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Ft Exploring: Photosynthesis

For Students 3rd - 8th
Award winning site engages users with a colorful information on photosynthesis. Provides lesson plans as well as additional links for further study.
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Ft Exploring: Energy Changes Make Things Happen

For Students 9th - 10th
Nothing can happen without energy. Here you can learn about the many different ways that energy makes things happen.
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Ft Exploring: Ants: Super Bugs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover how these small insects can really be super bugs. Site uncovers some interesting facts as well as dispels some myths about them. Visit this site and discover the real truth.
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Ft Exploring: What Type of Energy Is It?

For Students 9th - 10th
How many types of energy are there? Are there many forms of energy, such as electrical, mechanical, and chemical? Or are there really just two types of energy - kinetic energy and potential energy? Here you can learn about these...
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Ft Exploring: Energy, Heat Flow, and Life

For Students 5th - 8th
Here you can learn all about heat flow, one of the major driving forces of nature, and how it works. It is the force behind weather, photosynthesis, animal behavior, and much more.
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Ft Exploring: The Mysterious Everything

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is this stuff? It is everything! It is energy! Learn how it keeps moving and changing and exists in many forms.
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Ft Exploring: The Flea, the Catapult, and the Bow: Robin Hood Revisited

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how fleas, catapults, and archers convert stored energy into kinetic energy.
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Ft Exploring: The Flow of Energy Through Plants and Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the different ecological roles of organisms in the ecosystem, and find out how the energy flows through them.
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Ft Exploring: Energy Pyramid and Food Chains

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated guide to food chains and ecological pyramids will help clarify how energy flows through an ecosystem.
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Ft Exploring: What Is the Definition of Energy?

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this illustrated guide to understand the definition of energy. Includes some facinating quotes from famous physicists.
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Ft Exploring: Wind Turbines and the Energy in Wind

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the science concepts behind wind turbines and wind energy.
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Ft Exploring: Wind Turbine Efficiency

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the efficiency behind wind energy, and understand how scientists look at the issue of power generation efficiency.
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Ft Exploring: Insolation and Solar Availability

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about insolation, or how much sunlight or solar radiation any given place on Earth receives based on many factors.
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Ft Exploring: Power How Fast Is Your Energy Being Converted?

For Students 9th - 10th
Confused about the difference between power and energy? Read this explanation to deepen your understanding.
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Ft Exploring: The Second Law of Thermodynamics

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about one of the most misunderstood principles of physics, the second law of thermodynamics.
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Ft Exploring: The Second Law of Thermodynamics Equilibrium & Heat Engines

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this illustrated guide to understand equilibrium and heat engines as they relate to the second law of thermodynamics.
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Ft Exploring: Energy Conversions: Potential to Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how gravitational potential energy is converted to kinetic energy, then finally into low-grade thermal energy.
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Ft Exploring: Science and Technology Education

For Students 9th - 10th
A very comprehensive site for teachers and students. Topics include bugs, energy, bones, animals, photosynthesis, energy, and technology.