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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Equation Grapher

For Students 9th - 10th
The interactive simulation allows learners to explore the features of polynomial curves. Students can alter constants to investigate changes in the curves. The resource also includes activities that can be used with the simulation.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Gas Properties

For Students 9th - 10th
Experiment with this simulation to better understand the properties of gas with added variables.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ph Et: Interactive Simulations: Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
Students studying plate tectonics will better understand its concepts with this virtual experiment that tests how plates move on the surface of the earth. Temperature, composition, and thickness of plates can be changed to create new...
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Wave Interference

For Students 9th - 10th
Conduct virtual experiments with water, sound, and light waves to determine the sine wave and patterns created in each.
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University of Colorado: Demand, Supply, and Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses in great detail the differences between demand, supply, and markets. Useful economic terminology is identified in bold.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ph Et: Function Builder

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Play with functions while you ponder Art History. Explore geometric transformations and transform your thinking about linear functions, then have fun figuring out the mystery functions.
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University of Colorado: American History and Film: Time Magazine the Generation Gap

For Students 9th - 10th
These excerpts appeared in "Time Magazine" between 1967 and 1968 and reveal the country's frustration with the growing influence of the sixties counterculture.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Calculus Grapher

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Draw a graph of any function and see graphs of its derivative and integral. Don't forget to use the magnify/demagnify controls on the y-axis to adjust the scale.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Rutherford Scattering

For Students 9th - 10th
How did Rutherford figure out the structure of the atom without being able to see it? Simulate the famous experiment in which he disproved the Plum Pudding model of the atom by observing alpha particles bouncing off atoms and determining...
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: John Travoltage

For Students 9th - 10th
Make sparks fly with John Travoltage. Explore how charging Johnnie up and moving his hand changes how he gets shocked!
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Graphing Slope Intercept

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive simulation that teaches about slope-intercept form and graphing linear equations through observations while connecting the slope and y-intercept to the line equations. This simulation can either be downloaded or played...
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University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Isotopes

For Students 9th - 10th
A simplified explanation of isotopes with excellent graphic examples.
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University of Colorado: American Studies: Major Great Society Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a list, with descriptions, of the major Great Society programs and many of the laws passed in the Lyndon Baines Johnson administration to support those programs.
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University of Colorado: Graph Theory Activities

For Students 9th - 10th
This series of activities incorporates the concept of graph theory into the discrete mathematics classroom. Students work in a group to solve problems using graph theory.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Signal Circuit

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn how electricity flows through a circuit by watching how the electrons move.
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University of Colorado: Summary Table of Market Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
Chart that shows what happens to equilibrium price and quantity when both supply and demand remain constant or shift.
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University of Colorado: Signs of Change: Studying Tree Rings

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners gather information from real tree core samples and compare them with local climate history.
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University of Colorado: Hitting Home: Climate Change in Colorado [Zip]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine and interpret varied observational data sets to determine whether climate change is occurring in Colorado.
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University of Colorado: History of the Automobile

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from the University of Colorado explaining the history of the automobile and the impact it had on the American culture. Learn all about the changes that occurred in American culture because of the automobile.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Arithmetic

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This interactive simulation allows learners to drill the multiplication tables. This activity will also provide a good understanding of factoring and dividing.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Balancing Act

For Students 5th - 8th
Learn about balance by placing objects on a playground teeter totter. Take the challenge to show what you learn.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Masses and Springs

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this interactive, animated lab to explore conservation of mechanical energy.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Balancing Act

For Students 3rd - 8th
Play the Balance Challenge game to see how various objects can be used to make a plank such as a teeter totter balance and how changing the position of an object will affect the motion and tilt of the plank.
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University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Molecule Shapes: Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Students studying molecule shapes will better understand its concepts with this virtual experiment that tests how a molecule's shape changes due to repulsions between atoms. Learning is further enhanced by building molecules in 3D.