Level: High School Creator: CT-STEM Topic: Electricity Link After these basic questions are answered, students begin some lessons that teach them the basics of coding. The goal… Read more “Electrons To Electricity – How Does a Circuit Work?”
Category: High School
Ideal Gas Laws
Level: High School Creator: CT-STEM Topic: Ideal Gas Laws Link This is a 2 week unit designed to cover high-school and introductory college level topics in the properties… Read more “Ideal Gas Laws”
Evolution of Populations
Level: High School Creator: CT-STEM Topic: Evolution through Natural Selection Link Students will develop an understanding of how populations evolve by studying the case of pocket mice. Students… Read more “Evolution of Populations”
Boom. Bust. Build
Level: High School Creator: Vance Kite Topic: Sustainability and Urban Development Link Boom, Bust, Build employs a project-based learning (PBL) approach (Krajcik 2006) to teach computational thinking… Read more “Boom. Bust. Build”
Alzheimer Disease
Level: High School Creator: Amanda Peel Topic: Protein Synthesis Link Should the genetic tests for determining Alzheimer’s disease risk be available to the public? Should health insurance… Read more “Alzheimer Disease”
Radioactivity
Level: High School Creator: SAS Curriculum Pathways Topic: Radio-Activity and Half-life Link Simulate the radioactive decay of two different elements. You’ll analyze the simulation data in order… Read more “Radioactivity”
How Population Growth and Energy Consumption Affect An Ecosystem
Level: High School Creator: SAS Curriculum Pathways Topic: Population Growth and Energy Consumption Link Investigate a simulated ecosystem to explore the interrelationships between human population growth, energy… Read more “How Population Growth and Energy Consumption Affect An Ecosystem”
Simulating Disease Transmission
Level: High School Creator: SAS Curriculum Pathways Topic: Disease Transmission Link Explore the mechanisms by which pathogens ensure their survival, through a simulation of disease transmission.
DNA Fingerprinting: A Simulation
Level: High School Creator: SAS Curriculum Pathways Topic: DNA Link Create unique pieces of DNA. You’ll generate simulated DNA fingerprints.
SAS Curriculum Pathways VLabs
Level: Middle School and High School Creator: SAS Curriculum Pathways Topic: Multiple Disciplines Link Fifty-one virtual labs that include all science disciplines and use online simulations to… Read more “SAS Curriculum Pathways VLabs”
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