Break down light into spectra. Scholars learn how atoms emit and absorb photons and come to understand how this process allows scientists to identify different atoms based on either absorption lines or emission lines. Learners then...

Making Climate Change Relatable to Teens: The goal of my Earth and Environmental Science course is to provide students with the scientific principles, concepts, and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the...

An article from Campus Technology magazine that discusses how technology is changing the human condition and many of these changes are driven by the wants, needs, and interests of people. For example, artificial emotional intelligence...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Describes changes occurring in the structure of the typical family in America. People wait longer to get married and the divorce rate is up, leading to more single parent homes and people living alone....

Technology has the power to do many things, and changing the world is one of them. We're privileged to be living in a time where science and technology can assist us, make our lives easier, and rethink the ways we go about our daily...

A model organizes what we think we know about something in order to predict how it might behave in the present, future, or past as well as how it might respond to external influence. Models are especially useful when direct, controlled...

Looks at potential changes in 2015 in how people use social media. These include tools to make financial transactions, new types of networks, shopping features, social networking features on more smart devices, and the demand for more...

If you don't know that the incandescent light was a failure before it was a success, it's easy to write off some modern energy innovations like solar panels because they haven't hit the big time fast enough. Worse, the fairy-tale view of...

A 2006 first-hand account that analyzes how the finishing of the Three Gorges Dam will create a new mega-city where a small village now exists. This article also explains how this could create an economic boom in China, making it an...

Product improvement is the process of making meaningful product changes that result in new customers or increased benefits realized by existing customers. The two most popular ways to make product improvements are to add new product...

As a teen, making considerations about sexual activity can be quite complicated. There are numerous issues to be aware of that have both physical and emotional implications. The article is well written and quite comprehensive.

"Dewy Wins" is not the only big mistake made by journalists in predicting the outcome of presidential elections. This article from the Literary Digest, October 31, 1936, predicted that Alf Landon would defeat Franklin Roosevelt by a...

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated - in some cases, by years - the advance of the future of government. By necessity, government's response to the pandemic resulted in rapid change of the sort generally not seen in the public sector. From...

Just find out that you're going to be moving? Here are some ideas to help make the move easier for you.

Moving away from home after high school can be intimidating. Some choose to move much further than a few miles though. Choosing to live and study abroad can be a life-changing experience. Learn more about the process and the...

Read a brief synopsis of how weather forecasting has changed over the past 200 years.

Are you nervous about changes in your career future? Explore the areas of your life that may be affected by career changes.

The lives of teenagers are different from the lives of children. This period of life - adolescence - is a time of both social and biological change. Social lives become more complex during adolescence, and the teenage years are when we...

Robots are now being used to fight climate change and protect our green environments. They help to fight forest fires, manage our waste, restore the oceans, support renewable energy initiatives, and make agriculture more-environmentally...

As students become more aware of text complexity, an understanding of the formal properties of literature becomes more important. This is an excellent examination of the kinds of choices writers make that change the way readers receive...

Published in 1998, this article offers 10- and 20-year predictions for how technology would change the world we live in.

Learn the essential elements of every good news story from Gerald Lanson and Mitchell Stephens, authors of Writing and Reporting The News, who emphasize eleven judgments that journalism students should make when evaluating newsworthiness.

Climate change and heat from a strong El Nino played roles in making 2016 the hottest year on record. Understand the specific impacts of climate change.

Explanation of three different types of heat islands and what happens to make cities warmer than some of their surrounding areas.