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Keeping in Balance
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In this lesson for grades 1 and 2, students record observations and look for patterns while exploring weights on a balance scale. They balance equal and unequal weights and record their distances from the fulcrum. Students use a crayon (as the fulcrum) and a ruler to represent the balance. A printable record keeping sheet is provided.

Author:
Mikki Weiss
Magnificent Measurement
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In this 5-lesson unit, students engage in measurement activities involving length, area, volume, time, and weight, using objects, pictures and symbols. Students practice measuring using standard and nonstandard units. Some lessons are introduced using children's literature.

Maintaining the Balance
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In this lesson for grades 3, 4 and 5, students participate in activities in which they focus on patterns and relations that can be developed from the exploration of balance, mass, length of the mass arm, and the position of the fulcrum. The focus of this lesson is determining the position necessary to balance uneven objects and the effect on balance of moving the fulcrum. Printable activity sheets, ideas for implementation and extension are included.

Author:
Mikki Weiss
Masses & Springs
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This simulation provides a realistic virtual mass-and-spring laboratory. Users can explore spring motion by manipulating stiffness of the spring and mass of the hanging weight. Concepts of Hooke's Law and elastic potential energy are further clarified through charts showing kinetic, potential, and thermal energy for each spring. This item is part of a larger collection of simulations developed by the Physics Education Technology project (PhET). The simulations are animated, interactive, and game-like environments in which students learn through exploration. All of the sims are freely available from the PhET website for incorporation into classes.

Mathematics and Children's Literature
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In this three-lesson unit, students participate in activities in which they focus on connections between mathematics and children’s literature. Three pieces of literature are used to teach geometry and measurement topics in the mathematics curriculum, i.e. using and describing geometric figures, estimating the volume of an irregular solid, and exploring the need for a standard unit of length. Activity worksheets and ideas for extension are included.

Author:
Martha H. Hopkins
Oil Oil Everywhere
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This math meets ecology lesson provides hands-on experiences with mixing oil and water, provides surface area information about the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and gives learners opportunities to estimate small oil spills of their own making. This lesson guide includes questions for learners, assessment options, extensions, and reflection questions.

Author:
Lisa Cartwright
Powerful Patterns
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In this unit of nine lessons from Illuminations, students use logical thinking to create, identify, extend, and translate patterns. They make patterns with objects, numbers, and shapes and also explore a variety of patterns in mathematics, physical education and music. Pattern cores explored are AB, ABB, AAB, ABC, ABCD and lastly ABA. Instructional plan, questions for the students, assessment options, extensions with links to the US and state flags, and teacher reflections are given for each lesson.

Author:
Grace M. Burton.
Rescue Mission Game (Illuminations)
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In this lesson plan students explore the four forces of flight in order to complete the "Rescue Mission". Students must use their knowledge of probability to choose the spinner that will help them win the game. Students must also use their knowledge of graphing points on a coordinate grid in order to plot the results of each spin. The game board and spinners are included (PDF).

Research Seminar in Deep Sea Archaeology, Spring 2002
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Examines the intellectual foundations of the new discipline of deep sea archaeology, a convergence of oceanography, archaeology, and engineering. How best are robots and submarines employed for archaeological work? How do new technologies change operations plans, research designs, and archaeological questions? Covers oceanography, history and technology of underwater vehicles, search strategies, technology development, archaeological technique, sociology of scientific knowledge. Case studies of deep-sea projects include the wrecks of the Titanic and Monitor, Roman trading vessels in the Mediterranean, and deep research in the Black Sea.

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Archaeology
Oceanography
Physical Science
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Textbook
Author:
Mindell, David A.
Date Added:
01/01/2002
Rhetoric: Rhetoric of Science, Spring 2006
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This course is an introduction to the history, theory, practice, and implications of rhetoric, the art and craft of persuasion. This course specifically focuses on the ways that scientists use various methods of persuasion in the construction of scientific knowledge.

Subject:
Applied Science
Arts and Humanities
Composition and Rhetoric
Engineering
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Full Course
Textbook
Author:
Poe, Mya
Date Added:
01/01/2006
Science in service to the public good
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We give scientists and engineers great technical training, but we're not as good at teaching ethical decision-making or building character. Take, for example, the environmental crisis that recently unfolded in Flint, Michigan -- and the professionals there who did nothing to fix it. Siddhartha Roy helped prove that Flint's water was contaminated, and he tells a story of science in service to the public good, calling on the next generation of scientists and engineers to dedicate their work to protecting people and the planet.

Author:
Siddhartha Roy
Scientific Visualization across Disciplines: A Critical Introduction, Spring 2005
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This subject exposes students to a variety of visualization techniques so that they learn to understand the work involved in producing them and to critically assess the power and limits of each. Students concentrate on areas where visualizations are crucial for meaning making and data production. Drawing on scholarship in science and technology studies on visualization, critical art theory, and core discussions in science and engineering, students work through a series of case studies in order to become better readers and producers of visualizations.

Subject:
Mathematics
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Full Course
Textbook
Author:
Dumit, Joseph
MIT
Prof. Suzanne Berger
Date Added:
02/16/2011
Scuba Diving in Belize
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In this 5-lesson multi-media unit, students will explore various real-world applications of different forms of measurement, including time and distance. They will make estimations and calculations. Throughout the unit, students will be using online resources to familiarize themselves with coral reefs, the nation of Belize, and to plan a pretend scuba diving trip. Activity sheets (pdf), links to online resources, assessment options and other commentary are provided.

Author:
Tamie Dickson
Simplifying complexity
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Ecologist Eric Berlow doesn't feel overwhelmed when faced with complex systems. He knows that more information can lead to a better, simpler solution. Illustrating the tips and tricks for breaking down big issues, he distills an overwhelming infographic on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan to a few elementary points.

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Eric Berlow
Social Studies of Bioscience and Biotech, Fall 2005
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Discusses social, ethical and clinical issues associated with the development of new biotechnologies and their integration into clinical practice. Basic scientists, clinicians, bioethicists, and social scientists present on four general topics: changing political economy of biotech research; problems associated with the adaption of new biotechnologies and findings from molecular biology for clinical settings; the ethical issues that emerge from clinical research and clinical use of new technologies; and the broader social ethics associated with investigations of population genetics and social problems. Use of cases and recent literature.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Social Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Textbook
Author:
Fischer, Michael M.
Good, Byron
Good, Mary-Jo
Date Added:
01/01/2005
The Structure of Engineering Revolutions, Fall 2001
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Provides an integrated approach to understanding the practice of engineering in the real world. Students research the life cycle of a major engineering project, new technology, or startup company from multiple perspectives: technical, economic, political, cultural. Emphasis on analyzing engineering artifacts, understanding documentation, framing logical arguments, communicating effectively, and working in teams.

Subject:
Applied Science
Arts and Humanities
Computer Science
World Cultures
Material Type:
Full Course
Textbook
Author:
Mindell, David A.
Date Added:
01/01/2001
The Sun
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The sun dominates our lives by defining our day, but how much do you know and understand about it? This unit will help you to explore the workings of the brightest star in our universe looking at its structure and the main processes taking place within it. You will also examine the phenomena of sun spots.

Subject:
Astronomy
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Reading
Syllabus
Date Added:
09/06/2007
Superconductivity
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The fascinating phenomenon of superconductivity and its potential applications have attracted the attention of scientists, engineers and businessmen. Intense research has taken place to discover new superconductors, to understand the physics that underlies the properties of superconductors, and to develop new applications for these materials. In this unit you will read about the history of superconductors, taking a brief look at their properties. You will also learn about modelling the properties of superconductors and the two different types of superconductor that exist today.

Subject:
Career and Technical Education
Electronic Technology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Reading
Syllabus
Date Added:
09/06/2007
Surviving the Winter
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In this unit, we study one aspect of the fluctuating nature of an organism's environment. We consider how organisms living in a temperate climate, such as that in Britain, are adapted to cope with winter. You will see that there is much diversity of adaptations among organisms, with different species coping with the demands of a fluctuating environment in quite different ways. As cyclic variations are a widespread feature of environments, the range of adaptations to them is an important source of biological diversity.

Subject:
Ecology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Reading
Syllabus
Date Added:
09/06/2007
Toward the Scientific Revolution, Fall 2003
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The emergence of Western science: the systematization of natural knowledge in the ancient world, the transmission of the classical legacy to the Latin West, and the revolt from classical thought during the scientific revolution. Examines scientific concepts in light of their cultural and historical contexts.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Astronomy
Physical Science
Physics
World Cultures
Material Type:
Full Course
Textbook
Author:
Kaiser, David
Date Added:
01/01/2003