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Pbs Teachers: Shackleton's Antarctic Odyssey: Let the North Star Tell You Where

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Through this lesson, students will understand how to determine latitude and locate specific stars in the night sky. They will also have a chance to build and use an astrolabe.
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Pbs Teachers:odyssey of Life Ii the Unknown World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Observe organisms in various environments, determine what enables the organisms to live in that environment and discuss the varied biological functions of the organisms.
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Pbs a Science Odyssey: Bubonic Plague Hits San Francisco

For Students 9th - 10th
This site details how Bubonic Plague is controlled, contained, and eliminated, and includes the results of the last time that Plague has hit America in numbers.
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Science Odyssey: Heisenberg States Uncertainty Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, that it is impossible to know both the momentum and position of an electron, along with describing the impact that it made upon the scientific community upon its introduction in 1927.
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Pbs a Science Odyssey: Rachel Carson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from PBS provides a biography detailing the life of the environmentalist and writer, Rachel Carson (1907-1964 CE).
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Pbs: A Science Odyssey Fleming Discovers Penicillin

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS site details the work of Alexander Fleming in the discovery of lysozyme and later penicillin. Links available to related information in People and Discoveries at the PBS site.
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Pbs: A Science Odyssey, Sigmund Freud

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939 CE) from PBS discussing his background and his achievements and contributions to the field of psychology.
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Pbs: A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Albert Einstein

For Students 6th - 8th
Brief biography of Albert Einstein, with a link to an interactive learning game that asks players to associate Einstein, Newton, and Bohr with the theories they are famous for having articulated.
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Pbs: A Science Odyssey b.f. Skinner

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biographical information, insight on Skinner's ideas and beliefs, and an explanation of operant conditioning.
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Pbs: Science Odyssey: Radio Transmission

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS site explores radio transmission and provides a fun activity to go along with it. (Shockwave required) Click on links to discover more about the early years of radio, how radio waves are emitted, what the difference is between AM and...
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Pbs: Ralph J. Bunche: An American Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
The companion website to the PBS documentary about Ralph Bunche, the first person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Includes an interactive timeline of his life, in-depth analyses of his life and work at key stages of his career, a...
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University of Cambridge: Ocean Odyssey

For Students 3rd - 5th
Deep beneath the ocean the underwater creatures need your help.Without you the future of the underwater kingdom will be bleak. Answer these questions about sound and sound waves to help Mel return to the ocean where she belongs.
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Mission Us: Mission 3: A Cheyenne Odyssey

For Students 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Online game where players become Little Fox, a Northern Cheyenne boy whose life is changed by the encroachment of white settlers, railroads, and U.S. military expeditions. As buffalo diminish and the...
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Odyssey of the Mind: From a Distance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use the Internet, books, and articles to research the Earth and its changes (tides, seasons, atmosphere, etc.), develop a "class exhibit about the Earth" and "a survey that includes five questions that will measure what the...
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Odyssey of the Mind: Clean Up Your Act

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students work in teams and give a presentation depicting the causes of pollution, the ways pollution affects the environment, suggestions for reducing pollution, and ideas for making things out of trash. Click on "Activity Summaries" and...
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Odyssey of the Mind: Digging for Clues

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore archeology, dating methods, and the skills and technology needed to be an archeologist through the three activities provided. Activities require research of a historical period, class discussion and creative thinking.
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Odyssey of the Mind: Second Time Around

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
What is the recycling process? Why is it important to recycle? Through the activities on this page, students explore the answers to these questions, encourage others to recycle, present skits on the effects of recycling, and more.
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Odyssey of the Mind: Up to Speed

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students "learn about vehicles, velocity, angles, and energy," as they participate in a variety of creative and hands-on activities, like building adjustable ramps, researching modes of transportation, and predicting "what transportation...
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Odyssey of the Mind: Cantilever Structure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using 50 toothpicks and clay, teams will build a structure "that will sit on a table behind a boundary line" and will "cantilever, as far as possible beyond the boundary line without touching the table."
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Odyssey of the Mind: Tug O War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in groups as they use everyday objects (tissue, toothpicks, mailing label, straw, rubberband, Styrofoam cup, paper) to create "links that will be joined together to form a chain in a tug-of-war."
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Odyssey of the Mind: Tower of Pasta

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in groups to create a structure out of various types of pasta that will be tested on both height and strength.
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Odyssey of the Mind: Air Express

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use test their creativity and logic in the science-class activity through which they create a device that is powered by a deflating balloon.
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Pbs Learning Media: Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey Web site helps you visualize different types of plate tectonic activity and shows the impact this activity has on Earth's surface.
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Pbs Learning Media: Radio Waves: Fm vs. Am

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief essay from A Science Odyssey Web site describes the difference between FM and AM radio waves.

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