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Simple Machines In Complex Machines
Pupils brainstorm the concept of a machine. They make lists of the characteristics that all machines share. The teacher uses questioning in order to get students to think more deeply about the subject. They create a lab to demonstrate...
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Machine Guarding
Twelfth graders describe at least two of the main causes of machine accidents. Possible responses: Unauthorized persons doing maintenance or using the machines. Missing or loose machine guards. List three of the requirements for...
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Circular Motion
Students research physical science by completing worksheets. In this gravity instructional activity, students read assigned text regarding the rotation of Earth and the gravitational force caused by the speed of which it rotates....
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Seeing the Cell as a System
Students explain how the components of a cell operate as a system. Students examine a bicycle and find out if parts were arranged differently, could the system still be carried out. They look at cells as well and see what function they...
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Scale Models and Wind Turbines
Students determine how to use a scale and the importance of a scale model. In this wind turbine lesson students use a method used to determine the visual impact of wind turbines.
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See the Wind
Students explore alternative energy sources. In this wind energy lesson, students will investigate the difference in the speed and smoothness of wind at different altitudes above earth. Students will use kites, helium balloons,...
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Fire Escape Plan
Students explore fire safety. In this fire prevention and safety instructional activity, students discuss and brainstorm ideas about what to do if there is a fire. Students practice stating information that should be given when calling...
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Touchstones
Students locate monuments in their neighborhoods and sketch them. They are shown slides of two modern monuments, the Vietnam Memorial and the Holocaust Monument in Edgewood Park. They read the article in National Geographic, Vol. 167,...
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Developing Fluency
Students get in the habit of writing. They gain confidence in their ability to write and their development as a writer (padding a portfolio). They demystify the MN Basic Standards Writing Test.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Internal Feedback Mechanisms
A learning module that explores how our body has internal feedback mechanisms to maintain homeostasis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Hormone Regulation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will learn to describe feedback mechanisms that regulate hormone secretion.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Biological Systems: Homeostasis
Study the process of by which humans respond to their environment to reach equilibrium in this tutorial. Learn that feedback mechanisms trigger living things to respond to their environment.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Hormone Regulation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how feedback mechanisms regulate hormone secretion.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Homeostasis Introduction
Provides an easy to understand overview of the Biochemical processes, disease, and feedback mechanisms of homeostasis.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Regulation of Renal Blood Flow
Students learn about the myogenic and tubuloglomerular feedback mechanisms, and explain how they affect urine volume and composition.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Kinematics: Name That Motion Interactive
Try one of eleven challenges which present learners with an animated motion of a car. After viewing the motion, match it to the correct description. Feedback is immediate and multiple attempts to get the description correct are allowed.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Gravitational Potential Energy
This site defines and explains the concept of gravitational potential energy. Uses many equations and graphics to illustrate the idea. Provides an online computational practice set with immediate feedback.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Arctic Climate Curriculum, Activity 3: Exploring Arctic Climate Data
Students dig into authentic Arctic climate data to unravel some causes and effects related to the seasonal melting of the snowpack. In particular, students learn about albedo and its relationship to snowmelt. This concept applied to...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Build Your Own Caterpillar
Choose adaptation features that will help a caterpillar to survive when predators are nearby. Students enter their reasons for choosing the characteristics they did, and receive feedback.
University of Hamburg
University of Hamburg: Homeostasis Some General Principles
An online, college-level textbook about homeostasis. Find out what it is, and how this function allows us to stay alive.