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The 1882 Transit of Venus: Observations from Wellington, South Africa

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The 1882 Transit of Venus: Observations from Wellington, South Africa

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The transit of Venus is a rare astronomical event that has been well documented throughout history. The most recent transit occurred in June of 2004, and the one before that took place more than 100 years earlier in 1882. This site from the South African Astronomical Observatory provides information and first-hand observations of the 1882 event from Wellington, South Africa. Just prior to the event, an observatory was erected at the Huguenot Seminary for girls, and some of the historical observations made from that site in 1882 are provided here for your perusal.

Subject:: Education; History, Law, Politics; Space Science
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Author:: Koorts, W.P.
Date Added:: 01/31/2008

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3-2-1 POP!

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In this physics activity, learners build their own rockets out of film canisters and construction paper. Learners discover how a chemical reaction (from a mix of water and Alka-Seltzer) creates gas pressure to propel the craft. The activity explores the three states of matter and Newtonäóťs Laws of Motion.

Subject:: Engineering; Technology; Education; History, Law, Politics; Chemistry; Geoscience; Physics; Space Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science and Math Informal Learning Educators (SMILE)
Provider Set:: SMILE Pathway: Science and Math Activities in One Search
Author:: COSI
Date Added:: 11/09/2009

AK-03 ALASKA: AK-03 Columbia Glacier "Cliff" (Narrated)

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AK-03 ALASKA: AK-03 Columbia Glacier "Cliff" (Narrated)

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A video from the Extreme Ice Survey in which Dr. Tad Pfeffer and photographer Jim Balog discuss the dynamics of the Columbia glacier's retreat in recent years through this time-lapse movie. Key point: glacier size is being reduced not just by glacial melting but due to a shift in glacial dynamics brought on by climate change.

Subject:: History, Law, Politics; Physical Science; Geoscience
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Extreme Ice Survey; James Balog; Tad Pfeffer
Date Added:: 10/27/2014

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A-Mazing Robot

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This activity lets you program your 'robot' (a willing friend) to pick up and dispose of some 'toxic waste' using as few commands as possible. Learners create command cards (Turn Left, Right, Forward 1, etc.), mark out a simulation area on the floor, and try to get the "robot" to dispose of something that serves as "toxic waste" into something that serves as a "containment vessel" - in as few steps as possible. Strategy, predication and cooperation are all part of this activity.

Subject:: Computing and Information; Engineering; Technology; Education; History, Law, Politics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Game
Provider:: Science and Math Informal Learning Educators (SMILE)
Provider Set:: SMILE Pathway: Science and Math Activities in One Search
Author:: Dakota Science Center; New York Hall of Science
Date Added:: 11/09/1999

APS: PhysicsQuest

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APS: PhysicsQuest

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This web site hosts the materials for an annual middle school competition that consists of four physical science experiments centered on a mystery. The experiments are designed for small groups in a classroom or after school setting. Each of the experiments gives students a clue to solve the mystery. The current year's competition is available to join and the materials from previous years are available for download.

Subject:: Education; History, Law, Politics; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Unit of Study
Provider:: ComPADRE Digital Library
Provider Set:: ComPADRE: Resources for Physics and Astronomy Education
Date Added:: 07/02/2009

APS PhysicsQuest: Ben Franklin's Secret Message (2006)

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APS PhysicsQuest: Ben Franklin's Secret Message (2006)

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This web site has links to the materials for the 2006 Physics Quest middle school competition, hosted by the APS. The 2006 lesson covers static electricity, conductors and insulators, heat, and optics. These are connected to the life and science of Benjamin Franklin. The experiments are designed for small groups in a classroom or after school setting. Each of the experiments gives students a clue to solve the mystery.

Subject:: Engineering; History, Law, Politics; Life Science; Mathematics; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Unit of Study
Provider:: ComPADRE Digital Library
Provider Set:: ComPADRE: Resources for Physics and Astronomy Education
Date Added:: 07/16/2009

The Academy of Natural Sciences: Educational Programs

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The Academy of Natural Sciences: Educational Programs

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Includes information about the Academy of Natural Sciences educational programs: teacher resources, information for planning field trips to the museum and women in the natural sciences.

Subject:: History, Law, Politics; Life Science; Geoscience
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan; Student Guide
Provider:: NSDL Staff
Provider Set:: Biological Sciences Gateways and Resources
Date Added:: 10/21/2014

Accidental Drowning or Foul Play?

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Accidental Drowning or Foul Play?

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This case was developed for use in the first semester of a sophomore organic chemistry laboratory to illustrate how a combination of techniques is usually required in the identification of chemical compounds. It involves a murder mystery with a forensic twist. Students are told that two bodies have recently been recovered from two different lakes. Due to a mix-up at the morgue, the coroner's office is unable to determine which body came from which lake. The students' task is to develop a methodology to solve this mystery as well as determine whether the deaths were the result of murder or mishap. The case could also be used in instrumental analysis courses or adapted for a non-majors course in the general education curriculum.

Subject:: History, Law, Politics; Life Science; Chemistry
Material Type:: Case Study
Provider:: National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
Provider Set:: Case Study Collection
Author:: Monika I. Konaklieva
Date Added:: 01/01/2004

Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics

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Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics

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This 440-page report explores how students in pre-K through grade 8 learn mathematics, with a focus on number and operations, and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher education should change to improve mathematics learning. (A 39-page summary, Helping Children Learn Mathematics, is catalogued separately.) The authors identify five interdependent components of mathematical proficiency and describe how students develop this proficiency. The report presents a portrait of mathematics learning: research findings on what children know about numbers before they arrive in pre-K and the implications for instruction; details on the processes by which students acquire mathematical proficiency; what is known from research about teaching for mathematics proficiency and developing proficiency in teaching. Visitors to this website may read the full text online, download a copy (pdf), or purchase a hard copy.

Subject:: Computing and Information; Engineering; Education; History, Law, Politics; Mathematics; Algebra; Geometry
Provider:: Maryland Public Television
Provider Set:: Mathlanding: Elementary Mathematics Pathway
Author:: Jeremy Kilpatrick, Jane Swafford, Bradford Findell; Mathematics Learning Study Committee, National Research Council
Date Added:: 11/05/2001

Age of Exploration

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Age of Exploration

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The Mariners' Museum's curriculum guide with teaching activities that address maritime discoveries from ancient times to Captain Cook's 1768 voyage to the South Pacific. One of four online expeditions. Age of Exploration curriculum includes lesson plans, vocabulary, links to related sites, reference material, video, biographies of famous explorers, and more. Lessons include latitude and longitude, creating a compass, an astrolabe, and a globe, identifying the parts of a ship, plus 7 more.

Subject:: History, Law, Politics
Material Type:: Full Course; Interactive
Provider:: UCAR Staff
Provider Set:: Bridge: Sea Grant Ocean Sciences Resources Center
Date Added:: 10/30/2014

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Air Cannon

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In this activity (page 1 of PDF), learners will construct an air cannon by cutting a hole in the bottom of a bucket and stretching a garbage bag over the other end. Then, they aim the cannon at a paper target and try to knock it over by giving the plastic bag a good whack. Learners also experiment with hole size to make the cannon more effective. Relates to the linked video, DragonflyTV: Forecasting.

Subject:: Engineering; Technology; Education; History, Law, Politics; Chemistry; Geoscience; Physics; Space Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science and Math Informal Learning Educators (SMILE)
Provider Set:: SMILE Pathway: Science and Math Activities in One Search
Author:: National Science Foundation; Twin Cities Public Television; Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.
Date Added:: 11/09/2005

The Airplane Graveyeard

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The Airplane Graveyeard

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During World War Two, a fierce battle between American and Japanese forces on Kwajalein atoll left a trail of debris on the deep lagoon floor. This lagoon now has one of the largest collections of well-preserved aircraft in the world. In this video, as part of the first ever film crew allowed onto this secret military base, Jonathan explores a B-25, F4-U Corsair and Dauntless dive bomber still sitting on the bottom of the ocean, as if ready to take off. Please see the accompanying study guide for educational objectives and discussion points.

Subject:: Technology; History, Law, Politics; Life Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Lesson Plan
Provider:: Jonathan Bird's Blue World
Provider Set:: Jonathan Bird's Blue World
Author:: Jonathan Bird Productions; Oceanic Research Group
Date Added:: 03/01/2007

Airplane Mathematics

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Airplane Mathematics

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A unit designed to teach the history of aerodynamics, to develop some fundamental mathematical skills relating to the field of aviation, and to study the history of flight, including the first transatlantic flight, the Wright Brothers, and supersonic flight (old and new). Math criteria include the computation, concepts, and problem solving of velocity; acceleration, speed, distance traveled, and time. Includes 20 word problems.

Subject:: Engineering; Technology; History, Law, Politics; Mathematics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Diagram/Illustration; Lesson Plan
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Author:: Bryant, Joyce
Date Added:: 06/01/2007

Airplane Wing Investigation

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Airplane Wing Investigation

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This activity (located on page 3 of the PDF) is a full inquiry investigation into Bernoulliäóťs principle and airplane wings. Learners will design and build their own airplane wing models out of Styrofoam, record their mass, and then use a fan to measure the äóěweightäó change when air flows over the wing. Results from testing other wing shapes and sizes are then measured to chart relationships between lift and wing size and shape. Relates to linked video, DragonflyTV GPS: Balloon Fiesta.

Subject:: Engineering; Technology; Education; History, Law, Politics; Mathematics; Geometry; Chemistry; Geoscience; Physics; Space Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Data Set; Lesson Plan
Provider:: Science and Math Informal Learning Educators (SMILE)
Provider Set:: SMILE Pathway: Science and Math Activities in One Search
Author:: National Science Foundation; Twin Cities Public Television; Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.
Date Added:: 11/09/2007

The Alaska Quaternary Center

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The Alaska Quaternary Center

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This website illustrates the Alaska Quaternary Center's (at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks) commitment "to the promotion of interdisciplinary research and the enhancement of interdisciplinary instruction in Quaternary sciences." Users can view images of the field work and learn how to obtain quaternary data from the AQC Quaternary Research Geodatabase.

Subject:: History, Law, Politics; Life Science; Geoscience
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Date Added:: 03/03/2008

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Altruism

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In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, explore the subject of altruism, the idea of people doing good things without expecting anything in return.

Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Lilly Endowment; Mutual of America; The Henry Luce Foundation; WNET
Date Added:: 06/29/2009

American Buddhism

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American Buddhism

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In this video from Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, learn about two different groups of Buddhist practitioners in the West.

Provider:: PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:: PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development
Author:: Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Lilly Endowment; Mutual of America; The Henry Luce Foundation; WNET
Date Added:: 07/01/2009

American Mathematical Society Journals

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American Mathematical Society Journals

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A list of mathematics journals with articles on the Web and a list of Web sites for printed journals, with tables of contents of issues, abstracts of papers, actual papers, information about submissions and subscriptions, etc. See also the Annual Listing of New Journals in Mathematics file, which notes newly established journals devoted to papers in mathematics, organized by year.

Subject:: Engineering; History, Law, Politics; Life Science; Mathematics; Chemistry; Physics
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Provider Set:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Date Added:: 06/04/2008

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AmphibiaWeb

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Dr. David Wake, Curator of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California-Berkeley, and several graduate students have launched AmphibiaWeb, an online database of amphibian biology and conservation. The searchable database currently contains 137 species accounts and eventually will provide information "for every species of amphibian in the world." Species accounts include species descriptions, photos, life history information, conservation status information, and literature references. Although the new resource is still under development, more than 100 species are already photo-illustrated, and over 300 species have range maps; the reference list contains in excess of 500 literature references. In addition to the database, the site offers a section on worldwide amphibian declines and information on how to contribute information to the database.

Subject:: Education; History, Law, Politics; Life Science; Ecology; Forestry and Agriculture; Geoscience
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration
Provider:: AMSER: Applied Math and Science Education Repository
Date Added:: 06/30/2007

Angle of Light Rays and Surface Distribution

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Angle of Light Rays and Surface Distribution

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This experimental activity is designed to develop basic understanding of the relationship between the angle of light rays and the area over which the light rays are distributed, and the potential to affect changes in the temperature of materials. Resources needed to conduct this activity include a flashlight, cardboard, protractor and ruler. The resource includes background information, a pre-activity inquiry exploration for students, teaching tips and questions to guide student discussion. This is chapter 4 of Meteorology: An Educator's Resource for Inquiry-Based Learning for Grades 5-9. The guide includes a discussion of learning science, the use of inquiry in the classroom, instructions for making simple weather instruments, and more than 20 weather investigations ranging from teacher-centered to guided and open inquiry investigations.

Subject:: History, Law, Politics; Geoscience; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: NASA
Provider Set:: NASA Wavelength
Date Added:: 11/05/2014