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Supercomputer Breaks Its Own Record
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.
Crash Course
Advanced CPU Designs: Crash Course Computer Science #9
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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Introduction to Computing and Project Development
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...
Khan Academy
Galactic Collisions
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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Incorporating 3D Visualizations into Your Classroom
Students make observations through 3-D visualizations. They explore scientific and geologic processes through the use of 3-D pictures.
TED-Ed
Why the Insect Brain Is So Incredible
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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Conductors and Insulators
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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The U.S. Census
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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The History Of The Internet
Learners explain how the Internet evolved and what it is today.
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Your Amazing Brain
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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Subset Sum
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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Biology: Protein Study
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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24 Hour Party Robots
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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The Layered Earth
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...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Supercomputer Gordon
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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San Diego Supercomputer Cente: Rosalind Elsie Franklin
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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University of California: In Honor of Seymour Roger Cray
This collection of links gives biographical information about Seymour Cray, the inventor of the supercomputer and a native of Wisconsin.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Supercomputer
Seen in a science museum, this is an early supercomputer made by Cray.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Ibm Computer Faces Off Against Jeopardy Champs
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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Sdsc: Emmy Noether Creative Mathematical Genius
The San Diego Supercomputer Center provides a detailed biography of the creative mathematical genius, Emmy Noether.
Computer History Museum
Computer History Museum
This site includes a variety of exhibits, an artifact repository, special events and publications.
PBS
Pbs Nova: Smartest Machine on Earth
Watson, an IBM computing system takes on human contestants on a TV game show.
University of Washington
Vinton G. Cerf: The Internet Phenomenon
An article about the development of the Internet by Vinton G. Cerf. Includes a short biography of his career.
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