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Classroom TipsFrom managing the technology to tips for transporting video files, this resource offers practical advice and strategies for video use. |
Pre-K-12 |
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Effective Video-Based LessonsWe offer you some hints, gathered over long experience of helping educators integrate video into their teaching, about how to make the most of VITAL video in your lessons. |
Pre-K-12 |
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Scale City: FAQs and Media ListThis PDF answers questions teachers may have about Using Scale City To Teach Proportional Reasoning, including contact information. It also includes a Media List with the times of all the videos in the teaching modules that may be used to help plan a group professional development event around Using Scale City. |
6-8 |
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Building Video Literacy: Types of ShotsThis resource will help you and your students understand how analyzing video is similar to reading texts.
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5-12 |
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Building Video Literacy: FramingIn this activity created by EDC's Center for Children and Technology, students explore how the framing of a shot affects the meaning of an image.
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5-12 |
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Acid Mine Drainage: General Level Background EssaysThese two background essays provide general information about acid mine drainage (AMD) for grades 6-12. The first explores how AMD is formed and its environmental impact, and the second focuses on the chemical processes involved in AMD. They can be shared with students or used as a reference by teachers. |
6-12 |
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Bernheim Forest: Background EssaysThese two essays provide background information for grades 4-12 about water conservation and preservation at Bernheim Forest. The first essay describes the water-friendly features of the Bernheim Visitor Center, and the second describes two restoration projects undertaken at the forest. |
4-12 |
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Acid Mine Drainage: Advanced Level Background EssayThis background essay for high school chemistry explores the chemical processes that underlie the problem of acid mine drainage and includes detailed equations representing these processes. It can be shared with students or used as a reference by teachers. |
6-12 |
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Bernheim Forest Discussion QuestionsThis PDF combines all discussion questions from the eight “Bernheim Forest” videos into a single document for teachers to download and print. |
4-12 |
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Acid Mine Drainage Discussion QuestionsThis PDF combines all discussion questions from the eight “Acid Mine Videos” pages into a single convenient document that teachers can easily download and print. The discussion questions are divided into three levels: General (6-12), Intermediate (9-12), and Advanced (High School Chemistry). |
6-12 |
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Bernheim Forest Graphic HandoutsThis set of five graphic handouts illustrate concepts from the eight “Bernheim Forest” videos including the design of the green roof, the cistern, and the peat filtration system as well as mycoremediation to offset oil and gasoline pollution and restoring a creek to its original meander. |
4-12 |
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Acid Mine Drainage Quantitative Questions, Advanced LevelThis handout for high school chemistry students is divided into general, intermediate, and advanced problems that require students to balance chemical equations, write equilibrium expressions, and answer other quantitative questions related to acid mine drainage. |
6-12 |
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Bernheim Forest GlossaryThis glossary provides definitions for scientific and technical terms used in the eight “Bernheim Forest” videos. |
4-12 |
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Acid Mine Drainage GlossaryThis glossary provides definitions for scientific and technical terms used in the eight “Acid Mine Drainage” videos. |
6-12 |
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Acid Mine Drainage Lesson Plans, Grades 6-9These two physical science/chemistry lesson plans for grades 6-9 are both lab activities. One involves using acid/base indicators to test the acidity or alkalinity of common household chemicals, and the other involves testing how different factors affect the solubility of substances in water. |
6-12 |
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Acid Mine Drainage Graphic HandoutsThis set of four graphic handouts illustrate important concepts from the eight “Acid Mine Drainage” videos: the pH of water, what the term “logarithmic scale” means relative to pH, how raising pH causes metal ions to fall out of solution, and an acid mine drainage remediation system. |
6-12 |
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Animal Body Plans: Homeobox GenesThe homeobox genes that define the basic body plan of mice and fruit flies are illustrated in this graphic from The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne Zihlman. The accompanying article describes how these genes act as "molecular architects" in all animal species. Accessibility features: Long Description |
9-12 |
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CO2 Concentrations at Mauna Loa Observatory, HawaiʻiThis resource, adapted from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center,
provides a graph of monthly average carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration from
1958 to 2000 at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaiʻi. |
6-12 |
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Convergence: Marsupials and PlacentalsThis graphic illustrates some of the marsupial mammals in Australia and placental mammals in North America. Even though they are not closely related, these mammals look alike because they have adapted to similar ecological roles. From The Human Evolution Coloring Book by by Adrienne Zihlman. |
9-12 |
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Dab of DNA Helps Keep Counterfeiters at BayFind out in this USA Today article how
DNA sequences can vouch for a souvenir's authenticity. |
9-12 |
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DNA Fingerprint PhotosThese photographs supplied by Genelex Corporation depict actual DNA fingerprints and show the types of information that can be gleaned from them. |
9-12 |
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DNA Makes HistoryRead how DNA was used to solve the mystery of the Romanov family's execution. From Human Genetics: Concepts and Applications by Ricki Lewis. |
9-12 |
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DNA on the Witness StandIn this article, Dr. Eric Lander of the Human Genome Project comments on the use of DNA as an identification tool -- the theoretical versus the practical results. Accessibility features: Long Description |
9-12 |
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Finch Beak Data SheetThis graphic from Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches by Peter Grant presents data from the Galapagos Islands, showing that a severe drought put selective pressure on the population of Darwin's finches and resulted in a change in the average beak size in the next generation. |
9-12 |
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Genetic ArtTake a peek at the artistic side of science in this virtual exhibit, featuring work by Eva Sutton, Alexis Rockman and Sidney Harris. |
9-12 |
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How DNA Evidence WorksIn this article by An Meeker-O'Connell, discover how DNA evidence is processed before it goes to court. Accessibility features: Long Description |
9-12 |
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How Genetic Disorders Are InheritedLearn how genetic disorders are passed from parents to children as explained in this excerpt from Blazing a Genetic Trail, from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. |
9-12 |
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How to Conquer a Genetic DiseaseIn Blazing a Genetic Trail, by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, follow this three-step approach to treating genetic diseases. |
9-12 |
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ILP Completion Guide
The Individual Learning Plan, or ILP, is an online education planning tool that is changing how students prepare for their futures. This resource illustrates the sections of the ILP students in each grade are required to complete.
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K-12 |
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Life Stages CardsAll animals develop and grow over time. The animals in this document undergo one of the most dramatic developmental processes known: metamorphosis. See if you can place the developmental stages in their proper order. |
K-5 |
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MitochondriaOften referred to as the powerhouses of the cell, mitochondria provide the energy that powers nearly every cellular process. This essay by John Ross describes in detail the structures and functions of these amazing organelles. Accessibility features: Long Description |
9-12 |
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Mitochondria Functions and TrainingThis essay by Owen Anderson describes the effects of physical exercise on the number and function of mitochondria inside muscle cells. |
9-12 |
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Molecular Clocks: Proteins That Evolve at Different RatesFrom The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrienne Zihlman, four different proteins from humans and horses are compared in this graphic and article, and the reasons each protein evolves at its own characteristic rate are discussed. Each protein is useful for measuring evolutionary change over a different time scale. Accessibility features: Long Description |
9-12 |
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Molecular Level of GeneticsGet down to the molecular nitty-gritty of DNA replication and protein synthesis in this article by Dennis O'Neil. Accessibility features: Long Description |
9-12 |
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Periodic Table of the Elements ChartThis downloadable periodic table of elements, produced for Teachers' Domain, provides easy, transportable access to a wealth of chemical information, including the oxidation state number of each element. |
6-12 |
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Periodic Table of the Elements essayThis essay, written for Teachers' Domain, describes the foresight and pattern recognition that Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev used to develop the modern periodic table of elements. |
6-12 |
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Quantum Mechanical AtomThis illustrated essay, written for Teachers' Domain, describes the orderly arrangement of electrons around the nucleus of an atom and explains how to determine each element's configuration based on the number of electrons it has. |
9-12 |
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Record of TimeEnter the exciting world of dating ... fossil dating, that is. From Record of Time by anthropologist Dennis O'Neil. Accessibility features: Long Description |
6-12 |
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Sea life is troubled by noiseThis article from Science a GoGo describes the risks that increasing noise pollution in ocean waters may pose to the creatures that live there. Once you read it, you'll never tap on a fish tank again! |
3-5 |
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Understanding Gene TestingIn this article by the National Cancer Institute and the National Center for Human Genome Research, find answers to your questions about genetic testing. Accessibility features: Long Description |
9-12 |
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Whale and Human EarsWhat do whale ears look like? You might be surprised! These two versions of this diagram -- one with the anatomical parts labeled and one that students can label themselves -- compare the anatomy of a whale ear to that of a human ear. From Marine Biology: Environment, Diversity, and Ecology by David Lerman |
3-5 |
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Whales in the MakingThis graphic from Evolution, traces the evolution of whales from land-dwelling mammals to the aquatic creatures we know today. Accessibility features: Long Description |
6-12 |
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