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This Flash interactive tutorial explores ionic bonding—a type of chemical bond formed between two ions with opposite charges. Learners investigate how the transfer of electrons…
  
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This Flash interactive tutorial explores covalent bonding, a type of chemical bond that involves sharing of electrons. Learners investigate the attractive and repulsive forces that…
  
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This website features an extensive collection of animations of physical processes, demonstrating various concepts in waves, optics, mechanics, electricity, and thermodynamics. One…
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This 7-minute video examines a substance that can change states without undergoing a change in temperature. The video features an MIT professor of chemistry working with a group of…
  
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This is a 10-day multimedia unit for grades 9-12 that explores the fundamentals of electric circuits in a web-based, interactive format. Students explore digital circuit simulators,…
  
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How do solar panels convert sunlight into electricity? This interactive activity from NOVA takes the learner inside a virtual photovoltaic cell to see how two different layers of…
  
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This multi-day project for Grades 9-12 immerses students in the basics of passive and active solar energy through hands-on explorations. The module opens with investigations of…
  
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This animated tutorial shows how photovoltaic cells in solar panels convert sunlight into electrical current. It provides a close-up look at each layer of the basic solar panel, with…
  
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This is a standards-based experiment for grades 9-12 designed to promote deeper understanding of the sun's role in powering our planet. Students build a simple device to measure the…
  
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This is a multimedia overview of RPS (radioisotope power systems), a type of nuclear energy technology that uses heat to produce electricity for powering spacecraft. The heat is…
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