Try It!® Science
Hands-On Activities Turn Students’ Curiosity into Knowledge!
Engage students in active and meaningful science learning through this thought-provoking collection of hands-on explorations. Covering key concepts of
life, earth, and physical science, this inquiry-based program is the perfect supplement to a core science curriculum.
Combine Self-Correcting VersaTiles® Activities and Try It! Science Labs to Improve Student Performance!
Use these two powerful programs together for a comprehensive and engaging approach to teaching science content. After students complete a hands-on investigation in the Try It! Science Lab, use the correlation chart in the Teacher’s Guide to find a corresponding VersaTiles activity to reinforce the concepts they have just learned.
Each grade-level Try It!® Science Lab includes—
- A comprehensive, 54-page Lab Manual featuring a dozen fascinating, easy-to-do activities, materials lists, and blackline masters
- Detailed Teacher Notes with content support
- Reproducible student activity sheets
- Correlations to NSE Standards
- Science materials for a whole class working collaboratively, packaged in a sturdy VersaTote® Storage Center
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Try
It! Science Level 3 Kit |
| Turn students’
curiosity into scientific results with the hands-on activities in
this kit! Through completion of the activities in this level, students
will— |
| Classify seashells |
Measure wind speed |
| Explore rock hardness |
Build a rocket |
| Determine how moon craters form |
Predict the outcome of mixing
light colors |
| Understand how fossils form |
Identify what makes up the solar
system |
| Examine what makes up a seed |
Distinguish between solids and
liquids |
| Recognize how camouflage works
as a survival adaptation in some animals |
| Materials include
batteries, flashlights, graduated cylinders, magnifiers, measuring
tapes, rock collections, seashells, seeds, stopwatches, and more! |
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Try It! Science Level 4
Kit |
| This exciting collection
of explorations will help students build critical-thinking skills
while reinforcing essential science concepts. Through completion of
the activities in this level, students will— |
| Use a compound microscope |
Control mold growth |
| Build a simple refracting telescope |
Use a first-class lever to lift
a load |
| Explain what an electrical circuit
is |
Create a fossil timeline of Earth
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| Construct a stream bank model |
Measure indoor and outdoor temperature
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| Dissect an owl pellet and identify
bones |
Perform a controlled experiment |
| Compare the effectiveness of
different insulators |
| Materials include
aluminum pans, batteries, battery holders, bulbs, bulb holders, convex
lenses, fertilizer, forceps, graduated cylinders, magnifiers, owl
pellets, prisms, stopwatches, thermometers, tuning forks, and more! |
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Try
It! Science Level 5 Kit |
| Science principles
will come alive when students have the opportunity to participate
in fascinating explorations. Through completion of the activities
in this level, students will— |
| Observe the process of plant
transpiration |
Estimate relative humidity |
| Identify the parts
and use of a stethoscope |
Explain the Food Pyramid |
| Use litmus and pH
paper to identify acids and bases |
Simulate how an x-ray photograph
is produced |
| Explain why the phases of the
Moon occur |
Draw conclusions about the size
of the solar system |
| Observe the magnetic field around
a bar magnet |
Calculate density |
| Explore the effects of increased voltage
on the process of electroplating |
Build an electric motor |
| Materials include
balance, bar magnets, batteries, battery holders, copper wire, drinking
birds, electric motors, flashlights, measuring tapes, pH paper, stethoscopes,
stopwatches, thermometers, and more! |
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