TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Deformation: Nanocomposite Compression
Students learn about nanocomposites, compression and strain as they design and program robots that compress materials. Student groups conduct experiments to determine how many LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT motor rotations it takes to compress soft...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Applying Hooke's Law to Cancer Detection
Students explore Hooke's law while working in small groups at their lab benches. They collect displacement data for springs with unknown spring constants, k, by adding various masses of known weight. After exploring Hooke's law and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Viscoelasticity
Students are introduced to the concept of viscoelasticity and some of the material behaviors of viscoelastic materials, including strain rate dependence, stress relaxation, creep, hysteresis and preconditioning. Viscoelastic material...
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Epigenetics
Videos, interactive activities, and articles explaining the influences that cause parts of the genome to be turned on and off. Learn how nutrition, behavior, stress and other factors determine gene expression.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: You Are There, First Flight
Students learn about archives and primary sources as they research original historical documents. While preparing an imaginative first-person account as if witnessing an historical event, they learn to appreciate the value of the...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Wow! That Captures It!
Students learn how motion capture (mo-cap) technology enables computer animators to create realistic effects. They learn the importance of center of gravity in animation and how to use the concept of center of gravity in writing an...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Spin Me a Story
In a spin-off to studying about angular momentum, students use basic methods of comparative mythology to consider why spinning and weaving are common motifs in creation myths and folktales. Note: The literacy activities for the Mechanics...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Strong as the Weakest Link
To introduce the two types of stress that materials undergo - compression and tension - students examine compressive and tensile forces and learn about bridges and skyscrapers. They construct their own building structure using...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How Do I Deal With Frustration in a Positive Way?
Working through our frustration can help us grow our brains and it's also perfectly normal to get frustrated! This article explains four suggested steps for dealing with frustration.
Creative Science Centre
Creative Science Centre: A Simple Demonstration of Piezoelectricity
Piezoelectricity is an electrical effect that occurs when mechanical stress is applied to certain materials, e.g., quartz crystals, Rochelle salts, and barium titanate. The sound of a wrist watch alarm or a smoke detector is made by a...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Squeeze Is On
Students will learn about the force of compression and how it acts on structural components through a hands-on group project. Using everyday products such as paper, toothpicks, and tape they will construct a structure that will support...
Other
Pbis World: Teach Coping Skills
This resource from PBIS provides reasons for teaching coping skills, when to teach coping skills, and how to teach coping skills. Numerous references are provided to support Tier I, Tier II, and Tier III students.
Curated OER
Kids Health: T'ai Chi
T'ai Chi is a form of martial arts that has benefits beyond self-defense. Check out this article to see how T'ai Chi can improve your flexibility and strength. Links to related sites are also included.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Pilates
Many people use and support Pilates, a form of resistance training. Learn more about the background of Pilates and how you can incorporate it into your exercise rourtine. Links to similar sites are also provided.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Blood Oxygen Levels May Determine Cardiac Muscle Regeneration
Practice for the MCAT by answering questions based on the given bar graphs showing apoptosis and cytokinesis rates.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Nancy Etcoff on the Surprising Science of Happiness
Cognitive researcher, Nancy Etcoff looks at our pursuit of happiness and its surprising effect on our bodies. [14:22]
Curated OER
Kids Health: Dealing With the Terrorist Attacks
Terrorism is all over the world. How do children deal with hearing and seeing these terrible events? Here is a site that children can read that may help them deal with their feelings.
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Kids Health: Strength Training
Strength training isn't just for people wanting to develop larger muscles. This article discusses many of the benefits associated with weight training and how to determine your appropriate level of involvement. Links to related articles...