Learn about the different features of snow and ice in Antarctica using satellite imagery in this video segment adapted from NASA.
This is a lesson designed to integrate science curriculum with computer programming for 4th graders.
Earth rotates much faster than Mercury. It takes nearly 59 Earth days for Mercury to make one complete orbit.
It takes Mercury 88 Earth days to make a complete revolution around the sun.
Venus rotates so slowly that its day (8 Earth months) is longer than its year (7 Earth months).
Earth's axis is tilted at 23.5 degrees. As Earth revolves around the sun, its axis always points at the same angle, but the direction it points in relation to the sun changes, resulting in different seasons.
There are four distinct seasons in northern latitudes: spring, summer, fall, and winter.
Seasons are used to describe certain times of the year.
The summer solstice is on June 21 or 22. This is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere.
The vernal equinox is on March 20 or 21 in the northern hemisphere. There are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness on the vernal equinox.
This lesson plan explains earth's four spheres to students. Students will answer questions in a whole class discussion about the spheres and will show they have mastered the concept by drawing pictures and explaining how the earth's spheres can interact with each other. This would be recommended as the first lesson in teaching Interactions with Earths Systems. Credit for Photo: "Earth Day 2008" by Ashish Lohorung is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
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Science Phenomena: HS Physical Science - Energy (Phys 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5) - An Earthship is a passive solar house that is designed to be off the electrical grid. It is generally constructed with natural and recycled materials. Much of the structure of the house is made with recycled tires that are filled with dirt. Thermal mass from the dirt, solar energy from the Sun, and cross-ventilation are used to keep the temperature within the house in a comfortable zone. This phenomenon can be used study thermal energy transfer, energy conservation, and human sustainability.
When we need to quickly summarize an event, idea, or text, a 101-level synopsis won’t always do the trick. Sometimes the text is more complicated -- it contains a central tension or conflict that needs to be addressed. In that case, a Pivot Synopsis will do the trick. It’s the more nuanced cousin of Synopsis 101 that allows a writer to say something more sophisticated while still summarizing quickly.
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“The question of humanness troubles the clones, as well as sympathetic individuals like the guardians. On Hailsham’s mission, one of the guardians Miss Emily proclaims, “Most importantly, we demonstrated to the world that if students were reared in humane, cultivated environments, it was possible for them to grow to be as sensitive and intelligent as any ordinary human being.” The liberal-minded guardians invested in the students’ cultural education not only with the aim of improving their quality of living, but also to establish that their lives were worth saving. Working against the rationalization of science, the guardians looked to the students’ creativity as the truer measure of their being human.” -Mimi Wong, “Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go is a Masterpiece of Racial Metaphor”, Electric Lit
Explore this documentary film clip and engage students in historical thinking using the Library of Congress Primary Source Analysis Tool. In this inquiry-based resource for Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom, students view a video clip describing Harriet Tubman's childhood in Dorchester County, Maryland, analyze primary source documents and images from the Library of Congress, and consider discussion prompts for more dialogue and deeper reflection.
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In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, Chi-An Wang, a mechanical engineering graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, describes her process when working with New Balance to design a new triathlon shoe.