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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Theory of Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed discussion of plate tectonics. Looks at continental drift, types of tectonic plates and plate boundaries, and primary and secondary tectonic plates.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum: Summary

For Students 11th - 12th
This page provides a summary of each section in Chapter 10: Rotational Motion and Angular Momentum from the AP Physics online text.
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Handout
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Expeditions to the Sea Floor: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive site provides information on the Breakup of Pangea, plate boundaries, plate movements as well as a quiz.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Bottle Cap Hockey

For Students K - 1st
Explore sports science and see how many points can you score with your bottle caps in Ruff's take on table hockey.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Fish Force

For Students K - 1st
Use science inquiry to predict and investigate forces and motion to help rescue Ruff's plushie from the penguins' ice rink in this sports science game.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Ruff Ruffman Show: Teacher's Guide: Sports Science

For Teachers K - 1st
Learn about sports science and force and motion alongside Ruff Ruffman.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Breaking a Molecular Bond

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you break the bond between the two atoms?
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Graphic
Curated OER

Artist's Rendition of Deep Impact's Collision With Comet Tempel 1

For Students 9th - 10th
National Public Radio provides highlights of both the top national and international news, as well as various editorials, commentaries, and reviews. The majority of the content is available in audio format.
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Article
Other

Pibs: How Dangerous Are Earth Crossing Objects?

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource page discusses how close Earth is to a collision with other objects. This page gives helpful information about comets and asteroids as well links to other resources on the topic.
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Handout
Kidsource OnLine

Kid Source on Line: Skateboard Safety Tips

For Students 9th - 10th
Sprains, fractures, contusions and abrasions are the most common types of injuries from riding a skateboard. Deaths due to collisions with cars and from falls also are reported. Several factors - lack of protective equipment, poor board...
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Primary
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Chamberlain Russell Competition

For Students 9th - 10th
Featured is an excerpt from the book, "Rivalry", by author John Taylor about "The Big Collision" between basketball rivals Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell in 1959.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Titanic Facts and History

For Students 2nd - 8th
Description of the Titanic with details on its collision with an iceberg in 1912 where almost 1500 people died.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Chemical Reactions: Factors Which Influence Rate of Reaction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students investigate and discover how surface area, concentration, and temperature affect the rate of a chemical reaction. This lab is designed for students to practice good experimental tests of hypotheses, synthesize...
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eBook
Crescent Public Schools

The Internet Science Room: The Kinetic Theory & Phase Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial helps students understand the Kinetic Theory, which explains the effects of temperature and pressure on matter as it goes through phase changes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Chemical Reaction Rate

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of chemical reaction rate and factors that influence it.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Momentum and Its Conservation: The Law of Action Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
Through examples and practice problems, this interactive tutorial helps students understand the Law of Action-Reaction as it has to do with Newton's Laws.
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Handout
Other

States of Matter and Properties of Gases: Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
A very complete list of terms that are important to the study of gases. This resource is a web archive.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Major Tectonic Plates of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of major tectonic plates of the Earth showing where the Eurasian and Indo-Australian plates are located.
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Handout
Sacramento Bee

Gold Rush: Indians' Misfortune Was Stamped in Gold

For Students 9th - 10th
This CalGoldRush site discussses the triumphs and hardships of Indians during the California gold rush. Some became rich, but many were sold into slavery.
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Website
Oakland Museum of California

Gold Rush: Prospecting: Chinese Placer Mining

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents information about Chinese miners in California and the prejudice they suffered.
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Website
Oakland Museum of California

Gold Rush: Indian Gold Washing

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains information and a picture about Indian prospectors. It also contains an audio clip.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Activation Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Wikipedia encyclopedia contains a qualitative explanation of activation energy, explaining what it is and why it is necessary. Links are also provided throughout the article for additional information.
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Activity
The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute: Clay Crash

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Employ this lesson plan from The Franklin Institute to demonstrate plate tectonics and the effects. This is really just a short demonstration that could be incorporated into your existing lesson plan.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science in Paradise: Big Dish

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate the science of radio astronomy, and create a model of a curved reflecting dish that will work like the Arecibo detector to detect electromagnetic waves. Explore risk using a risk space grid.

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