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Earth's Planetary Density: Constraining What We Think about the Earth's Interior
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Earth's ResourcesSpreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students build spreadsheets to forward calculate the Earth's aggregate density from c...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Earthquake Magnitude: How Can We Compare the Sizes of Earthquakes?
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Earth's ResourcesSpreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students build spreadsheets to tabulate and graph seismic wave amplitude and energy r...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Eagles in the Ecosystem Classroom Jigsaw Activity
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Ecology & Ecosystems, Earth & Space Science, Agriculture & Natural Resources and 3 additional..In this jigsaw, students will graph various Bald Eagle population numbers and determine the impact humans have had on the eagle....Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Dynamic Integrated Climate Change Model (DICE)
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: History-Social Science, Professional Development, EconomicsThe Dynamic Integrated Climate Change (DICE) model assumes a single world producer must chose levels for three simultaneously de...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Drawing Atoms
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Physics, Atomic StructureDrawing two dimensional images of an ataom.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Does It All Add Up?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis lab introduces basic chemistry concepts in molecular interactions, measurements, prediction, and critical thinking.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Do Water Molecules Have Space Between Them?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional DevelopmentThis activity is a guided inquiry where students will investigate if water molecules have any space between them.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Do all types of lights follow Ohm's Law?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional DevelopmentIn this physics lab students will investigate whether Ohm's Law applies to common electric devices (incandescent light bulbs and...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Determing the health of an acquatic ecosystem by identifying macroinvertebrates
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Science, Earth's ResourcesThis lab activity allows students to indetify macroinvertebrates and determine the health of an acquatic ecosystem.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Determination of Boyle's Law through Data Collection
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Gases and Kinetic Theory, Chemistry, Professional Development, ScienceThis is a lab activity where students observe the relationship between pressure and volume. They use their data to determine the...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Density with carbon dioxide
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Chemistry, Professional Development, PhysicsThis activity is a demonstration proving that carbon dioxide is more dense than air which leads to a deeper understanding of the...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Density Isostasy and Topography
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Earth & Space Science, Professional Development, Earth's ResourcesDensity, Isostasy, and Topography Anne Egger, Stanford University The original activity Density, Isostasy, and Topography alread...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Creating a Spam Filter
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Mathematics, Professional Development, Data Analysis, Statistics, and ProbabilityThis activity asks students to work in a team to develop a set of rules that can be used to program a SPAM filter for a client. ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Cost Effectiveness of Increased Fuel Efficiency
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Mathematics, Professional Development, Environmental IssuesIn this example students examine and critique an argument which implies that it is not cost effective to pay for an automobile w...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Context-rich problem for cooperative group problem solving - Electric Force
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, PhysicsContext-rich problem for electrostatics in an introductory physics class. The instructional setting uses cooperative group probl...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Context Rich Problem: Price Ceiling
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, History-Social Science, Economicscontext rich problem on price ceilingsContributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Context Rich Problem: Changes in Demand
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Professional Development, History-Social Science, EconomicsContext Rich Problem on demand shifters and the implications of such a shift.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Constructing Phylogenetic Trees: The Whippo Story
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Professional Development, Evolution and AdaptationAn interactive lecture in which students use data on feeding habits and habitat, skeletons, and DNA sequences to draw phylogenet...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Comparing Two Airlines
Grades: Undergraduate to GraduateSubjects: Mathematics, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Professional DevelopmentIn this model‚Äêeliciting activity (MEA), students are hired by a travel magazine to determine if two airlines that fly into Chi...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Combustion/Pollution
Grades: TK/K to 9Subjects: Professional Development, Earth & Space Science, Instructional Strategies, Earth's ResourcesStudents observe a burning candle and the byproducts given off through the burning process. This observation leads to a discussi...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0