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Airplanes: Designing for StealthExplore this NOVA interactive activity to see how engineers have modified a military plane's sound, shape, and heat emissions to minimize detection. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Anatomy of a FireworkThere's more to a fireworks display than meets the eye. This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site looks at the technology behind each burst of light. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Animal HearingStudents explore how sound is created, the importance of hearing in certain environments and some environmental causes of hearing loss. |
6-8 |
Lesson Plan |
Antarctic Ice Movement: Part IIWithin Antarctic ice sheets are fast-moving streams of ice. This video segment adapted from NOVA hypothesizes about how ice streams are the result of warming at the end of the last ice age. |
6-12 |
Video |
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 |
Video |
Galileo: His Place in ScienceEinstein called Galileo the "father of modern physics." This media-rich essay from the NOVA Web site looks at Galileo's quest to understand the mathematics of motion. |
6-12 |
Document |
Moriussaq: A Case Study in Hearing LossThis video segment follows neurophysiologist Allen Counter as he studies an epidemic of hearing loss in Moriussaq, Greenland, one of the quietest places on Earth. Footage from NOVA: "Mystery of the Senses: Hearing." |
6-8 |
Video |
Pyrotechnically SpeakingMeet chemistry professor Dr. John Conkling in this interview from the NOVA Web site and learn why fireworks are his passion. |
6-12 |
Document |
Smart BridgesIn this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, learn about engineering innovations that could help detect a bridge's structural weaknesses before they become dangerous. |
6-12 |
Video |
Sound Waves Underwater: Experiment with SonarThis animation from the NOVA Web site describes how sonar uses sound waves to "see" underwater. |
6-12 |
Document |
Sound Waves Underwater: The Loch Ness MonsterThis video segment, adapted from NOVA follows a team of enthusiasts and scientists who attempt to find a trace of the Loch Ness monster by scouring the lake with sonar. |
6-12 |
Video |
Sound Waves Underwater: True or FalseThis interactive quiz from the NOVA Web site features an array of interesting facts about the nature of sound underwater. |
3-12 |
Interactive |
Stellar Velocity: The Doppler EffectThis interactive activity from the NOVA Web site illustrates the Doppler effect and shows how it applies to measuring the direction and speed of stellar objects. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Tour the Electromagnetic SpectrumTake NOVA's interactive tour of the electromagnetic spectrum and find out why your eyes are like antennae for a narrow band of electromagnetic radiation. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
