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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
TryNano Lesson: What Is A Nanometer? 
  
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This resource is a standards-aligned lesson for Grades 4-8 developed to promote understanding of just how tiny a nanometer is. Learners measure common classroom objects and convert…
http://www.trynano.org/resources/what-nanometer
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
TryNano.org 
  
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This is the portal for TryNano.org, a website for anyone interested in learning about nanoscience and nanotechnology. Users can explore nanomaterials, read about timely discoveries…
http://www.trynano.org/
TryNano: Nanotechnology Lesson Plans 
  
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This page contains a set of standards-aligned lessons for Grades 2-12 that allow students to explore the nanometer scale and learn how nanotechnology has impacted society. Lessons…
https://trynano.org/education-resources/nanotechnology-lesson-plans/
NISE Network: Cutting It Down to Nano Outreach Activity 
  
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This is an educator's guide for a classroom activity to help students understand just how small the "nanoscale" is. Materials are all common classroom supplies (paper, ruler,…
https://education.mrsec.wisc.edu/cutting-it-down-to-nano-outreach-activi...
Visionlearning: Data: Uncertainty, Error, and Confidence 
  
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This is an instructional module designed to introduce learners to the concepts of uncertainty in experimental research, random error, and systematic error. The authors use a…
https://www.visionlearning.com/en/library/Process-of-Science/49/Uncertai...
AAPT/PTRA Teaching About Kinematics  [ Book ]
  
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J. Nelson and J. Nelson; Publisher: American Association of Physics Teachers
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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…
https://pubs.aip.org/books/book/112/Teaching-About-KinematicsAn-AAPT-PTR...
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
CSERD Interactivate: Surface Area and Volume 
  
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This Java-based activity lets students manipulate a 3-D rectangular prism or triangular prism to explore surface area and volume. The geometric model is designed to help secondary…
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/SurfaceAreaAndVolume/
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