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This activity is designed to help students understand that light does have a finite speed and that this has consequences for us. In order to grasp the...
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Measuring parallax and angular diameters are two indirect methods of measuring size and distance in the solar system. The scale model is another indir...
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The Goldilocks Effect: Earth Is Just Right
Complex life forms require certain conditions to thrive. The distance from a star at which an Earth-like planet could sustain life is known as the hab...
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The Formation of the Solar System
Over the last four centuries, people have developed many theories to explain the origin and evolution of the solar system. Today, the theory most comm...
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The stars are too far away to measure their distance directly, so astronomers use an indirect method that involves looking at the star from two or mor...
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Habitable Zone: How Distance and Temperature Are Related
Earth is the only planet we know of in the solar system that supports life. In this activity, students will investigate the way distance from a light ...
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Creature Feature: Comparing Earth to Mars and Venus
Mars and Venus are Earth’s closest neighbors. The differences between them are striking. In many ways, Earth can be thought of as the happy medium b...
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Water is such an integral part of human existence that it makes up nearly three-quarters of Earth’s surface and has a profound effect on all life on...
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Measurements and Molecules Matter: Less Is More and Curriculum "Survival of the Fittest"
Many famous scientific discoveries have been made when an experimenter noticed something unusual or a mistake and followed up on the serendipitous dis...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about characteristics of life. Viruses are used as a context to uncover students�...
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Distances to stars and galaxies are so great that communicating the measurement in kilometers is cumbersome and difficult to comprehend. So, astronome...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the human excretory system. The probe is designed to see if students recogni...
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This book, and particularly the stories which lie within, provide an opportunity for students to take ownership of their learning and learn science in...
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The story, in this chapter, is meant to show students the importance of leavening agents in making baked goods. Yeast, a living organism (a fungus), i...
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Springtime in the Greenhouse: Planting Season
Children and adults alike are prone to believe that if a little of something is good, more is better. In the case of this story, your students will pr...