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The Discovery of Ohm's Law
Students study Georg Ohm and how he changed mathematics with his law. For this experimental evidence and stastics lesson students complete an experiment on the characteristics of Ohm's law.
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The Genetic Basis of Neurological Disorders
Students explore neurological disorders. They examine the presence and absence of discernible genes. Students describe neruological diseases and draw faces of affected persons. They play a human neurology disorders learning game.
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Beyond Science?: New Energy Age
Students explore, examine, experiment and study the energy believed to exist in the vacuum of space called zero-point energy. They design and build a machine and then place their machines to test zero-pointed energy into a competition.
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Activity One -- Fundamentally Speaking
In this science learning exercise, students examine how the universe is bound with the atomic particles and focus upon the findings of two historical scientists.
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Worksheet 25- Spring 1996
In this math instructional activity, students find the values of the vectors. They also they prove that v and w are both orthogonal and find two nonparallel vectors.
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Influential Scientists Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this influential scientists worksheet, students read the definitions of 19 science professions. From 4 choices, students choose the correct name of the job that fits the definition. Example: studies birds (ornithologist).
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Kelvin Temperature Scale
In this Kelvin temperature learning exercise, students write Celsius degrees and Kelvin temperatures and vice versa. Students complete 17 problems.
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The Periodic Table of the Elements
Students investigate the origin of the modern periodic table of elements, and explore an interactive version that teaches them how to extract information from it.
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Famous People: Albert Einstein
Students research Albert Einstein and the two parts of the Relativity Theory.
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Create Your Own Kaleidoscopes
Seventh graders create a kaleidoscopes after researching Sir David Brewster and his ideas on light. They recognize the properties of optics from making and using the kaleidoscopes.
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Newton's Second Law
Learners examine how physical quantities and laws depend distance, mass and time. They examine the MKS system; meter, kilogram and second, for doing calculations.
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Our Science Corner: Making Our Classrooms Science Friendly
Students prepare and care for a classroom science corner. In this science lesson, students contritubute items to the classroom science corner, and invite other classes of students into their room to share their scientific items.
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Time Travel
Students investigate the concept of time travel and quantum physics. They complete a Webquest, read excerpts from the book, 'The Time Machine,' play an online time traveler game, and read and evaluate newspaper articles about time.
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Electric Light Tower
Students examine the San Jose Light Tower as an example of the development of urban lighting circa 1900. They view a slideshow, conduct research and write newspapers to chronicle the lighting ceremony from a variety of perspectives.
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Electricity and Magnetism: Are They Related?
Students explore electricity and magnetism. Through the use of role play, students simulate being a scientist. Experiments are performed during the simulation to discover the relationship between electric current and magnetism. After...
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Gravity In The Universe
Students assess and explore gravity in the Universe via several short video lessons. They analyze why this science matters and the history of Sir Isaac Newton's law of gravity. A variety of questions are asked within this lesson for each...
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Activity Two--Psyching Out the System (Student Page) Asking Questions, Using Clues
Students observe two-dimensional shapes and work on the challenge that what is observed is as important as what is not observed.
Students determine constructions, rules and connections.
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The Geiger Counter
In this Geiger counter worksheet, learners read how Wilhelm Geiger developed a device that detects radiation detection. Then students will complete 2 short answer questions.
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The Electron Microscope
In this microscope worksheet, high schoolers read about how the electron microscope was created and how it works. Based on the reading, students complete 2 short answer questions.
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Worksheet 22 - Spring 1996
students examine the potential of creating the involute for a circle. They use the concept to create new parametric equations. They graph the picture for each.
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Energy, Work and Power
Students examine the differences between potential and kinetic energy. In this physics lesson students view a video and apply what they learn about energy to apply it to real world situations.
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Vocabulary Quiz: Who Am I? Jobs and Professions
For this careers worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about jobs and professions. Students read a clue to a person's career and mark the most logical answer.
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Physics Quiz
In this physics instructional activity, learners complete short answer questions about physics concepts such as electricity, space, light, and more. Students complete 20 short answer questions.
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Werner Heisenberg
In this online interactive history quiz worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about the life and accomplishments of Werner Heisenberg.