The CCMR Educational Programs Lending Library
is a resource for teachers interested in teaching science in grades K-12.
The Lending Library offers lesson plans and student activity sheets for a wide variety of science topics which can be downloaded in PDF format. Kits, which contain the materials necessary for the activities are also available upon request.
We only ship 1 kit at a time. Kits need to be requested 2 weeks prior to shipment date.
| Due to overwhelming demand in the last weeks of March, we are currently unable to fulfill requests at this time. We recommend that you download the lesson plan and student worksheets. We apologize for the inconvenience. We are working on a solution. If you have any questions, please contact Nev Singhota at 607-255-1486. Thank you for your patience. |
| Lesson Plan and Kit | Objective | Grade Levels | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airboats | Use airboats to understand Newton's Laws of Motion. | 6-8 3-5 | Physics |
| Boat Building | Students will explore materials and use knowledge of their properties to engineer their own boat design. | 6-8 K-2 | General Science |
| Bridge Building | Design, build and test a bridge made of drinking straws and tape. | 9-12 | Physics Engineering |
| Catapult | Build and optimize a catapult while learning basic principles of physics and the scientific process. | 6-8 9-12 | Physics Engineering |
| Chemical Reactions | Students will learn the principles of chemical reactions by mixing and observing chemicals. | 3-5 | Chemistry |
| Classification | Learn how to use some of the tools of classification in order to more easily understand the relationships between groups of objects. | 6-8 3-5 | Earth Science General Science |
| Composite Materials | Understand what a composite material is and what they are useful for. | 6-8 9-12 | Materials Science |
| Crystal Radio | Students will learn about how a radio works and use the special materials needed to build their own. | 6-8 | Engineering Physics |
| Density: Density of Liquids | Compare liquids of different densities quantitatively and qualitatively. | 6-8 | Physics |
| Diffraction | Learn about principles of light and light waves. Discover how diffraction and interference of light waves can be used to measure. | 9-12 | Physics |
| Discovering Enzymes | Students will learn about the properties of proteins by demonstrating their breakdown with hydrogen peroxide. | 6-8 9-12 | Chemistry |
| Drop Tube | Students will gain experience with the scientific method through accurate data collection, graphing, and making predictions. | 3-5 | The Scientific Process |
| Edible Glass | Students will examine the properties of molecules and heat by creating edible glass (hard candy). | 6-8 9-12 | Chemistry |
| Electromagnets | Students will understand what an electromagnet is and how it works. | 9-12 | Physics |
| Electroplating | Students will learn the principles of electroplating by coating a penny with zinc, and coating a nickel with copper. | 6-8 9-12 | Chemistry |
| Energy Conversion | Understand how combustion works and the difference between combustion and electrochemical conversion. | 6-8 9-12 | Chemistry |
| Energy Detectives | Students learn that energy is found in several forms and is always present. It cannot be created or destroyed, just change forms, which is important in everyday life. | 3-5 6-8 | General Science |
| Forensics: Case of the Missing Diamond Maker | Students learn about techniques of forensic science including: fingerprint identification, chromatography, and chemistry. | 6-8 | Chemistry |
| Friction | Learn about the properties and types of friction and how it affects students’ lives. | 6-8 9-12 3-5 | Physics |
| Fuel Cell | Introduce the chemistry involved in fuel cell technology by building a simple fuel cell. | 9-12 | Chemistry |
| Fuel Cell Game | Build on students' early understanding of oxidation/reduction reactions and electrochemistry. Illustrate how electrons are captured from the chemical reaction in the fuel cell. | 9-12 | Chemistry |
| Fun with Phases | Students will learn the principles of phase separation and partition of solutes between phases. | 6-8 9-12 | Chemistry |
| Grocery Bag | Students will understand how the structure of a polymer can affect its mechanical properties. | 6-8 9-12 | Chemistry |
| Ice Cream | Students will make their own ice cream using liquid nitrogen and learn about the freezing points of certain liquids and chemicals. | 6-8 9-12 K-2 3-5 | Chemistry |
| Isotope Rummy | Students will learn what an isotope is and how their real-world applications make them useful to scientists. | 9-12 | Chemistry |
| Magnetic Mad Libs | Learn how hard drives work; review basic principles of magnetism and understand how digital electronics store information in binary. | 6-8 | Physics |
| Marvelous Magnets | Explore which materials are attracted to magnets, the magnetic field, and what affects magnet strength. | K-2 K-2 | Physics |
| Paper Airplanes | Students will design and test a paper airplane as part of an engineering experience. | 6-8 9-12 | Engineering |
| Polymers: Plastics Make it Possible | Make Shrinky Dinks and complete a chemical reaction to create nylon. | 6-8 9-12 | Chemistry Materials Science |
| Polymers: Silly Putty | Students will be introduced to polymers, their structure, and some of their properties by making silly putty. | 6-8 K-2 3-5 | Chemistry |
| Potato Power | Build a voltaic cell using a potato to power a small device. | 6-8 9-12 | Chemistry |
| Rocks and Minerals | Learn about simple observable characteristics/properties (color, streak, hardness) used to identify rocks and minerals. | 6-8 9-12 | Earth Science General Science |
| Roller Ball | Learn about potential and kinetic energy, as well as slope and how it affects the distance a ball will roll. | 3-5 | Physics |
| Rube Goldberg Machine | Students learn about the Law of Conservation of Energy. | 6-8 | Physics |
| The Science of Snowflakes | Students will learn about states of matter while classifying snowflakes by shape and structure. | 6-8 | Earth Science |
| Vitamin C | Determine how much vitamin C is in various juices using the process of titration. | 9-12 6-8 | Chemistry |
| What is Rust? | Students will understand rust as a chemical reaction and be able to explain why certain metals rust differently. | 6-8 9-12 | Chemistry |
