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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAcidic Seas
Grades: 6, 8 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Chemistry, Earth & Space ScienceFor years, our oceans have been hard at work absorbing the carbon dioxide that humans create through burning fossil fuels. But a...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChasing Beetles, Finding Darwin
Grades: 7, 9 to 12Subjects: Life SciencesIt's been 150 years since Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. Yet his ideas remain as central to scientific explo...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNanotechnology Takes Off
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: Chemistry, PhysicsFrom Lawrence Berkeley National Labs to Silicon Valley, researchers are manipulating particles at the atomic level, ushering in ...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkState of Thirst: California's Water Future
Grades: 5 to 6, 9 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, Environmental Issues, Earth & Space ScienceAre we in danger of running out of water? California's population is growing by 600,000 people per year, but much of the state r...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Great Migration
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, People in Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere and 2 additional..For thousands of years and countless generations, migratory birds have flown the same long-distance paths between their breeding...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Science of Big Waves
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: PhysicsWhere do ocean waves come from? Find out how are they generated, how they gain speed, move and what makes one wave bigger then t...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Physics of Sailing
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: PhysicsWe know that a sailboat can travel with the wind, but what really makes a sailboat move? Hop aboard a sailboat in San Francisco ...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOut of the Park: The Physics of Baseball
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: PhysicsAt UC Berkeley, a team of undergrads is experimenting with velocity, force, and aerodynamics. But you won't find them in a lab--...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkQUEST Lab: Newton's Laws of Motion
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: PhysicsWhat causes an object in motion to change course or stop moving? What happens to an object at rest if you leave it alone? Find o...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAlbino Redwoods, Ghosts of the Forest
Grades: 5, 7Subjects: Life SciencesExactly why they survive is a mystery, but hidden among the giant redwoods deep in California's redwood forests are small albino...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBiofuels: Beyond Ethanol
Grades: 6, 8 to 12Subjects: Life Sciences, ChemistryFor years there's been buzz – both positive and negative – about generating ethanol fuel from corn. Meet the scientists investi...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDecoding Synthetic Biology
Grades: 7, 9 to 12Subjects: Life SciencesA new generation of scientists known as “synthetic biologists” uses DNA to build new functions into living things. Examine the t...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIlluminating Northern Lights
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Physics, Earth & Space ScienceCalifornia residents may not be able to see the northern lights like people in Alaska can, but Bay Area scientists are playing a...Contributor: KQEDViews: 0Favorites: 0