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Go-Cart Test Run

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Go-Cart Test Run

The purpose of this probe is to examine how students interpret a graphical representation of motion. The probe is designed to reveal whether students ...

Elementary High School Middle School Physical Science 5E Science and Engineering Practices

Roller Coasters ClassPack

Class Pack

Roller Coasters ClassPack

Using More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons: Using Children’s Books to Guide Inquiry, K-4 in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks...

Early Childhood Elementary Physics Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Science and Engineering Practices

Day and Night ClassPack

Class Pack

Day and Night ClassPack

Using Picture-Perfect Science Lessons, Expanded 2nd Edition in your classroom is easier than ever! NSTA’s ClassPacks, each sufficient for a class o...

Elementary Earth & Space Science Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Teaching Strategies

NSTA Press Book

Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning With Discrepant Events

• How can a long metal needle pass through a balloon without popping it? • How can water flow at very different rates through two identical fun...

By Thomas O’Brien

Elementary High School Middle School Assessment Curriculum Instructional Materials Inquiry Lesson Plans Teaching Strategies Interdisciplinary Professional Learning old Research Safety Teacher Preparation

Electro-Luminescence

Book Chapter

Electro-Luminescence

The title of this chapter is a compact way of saying that it covers two separate branches of chemistry. The first is electrochemistry and the second i...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

Dèjà Review

Book Chapter

Dèjà Review

This is the second chemistry book in the Stop Faking It! series—the first one is Chemistry Basics. This book introduces new concepts and expands on...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

Dynamic Atoms

Book Chapter

Dynamic Atoms

This chapter is about states of matter and a section of chemistry called thermodynamics which is the inspiration (or lack thereof) for the chapter tit...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

The Name's Bond ... Pi Bond

Book Chapter

The Name's Bond ... Pi Bond

To begin this chapter, you need to picture electrons in atoms as residing in orbitals—those fuzzy things that can be spherical, dumbbell-shaped, or ...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

Special Reactions

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Special Reactions

The basics of chemical reactions were covered in the first chemistry book, including how to write and balance chemical equations that represent those ...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

Half a Life is Better Than None

Book Chapter

Half a Life is Better Than None

Most of chemistry deals with chemical reactions and, hence, with how electrons in atoms behave either in single atoms or when those atoms get together...

Elementary High School Middle School Chemistry Physical Science

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