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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Arthur Holly Compton Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to overviewing Compton's (1892-1962 CE) studies in x-rays, this article includes information on Compton's published works, his education, and personal life.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Team Up!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the physical and psychological effect of stress and tension on human beings. They develop their observing, thinking, writing and teamwork skills by working on a group art project and reporting about it. They learn about...
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Robert Millikan

For Students 9th - 10th
Robert Andrews Millikan was a prominent American physicist who made lasting contributions to both pure science and science education. He is particularly well known for his highly accurate determination of the charge of an electron via...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Levers Weight Lifters

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this lesson, young scholars will have the opportunity to explore levers through hands-on experiences and by navigating the Internet. This lesson allows students to use their experiences to determine how levers and other simple...
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Website
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Forensic Science Technician

For Students 9th - 10th
With the advent of many crime-solving television shows, there is increased interest in the career of forensin science technician. Read this Science Buddies career profile to find out all the kinds of things the forensic scientist gets to...
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Lesson Plan
PE Central

Pe Central: Cooperation Assessment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Ask students to think critically about their previous experiences with cooperative learning and physical education activities. This website provides a list of questions that students need to answer on their own. Turned-in responses can...
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Activity
Optical Society

Optical Society of America: Optics for Kids: Bending Light

For Students 3rd - 8th
An experiment using a water lens that demonstrates how the eye sees an image. Accompanied by an explanation of what's happening, and a link to an article on refraction.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Reversible and Irreversible Change

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This unit brings together and consolidates work that children have done before on reversible changes and introduces irreversible changes. Students are guided through experiments illustrating the...
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Lord Rayleigh Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Nobel e-Museum, you can read about the scientific work of Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919 CE). This article includes information on his education and experiments with light and sound waves.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Seeing Motion

For Students 6th - 8th
With this interactive tool and the use of a motion sensor, students will track their own motion and, as they collect data in several experiments, they will plot it on a distance-time graph. After completing the three experiments, they...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Riding the Gravity Wave

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write a biographical sketch of an artist or athlete who lives on the edge, riding the gravity wave, to better understand how these artists and athletes work with gravity and manage risk. Note: The literacy activities for the...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Chemical Reactions: Investigating Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this 9th grade physical science guided inquiry, students will work in pairs to discover the indicators of chemical reactions. Each pair of students is assigned either an exothermic or endothermic reaction. Based on their observations,...