TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Bacteria Are Everywhere!
Through this activity, students are introduced to the concept of engineering biological organisms and studying their growth to be able to identify periods of fast and slow growth. Students learn that bacteria are found everywhere,...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Body and Mind: Softball
Learn from an expert softball player about playing the game of softball. Discover what gear you'll need, how to play it safe, and the science behind the game.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Lights Out: Periodic Phenomena
In this activity, students can use a light sensor to collect intensity data for fast and slow variations of intensities. They will then describe these variations using the concepts of period and frequency.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Bernoulli's Blowout!
PBS site allows users to get a front row seat at a pushing contest between fast-moving and slow-moving air.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute: Mid Ocean Ridges: Types of Ridges
A detailed, interactive look at the mid-oceanic ridge. Learn more about slow and fast spreading ridges and how the polarity of the ocean floor helps determine the speed of spreading.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Types of Muscle Fibers
Learn here all about muscle fibers, including slow oxidative, fast oxidative and fast glycolytic.
Other
National Softball Association
Visit the homepage for the National Softball Association. Contains registration information, tournament play, World Series information, an official rulebook, and more.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What Is Math Anyway
It is important to go slow to go fast. Students are successful when they have a clear understanding of expectations. At the start of the school year the rules and rituals for the Math Workshop are established through modeling and practice.
Other
United States Specialty Sports Association
Formerly the United States Slow-pitch Softball Association, now includes fast-pitch and baseball programs.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Objects Race
In this lesson plan grab a slope and different objects. Roll the objects down the slope and record which is the fastest. Pupils analyze the features of the objects that make them slow or fast.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Society: Landslide Hazards [Pdf]
Information about landslide hazards is presented in a detailed fact sheet. Landslide hazards occur in many places around the world and include fast-moving debris flows, slow-moving landslides, and a variety of flows and slides initiating...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Erosion in Rivers
Students learn about water erosion through an experimental process in which small-scale buildings are placed along a simulated riverbank to experience a range of flooding conditions. They make model buildings either with a 3D printer or...
Oregon State University
Osu: Volcano World: Spreading Plate Boundaries
This page has pictures and descriptions of different areas on Earth where the plates are spreading. Also includes links to more information on slow, medium, and fast moving plates.