Organizer
Curated OER

Thinking About Technology: What Is It? How Can It Help Us?

For Students 5th - 6th
What is technology and how can it help us? Using a worksheet, students read a list and choose practical applications of scientific knowledge, brainstorm examples of home, school and hospital technology, graph answers in a pie chart, and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Informational Reading: Electronics Are Made from Resources

For Students 4th - 6th
In this comprehension worksheet, learners read about the making of a computer: circuit boards, hard drives, monitors and plastic housings. Students then answer 3 multiples choice questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Technology has a Solution!

For Students 6th - 7th
In this technology activity, students summarize four things they learned about technology and the environment. Students then write a report that outlines how technology is solving environmental issues.
Organizer
Curated OER

A Look at the Life That Electronics Lead

For Students 4th - 6th
In this comprehension learning exercise, students fill in ways on a graphic organizer that people or companies can conserve energy, reduce waste or minimize the impact to the environment. Next, students solve 3 "environmental" math word...
Article
Story Behind the Science

Story Behind the Science: Story of Cosmic Microwave Background [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing the history of the scientific research that led to the discovery of cosmic background radiation, which, according to the Big Bang Theory, is linked to the origin of the universe.
Website
Other

American Institute of Physics: Ideas of Cosmology: Big Bang or Steady State?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the Steady State Theory of the origin of the universe. Learn about the scientific thinking and historical findings supporting this theory which states that new matter is continuously being created.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Nicolaus Copernicus

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life of the man who set off a scientific revolution with his sun centered theory in this article that details the biography of Nicolaus Copernicus.