Posted on August 26th, 2009 by ASEE
Иконописиконописikoni (Provided courtesy of Teachengineering.org, with additional material from National Geographic, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA.) Summary Hurricane season is here, reminding us that accurate weather forecasts can be a matter of life and death in vulnerable coastal areas of the country. Even inland, severe thunderstorms play havoc with late-summer travel, and [...]
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Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by ASEE
(Provided courtesy of Science Netlinks and the American Association for the Advancement of Science) In this lesson for Grades K-2, youngsters come to understand that there are limits to what the eye can see and that a magnifying glass can help extend those limits. Context Children come equipped with natural curiosity and creativity and have [...]
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Posted on June 17th, 2009 by ASEE
(Provided courtesy of Teachers’ Domain, WGBH Educational Foundation and WPSU) In this series of lessons for grades 6-8, students first experiment with a virtual solar cooker to discover the mathematical relationship among reflection, transmission and absorption. Then they apply their knowledge to building and testing a solar cooker of their own invention. In an extension, [...]
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