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PC Technology Guide

Pc Tech Guide: Input Devices

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives descriptions of the different types of input devices such as keyboards, mice and touchscreens. Discusses how hardware looks and functions, different types of each device and how each device has been developed and...
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Tech Museum: Building for the Big One [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This resource presents a project where learners design and build structures that can withstand an earthquake. The project can include an extension where students look at the factors of soil type and proximity to fault in their design....
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Facts and Tips on Earthquakes

For Students 4th - 7th
Explains what earthquakes are, what causes them, the different types, tsunamis that can be caused by them, and how to prepare if living in an earthquake-prone area.
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NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Supernovae Remnants

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of supernova remnants with many embedded links to help define terms used in the description. The specific topics are age and the importance of remnants to us and the types. Definitions of key words are provided.
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Dandi Palmer: Salvation & the Devil Dancer

For Students 2nd - 5th
Click through the pages of this beautifully illustrated story book to read about a little girl who listens to her grandmother tell a story about two dancers and their performance at a carnival that ended up saving the whole village from...
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Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Surf's Up Dude!

For Students 3rd - 8th
"Surf's Up Dude!" features waves of energy. Identify types, structures, and ways to measure waves.
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Quantum Mysteries: Deepening Quantum Mysteries

For Students 9th - 10th
Although it is arguably the most successful theory in physics, quantum physics has often baffled and confounded both its practitioners and the general public. This informative website discusses the types of mysteries, which still plague...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Tsunami Attack!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about tsunamis, discovering what causes them and what makes them so dangerous. They learn that engineers design detection and warning equipment, as well as structures that that can survive the strong wave forces. In a...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Visible Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces fifth grade students to the electromagnetic spectrum and focuses on the visible light spectrum, but all types of energy waves in the electromagnetic spectrum are touched on. It...
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Chemtopics: Atomic Orbitals & Electron Configurations [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Solutions to the Schrodinger wave equation give four types of atomic orbitals. Explanation of how quantum numbers specify these orbitals.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is Sound?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Defines sound, how it travels, the components of a sound wave, the different types, and other fun facts.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Survive That Tsunami!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use a table-top-sized tsunami generator to observe the formation and devastation of a tsunami. They see how a tsunami moves across the ocean and what happens when it reaches the continental shelf. Students make villages of model...
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Curated OER

Slinky and Hand

For Students 9th - 10th
The different types of earthquake waves are discussed and illustrated with. Features geologist video clip.
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The English Teacher

The English Teacher: Teaching Basic Poetry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan-tutorial uses "Beware do not read this poem" by Ismael Reed to teach students how to read and appreciate poetry.

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