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Aaas Science News: Week of 2 24 14: Elephants Console Each Other

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on findings from a recent study that elephants display empathy and console one another when upset. This behavior was previously thought to be unique to apes and humans. Includes a brief video [0 mins, 50 sec].
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Stanford University

Stanford University: Brooders vs Spawners

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A great explanation and hands-on activity to compare strategies of animal reproduction. Sea urchins and humans are compared.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Psychology: Nature vs. Nurture

For Students 9th - 10th
Study what roles genetics and the environment play in human behavioral development. This is a learning module which includes the reading assignment, a quiz, and PowerPoint program.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Hands on Shopping: Buy if You Can Give It a Try

For Students 6th - 8th
In this behavioral science fair project, students will determine if handling merchandise affects interest in a product or its perceived value. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Psychology: Social Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete and comprehensive Social Psychology learning module in which students learn about human social behavior through participation in interactive activities, videos, reading and writing assignments, review and assessment.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: That's a Real Smile! .Or Is It?

For Students 6th - 8th
If someone is smiling, it means they're happy, right? Well, not always. Sometimes people smile to be polite, or because they want to "appear" happy or friendly for social reasons. How easy is it to spot which smiles are genuine and which...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Are Childproof Containers Really Childproof?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science fair project, determine if childproof containers are effective and investigate if a child can learn how to open the containers with practice. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Apparent Motion & Animation

For Students 3rd - 5th
This project investigates the phenomenon of apparent motion by making your own flip-book animations. This optical illusion experiment, while fun and short, will prove to be a very eye opening experience.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Origins of Modern Humans: Multiregional or Out of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Two migration theories are on the table for consideration. Weigh the evidence of each one in this article by Donald Johanson of Lucy fame.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Learning Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice questions over how humans learn.
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Other

Christopher's Soapbox: Behaviorism

For Students 9th - 10th
Controversial paper arguing the premise that behaviorism, while well intentioned, has evolved as an insidious, dangerous view of human nature that contradicts our basic conceptions of individuality, morality, and free will.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Brain Chemistry Post Assessment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The human brain is complex. Messages within the brain and the rest of the nervous system are conducted by cells called neurons. Drugs and other substances can interfere with or modify the transmission of messages between neurons. In this...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Social Animal

For Students 9th - 10th
Tapping into the findings of his latest book, NYTimes columnist David Brooks unpacks new insights into human nature from the cognitive sciences- insights with massive implications for economics and politics as well as our own...
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Alfred Kinsey

For Students 9th - 10th
Best known for the Kinsey Reports, find out about the life and work of Alfred Kinsey. Discover how he was led to study human sexuality.
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Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Psychology: Brain & Behaviour

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your speed in this game reviewing brain and behavior terms and concepts.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Sociology: Theories of Socialization

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at how socialization shapes and prepares humans for interactions in their culture.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Difference Between Classical and Operant Conditioning

For Students 9th - 10th
Peggy Andover explains how the brain can associate unrelated stimuli and responses, proved by Ivan Pavlov's famous 1890 experiments, and how reinforcement and punishment can result in changed behavior. [4:13]
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Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalysis

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how Sigmund Freud developed his theory of psychoanalysis and its effect on understanding the human mind.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Now You See It, Now You Don't: A Chromatic Adaptation Project

For Students 3rd - 8th
This project shows that our perceptions can change, even with the stimulus remains the same. A clear color difference in an image disappears after just 20 seconds of looking at another (special) image.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: An Experiment in Visual Perception

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Graphical methods of data presentation are a key feature of scientific communication. This project will get you thinking about how to find the best way to communicate scientific information.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Interpreting Area Data From Maps vs. Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Graphical methods of data presentation are a key feature of scientific communication. This project asks the question, "What's the best way to compare the land area of states: a map or a bar graph?" You'll be measuring performance on two...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Mixing Light to Make Colors

For Students 3rd - 8th
You know how to make new colors by mixing paint or crayons. For example, you get green by mixing yellow and blue, or orange by mixing red and yellow. With paint, blue, yellow, and red are primary colors, which you can use to make other...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: What Is the Most Effective Way to Quit Smoking?

For Students 9th - 10th
Maybe you know someone who smokes, and you want to help them to quit. They've probably already told you how hard it is to stop once a person has started smoking. This project tries to answer the question: What is the most effective way...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Testing the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony

For Students 9th - 10th
Think back to the last time you went to the grocery store. How well can you describe the person who was ahead of you in the check-out line? How many details do you remember about the person? Here is a project to investigate the accuracy...

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