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The tree house detectives' Global Positioning System (GPS) devices begin to act up. To solve the mystery, they learn about electricity, magnetism, electromagnetic waves, the Earth's atmosphere, aurora, and magnetic storms.
In this program, students are invited to actively join the tree house detectives as they investigate the Case of the Unknown Stink. The tree house detectives accept the challenge of trying to find the source of an unpleasant odor that is invading the surrounding neighborhoods. To determine the source of the stink, the detectives learn about the sense of smell: what it is, how people and animals smell, and how wind speed and direction influence the movement of odor. They also learn that the source of the unknown stink is right under their very noses.
The tree house detectives' efforts to raise money with a car wash dry up when the city is hit with water restrictions. With the help of Problem-Based Learning (PBL), the entire group learns all about the water cycle, the water table, global climates, and much more to get the project flowing again.
Travel back in time with the tree house detectives to learn about invention from Orville and Wilbur Wright. The detectives try to create their own invention and get help from the Wright brothers, NASA researchers, and others.
On this episode of UEN Homeroom, Matt and Dani get the pleasure of speaking with "This Land" podcast host and activist, Rebecca Nagle about Native American culture and education. Their conversation covers storytelling, uplifting marginalized voices and how educators can learn more about Native American culture.
In this episode, Dani and Matt are joined by Heather Francis and Brenda Beyal from the BYU Arts Partnership's Native American Curriculum Initiative. They talk about the initiative, why it exists, how they built the curriculum and how it will help educators.
This map depicts the migratory pattern of red knots.
The charge of particles plays an important role in how they react with one another.
Lightning is an example of electric discharge that occurs when the buildup of charges between a cloud and the ground becomes great.
A nitrogen atom gains electrons, resulting in a negative charge.
Electromagnetic waves are produced by alternating electric and magnetic fields.
Frequency is the number of wavelengths that pass a point each second.
Visible light passing through a glass prism separates into different component colors.
An electron gives off electromagnetic energy in the form of light energy as the electron moves to a lower energy level. The packet of energy released is referred to as a photon.
Near the center of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible light, which is light we can see. It consists of the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.
Wavelength is the distance between the point on one wave and the same point on the next wave. The wavelength of the orange wave is longer than the wavelength of the green wave.
Animals engage in a variety of behaviors throughout their lives. This program explores animal behavior and gives special attention to specific types of behaviors, such as obtaining food, avoiding predators, and finding a mate.
In this diagram of a transverse wave, the high points are called crests and the low points are called troughs.
In a longitudinal wave, the particles of the medium vibrate back and forth, parallel to the direction the wave is moving.
When a sound wave moves from left to right, air particles collide with nearby air particles and form an area of compression. The first sent of air particles move to the left while the second set vibrates and moves to the right.