Virtual Urchin
This site, from Stanford University and the National Science Foundation, provides access to interactive tutorials for students and teachers using sea urchins to demonstrate stages of fertilization and development. The animated tutorials, which require Flash, cover topics like 'fertilization & development,' 'predator & prey,' and 'embryogenesis to hatching.' A sister site includes teacher materials for conducting live classroom labs.
This lesson builds upon the previous one (Newton's Second Law) by introducing students to kinetic and potential energy. Topics include a brief description of...
In this activity, students quantify and analyze their personal contributions of smog-forming compounds due to driving. The activity builds upon the previous...
This lesson introduces the idea that rates and directions of plate movements can be measured. The discussion centers on the use of mantle 'hotspots' to...
This lesson discusses the question 'What is a mineral?' in the context of the guessing game 'Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral?'. It introduces a definition of the...
Discussion of holes in the stratospheric ozone layer usually revolves around investigations of the thickness of the layer near the South Pole. This online...
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