Curated OER
Regents High School Examination - Physics 2010
Give every type of learner in your physics class an opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned throughout the year. From analyzing tables and graphs, to evaluating diagrams and solving problems, there is an outstanding variety of...
Curated OER
Simple Tensile Testing of Polymeric Films and Sheeting
Chemistry classes pretend to be consultants to a grocery story trying to decide what polymer to use for therir new non-paper bags. They prepare tensile bars and use them to test plastic film samples for strength and stretchability. Both...
Teach Engineering
Exploring the Forces of Tension
Let the resource stretch the minds of your young scientists with a instructional activity about tensile strength and stiffness of materials. Groups consider how easily materials stretch and relate this property to engineering design.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Transcription of Dna to Rna
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The process of transcription is defined and discussed in protein synthesis. Students will learn about mRNA processing and know the significance of polyadenylation.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Exploring the Forces of Tension
Students will review their knowledge of tension and focus on tensile loads and failure caused by them.
Other
Molecular Biology Notebook: From Rna to Proteins
Read about the three-phase process of protein synthesis. This resource includes helpful diagrams and detailed information about initiation, 3 steps of elongation, and termination.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Stages of Transcription
An in-depth looks at how transcription works including initiation, elongation, and termination.
Other
Engineers Edge: Strenght of Materials
This site has information about the strength of materials. Covers various types of stress and yeilding. Formulas included.
Other
Ductile Iron Society: Ductile Iron Data for Design Engineers
From the Ductile Iron Society web site. Data for the elasticity and strength of ductile iron are discussed. The effect of temperature upon yield strength, elongation (i.e., strain), and ultimate tensile strength are represented in...
Walter Fendt
Walter Fendt: Simple Pendulum
This app demonstrates how elongation, velocity, tangential acceleration, force, and energy are affected when a pendulum oscillates.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Protein Synthesis, Part 2: Translation
This lesson goes into greater depth on the translation portion of protein synthesis. Specifically, it covers the basics of translation, codons, and stages of translation - initiation and elongation and termination.