Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What's the Difference Between a Scientific Law and Theory?

For Students 9th - 10th
What is the difference between a theory and a law, and is one better? Matt Anticole shows why science needs both laws and theories to understand the whole picture. [5:12]
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Would You Sacrafice One Person to Save Five?

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine you are watching a runaway trolley barreling down the tracks.
Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: George Gaylord Simpson

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about one of the greatest and most influential paleontologists of all time, George Gaylord Simpson.
Article
Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Theodor Schwann

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about German Physiologist, Theodor Schwann, one of the scientists who helped develop the cell theory.
Website
Other

Who Dunnit to the Dinosaurs?

For Students 9th - 10th
"One of the great mysteries in science is the extinction of the dinosaurs at the end of the Mesozoic Era some 65 million years ago. Who (or more likely what) caused it is unknown and a subject of great debate." Many theories are touched...
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A Comprehensive List of All the Physics Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a long list of physics formulas for easy reference.