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Students investigate the thought experiments that led Einstein to his special theory of relativity, along with his quest to explain the unified field theory. 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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- 8th - 12th
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Students read the novel, The Time Machine, and compare H.G. Well's perceptions of the future with those presented in The Third Wave by Alvin Toffler. They research current scientific and mathematical theories that relate to space and time. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students compare and contrast the Big Bang Theory and the Cyclic Universe Model. They explain basic properties of the univers which make life possible. They evaluate ideas about the origin of the universe as to their scientific value. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students examine the concept of relative dating. They observe a teacher demonstration of geologic layers with a sandwich representing the various layers, analyze a cross section of bedrock, and create a drawing of a cross section of bedrock that includes an intrusion, extrusion, inclusion, and fossils. 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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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the concept of technology. They are taught about various science applications and how the technology is used in the disciplines. Students pick a subject to research and then indicate the technologies related to it and the applications. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the development of the geologic time scale. Also, to introduce them to the major time periods in earth's history, as well as to the role fossils play in helping us understand this history. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students examine how nuclear reactions differ from other chemical reactions they have studied. They add up atomic masses of both the product and reactant side of an example of uranium decomposition, demonstrating mass loss involved. Full Review »
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Students use the computer or the library (encyclopedias, dictionaries, science books, etc.) to look up the following branches of science, scientists and their inventions, and space science history. Full Review »

