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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury; Cs Unplugged: Text Compression

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learn how compressed formats such as zip, gzip, or gif images are all based on a method called Ziv-Lempel coding, which turns out to be an interesting exercise in finding patterns in text.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Image Compression

For Students 6th - 8th
Compare the strengths and weaknesses of different digital image formats. How does the amount of compression affect a JPEG image? What happens when you save a JPEG image multiple times?
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Under Pressure: Sand Under Lateral Compression

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a project that involves a different kind of sandbox than the ones you usually think of. This one has a moving wall inside, acting like a piston, to compress the sand. You can make layers using two different colors of sand, and...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Mp3 Squeeze: How Much Compression Is Too Much?

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you love to listen to your MP3 player while you're exercising, or listen to songs on the Internet? The relatively recent development of MP3 technology has made it possible to take a stack of CD's and store them on a device no bigger...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Deformation: Nanocomposite Compression

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students learn about nanocomposites, compression and strain as they design and program robots that compress materials. Student groups conduct experiments to determine how many LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT motor rotations it takes to compress soft...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Bridge Types: Tensile & Compressive Forces

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how tension and compression forces act on three different bridge types. Using sponges, cardboard and string, they create models of beam, arch and suspension bridges and apply forces to understand how they disperse or...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lossless File Compression

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice using lossless text and image compression algorithms and considering what data can be compressed most easily.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lossy vs. Lossless Compression

For Students 9th - 10th
Check your understanding of lossy and lossless compression techniques, in this set of free practice questions designed for AP Computer Science Principles students.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lossless Bit Compression

For Students 9th - 10th
Computers represent all data in binary, so all types of files, from text to images to videos, are ultimately sequences of bits. Regardless of whether the bits represent a document or a GIF, computers can use a bit compression technique...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Text Compression

For Students 9th - 10th
Lossless text compression is discussed.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Simple Image Compression

For Students 9th - 10th
Lossless single image compression by using the algorithm run-length encoding (RLE).
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lossy Compression

For Students 9th - 10th
Using Lossy Compression to reduce a file size.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies:testing Compression Waves

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here's a project for studying compression waves in different soil types. It uses a homemade wave tank for solids, with a frequency generator, amplifier, and loudspeaker as the vibration source. There are lots of interesting possibilities...
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Compression

For Students 9th - 10th
A very informative article about the process of video compression for the web.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Internal Energy in Isothermal Compression

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the internal energy in a sample of gas that goes through an isothermal compression.
Handout
NASA

Nasa: Gas Properties Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about basic gas properties including motion, viscosity, and compressibility. Includes links to activities for all ages.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Experimenting With Sound/compression Waves Through Vibration

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through inquiry, learners will use various objects/materials attached to strings to investigate how vibration causes sounds waves.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Beach Bum Science: Compression of Wet Sand

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you ever notice the cool patterns around your footprints when you take a walk in the wet sand at the beach? The pressure of your feet has effects far outside your footprints. Here's a project that uses a simple experimental apparatus...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Bridging the Gaps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are presented with a brief history of bridges as they learn about the three main bridge types: beam, arch and suspension. They are introduced to two natural forces - tension and compression - common to all bridges and...
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Read Works

Read Works: Transcontinental Railroads: Compressing Time and Space

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Abridged from the full text located at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, this passage provides information about the development of the transcontinental railroad. Paired texts, a text...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Virtual Particle Lab: Compressibility of Air

For Students 2nd - 5th
Explore the particle model of matter. Run the simulations and see if you can predict the results.
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Transformations: Compressibility

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Observe what happens to volume as pressure is changed, and then answer a challenge question after the activity.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Work Done in Adiabatic Compression Process

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the work that was done when no heat enters or leaves the system. A video describing the problem can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt0u94PtbJ8&feature=youtu.be
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Bone Crusher

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a tension-compression machine or an alternative bone-breaking setup to see how different bones fracture differently and with different amounts of force, depending on their body locations. Teams determine bone mass and...

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