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Curated OER

Supercomputer Breaks Its Own Record

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students tour the inside of a computer, and then step back in time to meet some of the people who contributed to computing technology's development. They write about the specific innovations they found to be the most interesting.
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Instructional Video12:23
Crash Course

Advanced CPU Designs: Crash Course Computer Science #9

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Faster is always better, right? The ninth installment of a series on computer science focuses on advancements in CPU design and speed. The video covers instruction pipelining, cache, FLOPS, branch prediction, multi-core processors, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Computing and Project Development

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use a computer and math to complete a science project. They review a brief history of computers as well as information on different operating formats will be included. In addition, students complete an overview of the hardware...
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Instructional Video3:34
Khan Academy

Galactic Collisions

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
An interesting video addresses the concept of galactic collisions. He narrates the animated video explaining what is happening and how collisions merge into a new galaxy. Note: While the computations are concrete, the video is...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Incorporating 3D Visualizations into Your Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make observations through 3-D visualizations. They explore scientific and geologic processes through the use of 3-D pictures.
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Instructional Video4:22
TED-Ed

Why the Insect Brain Is So Incredible

For Students 7th - 12th
What makes an insect's brain so marvelous? Insects have tiny nervous systems that are more complex than you think. Surprisingly, there are quite a few similarities between an insect's brain and a human's brain. Watch an engaging video to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Conductors and Insulators

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore conductors and insulators. In this science lesson, 5th graders act as electrons moving through a wire. Students break into groups representing conductors and insulators and explore how they work with electrons.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The U.S. Census

For Students 6th - 8th
In this U.S. Census Worksheet, students read a passage regarding the U.S. Census and answer the following 10 multiple choice questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The History Of The Internet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explain how the Internet evolved and what it is today.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Your Amazing Brain

For Students 8th
In these reading comprehension worksheets, 8th graders read a passage about the brain. Students then answer 5 reading comprehension questions about the text.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Subset Sum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of exponential growth.  In this exponential growth lesson, students solve a problem about ensuring fairness in a Tug-of-War.  Students determine which students should be on a team to ensure that...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biology: Protein Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students in pairs, select and view proteins from the Protein Data Bank. After downloading the tutorial and instructions, they identify the protein's structures and primary biological functions. Then, students present their findings to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

24 Hour Party Robots

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read an article about robots and social behavior. As a class, they write down new vocabulary words they are unfamilar with in the article. In groups, they discover what all the words have in commom and identify the type of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Layered Earth

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students role play plate tectonics by creating a "plate statue" made up of students. In this earth science instructional activity, students describe how Earth's movement cause earthquakes and volcanoes. They draw and name the different...
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Graphic
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: Supercomputer Gordon

For Students 9th - 10th
Located at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, Gordon is a completely new kind of supercomputer that uses massive amounts of flash memory to retrieve randomly organized data.
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Handout
Other

San Diego Supercomputer Cente: Rosalind Elsie Franklin

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of Rosalind Franklin, pioneer DNA researcher whose career was cut short by her early death is told here, including the role she played in the discovery of the structure of DNA.
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Website
Other

University of California: In Honor of Seymour Roger Cray

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of links gives biographical information about Seymour Cray, the inventor of the supercomputer and a native of Wisconsin.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Supercomputer

For Students 9th - 10th
Seen in a science museum, this is an early supercomputer made by Cray.
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Audio
Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Ibm Computer Faces Off Against Jeopardy Champs

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses an upcoming competition between IBM's supercomputer "Watson" and champions of the TV game show Jeopardy. The computer must be able to interpret natural language, e.g., irony, in order to win. Aired Feb. 11, 2011 [17:38 min]
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Handout
Other

Sdsc: Emmy Noether Creative Mathematical Genius

For Students 9th - 10th
The San Diego Supercomputer Center provides a detailed biography of the creative mathematical genius, Emmy Noether.
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Website
Computer History Museum

Computer History Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes a variety of exhibits, an artifact repository, special events and publications.
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Nova: Smartest Machine on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Watson, an IBM computing system takes on human contestants on a TV game show.
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Article
University of Washington

Vinton G. Cerf: The Internet Phenomenon

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about the development of the Internet by Vinton G. Cerf. Includes a short biography of his career.
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Website
Other

Browser Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive archive of links to versions of many different browsers. Current to 2005. This site is maintained by an international volunteer group primarily for professional web developers.

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