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Students study how to search for life in outer space and make use of the 40-foot radio telescope at Greenbank, West Virginia. Request that the telescope be pointed at a particular location and time and receive data back from it through the Internet. Full Review »
1996 Access Excellence Collection An archive of the favorite classroom activities submitted by high school biology and life sciences teachers participating in the Access Excellence program. Agarose Gel DNA Quantitation Students will be looking at agaro Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students study meteors, meteorites, and comets by reading and discussing a related New York Times article about the Leonid meteor showers and the methods that scientists are using to study from these meteors. They create a comet in the classroom. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students focus on the tremendous public interest in the potential of extraterrestrial life. They read and discuss an article about the search for alien life. They divide into small groups and discuss the issues and implications of this search. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students explore the discovery of pulsar stars, and the characteristics of pulsar stars. Theories and ideas behind black holes are discussed. The issues of women's historical role in science are also touched on. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read an article on anthrax and complete a series of cloze activities related to the article. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to ragtime and the music of Charles Ives that was ragtime-influenced. They listen to classic ragtime of Scott Joplin and Eubie Blake and attempt to analyze the music. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students complete labs to find the specific heat of many different types of substances, and use characteristic property to identify an unknown metal. CBL be used to determine energy lost or gained, and students complete a spreadsheet to show th Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students complete a WebQuest to examine research done in the field of extraterrestrial intelligence. They participate in the WebQuest, complete a worksheet, and write a paragraph. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students discuss the feasibility of intelligent life in the universe and propose methods of communication. Students design a model community for space travelers and describe how the essential needs of the planetary biospherians will be met. Full Review »

