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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs Autism Genetic or Environmental?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Mental, Emotional, and Social Health, Health Science & Medical Technology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Health Education and 3 additional..In this video segment from Greater Boston, learn about conflicting theories regarding the cause of autism.Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMaking Electricity at a Coal-Burning Plant
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Chemical Reactions & Stoichiometry, Ecology & Ecosystems, Physics, Science and 8 additional..This video from KET traces the energy transformations that occur when coal is burned to produce electricity. Some of the mechani...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Periodic Table of the Elements
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Physics, Science, Professional Development, Chemistry, Properties of MatterStudents learn about the origin of the modern periodic table of the elements and how to extract information from it.Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDesign a Liquid Fuel Rocket Engine
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Physics, Science, Force & Motion, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 6 additional..Learn about rocket engines, and then design and launch a liquid fuel rocket in this interactive activity adapted from NASA.Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlacker Than Black
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Physics, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Professional Development, Chemistry and 10 additional..In this video adapted from NASA, two members of a NASA research team working to produce carbon nanotubes share some background b...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRocks and Minerals
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceThis video segment from IdahoPTV's D4K presents the types of rocks, how they are formed, what they are made of and how they are ...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGamma Ray Telescope Senses High-Energy Radiation
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Physics, Science, Light, Sound & Other Waves and 5 additional..This video from NASA describes the GLAST satellite, which is equipped with a gamma-ray telescope, and shares some background abo...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCan Organic Farms and Mosquito Control Coexist?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Health Science & Medical Technology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 5 additional..Learn about one town's conflict over the issue of spraying pesticides to combat disease-carrying insects, in this video segment ...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDid Environmental Exposure Cause a Disease Cluster?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Health Science & Medical Technology, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 5 additional..This video segment from Greater Boston examines whether environmental toxins may be to blame for a rare skin disease.Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMountain Maker, Earth Shaker
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceThis interactive activity adapted from A Science Odyssey Web site helps you visualize different types of plate tectonic activity...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNorth Dakota Tribal Members Talk About Climate Change
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Weather, Climate & Atmosphere, History-Social Science, Science and 7 additional..In this video segment about climate change adapted from United Tribes Technical College, members of several Native American trib...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat Is a Theory?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Life SciencesIn these two audio interviews from NOVA Online, learn about the difference between the common understanding of the word theory a...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBones of Contention
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12, GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Science, Evolution and Adaptation, Professional Development and 2 additional..This interactive activity from NOVA invites you to do the work of scientists and use a database to classify actual fossil record...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Tunnel Challenge
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Physics, Science, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis, Engineering & Design and 3 additional..This interactive activity, from the Building Big Web site, explores tunneling and the tools and methods used to do the job.Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBioengineered Foods?
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, DNA, Genetics & Biotechnology, Engineering & Design, Current Science and 2 additional..Students compare the processes of selective breeding and transgenic manipulation of plants. They consider the pros and cons of g...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNext-Generation Space Suits
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Physics, History-Social Science, Science and 6 additional..In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, MIT engineer Dava Newman is working to replace today's bulky, inflated space...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBianca Goes to the Movie
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Rates and Proportions, Professional Development, Measurement & ToolsThis Cyberchase video segment features Bianca, who must figure out the fastest route to a movie premiere.Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCapturing Carbon
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Chemical Reactions & Stoichiometry, History-Social Science, Physics, Measurement, Tools, and Data Analysis and 12 additional..In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, a scientist, inspired by his daughter's science fair project, develops a syn...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIo and Volcanism
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceIn this video segment adapted from NOVA, a scientist explains the unexpected heat source fueling widespread volcanic activity on...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRichard Glenn: I?upiaq Geologist
Grades: PS/Pre-K to 12Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Earth & Space ScienceIn this interactive resource adapted from Raven Radio/KCAW, listen to I upiaq Eskimo and geologist Richard Glenn describe the co...Contributor: Teachers' DomainViews: 0Favorites: 0