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Resource Type: DocumentNuclear Energy: Radiation Exposure
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..This lesson provides an overview of the sources and potential effects of radiation exposure. Topics include the history of the U...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentNuclear Decay
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..This lesson provides an overview of basic atomic structure and the concept of radioactive decay. Topics include the particles th...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentPopulation: Basic Statistics
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, Mathematics, Earth's Resources, Geography and 6 additional..This lesson reinforces the idea that Earth's population, including the population of the United States, is gowing at a dramatic ...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentMineral Identification
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis lesson discusses the question 'What is a mineral?' in the context of the guessing game 'Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?'. It...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentHome Energy Capstone
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This capstone activity uses the results of the Home Energy Audit and the Home Energy Analysis activities to investigate how chan...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentStratospheric Ozone
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry and 5 additional..High levels of ultraviolet light can be harmful to many biological systems, as this higher energy radiation has a mutagenic effe...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentFood Calories and Land
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..Obesity is on the rise in the United States, due primarily to the size and composition of the American diet. Discussion topics i...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentAcid Rain
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry and 5 additional..Due to the presence of dissolved gases such as carbon dioxide, rainfall is naturally acidic. The release of other gases and chem...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentGround-Level Ozone: Smog City
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources, Geography and 6 additional..This lesson provides an introduction to the problems associated with ground-level ozone ('smog'). It reinforces the idea that oz...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentPopulation: Growth
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, Earth's Resources, Immigration and Migration, Geography and 5 additional..This lesson discusses population growth, both in the United States and in the world. Topics include factors that influence popul...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentExperimental Analysis
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry and 4 additional..Central to good science are accurate observations, testable hypotheses, well-designed experiments or other tests, and reasonable...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentPhotosynthesis and Respiration
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Earth's Resources, Physics, Biochemistry and 8 additional..Most people are aware that plants undergo photosynthesis, a process by which they convert sunlight and carbon dioxide in sugar a...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentHow Humans Change the Atmosphere
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry and 4 additional..This exercise is designed to introduce students to the idea that human activities can alter the chemistry or gaseous composition...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentNuclear Power Plant
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Physics, Light, Sound & Other Waves, Energy & Work and 4 additional..This lesson introduces students to the basics of nuclear energy production. Topics include radioisotope thermoelectric generator...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentPopulation: Age Structure
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: World History, Mathematics, Earth's Resources, Geography and 5 additional..One of the primary tools that demographers use to understand population is the age structure diagram, a graphic representation t...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentHome Energy Audit
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Heat & Thermodynamics, Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry and 3 additional..This is the first part of a two-part exercise in which students perform an audit and analysis of energy consumption in their hom...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentLeaves and Air Pollution
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Mathematics, Earth's Resources, Physics and 5 additional..In this activity, students investigate the effects of automobile pollution on plant growth by making measurements on two populat...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentFossil Fuels: Capstone
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..This lesson summarizes our dependency upon fossil fuels, pointing out that there are very few aspects of our daily life that are...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentThe Atmosphere
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: States of Matter (solids, liquids, gases), Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, Earth's Resources, Physics and 7 additional..This exercise is intended to reinforce the importance of Earth's atmosphere to living organisms. Topics include our bodies' inte...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentTrees and Carbon
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Earth's Resources, Physics, Chemistry, Ecology & Ecosystems and 3 additional..The transport and transformation of substances in the environment are known collectively as biogeochemical cycles. These global ...Contributor: National Science Digital Library (NSDL)Views: 0Favorites: 0