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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Photosynthesis
This activity introduces the concept of plant color being determined by pigments, which interactive with light. The idea that chlorophyll is used by plants for energy is then discussed, along with the first step of the photosynthetic...
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Relative Humidity Measurement
Using the wet bulb-dry bulb method, students will compare the temperature of a dry temperature sensor and a wet temperature sensor. By comparing the temperatures, students will be able to find the relative humidity. After completing the...
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Semiconductors
Several visualizations that help students understand the basic properties of semiconductors. Students can turn a silicon crystal into an insulator or a conductor, investigate the probability waves of an electron, and make a depletion...
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Tree of Life's Molecules
An interactive activity where you can zoom in to explore the macromolecules present in organisms. Learn about proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acid as you investigate the molecular structure of these types of macromolecules....
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Was Galileo Right?
Do heavier and lighter objects fall at the same rate? Galileo hypothesized that objects fall at the same rate regardless of their mass. Complete this module to find out if Galileo was right by comparing position-time and velocity-time...
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Ceramic Forces
Different ceramic materials have different mechanical properties and molecular structures, which affect how each responds to a force exerted on it. Try varying amounts of force on a ceramic beam (an ionic lattice) to see how it responds...
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Metal Forces
This simple interactive tool lets students explore what happens to a metal beam at the molecular level when forces of varying intensity are exerted on it.
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Plastic Forces
This simple interactive tool lets students explore what happens to the long molecular chains in a plastic polymer material when forces of varying intensity are exerted on it.
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Seeing Intermolecular Attractions
This simple interactive tool lets students explore the forces of attraction between polar and non-polar molecules.
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Tire Forces
Explore what happens when a force is exerted on a rubber tire with many different types of materials.
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Making and Breaking Bonds
A look at the processes of association and dissociation in chemical bonding. Observe simulations that show the influence of temperature on making and breaking of bonds, how diatomic molecules form, and what determines the speed of...
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Plants
Investigate how plants eat with these interactive science simulation.
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Solar Oven
Use the sun's energy to cook an egg? Design, build and test a solar oven. Activity gives a procedure to build oven as well as questions to answer. Questions can be saved and graded by instructor.
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Seeing Math: Linear Transformer
Transformations of linear functions, with links between the symbolic and graphic forms, can be powerful tools to help students overcome conceptual hurdles in algebra.
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Seeing Math: Function Analyzer
The Function Analyzer allows learners to see the connections among three representations of a function: symbolic, area, and graphic. In addition, by allowing learners to change the value of four elements of a function - the coefficient...
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Seeing Math: Quadratic Transformer
The Quadratic Transformer was developed to support the learning of quadratic functions, and in particular to help you understand the connections between symbolic and graphic representations. Indirectly, it also helps you connect either...
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Seeing Math: System Solver
Deepen your understanding of systems of linear equations with the System Solver. This interactive offers unique opportunity to perform operations on a system and immediately observe the graphic, tabular, and symbolic results of the...
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Seeing Math: Plop It
Plop It! lets you experiment with the concepts of mean, median, and mode (measures of center). You see the differences among them on a bar graph, as you add or remove blocks to an axis with a given range.
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Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Transistors
Understand what a field effect transistor does as the building blocks of modern electronic devices. The module has several simulations that explore properties of the field effect transistor. Students will learn about logic gates as well...
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Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Chemistry, Thermodynamics
Explore some virtual experiments on gases and vapor pressure, the Maxwell speed distribution, the barometric formula, and heat and temperature.
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Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Chemistry, Vapor Pressure
A series of virtual experiments that show students the power and importance of evaporation.
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Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase:transistors
A learning module that explores the transistor. Learn about the field effect transistor and how transistors are used as switches. Learning module includes interactive activities, assessment, and much more.
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Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase:scanning Tunneling Microscopy
A learning module that investigates a powerful tool to observe and manipulate atoms called the scanning tunneling microscope.
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Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench Showcase: Quantum Mirage
An animation of a scanning tunneling microscope, STM, image of a quantum stadium corral made of iron atoms on a copper surace.