Science
[Grades 7-12] Digital Learning Objects for Science Classrooms
By The King's Center for Visualization in Science
The modules are designed to help students (ages 10 -15) understand the nature of scientific models and how a variety of 'good enough' models can be used to understand the particulate nature of matter, physical change, and chemical change.
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[Grades 7-12] Light Tasks for Light Learning with Mirrors
By Harcharan Pardhan and Yasmeen Banoo
Using low-cost, easily available materials, these activities explore five concepts about the nature and properties of light: light carries energy, light travels in straight lines, reflected light is regular or irregular, mirrors can disperse or focus light, the nature of a mirror image depends on the shape of the mirror.
[Grades 10-12] Real Life Problems for Introductory General Physics
By Frank Weichman
This set of problems is intended to develop students’ skills by using physics concepts and principles to solve real-life problems. The problems are directed toward illustrating realistic situations to provide students with a better understanding of the world and the technology around them and to lead them toward the correct approach to problems which otherwise might seem intimidating.
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[Grades 4-12] Teacher’s Guide for Using Web-Based Resources in the Science Classroom
By Sun Joo Hur
Increasingly, teachers will need knowledge and skills to keep up with the new information age and effectively teach in the science classroom. This guidebook will be useful for teachers who are interested in the potential of the Web as an effective teaching tool, but who have little working knowledge of web-based resources.
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