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Mathematics

Numbers and Operations

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Are We Alone?

Are We Alone?

This video segment adapted from NOVA features a variety of scientific perspectives on the age old question, "Are we alone in the universe?" Animations make vivid the improbability that we could intercept a radio wave signaling extra terrestrial intelligence.

6-12

Video

The Dating Game: Radioactive Carbon

The Dating Game: Radioactive Carbon

In this media-rich essay from the NOVA Web site, learn about the atomic structure of radioactive carbon and how it can be used to determine the age of organic remains, such as bones and teeth.

6-12

Document

Einstein: How Smart Was He?

Einstein: How Smart Was He?

This essay from the NOVA Web site explores the impact Einstein made on physics and most everything we know about the cosmos.

6-12

Document

Galileo: His Experiments

Galileo: His Experiments

This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site samples Galileo's experiments with falling objects, projectiles, inclined planes, and pendulums.

6-12

Interactive

Galileo's Inclined Plane

Galileo's Inclined Plane

How did Galileo figure out the mathematics of falling bodies? This video segment adapted from NOVA examines Galileo's work on motion.

6-12

Video

Genome Facts

Genome Facts

This list from NOVA: "Cracking the Code of Life" Web site provides some of the basic, yet impressive, facts and figures about the Human Genome Project.

9-12

Document

String Theory: A New Picture of Gravity

String Theory: A New Picture of Gravity

This video segment from NOVA describes the general theory of relativity and the theory of electromagnetism.

6-12

Video

To Survive at High Velocity

To Survive at High Velocity

This video segment adapted from NOVA looks at speed, velocity, and centripetal force on the racetrack. OER Level

6-12

Video