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3D Modeling and Virtual Reality

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3D Modeling and Virtual Reality

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The Geospatial Revolution is going 3D. Immersive technologies such as Oculus Rift, Samsung GearVR, HTC Vive, are revolutionizing how places and data are viewed and analyzed. Instead of interacting with data on a 2D desktop screen, researchers and decision makers can immerse themselves in virtual environments where geospatial data are represented in intuitive, immersive, and flexible ways. VR and 3D modeling are going hand in hand; with the ready availability of massive amounts of environmental data (e.g., LiDAR) and efficient 3D modeling technologies (e.g., SketchUp, CityEngine), realistic immersive scenarios are easier to create than ever before. We are witnessing a paradigm shift which enables new methods of environmental decision making from urban planning to climate change. The combination of iVR and automated 3D modeling enables models of real-world places to be integrated within data visualization workbenches. This course will provide students with an overview of current developments, details different workflows that are available, and provides hands-on experiences with 3D modeling and VR technologies.

Subject:: Physical Science
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: Pennsylvania State University
Provider Set:: Penn State, College of EMS
Author:: Alex Klippen; Mahda M. Bagher
Date Added:: 11/09/2017

5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Handouts

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5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Handouts

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These handouts accompany the 5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Lesson Plan. The handouts give criteria for identifying areas of erosion and non-point source pollution entering waterways on school property, slope and soil suitability criteria for situating the rain garden, and data collection procedures for phosphate testing. The handouts also include guidelines and criteria for the final poster presentation design and Claim-Evidence-Reasoning, as well as rubrics for scoring and guidelines for peer feedback.

Subject:: Geology; Hydrology; Elementary Education; Reading Informational Text; Speaking and Listening; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science; Measurement and Data; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Formative Assessment; Interim/Summative Assessment; Learning Task; Lesson Plan; Reference Material; Rubric/Scoring Guide; Unit of Study
Author:: Amy Workman
Date Added:: 08/02/2019

5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Lesson Plan

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5th Grade Rain Garden Design Challenge Lesson Plan

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This lesson engages 5th grade students in identifying areas of erosion and non-point source pollution entering waterways on school property, making a claim on the most suitable site to locate a rain garden by conducting field tests on slope and soil type, and testing
for the presence of phosphates in waterways on school forest property. Students then compete in a rain garden design challenge using their data to create a poster presentation, including a map and claim evidence reasoning, for the best rain garden design plan, scored using a rubric.

Subject:: Geology; Hydrology; Elementary Education; Reading Informational Text; Speaking and Listening; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science; Measurement and Data; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Formative Assessment; Interim/Summative Assessment; Lesson Plan; Rubric/Scoring Guide; Unit of Study
Author:: Amy Workman
Date Added:: 08/02/2019

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Students will use engineering skills to develop and use models as well as collaboratively plan an investigation to make sense of buoyancy.

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Subject:: Oceanography; Education; Character Education; Environmental Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Learning Task; Lesson; Lesson Plan; Other
Author:: Blake Jersey
Date Added:: 01/16/2020

AP Chemistry Chemical Equations Worksheet

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AP Chemistry Chemical Equations Worksheet

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This is a worksheet on chemical equations and questions pertaining to the chemical equations.

Subject:: Chemistry
Material Type:: Assessment Item; Lesson Plan
Provider:: Flinn Scientific
Date Added:: 02/11/2017

AUTO-2440 - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Power Management

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AUTO-2440 - Hybrid Electric Vehicle Power Management

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This three credit course offered at Macomb Community College discusses the practical application of hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) power management systems. Areas of study include computer controls of the internal combustion engine (ICE), battery types, HEV thermal management, motors, safety, and HEV/EV accessories. System types, service procedures, and diagnostic procedures are covered for Ford, General Motors, Honda, and Lexus/Toyota vehicles. Included educational materials for this course are homework, sample exams and quizzes, labs, lesson plans, pre-assessment, and syllabus. Solutions are not provided with any materials. If you're an instructor and would like complete exams, quizzes, or solutions, please contact theCAAT. This course is composed of six modules that can be used to supplement existing courses or taught together as a complete course. These modules are Intro to HEVs,Honda HEVs, Toyota HEVs,Ford HEVs, GM HEVs, and Fuel Cells

Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Education; Physics
Material Type:: Assessment; Full Course; Lecture Notes; Lesson Plan
Provider:: Center for Automotive Technology - Macomb
Provider Set:: Center for Advanced Automotive Technology
Author:: Macomb Community College
Date Added:: 09/27/2012

Above-Ground Storage Tank Design Project

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Above-Ground Storage Tank Design Project

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At this point in the unit, students have learned about Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, Bernoulli's principle, and why above-ground storage tanks are of major concern in the Houston Ship Channel and other coastal areas. In this culminating activity, student groups act as engineering design teams to derive equations to determine the stability of specific above-ground storage tank scenarios with given tank specifications and liquid contents. With their floatation analyses completed and the stability determined, students analyze the tank stability in specific storm conditions. Then, teams are challenged to come up with improved storage tank designs to make them less vulnerable to uplift, displacement and buckling in storm conditions. Teams present their analyses and design ideas in short class presentations.

Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Emily Sappington, Mila Taylor; National Science Foundation GK-12 and Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Programs,
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Accelerometer: Centripetal Acceleration

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Accelerometer: Centripetal Acceleration

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Students work as physicists to understand centripetal acceleration concepts. They also learn about a good robot design and the accelerometer sensor. They also learn about the relationship between centripetal acceleration and centripetal force governed by the radius between the motor and accelerometer and the amount of mass at the end of the robot's arm. Students graph and analyze data collected from an accelerometer, and learn to design robots with proper weight distribution across the robot for their robotic arms. Upon using a data logging program, they view their own data collected during the activity. By activity end , students understand how a change in radius or mass can affect the data obtained from the accelerometer through the plots generated from the data logging program. More specifically, students learn about the accuracy and precision of the accelerometer measurements from numerous trials.

Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: AMPS GK-12 Program,; Carlo Yuvienco; Jennifer S. Haghpanah
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Accuracy Vs. Precision

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Accuracy Vs. Precision

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Lab Objective: Be able to distinguish between the accuracy and precision of estimates made of the measure of several different quantities.

Subject:: Chemistry
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: http://www.mlbgsd.k12.pa.us/
Date Added:: 03/06/2017

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Acid Attack

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In this activity, students explore the effect of chemical erosion on statues and monuments. They use chalk to see what happens when limestone is placed in liquids with different pH values. They also learn several things that engineers are doing to reduce the effects of acid rain.

Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Chemistry
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Jessica Todd; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Melissa Straten
Date Added:: 10/14/2015

Acid Concentration and Strength Investigation

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Acid Concentration and Strength Investigation

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This is a simulation activity that investigates acids and base chemistry. The simulation investigates ion concentration differences between strong & weak, acids & bases. This activity can be done in class, or as homework.

Subject:: Chemistry
Material Type:: Lesson Plan; Simulation
Provider:: PhET
Date Added:: 06/30/2016

Acoustic Mirrors

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Acoustic Mirrors

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Students play and record the “Mary Had a Little Lamb” song using musical instruments and analyze the intensity of the sound using free audio editing and recording software. Then they use hollow Styrofoam half-spheres as acoustic mirrors (devices that reflect and focus sound), determine the radius of curvature of the mirror and calculate its focal length. Students place a microphone at the acoustic mirror focal point, re-record their songs, and compare the sound intensity on plot spectrums generated from their recordings both with and without the acoustic mirrors. A worksheet and KWL chart are provided.

Subject:: Mathematics; Geometry; Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Nick Breen; Partnerships for Research, Innovation and Multi-Scale Engineering (PRIME) RET, Georgia Tech; Steven C. Thedford
Date Added:: 10/13/2017

Action-Reaction! Rocket

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Action-Reaction! Rocket

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Students construct rockets from balloons propelled along a guide string. They use this model to learn about Newton's three laws of motion, examining the effect of different forces on the motion of the rocket.

Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Ben Heavner; Denise W. Carlson; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Sabre Duren
Date Added:: 10/14/2015

Advanced Organic Chemistry, Spring 2007

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Advanced Organic Chemistry, Spring 2007

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Application of structure and theory to the study of organic reaction mechanisms: stereochemical features including conformation and stereoelectronic effects; reaction dynamics, isotope effects and molecular orbital theory applied to pericyclic and photochemical reactions; and special reactive intermediates including carbenes, carbanions, and free radicals.

Subject:: Chemistry
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: M.I.T.
Provider Set:: M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:: Movassaghi, Mohammad
Date Added:: 01/01/2007

Advanced Seminar in Geology and Geochemistry: Organic Geochemistry, Fall 2005

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Advanced Seminar in Geology and Geochemistry: Organic Geochemistry, Fall 2005

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12.491 is a seminar focusing on problems of current interest in geology and geochemistry. For Fall 2005, the topic is organic geochemistry. Lectures and readings cover recent research in the development and properties of organic matter.

Subject:: Atmospheric Science; Anatomy/Physiology; Chemistry
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: M.I.T.
Provider Set:: M.I.T. OpenCourseWare
Author:: Summons, Roger
Date Added:: 01/01/2005

The Advantage of Machines

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The Advantage of Machines

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In this lesson, students learn about work as defined by physical science and see that work is made easier through the use of simple machines. Already encountering simple machines everyday, students will be alerted to their widespread uses in everyday life. This lesson serves as the starting point for the Simple Machines Unit.

Subject:: Technology and Engineering; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering
Author:: Glen Sirakavit; Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Melissa Straten; Michael Bendewald; TeachEngineering.org
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

The Adventure of Physics - Vol. I: Fall, Flow, and Heat

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The Adventure of Physics - Vol. I: Fall, Flow, and Heat

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This book is written for anybody who is curious about nature and motion. Curiosity about how people, animals, things, images and space move leads to many adventures. This volume presents the best of them in the domain of everyday life.

Carefully observing everyday motion allows us to deduce six essential statements: everyday motion is continuous, conserved, relative, reversible, mirror-invariant – and lazy. Yes, nature is indeed lazy: in every motion, it minimizes change. This text explores how these six results are deduced and how they fit with all those observations that seem to contradict them. In the structure of modern physics, shown in Figure 1, the results on everyday motion form the major part of the starting point at the bottom. The present volume is the first of a six-volume overview of physics. It resulted from a threefold aim I have pursued since 1990: to present motion in a way that is simple, up to date and captivating.

In order to be simple, the text focuses on concepts, while keeping mathematics to the necessary minimum. Understanding the concepts of physics is given precedence over using formulae in calculations. The whole text is within the reach of an undergraduate.

In order to be up to date, the text is enriched by the many gems – both theoretical and empirical – that are scattered throughout the scientific literature.

In order to be captivating, the text tries to startle the reader as much as possible. Reading a book on general physics should be like going to a magic show. We watch, we are astonished, we do not believe our eyes, we think, and finally we understand the trick. When we look at nature, we often have the same experience. Indeed, every page presents at least one surprise or provocation for the reader to think about. Numerous interesting challenges are proposed.

The motto of the text, die Menschen stärken, die Sachen klären, a famous statement by Hartmut von Hentig on pedagogy, translates as: ‘To fortify people, to clarify things.’ Clarifying things – and adhering only to the truth – requires courage, as changing the habits of thought produces fear, often hidden by anger. But by overcoming our fears we grow in strength. And we experience intense and beautiful emotions. All great adventures in life allow this, and exploring motion is one of them. Enjoy it!

Subject:: Physics
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Motion Mountain
Author:: Christoph Schiller
Date Added:: 11/09/2017

The Adventure of Physics - Vol. III: Light, Charges, and Brains

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The Adventure of Physics - Vol. III: Light, Charges, and Brains

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This book is written for anybody who is curious about nature and motion. Curiosity about how people, animals, things, images and empty space move leads to many adven- tures. This volume presents the best of them in the domains of relativity and cosmology. In the study of motion – physics – special and general relativity form two important building blocks.

Special relativity is the exploration of the energy speed limit c. General relativity is the exploration of the force limit c4/4G. The text shows that in both domains, all equations follow from these two limit values. This simple, intuitive and unusual way of learning relativity should reward the curiosity of every reader – whether student or professional.

The present volume is the second of a six-volume overview of physics that arose from a threefold aim that I have pursued since 1990: to present motion in a way that is simple, up to date and captivating.

In order to be simple, the text focuses on concepts, while keeping mathematics to the necessary minimum. Understanding the concepts of physics is given precedence over using formulae in calculations. The whole text is within the reach of an undergraduate.

In order to be up to date, the text is enriched by the many gems – both theoretical and empirical – that are scattered throughout the scientific literature.

In order to be captivating, the text tries to startle the reader as much as possible. Read- ing a book on general physics should be like going to a magic show. We watch, we are astonished, we do not believe our eyes, we think, and finally we understand the trick. When we look at nature, we often have the same experience. Indeed, every page presents at least one surprise or provocation for the reader to think about. Numerous interesting challenges are proposed.

The motto of the text, die Menschen stärken, die Sachen klären, a famous statement by Hartmut von Hentig on pedagogy, translates as: ‘To fortify people, to clarify things.’ Clar- ifying things – and adhering only to the truth – requires courage, as changing the habits of thought produces fear, often hidden by anger. But by overcoming our fears we grow in strength. And we experience intense and beautiful emotions. All great adventures in life allow this, and exploring motion is one of them. Enjoy it!

Subject:: Physics
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Motion Mountain
Author:: Christoph Schiller
Date Added:: 11/09/2017

The Adventure of Physics - Vol. II: Relativity

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The Adventure of Physics - Vol. II: Relativity

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This book is written for anybody who is curious about nature and motion. Curiosity about how people, animals, things, images and empty space move leads to many adventures. This volume presents the best of them in the domains of relativity and cosmology. In the study of motion – physics – special and general relativity form two important building blocks.

Subject:: Physics
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Motion Mountain
Author:: Christoph Schiller
Date Added:: 11/09/2017

The Adventure of Physics - Vol. IV: The Quantum of Change

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The Adventure of Physics - Vol. IV: The Quantum of Change

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This book is written for anybody who is curious about nature and motion. Have you ever asked: Why do people, animals, things, images and space move? The answer leads to many adventures; this volume presents those due to the discovery that there is a smallest change value in nature. This smallest change value, the quantum of action, leads to what is called quantum physics. In the structure of modern physics, quantum physics covers three points; this volume covers the introduction to the point in the lower right: the foundations of quantum theory.

The present introduction to quantum physics arose from a threefold aim I have pur- sued since 1990: to present the basics of motion in a way that is simple, up to date and captivating.

In order to be simple, the text focuses on concepts, while keeping mathematics to the necessary minimum. Understanding the concepts of physics is given precedence over using formulae in calculations. The whole text is within the reach of an undergraduate.

In order to be up to date, the text is enriched by the many gems – both theoretical and empirical – that are scattered throughout the scientific literature.

In order to be captivating, the text tries to startle the reader as much as possible. Read- ing a book on general physics should be like going to a magic show. We watch, we are astonished, we do not believe our eyes, we think, and finally we understand the trick. When we look at nature, we often have the same experience. Indeed, every page presents at least one surprise or provocation for the reader to think about. Numerous interesting challenges are proposed.

The motto of the text, die Menschen stärken, die Sachen klären, a famous statement by Hartmut von Hentig on pedagogy, translates as: ‘To fortify people, to clarify things.’ Clar- ifying things – and adhering only to the truth – requires courage, as changing the habits of thought produces fear, often hidden by anger. But by overcoming our fears we grow in strength. And we experience intense and beautiful emotions. All great adventures in life allow this, and exploring motion is one of them. Enjoy it!

Subject:: Physics
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Motion Mountain
Author:: Christoph Schiller
Date Added:: 11/09/2017