Unit Plan
Florida State University

Florida State University: Light and Color: Sources of Visible Light

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses primary lighting sources and gives information on the different properties and spectral characteristics of each. Also includes links to some interactive Java applets.
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Light Waves/ Color: Other Two Point Source Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
Where can we experience the phenomenon that light taking two paths from two locations to the same point in space can undergo constructive and destructive interference? There are several answers to these questions and they will be...
Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Simple High Temperature Light Bulb Thermometer

For Students 9th - 10th
A very simple electrical resistance thermometer is described that can be built, calibrated and tested in a school laboratory at virtually no cost. With it, flames, focused sunlight and other high temperature sources can be probed. The...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Detroit News Newsreels

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Primary
Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Electrifying America

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source set explores the development, commercialization, and impact of electricity.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How False News Can Spread

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In previous decades, most news with global reach came from several major newspapers and networks with the resources to gather information directly. The speed with which information spreads now, however, has created the ideal conditions...
Primary
History Tools

Recollection of the Delaware Prophecy (Of 1760s) 1808

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the Delaware Prophet, from 1808 by John M'Cullough. Although M'Cullough never met the Delaware Prophet, his secondhand account sheds some light on the mysterious figure said to have influenced the Pontiac War.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Inside the Ant Colony

For Students 9th - 10th
Ants have one of the most complex social organizations in the animal kingdom; they live in structured colonies that contain different types of members who perform specific roles. Deborah M. Gordon explains the way these incredible...
Handout
NOAA

Noaa: Ne Mo: Chemosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
Deep under the ocean there is no light for plants to perform photosynthesis. This site is a good overview of the alternative energy method, chemosynthesis. Read all about it.
Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Global Atmospheric Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A teaching guide with eleven lessons on the atmosphere, and the impact that different kinds of energy have on the atmosphere and ecological systems. The unit and accompanying PowerPoint can both be downloaded.

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