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Experimenting with Solar Heaters
As part of a STEM renewable energy series, middle schoolers design a standard solar heater. First, they create a simple solar heater to measure the temperature change in a vial of water, then calculate the heat energy transferred to the...
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TeachEngineering: Air Quality InQuiry (AQ-IQ)
One lesson and five activities provide scholars with the background and skills they need to conduct air quality research projects on topics they choose. Class members are introduced to air quality science, data collection, analysis, and...
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Common Core Algebra 1, Unit 2: Create and Solve Equations and Inequalties
Learners view instruction videos to create and solve equations and inequalities. The first video focuses on determining what values make an algebraic equation true. Pupils describe the solution set using three different methods:...
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Solar vs. Wind Energy
Power up! A series of six lessons introduce middle schoolers to the different types of energy. PowerPoints, activities, and hands-on experiments teach young electrical engineers the difference between energy and power, as well as the...
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Think Like a Coder
Challenge young programmers to save the world! An engaging 10-episode video series of programming puzzles provides tweens and teens with an opportunity to practice their coding skills, foster problem-solving abilities, and develop a...
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Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 1 - Solids, Liquids, and Gases
The five lessons in the first module of the Middle School Chemistry unit focuses on solids, liquids, and gases. Young chemists use science to explain what appears to be magic tricks, build thermometers, study the impact of temperature on...
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Up, Up and Away! - Airplanes
Oh, if only Sir Isaac and Bernoulli could see us now. Even Orville and Wilbur would be amazed by what engineers have designed using their ideas. Next generation engineers put these principles to use as they use what they learn about...
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Statistics Fun: Standard Deviation
Designed for statistics classes, a seven-video tutorial collection models how to calculate standard deviation and variance, explains degrees of freedom, how to solve standard deviation and variance by hand or by using Excel, and how to...