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Medicine in the Body
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, MathematicsIn this activity, we will explore how the dosage and frequency of a medicine taken affect the amount of medicine present in the ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0The Lifestyle Project at Malaspina University-College, British Columbia
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..The project is used in two courses, both with the theme of understanding the environmental implications of our use of energy, ex...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0The Lifestyle Project at the University of North Dakota
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Ecology & Ecosystems and 2 additional..I use the Lifestyle Project in my Introduction to Environmental Issues class. This 3-week project asks students to make changes ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Lab: Measuring the Speed of Sound in Air (with uncertainty analysis)
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Light, Sound & Other Waves, Physics, Professional DevelopmentStudents use a microphone and Vernier LabQuest to record the sound of a finger-snap echo in a 1-2 meter cardboard tube. Students...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Activity: Measure Your Reaction Time
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional DevelopmentThis is a lab activity that allows students to collect data to practice using effective measurement. While other authors have pr...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Lab: Horizontally Launched Projectiles (with uncertainty analysis)
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Force & Motion, Professional DevelopmentThis is a version of the time-tested lab where students roll a ball off a table top and use kinematics in two dimensions to try ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Introduction to Measurement (advanced high school/intro college level)
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development30-page illustrated guide to fundamentals of measurement. This is intended to be a clear, comprehensive overview of effective me...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Using PhET simulations to replace real equipment in lab Circuit Construction Kit
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Instructional Strategies, Multimedia PresentationLabs and tutorials that use equipment such as circuits can be modified to use PhET simulations instead. Research shows that subs...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Writing your own activities - PhET Activity Guidelines
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Physics, Education, Child Development & Family Services, Instructional Strategies, Multimedia PresentationYou can create your own lectures, homework, and labs around any PhET simulation by using the PhET Activity Guidelines. These gui...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Using PhET simulations in high school Open-ended Pendulum Labs
Grades: 9 to 12, Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, Instructional Strategies, Multimedia PresentationThese labs provide examples of using very open-ended questions to guide students in exploring a simulation and designing their o...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0