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Blast's Cosmic Carnival

For Teachers K - 4th
Students, after analyzing the history of a concentrator, model how a Genesis spacecraft concentrator works by playing a game. In groups of three or four, after being given materials to work with, are challenged to roll the rubber balls...
Worksheet
Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Building a Parabolic-Trough Collector

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Amateurs of alternative energy build a mini parabolic-trough solar energy collector and use it to heat water. Temperature is recorded over a three-minute period and the data is graphed and analyzed. Note that in order to paint aquarium...
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Curated OER

Organic Chemistry II-Exam Answer Key

For Teachers Higher Ed
For this organic chemistry worksheet, students solve 10 multiple choice problems about organic reactions, they write the molecular structures for the products of 20 reactions, they answer 10 short answer questions about specific groups...
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EngageNY

The Definition of a Parabola

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Put together the pieces and model a parabola. Learners work through several examples to develop an understanding of a parabola graphically and algebraically. 
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English Worksheets Land

Penny and Her Dad

For Students 5th Standards
A divorce can seem like everything's changing, but some things do stay the same. Read a passage about Penny and her parents, comparing and contrasting the ways her parents' houses are the same and are different.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Light and Optics

For Students 6th - 10th
In this light and optics worksheet, students match the light and optics vocabulary with their definitions. Students match 21 words to their definitions.
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Curated OER

Data and Scientific Graphs

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students conduct experiments and graph their data. In this statistics lesson, students collect data and graph it on a coordinate plane. They analyze the data looking for patterns and they discuss their findings with the class.
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Curated OER

Kitchen Paraboloids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students solve quadratic equations and identify functions. In this algebra lesson, students graph parabolas and identify properties describing the shape of the parabola. They find the vertex and rewrite the equation in standard form.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Radiation From Space

For Students 5th - 12th
In this space activity, students will review different aspects of light, sound, and radio waves in space and the use of different types of telescopes. This activity has 17 fill in the blank statements.
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Pattern Matching

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine how to determine the lines of symmetry in pictures, shapes, and patterns by completing the lessons in this unit. They make patterns that show a line of symmetry and describe it using their own language.
Interactive
Curated OER

Reflection & Refraction

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this online interactive reflection and refraction worksheet, students respond to 7 multiple choice and fill in the blank questions regarding the information included in the provided paragraphs.
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Curated OER

Spectral Surprise

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create spectral colors. In this hands-on science lesson, students examine the electromagnetic spectrum as they follow steps to create a model that separates and displays light.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parabola (Lab Version)

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students develop definition for parabola, explain relationship between properties of the graph of a parabola and its equation, explain how the equation of a parabola can be written in different forms, and solve problems that relate the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parabola

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop a definition of parabola and explain the relationship between the properties of the graph of a parabola and its equation. They explain how the equation of a parabola can be written in different forms and solve problems...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Parabola

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students complete a worksheet and explore the parabola conic section during a web based activitiy. They answer questions based on their work as they make changes in the features of the parabola.
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Curated OER

Spectral Surprise

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students experience a model that produces, separating, and displaying spectral colors.
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University of Montana: Curved Mirrors

For Students 9th - 10th
This calculus tutorial with curved mirrors includes narrative and video presentations as well as other interactive tools.
Handout
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Lesson 3: Concave Mirrors

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson 3 of this tutorial on refraction is on concave mirrors. Content that is covered includes the anatomy of curved mirrors, reflection of light and image formation, ray diagrams, image characteristics for concave mirrors, plus more.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection/ray Model of Light: Anatomy of a Curved Mirror

For Students 9th - 10th
A physics tutorial focused on the behavior of light as it relates to concave mirrors.
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Ray Diagrams for Mirrors

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a discussion of curved mirrors and ray diagrams. Shows and explains the process of drawing a ray diagram to determine the image location, size, and orientation.
Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Microscopy Primer: Concave Mirrors: Real Images

For Students 9th - 10th
Florida State University offers an interactive Java applet demonstrating the object-image relationships for a concave mirror. The position of the object can be dragged along the principal axis and the location, orientation, and size of...
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Objects in the Mirror Are...' Actually Images in the Mirror

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from Khan Academy provides information about mirrors. This information is intended for the Class 12 Physics Course (India).
Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Reflection and Mirrors: Name That Image Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Students participate in this skill-building activity where they explore how the location of an object in front of a curved mirror affects the characteristics of the projected image.
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Mirrors in Imaging

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion from Georgia State University of different types of mirrors and the images which they create. Discusses different instruments which use mirrors to produce images.

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