Students use heat transfer to determine specific heat of metals. They practice the technique first with 2 known metals and then use the same technique to determine the identity of a 3rd metal.

Plans for a 5 day collaborative mini unit between Physics/Engineering and Music, exploring how sound interferes within spaces and how acoustic treatments can be used to improve sound.

These are source data and an article from the Journal "Nature" to use with students for anchoring the effects of Global Climate change on ice durations of local lakes. The article describes ice conditions and methadologies of 6 Wisconsin Lakes. There are links to raw data that can be used to generate graphs and develop sensemaking for students.  

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In this lesson, students explore an analogy that helps them troubleshoot a problem in an electric circuit. They will then use computer simulations to reconstruct the problem and test other solutions.