Introduction to Sociology is intended for a one-semester introductory sociology course. Conceived of and developed by active sociology instructors, this up-to-date title and can be downloaded now by clicking on the "Get this book" button below. This online, fully editable and customizable title includes sociology theory and research; real-world applications; simplify and debate features; and learning objectives for each chapter

Interactive Lecture Demonstrations to illustrate the nature of torques and on the balancing of torques in static equilibrium.

This activity is designed to provide qualitative understanding of the Work-Energy Theorem. Students are expected to have read introductory material regarding the theorem, and are tested on this with a short online quiz prior to class. After a brief discussion a "warm-up" demonstration is conducted with student participation. A question is then posed regarding the height a "Hopper Popper" will reach if launched from a thumb instead of a hard flat surface. After initial responses are presented, discussion groups are formed to achieve consensus and provide justification of conclusions. This is followed by a confirming demonstration with surprising results.

This activity is a project in which students research keystone species and report on specific species to the class.

This course is a global-oriented survey of the history of architecture, from the prehistoric to the sixteenth century. It treats buildings and environments, including cities, in the context of the cultural and civilizational history. It offers an introduction to design principles and analysis. Being global, it aims to give the student perspective on the larger pushes and pulls that influence architecture and its meanings, whether these be economic, political, religious or climatic.

This is an introductory lab for Environmental Science, investigating the bulk density of soil and water holding capacity.

In this lesson students are introduced to various types of symmetry. After exploring the symmetries that exist with letters of the alphabet, they make inversions of their own name. Suggestions for implementation and support materials are provided.

This activity is a classroom lab activity that demonstrates chemical change in a dramatic way using a few inexpensive, easily obtainable materials.

This activity is an extension to standard labs that have students generate a pH curve from strong acid/strong base data. Students are asked to predict and test how the the titration end point will shift when titrating vinegar (a weak acid) with NaOH (a strong base).

Students investigate air resistance using many objects. No formal lab procedure, just a few simple instructions leaves a guided-inquiry lab activity.

This activity is a reinforcement lab activity where students experiment with ways to get water to flow out of a cup and up a straw causing an imbalance in the atmospheric pressure surrounding the water.

This activity is an inquiry where students will design an electrolytic cell that produces work in the form of lighting a bulb.

This learning experience is where students launch a bottle rocket and compare how long the bottle was in the air to how much water is placed in the rocket.

This lab activity allows students to apply their knowledge of Archimedes' Principle by calculating the maximum buoyant force that a ship can produce.

This activity is a lab where students design an experiment to construct a self-powered mini-submarine that stays underwater for at least 10 seconds, and then float back up to the top of the water level. Buoyancy and density are applied and discussed.

This activity is a classroom investigation where students separate pigment in dyes in order to learn about mixtures and solutions. They use chromatography to design and experiment with a single variable to answer a question about which ink will separate the most - has the greatest variety of pigment.

This activity is a indoor lab where students investigate the current differences in different circuits where students build a small house and construct different types of circuits.

This plan involves observing and labeling clouds and conducting an experiment on how clouds form.

This is an exploratory activity involving matter and density. There are many assessment pieces including a laboratory.

This activity is an interactive demonstration of the concept of density with a guided inquiry component.