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Newton’s First Law, Part II

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Newton’s First Law, Part II

This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about Newton’s First Law. Activities include Objects in ...

Net or Unbalanced Forces

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Net or Unbalanced Forces

This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about forces. Activities include Changes in Motion and Wha...

Newton’s Second Law

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Newton’s Second Law

This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about Newton’s Second Law. Activities include How Are Th...

Gravitational Forces

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Gravitational Forces

This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about gravity. Activities include Gravity on a Roll, Gravi...

Mass and Weight

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Mass and Weight

This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about mass and weight. The activity in this chapter is Mas...

Acceleration

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Acceleration

This chapter from, Companion Classroom Activities for Stop Faking It! Force and Motion is about acceleration. Activities includes, Changing Motion, A...

Introduction to Nanotechnology

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Introduction to Nanotechnology

Imagining differences in scale can be very easy (a softball is bigger than a baseball) or very difficult (how can we imagine the size of a galaxy?). I...

Team Teaching Science at the High School Level

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Team Teaching Science at the High School Level

The focus of this chapter is the specific challenges of team teaching each individual discipline in the typical high school or secondary school. Altho...

Butter Battle: Physical Changes Versus Chemical Changes

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Butter Battle: Physical Changes Versus Chemical Changes

When passing hot rolls around the dinner table, buying popcorn at a movie theater, or making cookies, it is there: butter. Creating butter in a bottl...

Cinnamon Rolls: Creating a Control Set to Analyze the Role of Yeast in Baked Goods

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Cinnamon Rolls: Creating a Control Set to Analyze the Role of Yeast in Baked Goods

Have you ever taken part in a food fight? There are foods flying left and right, and all you can think about is how you don’t want to get mustard o...

Growing a Pancake: How Environmental Factors Impact Fungi Growth in a Sourdough Starter

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Growing a Pancake: How Environmental Factors Impact Fungi Growth in a Sourdough Starter

Many people spend time cultivating and tending gardens that grow items such as tomatoes, herbs, strawberries, and other produce. But how many people ...

Under Pressure: Determining the Mathematical Relationship for Yeast Fermentation in the Creation of Mint Ginger Soda

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Under Pressure: Determining the Mathematical Relationship for Yeast Fermentation in the Creation of Mint Ginger Soda

This experiment presents a different approach to using the biological agent of yeast in a liquid format. Rather than using the yeast in a baking proc...

Regular or Diet Soda? Developing a Procedure to Test How Sugar Compares to Sugar Substitutes in Yeast Fermentation

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Regular or Diet Soda? Developing a Procedure to Test How Sugar Compares to Sugar Substitutes in Yeast Fermentation

If your students are ready to take on more responsibility in the lab, then this is the experiment for you. This experiment guides students through th...

Crystal Carbohydrates: Creating a Data Table to Analyze How Sugar Structure Impacts the Formation of Butterscotch Candy

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Crystal Carbohydrates: Creating a Data Table to Analyze How Sugar Structure Impacts the Formation of Butterscotch Candy

This experiment takes a molecular view of sugar formation, introducing the sucrose molecule and how it can be arranged in different formations to cre...

Strong Sugar Science: Developing an Experiment to Find the Relationship Among Heat, Sugar Structure, and Tensile Strength for Candy

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Strong Sugar Science: Developing an Experiment to Find the Relationship Among Heat, Sugar Structure, and Tensile Strength for Candy

This experiment uses the scientific method skills in a guided inquiry of sugar structure for different classes of candy. The lab is structured to hel...

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