More Brain-Powered Science

Activities & Resources

Activity 1: Comeback Cans

(engaging 1-4 min videos)

: search for "air-powered puck," "hover air soccer," or "Hover Hockey."

: Downhill Race

replicated

: Hybrid cars

, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: Mechanics: Concept maps and explanations

: Select Motion with Constant Acceleration and Newton's Second Law

: Commercial applications of NDT

: Friction (rubbing of irregular molecular surfaces generates heat)

Physics Demonstration: A Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics (Julien Sprott/University of WI): and (see chapter 1, "Motion," 1.2 Comeback Can)

: Humor and Unnecessarily Complex Energy Conversion Systems

: search Rube Goldberg
Wikipedia:

: Paint Can Comeback

: Cone Rolling Uphill

: Mass and Center of Mass

Search topics: action research, Galileo (e.g., his work with inclined planes), hybrid vehicles, and Isaac Newton.

Activity 2: The Unnatural Nature and Uncommon Sense of Science

(search: Science)

MacTutor History of Mathematics

(Make your own comic strip generator)

Sources of Science Cartoons (check for copyright and permission to use):

(Brilliant Thoughts, Pot-Shots, and more)
(see also the books: Big Science and Whatever Happened To 'Eureka'?)
John McPherson, Close to Home: Physics

Sources of Science Songs:

Dr. Chordate (various artists)
Math and Science Song Information, Viewable Everywhere (MASSIVE) database
: Select: Experiment: Brain Songs
(History of science stories and resources)

Activity 3: Dual-Density Discrepancies

Conceptual Change Teaching:

: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Buoyancy and Fluids

: Fluids

Select "Buoyancy" and "Archimedes Principle"

Select "Buoyant Force in Liquids"

(Will an ice cube melt faster in freshwater or salt water? Why or why not?)

New-Skin Products:

See also Liquid Bandage

: Which Is Healthier: Diet Soda or Regular?

PhET Interactive Simulations:

: Density tables

: Density

See "Floating Lemons and Sinking Limes," "Amazing Egg Experiments," and "Seven-Layer Density Column"

: Heat and Fluids

University of Virginia Physics Department: Density HOEs with alcohol, water, salt, and ice plus graphing:

: Physics of Matter videos

(e.g., Potato Float and Liquid Rainbow)

Search topics: buoyancy, density, estuary, and hydrometer

Activity 4: Inferences, Inquiry, and Insight

: Brain: The Inside Story

: 12 Principles of Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home and School (Book, DVD, and website by John Medina)

Teasers, Riddles, Games, Forums, and more

: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Patterns

: MX GHR TFA puzzle

Serendipity in Science:

: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions

: Brain Facts: A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System

: Puzzles, Frame Games & Gallery

Wikipedia:

Wordies on the Web:

Activity 5: Pseudoscience in the News

Alien Autopsy: Use Google or YouTube.

(engaging 1-4 min videos)

Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection Kit:

(Skeptical Inquirer): (Variety of resources, including )

: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Pseudoscience

: Part 1: Astrology

(magician and pseudoscience debunker) Educational Foundation

: Extrasensory Perception: Pseudoscience? A Battle at the Edge of Science

: Psychological Research Methods

: The Case of the Piltdown Man

: Secrets of the Psychics

: See Media Literacy Handouts, Curriculum Kits, and Research and Assessment

Science News on the Internet:

BBC and

(November 1997) (watch/download whole episodes from archives of eight seasons)

The Scientific Method Made Easy #10 (i.e., Galileo, "10 Commandments of Science" & NOS) [9:54 minute]:

: See pseudoscience and other entries.

Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions

Urban Legends References Pages

Search topics: astrology (versus astronomy), cartoon physics, constructivism (learning theory), hoaxes in science, Karl Popper, Occam's Razor, and pseudoscience.

Activity 6: Scientific Reasoning

Constructivism and Learning Theories:

: New and Emerging Theories of Intelligence

: PuzzleMaker

: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Patterns

: Concept Mapping Tools

Mystery (Mailing) Tube:

: Thinking Inside the Box

Nine Dots Puzzle:

Rubik's Cube:

Wikipedia:

[9:58 min. blackboard lecture on the NOS]

: Indirect Measurements and Black Box Experiment

Activity 7: Magic Bus of School Science

Benchmarks for science literacy: http://www.aaas.org/program/project2061 (see Publications)

*American Educator: Why don't students like school? Because the mind is not designed for thinking: www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/WILLINGHAM%282%29.pdf

Bill Nye the Science Guy, Nye Labs: www.billnye.com

MythBusters: www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/about-this-show/mythbusters-about.htm

Mealworm Experiments:

www.smithlifescience.com/MLMealworms.htm

http://caspar.bgsu.edu/~courses/Ethology/Labs/Taxis

National science education standards: www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962

The nature of science . An NSTA Position Paper: www.nsta.org/about/positions/natureofscience.aspx.

*Nature of Science (NOS): Student Assessment Instruments: Draw-A-Scientist Test:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sce.3730670213/pdf

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1949-8594.1991.tb12078.x/abstract

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draw-a-Scientist_Test

www.jdenuno.com/Resume%20Web/DAST.htm

+ Epistemological Beliefs Assessment for Physical Science: http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~elby/EBAPS/home.htm#Items

Nature Of Science Literacy Test: www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/NOSLit.pdf

See also related articles in the Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online by Carl J. Wenning: (a) "A Framework for Teaching the Nature of Science": www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/issues/mar2006.html; and (b) "Assessing Nature-of-Science Literacy as One Component of Scientific Literacy": www.phy.ilstu.edu/jpteo/issues/sum2006.html

Relevance of Science Education (ROSE): www.ils.uio.no/english/rose/about/rose-brief.html

Views on the Nature of Science (VNOS) Questionnaire: http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED472901

Views on Science and Education (VOSE) Questionnaire: www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v7_issue2/chensf/index.htm.

View on Science-Technology-Society: www.usask.ca/education/profiles/aikenhead/webpage/index.htm

NOVA: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova.

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus

Scientific American Frontiers: www.pbs.org/saf .

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page. Search topics: change or inattentional blindness, history and philosophy of science

Activity 8: Reading Between the Lines of the Daily Newspaper

American Forest and Paper Association: www.afandpa.org

Bloom's Taxonomy:

http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy

www.krummefamily.org/guides/bloom.html

www.qualityansweringservice.com/resources/answering-questions-using-blooms-taxonomy-learning-domains

Changing Minds: http://changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/questioning.htm

Chris Jordan, Photographic Arts: "Paper Bags" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#paper-bags) and "Toothpicks" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#toothpicks).

Conservatree: www.conservatree.com/index.shtml

Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Atoms, Garbage, and Pollution Solutions: http://dep.disney.go.com

Museum of Science and Industry-Chicago: www.msichicago.org/online-science/activities

National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Position Statements:

Sustainability in Life Science Teaching and Teaching about Environmental Issues: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Position Statements:

Environmental Education: www.nsta.org/about/positions/environmental.aspx

Teaching Science and Technology in the Context of

Societal and Personal Issues: www.nsta.org/about/positions/societalpersonalissues.aspx

P16 Science Education at the Akron Global Polymer Academy: Wait Time: www.agpa.uakron.edu/p16/btp.php?id=wait-time

Paper Industry Association Council: www.paperrecycles.org

*Scholastic Recycling Starts with You!:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/recycling/resources.htm

*Science NetLinks: Paper Making/Recycling (by hand): http://sciencenetlinks.com/lessons/paper-production/

Water Soluble Paper: Aquasol Paper: www.aquasolpaper.com

Dissolvo Spy paper—Water Soluble Security Paper: www.kleargear.com/1815.html?gclid=CLjQm_aEzqUCFcbc4AodwW3UlA

Wikipedia: Paper, paper recycling, and Tyvek:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_recycling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyvek

See also: Cross-cut versus rip saw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosscut_saw

Activity 9: Pondering Puzzling Patterns and a Parable Poem

American Educator, "Ask a Cognitive Scientist" column: www.danielwillingham.com

*How Praise Can Motivate—or Stifle: www.aft.org/ae/winter2005-2006/willingham

*Should Learning Be Its Own Reward?: www.aft.org/ae/winter2007-2008/willingham

*Caution: Praise Can Be Dangerous: www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/PraiseSpring99.pdf

BBC Science and Nature:

Prehistoric Life Skeleton: www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/games/skeleton_jigsaw

Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Patterns: http://dep.disney.go.com

Discovery (Channel) Education: www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/

Elephant and the Blind Men Poem:

http://hinduism.about.com/od/hinduismforkids/a/blindmen.htm

www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/scientific-method

www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/blind_men_elephant.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant

Enigma Cipher Machine: www.codesandciphers.org.uk/enigma

*Enigma Cipher computer simulator: www.cryptomuseum.com/crypto/enigma/

NOVA, PBS Show: Decoding Nazi Secrets: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding

"Science Is Like a Puzzle" activity:

www.norwichcsd.org/Downloads/lab%20-%20science%20is%20like%20a%20puzzle.pdf

www.dannascience.com/science%20is%20like%20a%20puzzle%20lab.doc

www.scienceteacherprogram.org/genscience/Choi04.html

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org. Search: change or inattentional blindness, cryptanalysis or code-breaking, expectancy theory, expectancy value theory, and cognitive biases

Activity 10: Follow That Star

Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Magnetism: http://dep.disney.go.com

Geocaching—The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site: www.geocaching.com

The Ultimate Guide to Geocaching: www.tripbuzz.com/geocaching-guide/

Maps, Mapping, GPS, and Geocaching: http://expressfreightfinance.com/resources/maps-mapping-gps-geocaching/

Google Earth: www.google.com/earth

How Stuff Works: Compasses: http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/outdoor-activities/hiking/compass.htm

GPS Receivers: http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/travel/gps.htm

International and U.S.A. science curriculum standards, assessments, and comparative results:

Achieve Inc.: www.achieve.org

AAAS Benchmarks: www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/index.php?txtRef=&txtURIOld=%2Fpublications%2Fbsl%2Fonline%2Fbolintro.htm

College Board Standards for College Success: Science and Mathematics and Statistics: http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/cbscs-science-standards-2009.pdf

Common Core State Standards Initiative: www.corestandards.org

Council of State Science Supervisors' State Science Frameworks: http://cosss.org

Education Commission of the States: www.ecs.org

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): National Educational Technology Standards: www.iste.org/standards.aspx

International Technology and Engineering Educators Association: Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology: www.iteea.org/TAA/Publications/TAA_Publications.html

National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council: Board on Science Education (Framework for Science Education):

http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/BOSE/index.htm

www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165

National Science Education Standards (1996): http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard

Science Framework for the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress: http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science/whatmeasure.asp

Program for International Student Assessment (PISA): http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa

See also www.pisa.oecd.org and the October 2009 special issue of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching: Scientific Literacy and Contexts in PISA Science: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122604861/issue

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS): http://nces.ed.gov/timss

Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC): www.ccsso.org/Resources/Programs/Interstate_Teacher_Assessment_Consortium_(InTASC).html

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS): www.nbpts.org

National Commission on Excellence in Education. 1983. A nation at risk: The imperative for education reform: http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/NatAtRisk/index.html

PhET Interactive Simulations: Magnets and compass: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/magnet-and-compass

University of Virginia Physics Department: Compass Hands-On Explorations (HOEs): http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/MagnetFrm.htm

Wake Forest University: Magnetism Videos: 3D Compass and other demonstrations: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr8_eandm.htm

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: compass, geocaching, geomagnetic reversal, global positioning system, and Hans Christian Oersted

Activity 11: "Horsing Around"

Chicken Soup and Mousetrap parable: http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=14050

*Horse and Rider Puzzle: http://goodreasonblog.com/2006/03/horse-and-rider-puzzle/

SmartKit Puzzle Playground: www.smart-kit.com/s846/horse-riding-puzzle

International and U.S.A. Science Curriculum Standards: See listing in Activity #10.

Riding a Dead Horse: An Educational Policy and Practices Parody: A to Z Home's Cool:

www.allowe.com/laughs/book/When%20Riding%20A%20Dead%20Horse.htm

www.dbrmfg.co.nz/Next%20Step%20Dead%20Horse%20Strategies.htm

Business Performance Improvement Consultancy: www.bpic.co.uk/articles/deadhorse.htm

Thought You Should Know News: www.tysknews.com/LiteStuff/riding_a_dead_horse.htm

Root Cause Analysis as a Problem-Solving Technique: www.hq.nasa.gov/office/codeq/rca/rootcauseppt.pdf

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOVeO5_0qD0&feature=related (Titanic sinking)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_cause_analysis

The Aims of Education: www.ditext.com/whitehead/aims.html

Activity 12: Magical Signs of Science

About Chemistry

Acid-Base Indicators, their pH ranges, and respective colors: http://chemistry.about.com/od/acidsbases/a/Acid-Base-Indicators.htm

Chemistry Experiments and Demonstrations You Can Do at Home: http://chemistry.about.com/od/homeexperiments

Biology Corner: Scientific Method: Select: Carbon Dioxide Production: www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/scientific-method

Cell Biology Animations: www.johnkyrk.com

Chem Guide: Indicators: www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/acidbaseeqia/indicators.html

Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Chemical Reactions: http://dep.disney.go.com

Cabbage juice indicator:

http://chemistry.about.com/od/acidsbase1/a/red-cabbage-ph-indicator.htm

www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/red-cabbage-chemistry/

www.coolscience.org/CoolScience/Teachers/Activities/CabbageJuice.htm

Fun Science Gallery: Experiments with Acids and Bases: www.funsci.com/fun3_en/acids/acids.htm

General Chemistry Online: Indicators and their color changes/pH ranges: http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/acidbase/indicators.shtml

Goldenrod Paper as an Acid-Base Indicator

Daryl's Science: www.darylscience.com/Demos/Goldenrod.html

Science Hobbyist: http://amasci.com/amateur/gold.html

Steve Spangler Science: www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/goldenrod-paper-message

International and USA Science Curriculum Standards: See listing in Activity #10.

PhET Interactive Simulations: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/ph-scale

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/acid-base-solutions

Purdue University: Voice-activated chemical reaction: www.chem.purdue.edu/bcce/Voice_Activated_Reaction.pdf

Steve Spangler Science: Do you Have Acid Breath?: www.stevespangler.com/experiments

University of Virginia Physics Dept: Soda Science, Flower Indicators, and Acid-Base Tea Party:

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/SodaScienceFrm.htm

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/FlowerIndicatorsFrm.htm

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/AcidBaseFrm.htm

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: acid rain, ammonia, Fritz Haber, Haber process, and pH indicators

Activity 13: Verifying Vexing Volumes

AAAS Benchmarks: www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/index.php?txtRef=&txtURIOld=%2Fpublications%2Fbsl%2Fonline%2Fbolintro.htm

+ American Educator, Ask A Cognitive Scientist column, "Is It True That Some People Just Can't Do Math?" (www.danielwillingham.com, Winter 2009-2010): https://www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/willingham.pdf

Archimedes: Biographical Information: See websites in Activity #14, Internet Connections.

+ Common Core State Standards: Mathematics: www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/mathematics-glossary

International and USA Science Curriculum Standards: See websites in Activity #10, Internet Connections.

Java Applets on Mathematics: www.walter-fendt.de/m14e

Select: Circumference of a Circle

MacTutor History of Mathematics: Pythagoras of Samos: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Pythagoras.html

Optical Illusions (sample sites):

www.michaelbach.de/ot

www.illusions.org

www.planetperplex.com/en/category/optical-illusions

PBS/NOVA: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova and www.shoppbs.org/family/index.jsp?categoryId=3953968

University of Toronto , Department of Physics: Physics Flash Animations: Miscellaneous: Area of a Circle as a Limit: www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash

Wikipedia: Pythagoras of Samos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras

Activity 14: Archimedes, the Syracuse (Sicily) Scientist

See also the Internet Connections related to density in Activity #3.

Benchmarks for science literacy: www.project2061.org/publications/bsl/online/index.php?txtRef=&txtURIOld=%2Fpublications%2Fbsl%2Fonline%2Fbolintro.htm.

Archimedes:

www.cs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html

www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Archimedes.html

www.math.nyu.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lpt/archimedes.htm

www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-archimede

http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Archimedes.html

Contextual Science Teaching: http://sci-ed.org

Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Buoyancy: http://dep.disney.go.com

*History of Science Society: http://hssonline.org

HyperPhysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: Mechanics: Fluids: Buoyancy and Archimedes Principle: Explanation and Concept Maps: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

Illinois State University Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Select Mechanics—Hydrostatics: http://learning.physics.iastate.edu/DemoRoom/Index.htm#

International Society for the History and Philosophy of Science: www.hopos.org

*Int'l History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group ( SHiPS Resource Center): http://ihpst.net/

Internet History of Science Sourcebook: www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html

Java Applets on Physics: www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/index.html

Select: lever principle, Newton's second law, and buoyant force in liquids

National science education standards: www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962

Museum of Science and Industry-Chicago: See How to Build a Lever: www.msichicago.org/online-science/activities

PBS/NOVA: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova and www.shoppbs.org/family/index.jsp?categoryId=3953968

University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Heat and Fluids: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu

University of Michigan: Physics Demonstration Catalog: Archimedes Principle: https://sharepoint.umich.edu/lsa/physics/demolab/SitePages/Home.aspx

University of Virginia Physics Department: Levers, Compound Machines and Mechanical Advantage:

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/compoundmachineFrm.htm

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/LeversFrm.htm

Wake Forest University: Newton's Laws Videos: 14 hook balance: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr2_newton.htm

WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: Archimedes and the history and philosophy of science

Activity 15: Measurements and Molecules Matter

3-D Molecular Designs: www.3dmoleculardesigns.com/Education-Products/Water-Kit.htm

About.com: Chemistry: Burning Money Demonstration: http://chemistry.about.com/od/demonstrationsexperiments/ss/burnmoney.htm

Alcohol + Water: A more complicated perspective on the nonadditivity of volume: www.als.lbl.gov/als/science/sci_archive/70methanolmix.html

America 's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science: http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309096715&page=R1

Cell Biology Animations: www.johnkyrk.com

Center for Collaborative Action Research: http://cadres.pepperdine.edu/ccar

Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Atoms and Measurement: http://dep.disney.go.com

National Academy of Sciences: National Research Council: Board on Science Education (Framework for Science Education):

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13165 and www.nextgenscience.org/framework-k%E2%80%9312-science-education

National Science Education Standards (1996): www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=4962

Official M.C. Escher website: www.mcescher.com.

Steve Spangler Science: Vanishing Styrofoam: www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/vanishing-styrofoam

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: action research, ethanol, ethanol fuel, and lesson study

Activity 16: Bottle Band Basics

Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/cool

Bottle Boys: Michael Jackson Billie Jean Remix on Bottles! (wind instrument; 1:53):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmSX8eX34Hs

Bottle Boys – Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid cover on Beer Bottles; 1:40):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=771injTWvvc

Chrome Music Lab: https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments

Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Sound and Science of Music: http://dep.disney.go.com

Franklin Institute: Ben Franklin: Musician: www.fi.edu/history-franklin

Glass Armonica: Ben Franklin and the modern music of William Zeitler: www.glassarmonica.com

Sounds of a Glass Armonica (Ben Franklin invention explained; 2:17):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEKlRUvk9zc

Classical Music on Glass Harp by Robert Tiso:

Glass harp-Toccata and fugue in D minor-Bach-BWV 565 (7:20):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKRj-T4l-e8

Für Elise on glass harp (singing wine glasses; 3:40)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47TGXJoVhQ8

Moonlight Sonata on glass harp (5:59):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiGNnWldhn8

How Stuff Works: Wine Glass "Singing": http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/food-facts/question603.htm

HyperPhysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: Sound and Hearing: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

Learning and Teaching Scotland: Sound Animations: www.educationscotland.gov.uk/resources/s/sound/amplitude.asp?strReferringChannel=educationscotland&strReferringPageID=tcm:4-615801-64

*MacTutor History of Mathematics: Pythagoras of Samos:

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/index0.html

http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Pythagoras.html

PhET Interactive Simulations: Sound: See sound waves and adjust frequency, volume, and location: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics

Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: www.physicsclassroom.com/class/sound

Sources of Science Songs:

Dr. Chordate (various artists): http://drchordate.com/ and http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/drchordate

Greg Crowther's Science Song Music: http://faculty.washington.edu/crowther/Misc/Songs

*Math and Science Song Information, Viewable Everywhere (MASSIVE) database: www.science-groove.org/MASSIVE and http://singaboutscience.org/MASSIVE/findandaddsongs.shtml

Mike Offutt Science CDs: www.flinnsci.com/store/Scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=16138 (Chemistry Songbag I and II CDs)

www.youtube.com/user/MikeOffutt123/videos (Skylab Song and Element Song)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY0LepL9QxE (A Mole Is a Unit)

Rollerblade Bottle Tune Guy - Michel Lauzière (percussion instrument; 0:40):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KePjkCySBCs

Science Song Links: www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/links.html

Skating Bottle music (1:04): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgDuUnmzdpA

Songs for Teaching: Science Songs: www.songsforteaching.com/sciencesongs.htm

WIRED Science: Top 10 Scientific Music Videos: www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/07/sciencemusic

Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-zczJXSxnw

www.ketchum.org/bridgecollapse.html

University of Iowa Physics & Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Acoustics: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu

University of New South Wales , Physics Department: Music Acoustics: www.phys.unsw.edu.au/music

University of Toronto , Department of Physics: Physics Flash Animations: Sound: www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash

University of Virginia Physics Department: Mathematics of Music (a CBL) and Sound Activity Stations:

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/MusicMathFrm.htm

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/SoundStationsFrm.htm

http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/WavePitchFrm.htm

Whales Songs and Human Noise:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_song

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/06/0619_020619_TVwhale.html

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: glass harmonica, musical acoustics, Pythagoras of Samos, and the North Wind and the Sun

Activity 17: Metric Measurements, Magnitudes, and Mathematics

Aims of Education: www.ditext.com/whitehead/aims.html

American Society for Microbiology: Classroom Activities: Is It Clean or Just Unseen? Dirty Water and the Naked Eye: www.asm.org/images/Education/K-12/2010%20clean%20or%20unseen.pdf

Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: See Measurement: Molecular Monolayers: www.arborsci.com/cool

Cosmic View: The Universe in 40 Steps: http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Boeke/frames.html

Cubic Meter Model Instructions: http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/docs/Metric_Cube. pdf

Geological Society of America: Geological Time Scale: www.geosociety.org/science/timescale

Google Earth: www.google.com/earth

How Stuff Works: Nanotechnology: http://science.howstuffworks.com/nanotechnology.htm

*HyperPhysics: Electromagnetic Spectrum: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ems1.html

Institute for Human and Machine Cognition: http://cmap.ihmc.us

Java Applets on Mathematics: Unit Conversion, Pythagorean Theorem I and II, and the Circumference and Area of the Circle: www.walter-fendt.de/m14e

The Known Universe: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100120.html

m 3 Model: www.phys.unt.edu/~klittler/demo_room/mech_demos/1a10_75.html

Mars Metric Mishap Conversion Calamity: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/orbiter

www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02

Metric Conversions: www.metric-conversions.org/volume/cubic-meters-conversion.htm

Microcosm, CERN's Interactive Science Centre: See: e-Microcosm: Powers of Ten: http://collection.europarchive.org/cern/20080520140649/http://outreach.web.cern.ch/outreach/en/exhibitions/microcosm-en.html

NanoScale Science Education Research Group at North Carolina State University: www.ncsu.edu/project/scienceEd

The NanoTechnology Group, Consortium for Global Education: www.tntg.org/documents/home.html

+ National Metric Week (contains 10/10/1X):

www.mathgoodies.com/articles/Metric_Week.html

www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/metric/metric-week.cfm

www.us-metric.org/

National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network: Size and (relative) Scale Curriculum Unit: www.nnin.org/education-training/k-12-teachers/nanotechnology-curriculum-materials

NSF's National Nanotechnology Initiative: www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/nano/education/kids.jsp

PhET Interactive Simulations: Estimation (game) for length, surface area, and volume: phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/estimation

*ppb and Ozone Model activity: https://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/docs/Metric_Cube.pdf

+ Powers of Ten:

http://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/powers-of-ten/

http://blog.powersof10.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0

Secret Worlds, the Universe Within: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10

SEPUP's Investigating Wastewater: Solutions and Pollution module:

http://lab-aids.com/kits-and-modules/details/Investigating-Wastewater-Solutions-Pollution-developed-by-sepup

+ University at Albany College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering: www.sunycnse.com/NanoforKids/K12Links.aspx

University of California Museum of Paleontology: Web Geological Time Machine: www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html

+ University of Texas-Austin, Center for Nano- and Molecular Science: http://tmi.utexas.edu/resources/what-is-nanoscience/

U.S. Census Bureau:

U.S. and World Population Clocks: www.census.gov/population/international/

International Data Base: www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb

U.S. Treasury Department, National Public Debt Report: www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/pd.htm

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: concept map, Cosmic Voyage (1996 IMAX film; depicts 42 orders of magnitude; similar to Powers of Ten), cubic meter, density of universe is less than 1 atom/m3, metric system, nanotechnology, orders of magnitude (length), parts-per notation, and Powers of Ten film

Activity 18: Medical Metaphor Mixer

All the Virology on the WWW: www.virology.net

*Altoona List of Medical Analogies: www.altoonafp.org/analogies.htm

American Society for Microbiology: www.asm.org.

Bacteria: More than Pathogens: www.actionbioscience.org/biodiversity/wassenaar.html

Blick on Flicks feature of NSTA Reports: www.nsta.org/publications/blickonflicks.aspx

Cells Alive: How big is a … ?: www.cellsalive.com/howbig.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Infectious Disease Information Index: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases

*Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers: Classroom Resources: Everyday Biology: HIV Testing and HIV Cocktail downloadable lab simulations: https://blogs.cornell.edu/cibt/labs-activities/labs/hiv-transmission/

Discovery Health: How AIDS Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/aids.htm

Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Germs: http://dep.disney.go.com

Educational Innovations: Glo Germ Classroom Kit and related products: http://www.teachersource.com/product/glo-germ

Fankhauser's Cheese Page (and yogurt): http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Fankhauser/Cheese/Cheese.html

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Center for Problem-Based Learning: https://www.imsa.edu/academics/department/science

+ Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth: www.microbeworld.org/podcasts/intimate-strangers-unseen-life-on-earth

Mayo Clinic: Germs: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/in-depth/germs/art-20045289

Hand-washing: Do's and don'ts: www.mayoclinic.com/health/hand-washing/HQ00407

Infectious diseases: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/basics/definition/con-20033534

Microbe World: www.microbeworld.org

Microbiology K–12 Curriculum Outline: www.science-projects.com/classexpts.htm#connections

+ Modeling the Spread of Infectious Disease

www.seplessons.org/node/226

www.all-science-fair-projects.com/project953_110.html

https://www.koshland-science-museum.org/sites/default/files/uploaded-files/ID_Disease_Spread_Activity_FINAL.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-3Li7iMqMM (1:04 min simulation)

National Association of Biology Teachers Position Statements: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35

The Role of Biology Education in Addressing HIV and AIDS

The Use of Human Body Fluids and Tissue Products in Biology Teaching

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs

Abracadabra: Magic Johnson and Anti-HIV Treatments

The Case of a Tropical Disease and Its Treatment (Chagas): Science, Society & Economics

A Case Study Involving Influenza and the Influenza Vaccine

The Mystery of the Blue Death (cholera): A Case Study in Epidemiology and the History of Science

National Geographic Society: Guns, Germs and Steel: http://shop.nationalgeographic.com

National Science Teachers Association Position Statement: The Teaching of Sexuality and Human Reproduction: www.nsta.org/about/positions/

PBS Evolution, Show #4 The Evolutionary Arms Race: www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/about/show04.html

+ River City: http://muve.gse.harvard.edu/rivercityproject/

Science Buddies: Making yogurt from whole milk: www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/MicroBio_p010.shtml

Serendip: Hands-on Activities for Teaching Biology to High School or Middle School Students: http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/waldron. Search for Human Physiology (Sexual Health and Reproduction) and Evolution and Diversity (Some Similarities Between the Spread of an Infectious Disease and Population Growth)

Steve Spangler Science: Cover Your Mouth; Germ Science (lotion glows under UV light): www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/glo-germ-and-giantmicrobes

U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, Medline Plus: Infectious Diseases: www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infectiousdiseases.html

Whyville (site of WhyPox and WhyFlu virtual epidemics): www.whyville.net/smmk/nice

WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: AIDS, bioremediation, decomposition, fermentation (food), germ theory, HIV, infectious disease, influenza pandemic, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and probiotics

World Health Organization: HIV/AIDS: www.who.int/hiv/en

Activity 19: Cookie Mining

AAAS Atlas of Population and Environment: http://atlas.aaas.org/index.php?part=2

Chris Jordan, Photographic Arts: "Oil Barrels" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#oil-barrels) and "Cans Seurat" (http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#cans-seurat)

*Cookie Mining and Economics: Simulations and Games:

www.earthsciweek.org/forteachers/cookiemining_cont.html

www.coaleducation.org/lessons/primary/summary/economic.htm

Cupcake Core Sampling: www.coaleducation.org/lessons/wim/4.htm

Environmental Defense Fund: www.edf.org

*Environmental Literacy Council: www.enviroliteracy.org/

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Center for Problem-Based Learning: www.cotf.edu/ete/teacher/teacherout.html

National Association of Biology Teachers Position Statements: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35

Sustainability in Life Science Teaching

Teaching About Environmental Issues

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science: Watch Your Step: Understanding the Impact of Your Personal Consumption on the Environment: http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/footprint/footprint.html

National Science Teachers Association Position Statements on:

Environmental Education: www.nsta.org/about/positions/environmental.aspx

*Teaching Science and Technology in the Context of Societal and Personal Issues: www.nsta.org/about/positions/societalpersonalissues.aspx

*Population Action International: Search: http://pai.org/climatemap/

Population Connection: www.populationeducation.org

Population Statistics and Resources: http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata

Union of Concerned Scientists: Citizens and Scientists for Environmental Solutions: www.ucsusa.org

USGS Mineral Resources Program: http://minerals.usgs.gov

WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search topics: hydraulic fracking, life cycle assessment, mining, and offshore drilling.

World Population: A Guide to the WWW (links): http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/populate.html

World Resources Institute: www.wri.org/publication

World Resources Simulation Center: http://wrsc.org

Activity 20: Making Sense by Spending Dollars

AAAS Project 2061: Communicating and Learning About Global Climate Change: An Abbreviated Guide for Teaching Climate Change: www.project2061.org/publications/order.htm#TeachingGuides

About.com: Saving Energy: What Are Compact Fluorescent Bulbs and How Do They Save Energy: http://saveenergy.about.com/od/efficientlighting/a/CFL.htm?iam=sherlock_abc

An Inconvenient Truth: http://www.takepart.com/an-inconvenient-truth/film

Carbon Footprint Ltd.: www.carbonfootprint.com/index.html

Chris Jordan, Photographic Arts: " Light Bulbs" (www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#light-bulbs)

Conservation International: Climate Change: www.conservation.org/what/pages/climate.aspx

Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Electrical Current: http://dep.disney.go.com

*Energy Star: Compact Fluorescent Bulbs: https://www.energystar.gov/products/lighting_fans/light_bulbs/learn_about_cfls

Environmental Defense Fund:

*Fight Global Warming: www.edf.org/fight-global-warming

Make the Switch, Take the Pledge Campaign: www.edf.org/news/environmental-defense-launches-million-light-bulb-campaign

Global Warming and the Greenhouse Effect (various sources): www.climatechange.net

http://zebu.uoregon.edu/1998/es202/l13.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect

www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science_and_impacts/science/global-warming-faq.htmll

www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-references/faq/global-warming.php

How Stuff Works: How much coal is required to run a 100-watt light bulb for a year? http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/energy/question481.htm

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Center for Problem-Based Learning: www.cotf.edu/ete/teacher/teacherout.html

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: Standby power: http://standby.lbl.gov

National Association of Biology Teachers Position Statements: www.nabt.org/websites/institution/index.php?p=35

Sustainability in Life Science Teaching

Teaching About Environmental Issues

Activity 21: A Terrible Test That Teaches

Alternative Strategies for Science Teaching and Assessment: http://science.uniserve.edu.au/school/support/strategy.html

*American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education Examinations Institute:

http://uwm.edu/acs-exams/

+ American Educator, Summer 2007, Critical Thinking: Why Is It So Hard to Teach?”: www.aft.org/sites/default/files/periodicals/Crit_Thinking.pdf

American Educator, Ask A Cognitive Scientist column: www.danielwillingham.com

"Why Students Think They Understand—When They Don't": www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/winter0304/willingham.cfm

Annenberg/CPB Media: Interactive Workshops: Assessment in Math and Science: What's the Point? www.learner.org/workshops/assessment

Bioliteracy: http://bioliteracy.colorado.edu

Bloom's Taxonomy: http://www.krummefamily.org/guides/bloom.html

Bloom's Taxonomy Revised: http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy

Buros Center for Testing: Instructional Resources: Standards for teacher competence in educational assessment of students: http://buros.org/

Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES): http://surveylearning.moodle.com/cles

Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS):

Assessment Tools for Professional Development: www.csss-science.org/tools.shtml

State and Territory Science Assessments Information: (Excel download): www.csss-science.org/assess.shtml

Educational Testing Service: www.ets.org

Ericae.net Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation: http://ericae.net

Fair Test. National Center for Fair and Open Testing: www.fairtest.org

Foundation for Critical Thinking: www.criticalthinking.org

*MOSART: Misconception Oriented Standards-based Assessment Resource for Teachers: www.cfa.harvard.edu/smgphp/mosart/aboutmosart_2.html

Multiple Choice Tests: Composition, Assembly and Analysis: www.sfsu.edu/~testing/MCTEST/mainframe.html

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): "The Nation's Report Card":

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/science

National Association for Research in Science Teaching: Research Matters to the Science Teacher: www.narst.org/publications/research.cfm

National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST): www.cse.ucla.edu

National Science Education Standards (NRC 1996): see Chapter 5, "Assessment": www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=4962

National Science Teachers Association Position Statement: Assessment: www.nsta.org/about/positions/assessment.aspx

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) at the U.S. Department of Education: http://www2.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml

Nature of Science (NOS) Assessments web links: See Internet Connections for Activity #7

NCLB and Humorous Parodies:

*The Football Version:

www.hoagiesgifted.org/nclb_sports.htm

*No Cow Left Behind: http://drsticks.com/No_Cow_Left_Behind.html

*No Dentist Left Behind: www.trelease-on-reading.com/no-dentist.html

Track and Field Parable for NCLB: http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=1954698&tstart=105

Performance Assessment Links in Science (PALS): http://pals.sri.com

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): http://www.oecd.org/pisa and http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pisa. See also the October 2009 special issue of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching 46 (8): Scientific Literacy and Contexts in PISA Science: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tea.v46:8/issuetoc.

*Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP): http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/AZTEC/RTOP/RTOP_full/about_RTOP.html

Scientific Work Experience Programs for Teachers (SWEPT): www.scienceteacherprogram.org/SWEPTStudy/instruments.html

+ Table of Specifications: Insuring Accountability in Teacher Made Tests: http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ774063

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS): http://nces.ed.gov/timss

TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center, Boston College: http://timss.bc.edu

WestEd Partnership for the Assessment of Standards-based Science: www.wested.org/service/pass-science-assessment-partnership-for-the-assessment-of-standards-based-science

WikiPedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki. Search: Benjamin Bloom, concept inventory (links to downloadable, diagnostic, research-validated inventories in physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, and statistics), NAEP, PISA, scientific misconceptions, and TIMSS.

Activity 22: Diagnostic Assessment

See sites listed in Activity 21 and the following:

*American Society of Plant Biologists: Principles of Plant Biology: www.aspb.org/education-outreach/k12-roots-and-shoots/

+ Cosmos: Original series by Carl Sagan: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBA8DC67D52968201; and 2014 series by Neil Degrasse Tyson http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2395695/

Disney Educational Productions: Bill Nye the Science Guy: Flowers and Plants: http://dep.disney.go.com

Flat Earth Society: http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society

www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/FlatHome.htm

In Search of the Edge: An Inquiry Into the Shape of the Earth: www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/search.html

National Science Foundation (NSF), SRS Survey of Public Attitudes Toward and Understanding of Science and Technology: www.nsf.gov/statistics/showsrvy.cfm?srvy_CatID=6&srvy_Seri=17 and http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/surveys.cfm (all surveys)

Physics Education Research Group, University of Maryland: Attitude Surveys (links): www.physics.umd.edu/perg/tools/attsur.htm

Physics Education Research Group, University of Colorado: Colorado Learning About Science Survey: Physics, Chemistry and Biology versions: www.colorado.edu/sei/class

Relevance Of Science Education (ROSE): International look at affective factors in learning: www.uv.uio.no/ils/english/research/projects/rose

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Activities & Resources

Activity 1: Comeback Cans

Activity 2: The Unnatural Nature and Uncommon Sense of Science

Activity 3: Dual-Density Discrepancies

Activity 4: Inferences, Inquiry, and Insight

Activity 5: Pseudoscience in the News

Activity 6: Scientific Reasoning

Activity 7: Magic Bus of School Science

Activity 8: Reading Between the Lines of the Daily Newspaper

Activity 9: Pondering Puzzling Patterns and a Parable Poem

Activity 10: Follow That Star

Activity 11: "Horsing Around"

Activity 12: Magical Signs of Science

Activity 13: Verifying Vexing Volumes

Activity 14: Archimedes, the Syracuse (Sicily) Scientist

Activity 15: Measurements and Molecules Matter

Activity 16: Bottle Band Basics

Activity 17: Metric Measurements, Magnitudes, and Mathematics

Activity 18: Medical Metaphor Mixer

Activity 19: Cookie Mining

Activity 20: Making Sense by Spending Dollars

Activity 21: A Terrible Test That Teaches

Activity 22: Diagnostic Assessment

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