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Visionlearning: The Process of Science ` - Mar 19, 2022
Comprehensive instructional unit for Grades 8-12 will promote understanding of how real scientists design experiments, collect data, perform investigations, and communicate findings.
Jelly Filter Science: Exploring Color with Gelatin and Color Vision ` - Mar 19, 2022
This lesson blends a hands-on lab with an interactive simulation to explore color addition/subtraction and color filters. Can be adapted for either middle or high school.
Song Science: Build Your Own Vinyl Record Player ` - Mar 19, 2022
Complete lesson with assessment integrates engineering design and acoustics, as students build a homemade record player to investigate pitch, timbre, and sound intensity.
CME Science: Measuring the Velocity of a Coronal Mass Ejection ` - Mar 19, 2022
Use images from NASA's Solar Heliophysics Observatory (SOHO) to make sense of motion graphs by measuring the speed of a coronal mass ejection (CME).
Photoelectric Effect: An AAPT Mini-Unit for High School Physics ` - Jan 6, 2022
Students build simple electroscopes out of tinsel to gather evidence for the energy needed to cause the photoelectric effect.
Nerve Science - Using Gelatin Circuits to Explore How Neurons Work ` - Jan 6, 2022
Integrate physics and biology in this lab, inspired by an article in The Physics Teacher magazine. Students model signal transmission along an axon by using vinyl tubing filled with salted gelatin.
Determining Atmospheric Composition of Exoplanets ` - Jan 6, 2022
Eixplore how spectroscopic instruments on space-based telescopes are providing information about atmospheres of distant planets.
NBC Learn: Science of NFL Football ` - Nov 11, 2021
Set of 10 videos to explore the science behind professional football. Addresses Newton's Laws, momentum and its conservation, Law of Inertia, vectors, center of mass, projectile motion, and more.
Teach Engineering: Energy of Motion ` - Nov 11, 2021
Multi-day unit for middle school explores kinetic and potential energy through waterwheels, roller coasters, bouncing balls, and a pendulum.
Navigational Vectors ` - Aug 20, 2021
This unique and highly engaging project provides opportunities for students to apply understanding of vectors as they learn airplane navigation by tracking airplanes flying in U.S. skies.
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