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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the ideas behind the heliocentric theory of Copernicus. They examine about retrograde motion of the planets as they move around the sun. They study astronomers who include Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Galileo. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students research Albert Einstein and the two parts of the Relativity Theory. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students gain an understanding of Chaos Theory that exists in one's everyday environment. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students examine the theory of comparative advantage. They read an article about globalization and trading to answer questions promoted by the teacher. They develop their own examples of comparative advantage. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students apply the processes of scientific inquiry to investigate atomic and nuclear structures of matter. They examine historical atomic theories and they use data from the scattering experiment to analyze and determine if the experiment supports or refutes the prevailing theory. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students review the facts of the colonization of Roanoke. They brainstorm a list of possible outcomes of the Lost Colony, by asking, "What do you suppose happened to those people?" Pupils are divided into small groups, each group is assigned a theory of the fate of the Roanoke colonist. Each group oragnizes a presentation about the assigned theory to be presented to the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students explore the Mantle Plume Theory. They participate in activities to examine plate tectonics and crust slides over the mantle. Students demonstrate the Great Rift and the Mantle Plume Theory. They label maps and name key cities and geologic features of Idaho. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students access the ERIC database and search for the resources on learning theories. They use the features of ERIC to bookmark sources and then use Excel to create a summary of the database search. Full Review »
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- 6th
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In this lesson, students research and examine current theories behind the mass extinction of dinosaurs. After a discusion about the extinction of the dinosaurs, students discuss the two major extinction theories talked about in the program, the intrinsic volcanic eruption theory and the extrinsic meteorite theory. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students explore the big bang theory, as well as other theories of how the universe began. Using given sources on the internet, students compare and contrast two theories of the origin of the universe. Students identify types of electromagnetic ratiation. Full Review »
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