithium https://boreal.com/store/ boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Lithium 1. Elemental Lithium can float in mineral oil! 2. Lithium was one of the elements produced during Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. The other tw...

+ward’ssciencewardsci.com800-962-2660 Gneiss Type: Metamorphic; regional. Texture/Appearance: Foliated, often with distinct banding (segregation) of minerals; some preferred orientation in micas (platy) or hornblende (prismatic crystals). Medium t...

1 All About Elements: Beryllium http://www.boreal.com boreal.com | 800-387-9393 2 3 Fun Facts About… Beryllium 1. Prior to being named beryllium, this element was known as glucinium, which originated from the Greek word glykys, meaning sweet. It w...

Heat It Up, Cool It Down Grade 2: Temperature Probe Aligned with National Standards Call WARD’S at 1-800-962-2660 for Technical Assistance Page 2 Demonstrate the effect of temperature on changes in matter caused by heating and cooling. This inquir...

Energy in Motion Grade 6: Temperature Probe Aligned with National Standards Call WARD’S at 1-800-962-2660 for Technical Assistance Page 2 Just because a bottle looks empty doesn’t mean that it is empty. The bottle actually contains air, which is m...

Ants Go Marching Grade 1: Temperature Probe Aligned with National Standards Call WARD’S at 1-800-962-2660 for Technical Assistance Page 2 In this inquiry based activity, students will observe and record the effects of temperature on the behavior o...

Feel the heat Kindergarten: Temperature Probe Aligned with National Standards Call WARD’S at 1-800-962-2660 for Technical Assistance Page 2 This is a teacher-led whole class inquiry activity where students demonstrate and observe the effects of su...

1 All About Elements: Fluorine http://boreal.com 2 boreal.com | 800-387-9393 Boreal’s All About Elements Series Building Real-World Connections to the Building Blocks of Chemistry The periodic table of elements is an essential part of any chemistr...

Heavy Ice or Heavy Water? Grade 5: Temperature Probe Aligned with National Standards Call WARD’S at 1-800-962-2660 for Technical Assistance Page 2 This is a teacher-led whole class inquiry activity where students observe the effects of temperature...

wardsci.com 800-962-2660 Granite Type: Igneous, intrusive. Texture/Appearance: Massive, medium to coarse-grained; holocrystalline, sometimes porphyritic. Color: White, light gray, pink, or red. Mineralogy/Chemistry: Felsic; composed primarily of q...

Thermal Insulators and Conductors Grade 4: Temperature Probe Aligned with National Standards Call WARD’S at 1-800-962-2660 for Technical Assistance Page 2 This is an activity where students demonstrate and observe the effects that different materi...

Do Vibrations Make Sound? Grade 1: Sound Probe Aligned with National Standards Call WARD’S at 1-800-962-2660 for Technical Assistance Page 2 Students will learn about sound and vibrations. This activity will allow students to see and hear how vibr...

Speedy Energy Grade 4: Motion Probe Aligned with National Standards Call WARD’S at 1-800-962-2660 for Technical Assistance Page 2 This is an interactive inquiry where students will investigate the speed of an object and the energy it exerts as it ...

Unbalanced forces Grade 3: Force Probe Aligned with National Standards Call WARD’S at 1-800-962-2660 for Technical Assistance Page 2 Students will simulate a tug-of-war using two WARD’S Single Force Probes to illustrate balanced and unbalanced for...