Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Step 3 (Damped Spring Mass System)

For Students 9th - 10th
This program simulates a particle connected to an anchor by a damped spring. Can you make a realistic looking spring? Try changing the value of k and the amount of damping. Press "Restart" each time you change a value. How does the...
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Step 4 (2 D Spring Mass System)

For Students 9th - 10th
This program simulates a particle connected to an anchor by a damped spring in two dimensions. Try changing the initial settings.
Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Step 2 (Spring Mass System)

For Students 9th - 10th
This program simulates a particle connected to an anchor by a spring. Try changing the value of the k variable. Press "Restart" after changing the value. How does the length of the spring change as k increases? How does the speed of the...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Visual Dress Code

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Primarily designed for ESL young scholars who need visual representations to reinforce the meanings of words, this lesson encourages ESL and native speaking students to extend their vocabulary and conversational skills as they create a...
Article
University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Pixel Flow Code Cracking

For Students 9th - 10th
This article reveals some techniques and vulnerabilities in Unix-based computer networks.
Website
Other

Computer Tech. Doc. Project: Linux Op. System Background

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of the website contains a large amount of information about Linux. It contains six documents on various aspects of Linux.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Smart Move!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a simple activity to visualize a communication system. In order to do this the students encode, decode, transmit, receive, and store messages. They will use a code sheet and flashlight for this process. They will also maintain a...
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Does It Work? Test and Test Again

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Testing is critical to any design, whether it be in the creation of new software or building a bridge across a wide river. Despite risking the quality of the design, the testing stage is often hurried in order to get products to market....
Lesson Plan
University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Binary Numbers

For Teachers K - 1st
With this lesson, educators can teach the binary system to anyone who can count. Using this approach, many adults are also excited when they finally understand what bits and bytes really are.
Website
NASA

Nasa: Dynamic Ocean Topography With Current Arrows

For Students 9th - 10th
Color-coded image of ocean currents depicts directional flow and speed of the currents across the globe.
Handout
PBS

P.o.v.: The Japanese Concept of "Wa"

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger P.O.V. site about high-school-level baseball in Japan, this page delves into the meaning of "wa," a code of behavior that underscores the Japanese sense of group harmony, especially as it applies to the team sport of...
Primary
Other

Marshall Foundation: The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined

For Students 9th - 10th
Both William and Elizebeth Friedman worked at Riverbank Laboratories. Elizebeth was tasked with applying cryptographic techniques to analyze William Shakespeare's writings in order to prove that they were in fact written by Francis...
Primary
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: The Rules of Dueling

For Students 9th - 10th
A site from PBS listing the 25 rules that were adopted internationally in 1777 (with some variations in America), as presented in the PBS special on the history of dueling. Provides insight into the value system of "gentlemen."
Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: What's Law Got to Do With It?

For Students 7th
This tutorial explains the types of laws in the legal system of the United States. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
Website
University of California

University of California: Roman Legal Tradition and the Compilation of Justinian

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover all you can about the history of the Roman legal system. Sections include law in early Rome, the Twelve Tables, the evolution of the Roman legal system and Classical Roman law, and then read an entire section regarding the...
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Number Bases: Introduction & Binary Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
The process of converting between different number bases is actually fairly simple, but the thinking behind it can seem a bit confusing at first. And while the topic of different bases may seem somewhat pointless to you, the rise of...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dressing the Part

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Dress code requirements in business and school are always a controversial topic. In this project students will research the value of dressing appropriately for a variety of settings to include business and school. They will research...
Interactive
Other

Federal Judicial Center: Inside the Federal Courts

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive looks at how the Federal Courts operate including what the Federal Courts do, how they are organized, how cases move through the courts, who does what, the governance and administration, the interaction between the...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Roots of Hinduism

For Students 9th - 10th
Hinduism is one of the world's oldest religions. It has complex roots, and involves a vast array of practices and a host of deities. Its plethora of forms and beliefs reflects the tremendous diversity of India, where most of its one...
Article
Other

James Grimmerlmann: Copyright, Technology, and Access to the Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Articles on technology and access to the law. The author discusses some innovative features of the Code from a legal standpoint, such as the number index system and the stele used to inscribe the laws.
Interactive
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Hexadecimal Drum Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
Create rhythms on this 4-instrument hexadecimal drum machine and see what your rhythms look like in the binary, decimal, and hexadecimal number systems.
Website
Harvard University

Harvard University: Berkman Center for Internet and Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This center is a research program founded to explore cyberspace by investigating the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, commerce, governance, and education, and the relationship of law to...
Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Binary Digits

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the two binary digits, 0 and 1, and how they are combined to make numbers that correspond to our standard number system. Looks also at the relationship between binary and hexadecimal digits.
Lesson Plan
University of Canterbury

Cs Unplugged: How Binary Digits Work

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learn why we have different number systems and expolre binary digits.