Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Scientific Theories

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Today most people realize that microorganisms, such as bacteria or viruses, are the cause of disease. This concept is known as the germ theory of disease, one of the...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Do Competitors Open Their Stores Next to One Another?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how game theory and Nash Equilibrium affect where retailers set up businesses to compete with each other. [4:07]
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: When Does 1 + 1 Not Equal 2?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson will get students thinking outside the box about situations in which 1 + 1 is not necessarily equal to 2. Examples includes dozens of eggs and distances which are perpendicular.
Online Course
Yale University

Yale University: Open Yale Courses: Introduction to Theory of Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Access any one of twenty-five lectures, in audio, video, or text format, from a university-level course in literary analysis and critical literary theories. Considers postmodernism, New Criticism, feminism, deconstructionism, and an...
Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Fractions, Number Theory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty problems presented on the topics: factors, prime/composite and many aspects of working with fractions. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Threshold Card: Threshold 1 the Big Bang

For Students 9th - 10th
An infographic describing nine "thresholds of increasing complexity" associated with the Big Bang theory.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Gas Properties

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The following online tutorial describes how a gas can be compressed and identifies three factors that affect gas pressure. Students will describe the effects...
Website
Digital History

Digital History: Three Theories Explaining Imperialism [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about three theories of Imperialism and how actions by the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries were driven by one or perhaps all three of the theories.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom:einstein Theory of Special Relativity: Length Contraction

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the peculiar aspects of Einstein's theory of special relativity is that the length of objects moving at relativistic speeds undergoes a contraction along the dimension of motion. These animations depict this phenomena of length...
Interactive
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry: Gaseous Equation of State Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
A JavaScript calculator which allows one to investigate the distinction between an ideal gas and a real (Van der Waal or Dieterici) gas. State variables can be entered and an update on the values of other variables are given (as...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Realistic Conflict Theory: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand Realistic Conflict Theory as one way of modeling and describing conflict. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Realistic Conflict Theory."
Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

How Can One Show That Imaginary Numbers Really Do Exist?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains a brief summary about the theory of imaginary numbers.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Many Universes Are There?

For Students 9th - 10th
Video describes how recently scientists have postulated the existence of more than one universe. [4:43] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Professional Doc
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Concept to Classroom: Inquiry Based Learning

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
One of eleven workshops presented by Concept to Classroom, this workshop on Inquiry-based Learning takes you through four major steps (explanation, demonstration, exploration, and implementation) to learn about it, then put it into...
Website
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: John Ruskin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Victorian Web provides an excellent variety of resources about Victorian author John Ruskin. It takes one from a detailed biography and relative social and political history, to themes, critical theory, and information...
Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Minkowski Diagram Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulation examining simultaneity and causality in special relativity by manipulating the space and time coordinates of one or two events.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Concepts, Classification and States of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Freshly baked bread and cherry pie are two delicious parts of any meal. What happens to the ingredients that go into the bread and the pie as they are heated in the...
Professional Doc
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Concept to Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Concept to Classroom is a free series of award-winning professional development workshops covering important and timely topics in education such as: after-school programs, cooperative and collaborative learning, inquiry-based learning,...
Handout
Rice University

Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Trend Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A series of pages that help us understand testing one or more components of a trend using specific comparisons, a set of coefficients, error analysis of variance and the probability value.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Science and Religion

For Teachers 11th - 12th
A lesson using the strategy of structured academic controversy where learners explore the roots of differing perspectives on evolution, In the process, they develop a deepened understanding of science and religion, and tolerance for...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Thermal Physics: What Is Heat?

For Students 9th - 10th
This physics tutorial is devoted to understanding how the relative temperature of two objects affects the direction that heat is transferred between the two objects.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Law of Reflection: Angle of Incidence

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In the scenario shown here, the laser cannot shine through the black barrier but can hit all three targets by reflecting off of the floor. Use the red dot to change the angle of the laser generator and...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Gestalt Principles and Ratings of Physical Attractiveness

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-question quiz based on the passage "Gestalt Principles and Ratings of Physical Attractiveness"
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Physiological Needs and Pregnancy

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the chart to complete the five-question quiz concerning physiological needs and pregnancy.