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Will the egg break?
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Will the egg break?
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This is a discrepant event that can be used to help students understand applications of the momentum-impulse theorem. Students are first asked to predict and hypothesize what will happen when an egg is thrown into a sheet. After sharing predictions and hypotheses, a volunteer student will throw the egg into the sheet. Other students make observations and craft explanations of what happened to explain why the egg does not break when it hits the sheet but does break if thrown at a wall. Students will then be asked a series of guiding questions to help them challenge misconceptions and sharpen their understanding of momentum and impulse.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Joel Donna
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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Working with a handmade oscilloscope
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Working with a handmade oscilloscope
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This activity is where students build and use an oscilliscope exploring with sound and sound waves.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Channon Fulda
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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Work: pre, during and post class questions
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Work: pre, during and post class questions
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This series of questions before instruction, in-class peer instruction, and post-instruction allow students to iterate and improve their understanding of work incrementally.

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Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Gay Stewart
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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Worm Farming and Composting
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Worm Farming and Composting
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This activity is a lab investigation where students design an experiment to create rich soil using organic matter, dirt, newspaper and red worms.

Subject:
Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Career and Technical Education
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Sybil Haas
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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Worm Investigation to Explore Experimental Design
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Worm Investigation to Explore Experimental Design
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This activity is a lab intended to help students learn to setup an investigation with worms to learn about experimental design and data collection.

Subject:
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
K. Hoffman
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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Worm Watch
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Worm Watch
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This activity is a field investigation where students learn about scientific sampling, earthworms as an invasive species, and collect data on earthworm populations using three sampling methods.

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Ecology
Life Science
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Activity/Lab
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Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Lindsey Molstad
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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Writing Poems from Dragonfly Facts
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Writing Poems from Dragonfly Facts
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This activity is a creative writing assignment in which first graders create poetry from scientific information about dragonflies.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Mary Jo Taintor
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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Writing a Wikipedia Genetic Disease Article
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Writing a Wikipedia Genetic Disease Article
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Writing a Wikipedia article about a genetic disease is a good culminating activity for a genetics course or module, as it requires synthesizing and interpreting a wide range of genetic information. This assignment also includes a potential service component, which is normally very difficult in genetics.

Subject:
Genetics
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Data Set
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Jeff Bell
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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Yellowstone! A National Park on a Hot Spot
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Yellowstone! A National Park on a Hot Spot
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Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students use foundational math to study the velocity of the North American Plate over the hot spot, the volume of eruptive materials from it, and the recurrence interval of the cataclysmic eruptions.

Subject:
Earth and Space Science
Geology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Judy McIlrath
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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You Greedy Energy User
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You Greedy Energy User
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This activity involves students in recording their energy usage of particular appliances and devices over a certain period of time. They then take the time and device and determine the kilowatts of electricity used via an internet website. They then can take this value and calculate the amount of fuel that would have to be burned to generate this same amount of electricity. This activity is done for multiple appliances and situations and it is investigated how much fuel/coal is needed to kepp the light on all day every day, or the computer that is never in sleep mode.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Lawrence Marquette
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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An exploration of spring systems: Asking and answering quantitative questions
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An exploration of spring systems: Asking and answering quantitative questions
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Laboratory activity on springs and simple harmonic motion that encourages creative development of experiments and clear presentation of quantitative results in the form of a memo.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Melissa Eblen-Zayas
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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The unemployment rate for the class
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The unemployment rate for the class
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After predicting what the unemployment rate will be for students in the class, a confidential survey modeled on the Current Population Survey questions is used to gather data about each student's employment. Students use this data to measure the class unemployment rate and then assess its accuracy.

Subject:
Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Simulation
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Mark Maier
Date Added:
02/10/2023
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