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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Foggy Forecasting: What Weather Factors Create Radiation Fog?

For Students 9th - 10th
The poet Carl Sandburg wrote, "The fog comes on little cat feet". In this weather science fair project, you'll discover why this beautiful, quiet creeper appears on some days, and not on others. If you are fascinated by fog and weather...
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Molarity

For Students 9th - 10th
What determines the concentration of a solution? Learn about the relationships between moles, liters, and molarity by adjusting the amount of solute and solution volume. Change solutes to compare different chemical compounds in water.
Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biological Molecules: Fats and Proteins

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the importance of fats and proteins in the human diet. Examples of chemical structures of various fats and proteins are used.
Website
Harvard University

Harvard School of Public Health: The Nutrition Source

For Students 9th - 10th
The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health offers this valuable resource. The latest medical research is presented on topics including fiber, carbohydrates, fats, alcohol, healthy weight, and much more.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Lipids

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers the structure and functions of lipids and the different types.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: College Physics: Humidity, Evaporation, and Boiling

For Students 11th - 12th
A college textbook section that explores vapor pressure, relative humidity, and dew point. Section reviews how to calculate values like percent relative humidity. Section also includes problems and questions for the students to answer to...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dripping Wet or Dry as a Bone?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use a sponge and water model to explore the concept of relative humidity and create a percent scale.
Article
Other

Story md.com: Wellness and Nutrition: Fats

For Students 9th - 10th
Fats are part of a larger family of molecules known as lipids. Lipids occur naturally in your body and can also be ingested through the foods in your diet. Which fats are healthy and which should you avoid? The answer may surprise you.
Interactive
Other

The Ekmans' Atlas of Emotions

For Students 9th - 10th
This atlas was designed by Dr. Paul Ekman and his daughter, Eve Ekman, at the request of the Dalai Lama. It is an interactive tool for exploring emotions, things that trigger different responses, self-awareness, and strategies for...
Website
Other

Water on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Water on the Web (WOW) is an advanced site allowing students to actively participate in data analysis from real research sites. Lesson plans on a range of topics are provided. There is also a tutorial for using Excel to graph WOW data.
Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Soil Color and Redox Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use chocolate candies to simulate the process that occurs in saturated soil when Fe3+ is reduced to Fe2+ due to a microbial mediated redox reaction.
Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Fen Wetlands

For Students 9th - 10th
Sometimes called rich fens, find out about these saturated environments that are fed with mineral-rich groundwater and occur at low points or slopes in the landscape where the soil surface is intercepted by the water table.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: How Technology Impacts the Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Today, technology saturates our lives, and we can now watch, listen, download, stream, record, playback, and project all aspects of the game through innovations made in technology. Advances in technology have dramatically influenced the...
Article
Other

Kwasi: 7 Futuristic Predictions From 1968 That Came True

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1968, a science fiction writer named James R. Berry wrote an article entitled '40 Years in the Future' for the magazine Mechanix Illustrated. It was his futuristic vision of the 21st Century. Berry's predictions of a world featuring...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How the 1966 Aberfan Mine Disaster Became Elizabeth Ii's Biggest Regret

For Students 9th - 10th
The Aberfan disaster wiped out a generation of Welsh school children and devastated the nation. An avalanche of coal waste slid down a rain-saturated mountainside. It destroyed everything it touched, eventually killing 144 people, most...
Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Figuring Out Fat and Calories

For Students 9th - 10th
Most people know that fats and calories are connected to our weight, but what is their correlation? This article analyzes their relationship and how an understanding of these items can benefit your body. Links to related articles are...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Fat a Concentrated Energy Source

For Students 9th - 10th
Through these lesson plans, young scholars explore and discuss the role of dietary fat as an important energy source. In addition to providing detailed instructions for teachers, this website includes all the handouts and charts needed...
Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Relative Humidity

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what relative humidity is, shows how it is calculated, and how it is related to evaporation and condensation.
Handout
Chem Tutor

Chem Tutor: Dissolving Gases Into Liquids

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of the factors influencing gas solubility. This site also provides other chemistry related questions. Topics include dissolving solids into liquids, concentration, and stoichiometry.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Rock Candy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will explore making solutions.
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Color

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Georgia State University discusses the location of visible light on the electromagnetic spectrum. Includes the wavelength values for various colors of light within the visible light spectrum.
Graphic
University of Washington

University of Washington: Water Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the University of Washington has an excellent diagram of the water cycle. There are 8 water cycle hands on activities on the bottom of the page. Also there is a link to a teacher reference page.
Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Observed Dew Point Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what dew point is and how it relates to moisture content of the air. Also explains condensation and relative humidity.
Unit Plan
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Temperature and Absolute Zero

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough, multipage discussion of color and color television sets that explains how an image is formed on the television using red, green, and blue light. Understandable discussion, excellent graphics, and many interactive Java applets.

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