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Recyclers Revisited
Fifth graders observe their plant experiments that they started in a previous instructional activity and examine the role of decomposers in the nitrogen cycle. Two weeks after they set up a worm terrarium, they analyze any changes they...
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Spectral Surprise
Students create spectral colors. In this hands-on science lesson, students examine the electromagnetic spectrum as they follow steps to create a model that separates and displays light.
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Looking Blue
Students participate in a research project that is exclusively using the internet. The author states that traditional labs are hard to conduct for a light lab. This one uses the internet with the intention that students can manipulate...
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Snell's Law
Young scholars determine whether the index of refraction of sample of Corn Syrup meets Federal standards. This task assess students' abilities to explain the procedures for investigation, plan for recording and organizing observations...
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Biocomplexity Lab Activity: Measuring Turbidity
Students measure turbidity and comprehend the effects of turbidity on aquatic life. They explain what a lake looks like after a heavy rainfall. Students comprehend that turbidity is a measure of the relative clarity of water.
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Physical Principles in Living Systems
Seventh graders experiment with white light, plane mirrors, and curved mirrors in order to demonstrate the physical principles of living systems. In this physical principles lesson plan, 7th graders take 3 days to discover what happens...
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MLTI region
In this MLTI region instructional activity, students answer multiple choice questions about the MLTI region and other NASA missions. Students answer four questions.
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So You Would Like a Wind Farm, Eh?
Students collect and analyze data correctly. In this statistics lesson, students use central tendencies to analyze collected data. They calculate where a wind farm will be placed, based on the data.
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Electromagnetic Wave Spectrum
Fifth graders examine electromagnetic wave spectrum. In this science instructional activity, 5th graders discuss the aspects of the electromagnetic wave spectrum and complete a worksheet identifying the parts of the spectrum.
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Properties and Behavior of Waves
Students explore the different properties of waves. In this physics lesson, students differentiate mechanical and electromagnetic waves. They explore each lab station and write their observation about the wave behavior they see.
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Sea Ice Research
Students study sea ice and its importance in climate and climate change. They discuss sea ice as a presence of a food source for marine animals in the arctic and complete a lab activity. After completing the lab, they watch a video...
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Rovers on Mars
Learners explore latest Mars rovers - Spirit and Opportunity. They investigate the nature of communications with the Rovers including use of Mars Orbiters as relay stations. They research needs of future missions and design...
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Spectral Surprise
Students experience a model that produces, separating, and displaying spectral colors.
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Sound - Lesson Plan
Tenth graders should know how sound is produced and state some properties of sound.
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Curricular Correlations
First graders listen to prerecorded sounds and put them into categories. They discus the sounds that would be heard outdoors, and indoors. They go outside for a few minutes and take a "hearing walk." Then they come inside and close their...
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Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Geothermal [Pdf]
Chapter 21 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at geothermal energy, its history, and uses. The economic impact of geothermal energy in Texas is described, and its production, transmission, and availability. Also looks...
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Bc Hydro: Generation System
Gives a clear explanation of how BC Hydro's electric generation system and thermal generating system work. Its transmission and distribution systems are also explained. There are maps showing where facilities and dams are located, but...
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Radio Reception and Transmission
Teams of students learn about the engineering design process as they design, build, and test a radio receiver and optional transmitter that can receive FM broadcasts. Lesson focuses on how advances in radio communications have impacted...
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Overview of Radiation
This site details what radiation is, the physics of radiation, and radiative transfer as it occurs in nature. Content explores the electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic waves, properties of radiation, and solar radiation.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Albedo and Global Warming
In this interactive activity adapted from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey, learn about Earth's albedo (the ratio of reflected vs. incident solar radiation), how pollution alters albedo, and how ice-albedo feedback may accelerate...
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Climate Reality Project
To help combat the climate crisis America faces and to protect our environment, the Climate Reality Project clean energy plan includes efficiency, generation, transmission, and transportation.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Blue Skies and Red Sunsets
This high school resource shows how the blue of the skies and the red of the sunsets can be explained by the interaction of sunlight with atmospheric particles which causes scattering of light.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior
A collection of video lectures introducing beginning biology students to the principles of evolution, ecology, and behavior. The course was taught three times a week for a semester at Yale University. The course discusses concepts of...
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Nova Teacher: Saved by the Sun: Classroom Activity
During the lesson, students will also design, build and test a solar cooker that pasteurizes water.