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	Record: 173 Students see the importance of electricity in our daily life. Specifically designed for KG but may be useful with 1st graders. (Start with a dark, quiet room. Make sure record player is unplugged.) Boys and girls, it's dark in here. I can hardly see. What could we do to see better? (response) John, would you turn on the lights?
	Record: 268 Compare and classify objects as large or small, long or short. Identify the need for standard units of measure. Sort and classify objects according to shape and color. This is the beginning of an entire unit of lessons on measurement.
	Record: 329 EnergyEd OnLine This US based site offers links to many energy conserving activities suitable for the elementary school.
	Record: 377 Magic Sand: Hydrophobia & Molecules - Students compare what happens to beach sand, coloured sand and "Magic Sand" when mixed with water, to find differences in the properties of the different materials.
	Record: 378 Marshmallow Molecules - Students learn that all matter is made up of atoms and molecules, and that different substances are composed of different molecules.The vocabulary in this lesson may be to mature for grade 2 students; this could be adapted for structures and mechanisms using a variety of challenges to build marshmallow structures using toothpicks.
	Record: 724 OBSERVING A CANDLE Keywords: Observations Good lesson for helping to build observations and questioning. Open flames are a large concern. This could be done just by the teacher especially with younger classes.
	Record: 736 THE PAPER BAG MYSTERY: Students will guess which objects are in brown paper bags. Can be done at a station or as a large group.Can be adapted for older students as well.
	Record: 893 Designed for grade 1 can be adapted to grades 2 and 3. Simple machines are displayed and students get to discuss those they know. Key terms: force, work and energy.