An inquiry into: How the world works

Free App Friday: NOVA Elements | Mac|Life

Sun Apr 08 11:59:14 +0000 2012

The app features an interactive periodic table and a game that you can play afterward to help you recall what you're learned. The best part about this free app is that it features the two-hour NOVA program on elements, so you can watch the episode, then delve deeper afterward.

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The Black Boxes of Science and Engineering - YouTube

Sat Feb 25 11:07:34 +0000 2012

Dr. Robert Lindberg, President and Executive Director of the National Institute of Aerospace, envisions a new way to introduce Engineering into the K-12 curriculum by exploring the distinctions between Science and Engineering; between the Natural World and the Designed World; and between the Scientific Method and the Engineering Design Process.

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Living Things | Ideas and Thoughts

Mon Nov 21 10:49:16 +0000 2011

The book contains a songwriting guide and 8 lessons and original songs as well as a video. She would love if you would download the book and ideally use them with your students. The topics will obviously span a range of grade levels as well as the songwriting guide would be useful for many ages

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The Nine Months That Made You | Documentary Heaven | Watch Free Documentaries Online

Sun Sep 11 16:09:06 +0000 2011

The Nine Months That Made You

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iLearn Technology » projectile motion

Wed Jul 27 17:30:11 +0000 2011

I happened to be writing an inquiry lesson that has students look at inventions throughout time and thought: the catapult-that is an invention that has technology and concepts that are used even today. Here is the embedded learning that I came up with

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Squishy Circuits

Fri Apr 15 17:41:15 +0000 2011

Welcome to the Squishy Circuits Project Page Squishy circuits are a project from the Thomas Lab at the University of St. Thomas. The goal of the project is to design tools and activities which allow kids of all ages to create circuits and explore electronics using play dough.

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Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration

Sat Jan 30 07:30:59 +0000 2010

Seasonal change is all around us. Children see it in the length of a day, in the appearance of a flower, in the flight of a butterfly. Journey North is a free, Internet-based program that explores the interrelated aspects of seasonal change. Through interrelated investigations, students discover that sunlight drives all living systems and they learn about the dynamic ecosystem that surrounds and connects them.

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UMapper / Home

Thu Jan 21 07:48:38 +0000 2010

"UMapper makes it easy to create, manage, distribute and monetize online maps."

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Tree of Life Web Project

Sat Jan 02 08:19:45 +0000 2010

The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists and nature enthusiasts from around the world. On more than 10,000 World Wide Web pages, the project provides information about biodiversity, the characteristics of different groups of organisms, and their evolutionary history (phylogeny). Each page contains information about a particular group, e.g., salamanders, segmented worms, phlox flowers, tyrannosaurs, euglenids, Heliconius butterflies, club fungi, or the vampire squid. ToL pages are linked one to another hierarchically, in the form of the evolutionary tree of life. Starting with the root of all Life on Earth and moving out along diverging branches to individual species, the structure of the ToL project thus illustrates the genetic connections between all living things.

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Tree of Life | SciVee

Sat Jan 02 08:11:54 +0000 2010

Explore the evolutionary links between living things with the Wellcome Trust's Tree of Life, developed as part of our Darwin 200 activities, which celebrate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth. This six-minute Tree of Life video also appeared on the BBC One programme 'Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life' narrated by David Attenborough. In addition to the video, an interactive version of the 'Tree of Life' here (http://www.wellcometreeoflife.org) has been created to allow you to explore evolutionary links even further.

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The Tree of Life Web Project | SciVee

Sat Jan 02 08:17:41 +0000 2010

The Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) is a collaborative effort of biologists from around the world. On more than 9000 World Wide Web pages, the project provides information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their evolutionary history (phylogeny), and characteristics. See: http://www.tolweb.org/

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Play Geography Games and Learn About the World -- National Geographic Kids

Wed Dec 30 10:58:59 +0000 2009

games and activities from National Geographic for young learners. (Not all activities are USA-centered.)

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Episode 3: Why is Lightning Lightning-Shaped? | Simply Science | Learn Science at Scitable

Sun Dec 20 17:46:47 +0000 2009

n today's episode, Dr. Dan Davis of Boston's Museum of Science explains to Adam why lightning is shaped in jagged, forked lines. Just like water alters its course as it encounters rocks and dips in the physical terrain, it turns out that lightning must adjust to irregularities in the air's electrical patterns. Join Adam as he learns about the science behind this phenomenon and the museum's giant lightning machine. [3m 55s]

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Interface.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)

Sat Dec 19 15:29:32 +0000 2009

The Energy Literacy Series contains an introduction to energy and ten energy sources. Start here to learn about the different energy sources - how they are harnessed, converted, and used. (A Canadian site swf file works best on a PC)

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Solar Energy Activities

Sat Dec 19 15:17:13 +0000 2009

"Watts on your mind? They're on our mind, too. All the time. Since we spend so much time thinking about solar energy, we've provided some activities that will help you think about solar energy while learning something in the process. Sound like fun? It is - try it out!"

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Energy - Ideas for Teaching, Resources for Lesson Plans, and Activities for Unit Planning

Sat Dec 19 15:16:33 +0000 2009

"Here is a collection of activities for teaching energy. "

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Solar Energy Experiments | eHow.com

Sat Dec 19 15:14:37 +0000 2009

"It is 93 million miles away, but there would not be any life on earth without it. Even with that great distance and the protection of the earth's atmosphere, the sun will give you a nasty burn if you lay out in its rays unprotected too long. From growing crops to heating our homes, the sun is becoming more appreciated than ever before, as new technologies harness its energy to supply the needs of our society. Solar experiments can be a fun and educational way to learn more about the sun."

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Physics Games - online physics-based games

Sat Dec 19 15:13:06 +0000 2009

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YouTube - William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind

Sat Dec 19 15:11:49 +0000 2009

"At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life."

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YouTube - They Might Be Giants - Why Does the Sun Really Shine? (The Sun is a Miasma of Incandescent Plasma)

Sat Dec 19 15:10:27 +0000 2009

The original "Why Does the Sun Shine?" was recorded in the 1950s and based on encyclopedic facts from the time, which were later discovered to be incorrect; rather than being made of gas, the sun exists mostly in the fourth state of matter—plasma. With help from the album's fact-checker, Eric Siegel, the band decided that an "answer song" was in order, so that the song they had been covering for over two decades could be corrected. (the old video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me06I9GDM_k) read more about this here: http://tmbw.net/wiki/Why_Does_The_Sun_Really_Shine%3F

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