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Curated OER

Comparing Sunscreens

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use a microcomputer connected to an ultra-violet sensor to compare the relative blocking power of different SPF sunscreens for the UVB region of the solar spectrum.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reflection and Absorption of Light

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students use a microcomputer connected to a light sensor and temperature probe to explore the reflection and absorption of radiation for different surfaces. Students follow instructions in this guided inquiry based lab and are then asked...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Determining the Relationship Between pH and Hydrogen Ions with Microcomputer Based Lab (MBL) and/or Calculator Based Lab (CBL) Equipment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars find the relationship between the variables based on experimental data. They determine mathematical relationship between pH and the amount of hydrogen Ions in solution.
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Lesson Plan
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Water Quality

For Teachers 12th
Students use a microcomputer connected to a conductivity probe to measure the total dissolved solids in local area water samples. Students then compare their measurements with others in their class as well as other standard measurements.
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Worksheet
Student Handouts

A Society in Transition

For Students 9th - 12th
Cover the 1980s in your class with a brief informational text and seven related questions. The one-page reading passage includes general information about jobs and skills, population patterns, and the AIDS epidemic. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Free Enterprise: A Context for Technology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Introduced your class to the topic of free enterprise and its relationship to personal freedom. As a class, they brainstorm the ways in which what they do affects the free enterprise system and how technology can make the transition...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Numeration Systems

For Students Higher Ed
In this physics worksheet, students complete 19 questions on binary numeration system. They explain how this system is used to operate computers.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Explorit's Computing and Internet History Quiz

For Students 6th - 9th
In this online interactive computing and Internet history quiz worksheet, students respond to 10 questions. Students may check their answers to checked for accuracy.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using a Spreadsheet

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners create a spreadsheet to analyze data. In this technology lesson, students develop and use an Excel spreadsheet to log their data. They solve real life word problems as they set it up using the spreadsheet.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Special Ed.: Social Problem Solving Skills

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the logical steps used for solving social problems. Using video scenarios, Through group instruction, they aid each other in the discussions decision making, and role-playing. Topics covered include situations related...
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Exploring Microcomputers

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore some microcomputing devices and understand their function.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Exploring Microcomputers

For Students 9th - 10th
Microcomputers, Raspberry Pl and Arduino Uno, are explained.
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Article
McMaster University

The Microcomputer: Input

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about computer hardware input devices, types, and their uses.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Altair 8800

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive encyclopedia article on the Altair 8800 from Wikipedia discusses how Ed Roberts came up with the idea to create a microcomputer design. Also discusses how, first, it was supposed to be a kit for hobbyists and turned into...
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Article
PBS

Pbs: Science Odyssey: Personal Computer Industry Is Launched

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the development of the microcomputer industry focusing mostly around the Altair and Ed Roberts' contributions.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Gary Kildall

For Students 9th - 10th
One-page profile of influential innovator, Gary Kildall, a pioneer in the computer age whose vision and ideas created the first disc operating system for a microcomputer.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Triumph of the Nerds: A History of the Computer

For Students 3rd - 8th
This companion website for acclaimed PBS series "Triumph of the Nerds" explores the history of the computer, tracing the progression of computing technologies from the abacus to the World Wide Web.

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