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Frames of Reference: The Basics 
  
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This is a lesson plan for teaching frames of reference. It is linked to text material on reference frames, aberration of light, and a very short introduction to the foundations of…
http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Lframes1.htm
An Introduction to Chemistry: Measurement and Units 
  
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This is a Power Point presentation on measurement for beginning learners with little or no background in the physical sciences. Teachers may download the entire 30-page document or…
https://preparatorychemistry.com/1Bishop.pdf
Modeling the Solar System 
  
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This learning module for Grades 5-8 contains four lessons that explore the scale, relative sizes, and composition of the planets in our solar system. Each lesson provides opportunity…
http://web.archive.org/web/20170829052908/https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/d...
TryEngineering: A Question of Balance 
  
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This is a lesson plan that explores the use of weight scales and measurement by manufacturing engineers, developed to help teachers integrate engineering practices in the secondary…
https://tryengineering.org/teacher/question-balance/
NanoSense: Size Matters - Introduction to Nanoscience 
  
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This resource provides a multimedia introduction to nanoscience, the interdisciplinary study of special phenomena that occur when objects are of a size between 1 and 100 nanometers.…
https://nanosense.sri.com/activities/sizematters/index.html
TryEngineering: Measuring the Wind 
  
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This lesson plan explores engineering design principles through an experiment to construct and operate a working anemometer (a device to measure wind speed). Students work in teams…
https://tryengineering.org/teacher/measuring-wind/
TryEngineering: Exploring at the Nanoscale 
  
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This is a lesson plan that explores how nanotechnology has impacted the world. It was developed to help students visualize just how tiny a nanometer is and how scientists work to…
https://tryengineering.org/teacher/exploring-nanoscale/
TryEngineering: Sugar Crystal Challenge 
  
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This is an inquiry-based lesson plan that explores how nanostructures can influence surface area, as students work in teams to grow crystals from sugars of different grades of…
https://tryengineering.org/teacher/sugar-crystal-challenge/
AAPT/PTRA Teaching About Kinematics  [ Book ]
  
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This AAPT/PTRA Teacher Resource Guide covers approaches to teaching and learning kinematics. Based on physics education research, the book provides teachers with the resources needed…
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A Question of Scale: Quarks to Quasars 
  
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This site consists of a series of pages, each depicting and describing an object(s) on a different order of magnitude. There are 42 pages of this in all, for 42 powers of ten,…
http://www.wordwizz.com/pwrsof10.htm
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