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Minerals Ed

Minerals Ed: Introducing the Rock Cycle by Creating a 3 D Model [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this lesson geared toward primary students, they will learn about the three different kinds of rocks, how they are formed and how to recognize the unique characteristics by building a 3D model.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Models to Connect to and Understand Volume Formulas

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] The student will use models to develop formulas and connect them to the volume of prisms, spheres, cylinders, pyramids, and cones.
Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Gimbal Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulate the pitch, roll and yaw of a 3D object on this Gimbal Model. Investigate the change at each independent axis by rotating it around specific points.
Interactive
Other

Programming Art: Photoshop Wood Texture Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial shows you how to make great wood textures for your 3D models and drawings using the tools Photoshop has to offer.
Interactive
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Animated Polyhedron Models

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this tool to see animated models of over 100 different types of polyhedra. There are five options for how they appear, and you can also see the net, 'explode' the solid so that the faces are separated, or drag it to rotate it...
Lesson Plan
ArtLex

Art Lex: Architectural Model

For Students 9th - 10th
An architectural modeling lesson that first demonstrates how architects combine forms to create buildings and then provides instructions for building architectural models. Includes links to architectural terms and to useful illustrations...
Website
Other

3 D Vinci: Free Stuff for Everyone

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Free projects and video tutorials on using Google SketchUp to make 3-D models. For K-12 and also for adults. A teaching guide is also available.
Website
Other

Zygote: Zygote Anatomy Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A 3D anatomical product that allows students to explore the muscles, bones, organs, skin, and blood vessels that compose the human body.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Building 3 D Models of Atoms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students build atoms of elements 1-20. The entire set can be hung from the ceiling in order of the Periodic Table to be referred to throughout the Chemistry class/unit. This is helpful when teaching bonding and patterns of the Periodic...
Website
Other

Web reference.com: 3 D Animation Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th
WebReference provides dozens of tutorials on 3D graphics.
Activity
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: How to Make a 3 D Dna Model Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the steps for how to make a model of DNA using colored polymer clay and wire. Students will gain a good understanding of the structure of DNA by doing this project.
Activity
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Tips on How to Make a 3 D Plant Cell Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the steps in how to make a model of a plant cell using clay and simple materials found at home. Suggestions for variations are also given.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Estimating Measurements/using Models and Formulas: 3 D Figures

For Students 7th - 8th
Given application problems involving 3-dimensional figures, the student will estimate measurements, including surface area and/or volume, then solve the problems.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 9.5 Modeling in Three Dimensions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore connections between a 2-dimensional net and a 3-dimensional box. Later in this section, use equations with variables to solve real world problems that use 2 and 3-dimensional objects.
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Rhinovirus

For Students 9th - 10th
Want to see a 3D model of the main cause of the common cold, the rhinovirus? This site contains an interactive 3D model of this RNA genome virus. Site also contains a STL file that can be used to print the model to a 3D printer.
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Bcr Abl: Abl Kinase Domain

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive 3D model of BCR-ABL which is an unregulated kinase that causes cancer. The site also includes an STL file that can be used to print the model to a 3D printer.
Activity
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Dna to Protein

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate how the genetic code on a DNA strands controls what protein is produced with this collection of animations and 3D models. Explore an interactive 3D model of the double helix, watch an animation of transcription, and see the...
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Gleevec Resistant Bcr Abl: Abl Kinase Domain

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an interactive 3D model of gleevec-resistant BCR-ABL which is a mutated form of BCR-ABL. Also found on the site is an STL file to 3D print the model.
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Adenosine Triphosphate (Atp)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has an interactive 3D model of adenosine triphosphate or ATP. Also on the site is downloadable STL file for a 3D printer.
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Dasatinib

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive is a 3D model of dasatinib, "a drug that can inhibit BCR-ABL and Gleevec-resistant BCR-ABL". The site also contains files that can be downloaded for 3D printing.
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Dengue Virus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a 3D model of the RNA genome virus, Dengue. This virus causes dengue fever in humans and is mosquito-borne. The site also includes a file to download to print to a 3D printer.
Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Nodamura Virus

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an interactive 3D model of Nodamura. This virus primarily affects insects and fish and is an RNA genome virus.
Website
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Biology of the Heart

For Students 9th - 10th
The Merck Manual describes the human heart and shows how the heart pumps blood. Includes interactive 3D models.
Interactive
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Virtual Williamsburg 1776

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents the Revolutionary City, that is, Williamsburg, Virginia as we understand it to have existed in 1776. The presentation consists of a 3D model and documentary evidence such as letters, diaries, and legal papers.

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