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Students will understand the difference between conservation and energy efficiency, discover the importance of energy use in their lives and recognize behavioral and technological approaches to energy efficiency and conservation.

Overview: One thing that makes life on Earth possible is a thin layer of gases called the atmosphere. It holds in the air we breathe and protects us from the cold of outer space. When energy in the form of light reaches us from the Sun, it streams through the atmosphere, making plants grow and lighting up our days. In addition to light, the Sun also delivers heat, which warms the planet. But much of that heat is reflected back towards space. This teacher resource guide will help teachers present the "Too Much Carbon Dioxide" video in their classrooms.

Students will perform a cost and environmental analysis of traditional and new alternative energy cars. Describe different alternative fuels and the vehicles they power.

Faced with the potential of a large expense related to water quality, the Portland (Maine) Water District performed a thorough analysis of their options. Their choice came down to making an investment in conservation or concrete.

Students will investigate solar panels ability to produce volts and amps by collecting data with series vs parallel circuits and angles of light collection.

Students will construct a scientific explanation concerning the geologic processes that support the formation of helium deposits in Utah and the world.

A regional conservation partnership in Massachusetts needed to update their approach to evaluating land acquisitions. Adding the complexity of climate change to their map helped resolve their vision.

This activity will begin with a short review of "My Robotic Friends," then will quickly move to a race against the clock, as students break into teams and work together to write a program one instruction at a time.

Students will understand valley inversions and be able to explain why inversions occur. Students will identify the impact of PM 2.5. Students will develop a solution to use less energy and therefore produce less emissions.

In this video, Dani Sloan informs us about the resources available in Preschool Path for our youngest learners. You will learn about preMedia, activity calendars, resources just for parents and online learning games.

LEGO® robotics uses LEGO®s as a fun tool to explore robotics, mechanical systems, electronics, and programming. This seminar is primarily a lab experience which provides students with resources to design, build, and program functional robots constructed from LEGO®s and a few other parts such as motors and sensors.

This is a computer science lesson plan created by educators in the South Sanpete School District. This lesson utilizes BeeBot robots. Students will learn how to read other algorithms, find bugs and correct them! Lesson adapted from the San Francisco School District’s CS Program. The lesson is designed for second grade and includes modifications for grades 1-5.

Students will develop a plan to mitigate the effects of our extraction of natural resources through mining. They will develop a plan to make use of land in a way that encourages the restoration of the natural ecosystem. They will identify the effects to the environment caused by the mining and research how mining reclamation has been done in the past, including specific examples from Utah.

Teacher's Guide to accompany the video "NASA Connect. Virtual Earth." Guide includes teaching strategies and lesson plan ideas. Video description: In Virtual Earth, students will be introduced to Earth system science. They will learn what a system is and how to apply the concept of systems to learn more about how the Earth functions. Students will understand the only way to really comprehend the workings of our planet is to look at the Earth as a whole system.

Go "Behind the Scenes" and see how NASA researchers crash test aircraft to make flying safer. "Tech Watch" shows us that treating head trauma has become easier with a new Intra-Cranial Pressure Monitor developed at NASA. Meet John V. Becker, X-15 researcher in the "Retrospective" segment and see how NASA is designing the revolutionary Blended-Wing Body aircraft in the "On the Runway" segment. Plus find out how a jet engine works on the "How it Works" segment.

A new satellite developed by NASA called GIFTS or Geostationary Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer will revolutionize weather forecasting. The VAD or Ventricular Assist Devise was NASA's invention of the year. This ingenious invention will prolong people's lives stricken with heart disease. Destination Tomorrow also investigates new technologies derived from flight simulators and current airplane data that will help pilots fly safer. Johnny Alonso finds himself in a 3D environment designed to help astronauts work more efficiently on board the International Space Station. Destination Tomorrow meets NASA's chief engineer for the successful Viking missions.

Breakthrough technologies developed by NASA will reduce pollution emitted from catalytic converters. Commercial airplane pilots have new turbulence avoidance systems developed from flight simulators and in flight data. Johnny Alonso finds out the secrets of how lasers work. DT looks back at the successes of the TDT or Transonic Dynamics Wind Tunnel.

The MISSE project or Materials International Space Station Experiment is a breakthrough program that allows long term experiments in outer space.