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This web page lists classroom-tested activities on a variety of different topics from physical and earth sciences. The lesson plans can downloaded for use in both formal and informal…
  
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This free HTML5 simulation from PhET allows students to explore how the blackbody spectrum of an object is affected by its temperature. Users can click-and-drag to examine different…
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This guided inquiry tutorial for upper-division physics and/or astronomy introduces students to various factors that influence the average surface temperature of a planet. First,…
  
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In this interdisciplinary lab, students integrate chemistry and physics concepts by measuring the volume of helium gas in an irregularly-shaped Mylar balloon. The lab provides a…
  
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The Physlet Physics Section 4: Thermodynamics provides a technology-enhanced introduction to topics in introductory thermal physics. Interactive javascript simulations are used to…
  
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This is an online physics course on thermodynamics designed for elementary and middle school teachers. The course covers temperature, thermal properties, energy, and irreversibility.…
  
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This site has links to a series of applets relating to physics. The subjects include topics in mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, relativity,…
  
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This is the portal to SmartGraphs, a project developed to promote learner understanding of graph functions through use of interactive digital graphing tools. The project goals are…
  
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This free, open source simulation tool, the outgrowth of physics education research, was developed as a means for students to visualize the underlying concepts necessary to approach…
  
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Explore the basics of combustion in this NOVA-created interactive resource appropriate for grades 8-12. It contains a set of simulations that promote understanding of how fire…
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