Explore the concept of the calorie. Determine the calories/gram of the burned food by measuring its mass, and make conclusions about the experimental design.

For this lesson, students develop their own scientific experiment to test Newton's hypothesis that the acceleration of an object depends on the net force acting upon it and its mass. After completing their designed experiment, students...

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A short biography about a scientist best known for his contributions to the research of extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of amino acids from basic chemicals by radiation.

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