S SCIENCE: S SCIENCE
T TECHNOLOGY: T TECHNOLOGY
E ENGINEERING: E ENGINEERING
M MATHEMATICS: A ARTS
SCIENCE:
Shark Tracker (others, too, including turtles)
Secret Worlds: The universe within- Explore by Powers of 10
The Orrery Model of the solar system
Thousand-yard model of the solar system (pdf)
Say something science with the NC SCOS Glossary of Science Terms, ...Or just explore!
All the Biomass on Earth in one Graphic
Top Ten World Heritage Site according to National Geographic
Microcosmos: Welcome to the Foldscope Community
Insects Take Off- in really slow motion
Microsculpture: The Insect Portraits of Levon Biss *
They say, the BEST place to learn about rocks and minerals is Mineralogy 4 Kids.
Hydrogen Bonding in Water -Khan Academy video
Making a Water Molecule (printable sheet)- Bohr Model of H2O
A Scale Pixel Model of our Solar System
Astronomy Calendar of Celestial Events for Calendar Year 2016
"Project Raptor: My Mechanical Dinosaur Costume"
Investigate lightning in slow motion
The Physics Factbook: An Encylcopedia of Science Essays
Iceberger - draw an iceberg and study how it would float
Evidence Explained; Historical Analysis, Citation & Source Usage
US Census COVID-19 Data Hub: New Hanover County
Released H.S. Biology EOC test
TECHNOLOGY:
Explore the Google Sheets function list
Here is a Guinness World Record- Most Robots Dancing Simultaneously
LEGO Education- Elementary log in and information
Gearing with LEGOs video
Programming LEGO EV3 to follow a line
Lego Mindstorms EV3: The Mayan Adventure (password protected)
Our students can begin creating programs on the computer
instead of following others along...
...by using Scratch from MIT. Get an idea of what Scratch is about
...by clicking here: "Let's Teach Kids to Code," by Mitch Resnick.
Mimo - Learn script coding. (Use NHCS Google account to sign up.)
ENGINEERING:
Map of Engineering (yt)
Mechanical Calculators explained
How to make a mechanical calculator in LEGO®
Play Mastermind- Ten rounds/ Eight Colors
Selection of other virtual sliderules
How to multiply using a slide rule (yt)
1943 training reel on slide rule basics (yt)
more detail on how to use a slide rule (slide presentation)
Algorithm to Solve Rubik's Cube
Bridge Design Software Download link from Engineering Encounters (formerly West Point Bridge Designer)
EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION
Here is Mr. Dodd showing how to fold and cut a TANGRAM
TANGRAM Patterns- every piece outlined
TANGRAM Patterns- every piece with only shape outlined
TANGRAM Patterns- using fewer than seven (7) pieces
TANGRAM Patterns- Reduced (smaller) outlines w/ double patterns *
Make a Stella Octangula *
ARTS:
Scientist turned artist! Alan Bean: the fourth human to walk on the Moon.
Make a logo for free with this tool
How to Draw a Floating/ Levitating Cube
(Pepper's Cone explained - Youtube)
Nine Ways to Make Ben-Day Dots
The Johnny Cash Project (←requires Adobe Flash) ( Johnny Cash Project Update YouTube video )
Origami - GoOpenNC
Fold a square piece of paper into a cube- folding sequence
Moondog (yt) Bird's Lament
MATHEMATICS:
We Use Math- Answering the question, "When will we use this?"
What year was George Jetson born? (open to NHCS accounts only)
Truent to Fluent Multiplication Facts program (TtFF)
The Pigeonhole Principle explained
Just Math Turorials from PatrickJMT
Rules/ Directions to making the game KRYPTO from illuminations of the NCTM
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Photo Pie- Colors in photos as pie charts
Explore Census Data U.S. Census
Math Problem Solving Strategies with Examples
Woodlands Resources has a page of Multiplication Tricks that will help you learn your facts.
UNIGO: A Cup Grows Up - a fun capacity video
Free downloadable graph paper . This is a useful site in a pinch. It is convenient, too.
Astronomy Calendar of Celestial Events for Calendar Year 2016
Do you like statistics? Be an Actuary- find out what they do here
Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959)
Bob and Ted's Big Adventure (with ratios)
Five Minute Math Drills- just to stay fresh to learn in the long term
The Mind-Blowing Math Behind Spot It!, the Beloved Family Game
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