Amplitude
This interactive activity adapted from the University of Utah's ASPIRE Lab shows how a pendulum's amplitude changes as you set it swinging from different distances from its axis, and how the amplitude of a sound wave changes as you adjust the volume.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Astronomical Images in Different Wavelengths
Visible light is just one portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
that a telescope may detect. This collection of images produced for
Teachers' Domain features radio wave, infrared, visible light, and
X-ray images of distant stars and galaxies as well as images of the
telescopes designed to detect the various wavelengths of radiation.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Booming Sands
This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, presents basic concepts of physics behind "booming" sand dunes. See how surface tension affects potential and kinetic energy and how it all works together to create sound.
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6-12 |
QuickTime Video
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Carbon Cycle Diagram
This diagram from NASA's Earth Science Enterprise illustrates Earth's carbon cycle.
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6-12 |
JPEG Image
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Chemical Bonds
This interactive activity developed for Teachers' Domain demonstrates how attractive forces between atoms create chemical bonds, resulting in the formation of molecules and compounds.
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9-12 |
Flash Interactive
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6-12 |
PDF Document
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Collisions on an Air Track
In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Toronto, observe the effect of mass on momentum in elastic and inelastic collisions.
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9-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Cooking with Sugar
Find out about the chemistry of candy and how sugar reacts at different temperatures to become fudge, caramel, lollipops, and more in this interactive activity adapted from the Exploratorium.
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5-8 |
Flash Interactive
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Cow's Eye Dissection
In this interactive activity adapted from the Exploratorium, watch videos of a cow eye dissection and see how an eye works.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Disappearing Milk
A magician pours milk into a glass, but when he turns the glass upside down, nothing comes out. How does he do it? Discover the science behind the "magic" in this video adapted from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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4-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Energy in a Roller Coaster Ride
See potential energy convert to kinetic energy in this interactive activity from WGBH that shows a roller coaster in action.
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3-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Energy Transfer in a Trebuchet
On NOVA, a team of carpenters, timber framers, engineers, and historians recreate a medieval throwing machine called a trebuchet. This adapted video segment explores how understanding energy transfer informs their design.
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6-12 |
QuickTime Video
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Frequency
In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Utah's ASPIRE Lab, investigate frequency in terms of trampoline jumps, pendulum swings, and electromagnetic waves.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Galileo on the Moon
Watch Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott perform Galileo's falling objects experiment on the Moon in this video segment from NASA.
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6-12 |
QuickTime Video
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Gas Properties
In this interactive simulation adapted from University of Colorado’s Physics Education Technology project, change parameters and discover how the properties of a gas vary in relation to each other.
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6-12 |
Java Web Start Interactive
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Geometric Optics
This interactive simulation adapted from the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project illustrates how lenses refract light to form images. Manipulate the object, screen, lens, and focal length and observe how the image adjusts.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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6-12 |
QuickTime Video
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Helium Is Boring
In this video adapted from the National Science Center, observe a demonstration to discover how helium gas is inert and hydrogen gas is reactive.
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3-8 |
QuickTime Video
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3-8 |
QuickTime Video
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Infrared Gallery
How would your world look if you saw heat instead of light? In this interactive resource produced for Teachers' Domain, see what familiar objects look like through an infrared camera and watch infrared videos of geysers, mudpots, and hot springs.
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3-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Infrared: More Than Your Eyes Can See
In this video segment adapted from NASA, astronomer Michelle Thaller introduces the world of infrared light and demonstrates how infrared cameras allow us to see more than what the naked eye can perceive.
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3-12 |
QuickTime Video
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Investigating Kinetic and Potential Energy
Students use media resources and an in-class investigation to explore the types of energy within different types of systems. They also use the formulas for kinetic and potential energy to examine the path of a projectile.
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9-12 |
Lesson Plan
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Making Big Waves
Certain sections of the Northern California coast are host to some of the largest, most spectacular ocean waves in the world. In this video segment from QUEST, learn about how these waves are able to get so large.
Collection Developed by:
KQED Public Television
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9-12 |
QuickTime Video
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Masses and Springs
In this interactive simulation adapted from the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project, hang various masses from different springs and see the kinetic, potential, and thermal energy of each spring system. You can even slow time or move your demonstration to another planet.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Melting Ice
In this media-rich lesson, students explore the role that ice plays on Earth, the factors causing it to melt, and the local and global consequences of melting ice.
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6-12 |
Lesson Plan
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Momentum
In this interactive activity adapted from Wake Forest University, observe the effect of mass on velocity and momentum in elastic and inelastic collisions.
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8-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Ohm's Law
In this interactive simulation of Ohm’s law, adapted from the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project, adjust the voltage and resistance in a circuit, and observe how this affects the flow of current.
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3-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Periodic Table of the Elements
This interactive periodic table developed for Teachers' Domain provides detailed information about the chemical properties of elements and illustrates the electron configurations that determine those characteristics.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Periodic Table of the Elements Chart
This 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.
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6-12 |
PDF Document
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Periodic Table of the Elements essay
This 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.
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6-12 |
PDF Document
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Projectile Motion
In this interactive simulation adapted from University of Colorado’s Physics Education Technology project, learn about projectile motion by firing various objects from a virtual cannon into the air. Experiment with the settings and try to hit a target.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Quantum Mechanical Atom
This 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.
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9-12 |
PDF Document
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Radio Waves & Electromagnetic Fields
In this interactive simulation adapted
from the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project,
explore how a radio transmitter broadcasts electromagnetic radiation.
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6-12 |
Java Web Start Interactive
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Ringed-Carbon Compounds
In this interactive activity adapted from NOVA, learn about alkaloids and steroids, both examples of compounds with carbon rings. Short videos with interviews,
animations, and photographs are featured.
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9-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Snowflake Physics
Explore the science behind snowflake formation by examining water molecule structure and other conditions that affect snowflake growth in this interactive activity adapted from SnowCrystals.com.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Sound
This interactive simulation, adapted from the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project, illustrates sound waves. Adjust the frequency and amplitude to see and hear how the waves change.
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6-12 |
Java Web Start Interactive
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Torque
In this interactive activity adapted from Wake Forest University, observe how rotational force, or torque, is related to the distance between the pivot and the point of the applied force.
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9-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Transforming the Future of Flight
In this video segment adapted from NASA, learn how engineers are transforming the future of flight by designing airplanes based on principles found in nature.
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3-12 |
QuickTime Video
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Vibration Patterns on a Chladni Plate
In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Southern California, investigate how sound vibrations cause patterns to form in sand on a metal plate.
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9-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Virtual Car: Velocity and Acceleration
Take control of a virtual car and learn how vectors are used to represent velocity and acceleration in this interactive activity developed for Teachers' Domain.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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Wavelength
In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Utah's ASPIRE Lab, learn how to measure wavelengths and see how wavelength affects the color of the light that we see.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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What Is a Planet?
This video segment, adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, presents the ongoing debate over the definition of a planet, including the status of Pluto.
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3-12 |
QuickTime Video
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What Is a Wave?
This interactive activity adapted from the University of Utah's ASPIRE Lab provides an overview of the characteristics and properties of various types of waves, including light waves, sound waves, and water waves.
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6-12 |
Flash Interactive
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WMAP: "Baby Picture" of the Universe
View the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) image from NASA to see the first detailed map of the oldest light in the universe, from 379,000 years after the Big Bang, over 13 billion years ago. A second image offers a visual timeline to put the WMAP image in perspective.
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9-12 |
JPEG Image
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