Brain-Powered Science: Teaching and Learning with Discrepant Events
Thomas O'Brien
Internet connections
* denotes corrected typos or updated URL
+ denotes new websites not listed in book
Activity 1. Analogies: Powerful Teaching-Learning Tools
Analogical transfer—Interest is just as important as conceptual potential: www.aare.edu.au/02pap/har02431.htm
I never metaphor I didn't like: A comprehensive compilation of history's greatest analogies, metaphors, and similes: www.drmardy.com
*Instructional Design Models: http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~mryder/itc/idmodels.html
Northwestern University , Cognitive Psychology: www.psych.northwestern.edu/psych/people/faculty/gentner/publications2.htm
Teaching Teachers to Use Analogies: www.physics.nau.edu/~james/TeachingTeachersAnalogies.htm
*Teaching With Analogies Model: www.coe.uga.edu/twa
*UCLA Reasoning Laboratory: http://reasoninglab.psych.ucla.edu/home.html
Wikipedia: Analogy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogy
Activity 2. Möbius Strip: Connecting Teaching and Learning
Math Forum (how to make a Möbius strip): http://mathforum.org/sum95/math_and/moebius/moebius.html
Mathematical Genealogy Project: www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/id.phtml?id=35953
+Mathematics in Movies: www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/index.html
Official M.C. Escher Website: www.mcescher.com
Planet Perplex: http://planetperplex.com/en/ambigrams.html.
See also Scott Kim's Inversions (www.scottkim.com/inversions/index.html) for a gallery of his recent works (e.g., Input-Output, SuperTeacher, and Teach-Learn).
Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Möbius_strip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology
Wolfram MathWorld:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Topology.html
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/MoebiusStrip.html
Activity 3. Burning a Candle at Both Ends: Classrooms as Complex Systems
*Burning the Candle at Both Ends, Version #2:
www.scribd.com/doc/34837679/Searching-Science-Martin-Gardener
HowStuffWorks:
Candle: http://home.howstuffworks.com/question267.htm
Trick birthday candles: http://science.howstuffworks.com/question420.htm
NASA: Candle flame in microgravity: http://quest.nasa.gov/space/teachers/microgravity/9flame.html
Project Gutenberg: The chemical history of a candle: www.gutenberg.org/etext/14474. See also www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1860Faraday-candle.html
+Questacon Science Squad: Edible Candle: http://sciencesquad.questacon.edu.au/activities/edible_candle.html
*Terrific Science: Freebies: www.terrificscience.org/freebies
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Thermodynamics:
http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
Whelmers #42: Fire sandwich: www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm42.asp
Activity 4. Perceptual Paradoxes: Multisensory Science and Measurement
*Athabasca University's Centre for Psychology Resources (AUPR): Sensation & Perception: http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/sensation.shtml#Smell%20and%20Taste
+BrainUInstitute: www.brainu.org
*CAST: Differentiated instruction:
http://aim.cast.org/learn/historyarchive/backgroundpapers/differentiated_instruction_udl
Exploratorium Snacks: Your sense of taste: www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/your_sense_of_taste/index.html
Human Intelligence: New and emerging theories of intelligence: www.indiana.edu/~intell/emerging.shtml#intro
International Mind Brain and Education Society: www.imbes.org
*Reframing the Mind: A critique of the theory of multiple intelligences: www.educationnext.org/files/ednext20043_18.pdf
See also other articles and critiques of brain-based education fads by the same author: www.danielwillingham.com
Society for Neuroscience: Brain facts: A primer on the brain and nervous system: www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=brainfacts
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI): Seeing, hearing, and smelling: Illusions reveal the brain's assumptions: www.hhmi.org:80/senses/a110.html
HowStuffWorks: Human senses: http://health.howstuffworks.com/question242.htm and Taste impairment: http://healthguide.howstuffworks.com/taste-impaired-dictionary.htm
The History Guide: Lectures on modern European intellectual history: Plato, The Allegory of the Cave, Book VII of The Republic: www.historyguide.org/intellect/allegory.html
University of Virginia Physics Department: Mixing warm and cold water lab: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/WarmColdFrm.htm
Wikipedia:
Cognitive load theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_load_theory
Zone of proximal development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Proximal_Development
Activity 5. Optical Illusions: Seeing and Cognitive Construction
Al Seckel's Homepage of Illusion, Perception and Cognitive Science: www.illusionworks.com
Archimedes' Laboratory: Illusions and puzzles: www.archimedes-lab.org/sitemap2.html
Athabasca University's Centre for Psychology Resources (AUPR): Sensation and perception: http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/sensation.shtml
*Exploratorium Online Exhibits: www.exploratorium.edu/explore
Exploratory Science Centre: www.exploratory.org.uk/illusions/flash/index.htm
Eyetricks.Com: www.eyetricks.com
*Gestalt Principles: http://graphicdesign.spokanefalls.edu/tutorials/process/gestaltprinciples/gestaltprinc.htm
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI): Seeing, hearing, and smelling: Illusions reveal the brain's assumptions: www.hhmi.org:80/senses/a110.html
Illusions-Optical.com: www.illusion-optical.com
Illusion Works: www.psychologie.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com
+Michael Bach's 90 Visual phenomena and optical illusions: www.michaelbach.de/ot
Neuroscience for Kids: Gallery of visual illusions: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/flash/nill.html
NIEHS Kids' Pages: Optical illusions: http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/illusion/illusions.htm
Official M.C. Escher Website: www.mcescher.com
Optical Illusions: www.optillusions.com
Optical Illusions: Collection of visual, scary, and funny illusions: www.newopticalillusions.com
Planet Perplex: http://planetperplex.com/en/index.html
QualityTrading.Com: www.qualitytrading.com/illusions
Sandlot Science: Optical illusions and brain-teasers: www.sandlotscience.com
Skeptic's Dictionary: Pareidolia: http://skepdic.com/pareidol.html
+Sleights of Mind: www.sleightsofmind.com
University of Colorado at Boulder: Dr. Mark Dubin's psychology, illusions, and sensory phenomena neural links plus web page: http://spot.colorado.edu/~dubin/bookmarks/b/220.html
Vision Science www.visionscience.com/vsDemos.html
*Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt_psychology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
Activity 6. Utensil Music: Teaching Sound Science
*American Educator (All issues at: www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/issues.cfm
See also www.danielwillingham.comfor other articles and videos): “Brain-Based” learning: More fiction than fact (Fall 2006); Do visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK) learners need VAK instruction? (Summer 2005)
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx
* Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Tin can telephone: www.dsokids.com/athome/instruments/telephone.aspx
HowStuffWorks: Homemade toy telephone: http://science.howstuffworks.com/question410.htm
+Hyperphysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University:
Sound and Hearing explanations, concept maps and applications: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
*Learning and Teaching Scotland: Science of sound animations (8): Speed of sound and sound waves in solids and gases: www.ltscotland.org.uk/resources/s/sound/amplitude.asp?strReferringChannel=learningteachingandassessment&strReferringPageID=tcm:4-607879-64
*PhET Interactive Simulations: Sound: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound
*Philomel Records: www.philomel.com/index.php
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Oscillations: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Virginia Physics Department:
Eight sound activity stations: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/SoundStationsFrm.htm
Fetal ultrasound: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/UltrasoundFrm.htm
Doppler effect: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/SoundfreqFrm.htm
Wake Forest University Physics Department: Sound demonstration videos: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr6_sound.htm
Whelmers #67: Bells in Your Ears (variation on the Utensil Music activity
[Procedure, step #1] using a pencil): www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm67.asp
Wikipedia:
Sound: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound#Perception_of_sound
Infrasound: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrasound
Ultrasound: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasound
Activity 7. Identification Detectives: Sounds and Smells of Science
*American Educator (All issues at www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/issues.cfm; see also www.danielwillingham.comfor other articles and videos):
Do visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK) learners need VAK instruction?: (Summer 2005)
+BrainUInstitute: www.brainu.org
Doing Chemistry: Mystery boxes: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/dochem/DoChem001.html
International Mind Brain and Education Society: www.imbes.org
*Lab-Aids Inc.: Ob-Scertainer® A Better Black Box, Kit No. 100: http://lab-aid.com/catalog.php?item=100
Magic Water Black Box Activity: www.scienceteacherprogram.org/genscience/Chien05Lesson/INDEX.HTM
+Mystery Mailing Tube: http://undsci.berkeley.edu/lessons/mystery_tubes.html
Mystery of Smell: The vivid world of odors: www.hhmi.org/senses/d110.html
Neuroscience for Kids: Brain songs: http://faculty.washington.edu/~chudler/songs.html
Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Resource Center: Commercial applications of NDT: www.ndt-ed.org/AboutNDT/aboutndt.htm
NOVA Online: Mystery of the senses: www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/programs/22s2_smell.html
Society for Neuroscience (SFN): Brain facts: A primer on the brain and nervous system: www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=brainfact s
*Termites, Ink Pens and Pheromones: www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3631
Termite Trails: www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/ythfacts/resourc/tcherpln/termtrails.htm
Virginia Tech Physics Lecture Demo W20: Buzzer in a vacuum: www.phys.vt.edu/~demo/demos/w20.html
Ward's Natural Science Co: Black Box Kits: www.wardsci.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_IG0003323_A_Black+Box+Experiment
Activity 8. Two-Balloon Balancing Act: Constructivist Teaching
Bubbles, Babies and Biology: The story of surfactant: www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/full/18/13/1624e
Dilated Cardiomyopathy: http://library.thinkquest.org/C003758/Function/laplacelaw.htm
Exploratorium: Bubbles: www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/bubbles/bubbles.html and Bubbles float on CO2: www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/bubble_suspension/index.html
LaPlace's Law: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Hbase/ptens.html#lap
*LaPlace's Law and Lung Misconceptions: http://advan.physiology.org/search?fulltext=LaPlace%27s+law+and+lung+misconceptions&submit=yes&x=0&y=0
Lung Functioning and Gas Laws: www.anaesthetist.com/icu/organs/lung/Findex.htm#lungfx.htm
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Fluid Mechanics: Surface tension: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
Wikipedia: LaPlace's law and medicine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young-Laplace_equation
+ Wikipedia: Soap bubble: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soap_bubble
Activity 9. Batteries and Bulbs: Teaching Is More Than Telling
All About Electricity: Lessons on DC circuits: www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/index.html
Annenberg Foundation: Minds of Our Own: www.learner.org/resources/series26.html
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx
Electronics for Kids: http://users.stargate.net/~eit/kidspage.htm
Flash Animations for Physics: Electricity and magnetism: Compare a DC circuit to flow of water: http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/#_waves
HowStuffWorks: Light bulbs: http://home.howstuffworks.com/light-bulb.htm
HyperPhysics: DC circuit water analogy: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/watcir.html#c1
*Learning and Understanding Key Concepts of Electricity: www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~jossem/ICPE/C2.html
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation/Edison Invents: Make a light bulb: http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/edison/000_lightbulb_01.asp
*PhET Interactive Simulations: DC circuit construction kit: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/circuit-construction-kit-dc
A Science Odyssey: Simple circuits, electromagnets and Morse code: www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/resources/campcurr/telecommunication.html
Surfing Scientist: Simple circuits and conductivity tester: www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/pdf/lesson_plan11.pdf
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Electricity & Magnetism: DC Circuits: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Virginia Physics Department: Conductors and insulators (how a light bulb works) and series and parallel circuits hands-on experiments: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/Conductors&InsulatorsFrm.htm and http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/SeriesParallelFrm.htm
Virtual Voltage Circuit Simulator/Lab: http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Voltage
Wikipedia:
Flashlight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashlight (includes image of the original patent for a flashlight)
Incandescent lightbulb: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_bulb
Zinc-carbon battery: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc-carbon_battery
Activity 10. Talking Tapes: Beyond Hearing to Understanding
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx(see Sound and Waves demonstration listings, including Talkie Tapes)
HowStuffWorks:
How DNA works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/dna.htm
Analog and digital recording: http://communication.howstuffworks.com/analog-digital.htm
Groovy Sounds: www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/Groovy%20Sounds.pdfand www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/groovy_sounds/index.html
NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute (NGHRI): www.genome.gov
Wikipedia:
History of sound recording: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording
Gene expression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressed_genes
Activity 11. Super-Absorbent Polymers: Minds-On Learning and Brain “Growth”
+Biology Corner: Scientific Method: Sponge Animals, Gummy Bear Lab and more:
www.biologycorner.com/lesson-plans/scientific-method
+Brain Rules: 12 Principles of surviving and thriving at work, home and school: http://brainrules.net
HomeHarvest Garden Supply's Soil Moist: http://homeharvest.com/waterabsorbtion.htm
How Stuff Works: Disposable diapers: www.howstuffworks.com/question207.htm
Purdue University Division of Chemical Education: SAP demonstration: http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/main_pages/25.5.html
Steve Spangler's Making Science Fun: Experiments with water absorbing crystals: www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/00000057
+ The Science House (at NC State University): Dirty Diapers (lab): www.science-house.org/index.php/cersp-outreach/151-dirty-diapers
Science Spot: Gummy bear lab: http://sciencespot.net/Media/mmaniabearlab.pdf
Watersorb: www.watersorb.com/index.htm
Wikipedia: Superabsorbent polymers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superabsorbent_polymer
Activity 12. Mental Puzzles, Memory, and Mnemonics: Seeking Patterns
*American Educator:
Ask a cognitive scientist column: www.danielwillingham.com
www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/issues.cfm (for all issues)
Allocating student study time: Massed versus distributed practice (Summer 2002)
Inflexible knowledge: The first step to expertise (or why transfer is hard) (Winter 2002)
Students remember…What they think about: (Summer 2003)
What Will Improve a Student's Memory?: (Winter 2008–09)
Exploratorium Online Exhibits: Don't forget—Playing games with memory: www.exploratorium.edu/memory/dont_forget/index.html
*Common cents: Can you identify the correct penny from a group of 11 other “imposters”?: www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/common_cents/index.html
HowStuffWorks: Human memory: http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-memory.htm
+John T. Bruer. Publications and presentations on cognitive psychology. Free downloads. www.jsmf.org/about/bruer-publications.htm
Wikipedia:
*Acronym: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym
*Cognitive load theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_load
*Cryptanalysis or code-breaking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis
Ebbinghaus (memory researcher): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Ebbinghaus
Fibonacci sequence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number
Gene expression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressed_genes
List science mnemonics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mnemonics
Memory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory
Mnemonics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonics
*Spacing effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacing_effect
Activity 13. Sound Toy Tubes: The Importance of Varying Stimuli
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx.
*Bernoulli's Principle Animation: http://mitchellscience.com/bernoulli_principle_animation
+Evolution of Hearing (articles and video): http://evolvingsenses.blogspot.com
HowStuffWorks: Vacuum cleaners: http://home.howstuffworks.com/vacuum-cleaner.htm
+Hyperphysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: Sound and Hearing explanations, concept maps and applications: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
+Hyperphysics: Science of Sound: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
+Learning and Teaching Scotland: Science of sound animations (8):
www.ltscotland.org.uk/resources/s/sound/amplitude.asp?strReferringChannel=learningteachingandassessment&strReferringPageID=tcm:4-607879-64
*PhET Interactive Simulations: Sound: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/sound
Phil Tulga's Music Through the Curriculum: Homemade instruments with math and measurement: www.philtulga.com/HomemadeMusic.html
Physics Video Demonstrations on Bernoulli's Principle: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr4_matter.htm#Bernoulli and http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu/heat.html
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Fluid Mechanics: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Virginia Physics Department: Sound activity stations: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/SoundStationsFrm.htm
Whelmers:
#11: Straw oboes: www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm11.asp
#12: Bernoulli cans: www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm12.asp
#28: T.P. away (Bernoulli's principle): www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm28.asp
Wikipedia:
Bernoulli's principle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli's_equation
Habituation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habituation
Primary waves: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-wave
Activity 14. Convection: Conceptual Change Teaching
Becker Demonstrations: Instant hot air balloon: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BD059.html
Conceptual Change Teaching (overviews of theory and research from various sources):
www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~jossem/ICPE/C5.html
www.ericdigests.org/2004-3/change.html
http://narst.org/publications/research/concept.cfm
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Conceptual_Change
Doing Chemistry: Density of warm and cool water: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/dochem/DoChem004.html
Exploratorium Museum Snackbook: Convection current: Make your own aquarium heat waves: www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/convection_currents
Hot air balloons: www.exploratorium.edu/lc/balloons/index.html
Pie pan convection: www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/pie_pan_convection/index.html
HowStuffWorks: Liquid motion lamps: http://home.howstuffworks.com/lava-lamp.htm and Hot air balloons: http://science.howstuffworks.com/hot-air-balloon.htm
Hot Air Balloons: www.kathimitchell.com/balloons.htm
+John T. Bruer. Publications and presentations on cognitive psychology. www.jsmf.org/about/bruer-publications.htm
NARST Research Matters to the Science Teacher: http://narst.org/publications/research.cfm
NASA: Candle flame in microgravity: http://quest.nasa.gov/space/teachers/microgravity/9flame.html
*PhET Interactive Simulations: Balloons (hot air and helium) and buoyancy (and gas laws): http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons-and-buoyancy
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations: Heat and fluids : http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Thermodynamics: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Virginia Physics Department: Convection currents, density and temperature:
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/ConvectionCurrentsFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/AirDensityFrm.htm
Whelmers #33 Density Balloon: www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm33.asp
Wikipedia:
Convection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convection
Lava lamps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_lamps
Misconceptions about the brain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misconceptions_about_the_brain
Activity 15. Brain-Powered Lightbulb: Knowledge Transmission?
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx (see Electricity and Electrostatics demonstrations.)
+Artificial Photosynthesis: http://solarfuelshub.org/home
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311103646.htm
+http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-tech/energy-production/artificial-photosynthesis.htm
+BrainUInstitute (neuroscience resources for grades 5-12): www.brainu.org
International Mind Brain and Education Society: www.imbes.org
+John T. Bruer. Publications and presentations on cognitive psychology.
Free downloads. www.jsmf.org/about/bruer-publications.htm
Society for Neuroscience: Brain Facts: A primer on the brain and nervous system: 74-page book, CD, and free pdf file: www.sfn.org/index.aspx?pagename=brainfacts
Twenty Brain Buster Q&A on Electrical Circuits (for grades 12-and-up physics instruction): http://courses.science.fau.edu/~rjordan/busters_26/push-ups_3b.htm
Wikipedia:
Artificial photosynthesis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_photosynthesis
Cognitive neuroscience: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_neuroscience
Misconceptions about the brain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misconceptions_about_the_brain
Activity 16. Air Mass Matters: Creating a Need to Know
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx(see Chemistry: Gas Laws Smorgasborg and Pressure and Fluids Demonstrations)
Can Crush Demo/Railroad Tank Car Crush: www.delta.edu/slime/cancrush.html
HyperPhysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University : Select Video/Demos: Fluids: Liquids and gases: Atmospheric pressure: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
Purdue University : Can crusher: http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/demosheets/4.8.html
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demos. http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu
(see Heat and fluid: Atmospheric pressure demonstrations: Crush the can, crush the soda can; Magdeburg hemispheres; Water column-water barometer; Suction cups rubbersheets; Stick and newspaper and the vacuum cannon)
University of Virginia Phun Physics Show: http://phun.physics.virginia.edu/demos(see Bell jar/shaving cream in vacuum; Collapsing drum; Magdeburg hemispheres; Marshmallow man)
Wake Forest University : Physics of matter: Pressure demonstration videos: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr4_matter.htm
Whelmers #21 Balloon (in Bottle) Vacuum: www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm21.asp
Wikipedia:
Cognitive load theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_load_theory
Zone of proximal development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Proximal_Development
Activity 17. 3D Magnetic Fields: Making Meaningful Connections
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx (see magnetism listing and newsletter #17)
+BrainUInstitute (neuroscience resources for grades 5-12): www.brainu.org
Exploratorium Snackbook: Magnetic lines of force (homemade 3D magnetic field bottle): www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/magnetic_lines/index.html
HowStuffWorks:
Aurora borealis: http://science.howstuffworks.com/question471.htm
Brain: http://health.howstuffworks.com/brain.htm
Mag-lev trains: http://science.howstuffworks.com/maglev-train.htm
Indestructables: Make your own homemade 3D magnetic field viewer: www.instructables.com/id/3D-Magnetic-Field-Viewer
Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC): Concept mapping tools (free software): http://cmap.ihmc.us (Dr. Joseph Novak, the originator of concept mapping, is affiliated with IHMC.)
International Mind Brain and Education Society: www.imbes.org
JAVA Applets for Physics: Magnetic field of a bar magnet: www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/index.html
Magz Magnetic Construction Toy: www.magz.com
*Neural Networks: Sample images: search Google Images
Neuroscience for Kids: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html. Select experiment: Brain songs.
*PhET Interactive Simulations: Magnets and electromagnets: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/magnets-and-electromagnets
*Royal Institution of Great Britain: Faraday: www.rigb.org/contentControl?action=displayContent&id=00000000012
Society for Neuroscience, Educational Resources: www.sfn.org/index.cfm?pagename=PublicEducationOutreach_NeurosciEduResources
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Electricity & Magnetism: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Virginia Physics Department: Investigating magnetic fields (in 2D): http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/MagneticFieldsFrm.htm
Visible Thinking (a Harvard University, Project Zero research program): http://pzweb.harvard.edu/vt/VisibleThinking_html_files/VisibleThinking1.html
Wake Forest University : Electromagnetism videos, including a 3D compass: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr8_eandm.htm
Wikipedia:
Chemical synapse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapses
Concept mapping: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map
Cow magnet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_magnet
Earth's magnetic field: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_field_of_earth
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRI
Magnets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnets
Michael Faraday: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday
Activity 18. Electrical Generators: Connecting With Students
Amateur Science's Ultra-Simple Electric Generator: http://amasci.com/amateur/coilgen.html
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx
(see Electricity: Homopolar motor, motors, and generators and Newsletter #38 demonstrations)
BSCS 5E Instructional Model: Origins, effectiveness and applications:
www.bscs.org/pdf/5EFull Report.pdf (65 pages)
http://bscs.org/pdf/bscs5eexecsummary.pdf (19 pages)
*Constructivism links: http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html
+Concept to Classroom:
www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/index_sub5.html
+Encyclopedia of Educational Technology: http://eet.sdsu.edu/eetwiki/index.php/Main_Page
+Exploratorium: http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/constructivistlearning.html
+Human Intelligence: New and Emerging Theories of Intelligence: www.indiana.edu/~intell/emerging.shtml#intro
+Learning-Theories.com: www.learning-theories.com
Death, Money, and the History of the Electric Chair: http://inventors.about.com/od/hstartinventions/a/Electric_Chair.htm
Exploratorium Snackbook: Motor effect and stripped-down motor (designs):
www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/motor_effect
www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/stripped_down_motor
How Electricity Works: http://science.howstuffworks.com/electricity.htm
Java Applets for Physics: Generator: www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/index.html
*Nexus Research Group: Fun Science activities: Physics: Motors and generators: www.nexusresearchgroup.com/fun-science/fun-science-activities.htm#physics
*PhET Interactive Simulations: Faraday's law and electromagnetic lab:
* http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faradays-law
* http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faraday
*Generator (water powered): http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/generator
Science Project: Make an electric generator: www.scienceproject.com/A/projects/KITWG/index.asp
Snopes.Com: Urban legends: Edison and the electric chair (it's true!): www.snopes.com/science/edison.htm
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations (video clips): Electricity and magnetism: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu (seven demos on motors and generators)
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Electricity & Magnetism: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Virginia Physics Department: HOEs with electromagnets: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/ElectromagnetFrm.htm
Wikipedia:
Constructivism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism (learning theory and teaching methods)
Electrical generator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_generator
Michael Faraday: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday
Joseph Henry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Henry
Activity 19. Static Electricity: Charging Up Two-by-Four Teaching
American Educator, Ask a Cognitive Scientist column: www.danielwillingham.com
*For all issues see: www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/issues.cfm
*“Brain-based” learning: More fiction than fact: (Fall 2006)
* Do visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (VAK) learners need VAK instruction?: (Summer 2005)
*Inflexible knowledge: The first step to expertise: (Winter 2002)
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx (see both electrostatics entries and newsletters #29 and #39 for great demonstrations)
*Concord Consortium (free downloadable simulations): Electrostatics (see Polarization page): Molecular workbench software homepage: http://mw.concord.org/modeler/
Exploratorium Snackbook: Demonstrations involving triboelectricity:
www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/charge_carry
www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/electroscope
www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/electrical_fleas
HowStuffWorks: Static electricity: http://science.howstuffworks.com/vdg1.htm
*PhET Interactive Simulations: Balloons and static electricity: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/balloons
*Triboelectric Series: www.school-for-champions.com/science/static_materials.htm (see also other pages on static electricity)
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations (video clips of demonstrations): Electricity/Magnetism: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu (4 demos and triboelectric series)
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Electricity & Magnetism: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Virginia Physics Department: Static electricity (hands-on experiments and demos):
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/StaticFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/NeonChargeFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/Salt&PepperFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/BalloonElectroscopeFrm.htm
University of Virginia Phun Physics Show : Electrostatics demonstrations: http://phun.physics.virginia.edu/demos/electrostatics.html
Wake Forest University : Electricity videos: Electrostatics: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr7_electricity.htm
Whelmers #31: Static charged 2 × 4s: www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm31.asp
Wikipedia:
Electrostatics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_electricity
Fabric softeners: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabric_softener
Activity 20. Needle Through the Balloon: Skewering Misconceptions
Access Excellence: Using (soap) bubbles to explore (cell) membranes: www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/AEF/1995/wardell_membranes.php
*American Educator: All issues: www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/issues.cfm
*(See also www.danielwillingham.comfor other articles and videos): Critical thinking: Why is it so hard to teach? ( Summer 2007); Why don't students like school? Because the mind is not designed for thinking ( Spring 2009)
+ Bubble Cell Membrane Lab: http://psusdscienceresources.wikispaces.com/file/view/Bubble+Lab.doc
John T. Bruer. Publications and presentations on cognitive psychology.
Free downloads. www.jsmf.org/about/bruer-publications.htm
David Katz's Needle Through Balloon (explanation): www.chymist.com/Balloons.pdf
Science Hobbyist: Balloon demonstrations: http://amasci.com/amateur/balloon.html
Wikipedia:
Membranes (biological and artificial):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membranes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-flat_tire : Section 1.2 Self-sealing, run-flat tire
Activity 21. Happy and Sad Bouncing Balls: Student Diversity Matters
Becker Demos (chemistry movies): Captivating activation (uses a half racquetball as analogy for chemical activation energy for an exergonic reaction): http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BD054.html
*CAST: Differentiated instruction: http://aim.cast.org/learn/historyarchive/backgroundpapers/differentiated_instruction_udl
Concept to Classroom: Multiple intelligences tutorial: www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/index.html
Human Intelligence: New and emerging theories of intelligence (synopses of Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, Sternberg's theories, and Goleman's theory of emotional intelligence): www.indiana.edu/~intell/emerging.shtml#intro
Illusion-Optical.com: Happy (young princess)-Sad (old woman) 180 degree animation: www.illusion-optical.com/Optical-Illusions/HappySad.php
*Reframing the Mind: A critique of the theory of multiple intelligences (Daniel Willingham): www.educationnext.org/files/ednext20043_18.pdf (see also other articles and critiques of brain-based education fads by the same author: www.danielwillingham.com)
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations (video clips): Mechanics coefficient of restitution: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu (two demonstrations with balls)
University of Virginia Physics Department: HOEs: Energy of a bouncing ball and temperature effects:
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/EnergyBallFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/EffectofTemperatureFrm.htm
University of Virginia Physics Show:
http://phun.physics.virginia.edu/demos/hopper.html
http://phun.physics.virginia.edu/demos/double.html (double ball bounce)
Activity 22. Electrical Circuits: Promoting Learning Communities
All About Electricity: Online text: DC circuits: www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/index.html
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx (see Electricity: Energy ball, people circuits, and other demonstrations)
Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota (Roger Johnson and David Johnson): www.co-operation.org
Doing CL (Collaborative learning theory, instructional strategies, bibliography, etc.): www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/CL1/CL/doingcl/DCL1.asp
*Flash Animations for Physics: Electricity and magnetism: Compare a DC circuit to flow of water: http://faraday.physics.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/Flash/#em
Learning and Understanding Key Concepts of Electricity: Research article on student conceptions: www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~jossem/ICPE/C2.html
Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation/Edison Invents: Make a light bulb: http://invention.smithsonian.org/centerpieces/edison/000_lightbulb_01.asp
*PhET Interactive Simulations: DC circuit construction kit: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/circuit-construction-kit-dc
A Science Odyssey: Simple circuits, electromagnets and Morse code: www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/resources/campcurr/telecommunication.html
*Success for All Foundation (Robert Slavin and cooperative learning): www.successforall.org
Surfing Scientist: Nine pages of lessons (e.g., simple circuits and conductivity tester): www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/pdf/lesson_plan11.pdf
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Electricity & Magnetism: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Virginia Physics Department: Conductors and Insulators (how a light bulb works) and Series and Parallel Circuits Hands-on Explorations:
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/Conductors&InsulatorsFrm.htm
http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/SeriesParallelFrm.htm
Virtual Circuit Simulator/Lab: http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Voltage
Activity 23. Eddy Currents: Learning Takes Time
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx (see electricity, magnetism, and cool stuff #17 and #38 for lists of demonstrations)
Bloom's Taxonomy: www.krummefamily.org/guides/bloom.html
*Revised and updated summary chart:
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Changing Minds: Questioning Techniques (19): http://changingminds.org/techniques/questioning/questioning.htm
Exploratorium Snackbook: Eddy currents: www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/eddy_currents
HyperPhysics: Faraday's and Lenz's laws (high school–college level explanations ): http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/farlaw.html
Molecular Expressions: Interactive Java Lenz's law tutorial : http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/lenzlaw
Nondestructive Testing Resource Center's (NDT): Lenz's law applications: www.ndt-ed.org/TeachingResources/NDT_Tips/LenzLaw.htm (demonstrations)
www.ndt-ed.org/AboutNDT/SelectedApplications/Boeing-Liberty%20Bell/NDT-%20Liberty%20Bell.htm (use of eddy currents to study the crack in the Liberty Bell)
P16 Science Education at the Akron Global Polymer Academy: Wait time: www.agpa.uakron.edu/p16/btp.php?id=wait-time
PBS Teachers Resource Roundups: Developing scientific thinking (PDF download): www.pbs.org/teachers/resourceroundups
*PhET Interactive Simulations: Faraday's law and electromagnetic lab: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faradays-law and http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/faraday
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Demonstrations (video clips): Electricity and magnetism: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu (seven demonstrations on eddy currents).
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Electricity & Magnetism: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Victoria : Bloom's Taxonomy: www.coun.uvic.ca/learning/exams/blooms-taxonomy.html
University of Virginia Physics Department: Experiments with electromagnets: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/ElectromagnetFrm.htm
Wikipedia:
Bloom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_of_Educational_Objectives
Cognitive load theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_load_theory
Eddy currents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddy_current
Lenz's law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenz%27s_law
Michael Faraday: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday
Activity 24. Cognitive Inertia: Seeking Conceptual Change
*American Educator. Ask a Cognitive Scientist column: www.danielwillingham.com
*Access other articles at: www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/issues.cfm
*Practice makes perfect—But only if you practice beyond the point of perfection (Spring 2004)
* Why students think they understand—When they don't (Winter 2003-04)
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx(see Forces and Motion listing for inertia demonstrations)
National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST): Research matters to the science teacher: Over 30 synopses including authentic science teaching, constructivism, higher-order cognitive skills, conceptual change teaching, and using questions: http://narst.org/publications/research.cfm
North Carolina Science Teachers Association: The Science Reflector: 10 Inertia experiments and demonstrations: http://faculty.uncfsu.edu/grahi/inertiaexp.pdf
+ Sprott’s Physics Demonstrations (online book; see Chapter 1, "Motion"): http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/demobook/
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations (video clips): Mechanics : http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu (seven demonstrations on inertia of rest) and mass and string “magic” demonstration: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu/mech/1F20.10.htm
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Mechanics: Newton's First Law: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Virginia Phun Physics Show (three inertia demonstrations, including the hoop and pen): http://phun.physics.virginia.edu/topics/inertia.html
University of Virginia Physics Department: Newton's first law: Observing inertia (demos and HOEs): http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/Newton1Frm.htm
*University of Wisconsin-Madison Physics Lecture Demonstrations (large sample of Newton's first law): www.physics.wisc.edu/facultywiki/PiraScheme#Mechanics
Wake Forest University: Newton's laws videos: Tablecloth pull and toilet paper: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr2_newton.htm
Wikipedia:
Cognitive load theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_load_theory
List of cognitive biases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_biases
Spacing effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacing_effect
Zone of proximal development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_of_Proximal_Development
Activity 25. Optics and Mirrors: Challenging Learners' Illusions
*American Educator, Ask a Cognitive Scientist column: www.danielwillingham.com
Access other articles at: www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/issues.cfm
How praise can motivate–or stifle (Winter 2005-06)
Should learning be its own reward? (Winter 2007-08)
Caution: Praise can be dangerous (download PDF article by Carol S. Dweck; Spring 1999)
Illusion Works (visual and some auditory illusions with explanations): http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com
*(see also illusion sites listed in Activity #5)
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Optics: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
Wikipedia:
Constructivism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_%28learning_theory%29
Constructivist teaching: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivist_teaching_methods
Expectancy theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectancy_theory
Expectancy-value theory: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectancy-value_theory
John Dewey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey
Roger Bacon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bacon
Activity 26. Polarizing Filters: Examining Our Conceptual Filters
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx
(see Optics: Polarization in art and other polarization demonstrations)
Austine Studios Polarized Light Art: www.austine.com
Brigham Young University Physics Computer Resources: select Optics: Polarize: http://stokes.byu.edu/computer_resources.html
Exploratorium Science Snackbook:
Polarized light mosaic: www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/polarized_mosaic
Polarized sunglasses: www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/polarized_sunglasses
HowStuffWorks: Sunglasses: http://science.howstuffworks.com/sunglass.htm
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations (video clips): Optics: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu (13 demonstrations on polarization)
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Optics: Polarization
http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Virginia Physics Department: HOEs with polarized filters and light: http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/PolarizedFiltersFrm.htm and http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/PolarizedLightFrm.htm
Wikipedia:
List of cognitive biases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_biases
Ozone layer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone_layer
Polarization: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarization
Sunglasses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunglasses
Sunscreen and SPF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunscreen#Sun_protection_factor
Activity 27. Invisible Gases Matter: Knowledge Pours Poorly
*American Educator, Ask a Cognitive Scientist column: www.danielwillingham.com
Access other articles at: www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/issues.cfm
Students remember what they think about (Summer 2003); Why don't students like school? Because the mind is not designed for thinking (Spring 2009)
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx
(see Chemistry: Gas laws and pressure and fluids demonstrations)
Becker Demonstration/Experiments: Water tornado (empty the jug race): http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BD010.html
*Constructivism and Learning Theories: Supplemental readings for teachers: http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html (links to many sites):
http://narst.org/publications/research/learn.cfm (constructivism and the learning cycle)
http://narst.org/publications/research/constructivism.cfm
http://narst.org/publications/research/Metacogn.cfm (metacognitive strategies)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism (see learning theory and teaching methods)
www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/index_sub5.html
University of Virginia Physics Department: Experiments on properties of air (e.g., density): http://galileo.phys.virginia.edu/outreach/8thGradeSOL/TrappedInsideFrm.htm
Activity 28. The Stroop Effect: The Persistent Power of Prior Knowledge
Neuroscience for Kids: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/words.html (highly interactive)
NOVA Online Adventure: Shockwave Demonstration version (as well as a static version): www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/exposure/stroopintro.html
Scientific American Frontiers: www.pbs.org/saf/1302/teaching/teaching2.htm
Access Excellence: Discovery, chance and the scientific method: www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/chance.html
Duit, R. (March 2009 update): About 8,400 entries related to “misconceptions”: Bibliography of STCSE (Students' and Teachers' Conceptions and Science Education). www.ipn.uni-kiel.de/aktuell/stcse/stcse.html
*Kind, V. 2004. Beyond appearance: Students' misconceptions about basic chemical ideas: (book; 84 pages): http://assessment-ws.wikispaces.com/file/view/Beyond-appearances.pdf
MOSART: Misconception oriented standards-based assessment resource: www.cfa.harvard.edu/sed/projects/mosart.html
Operation Physics: Children's misconceptions about science: www.amasci.com/miscon/opphys.html
+Sleights of Mind: (book and multimedia clips): www.sleightsofmind.com
Wikipedia:
Attention: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention
Color blindness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness
Constructivism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism (learning theory)
+Inattentional (or change) Blindness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_blindness
List of cognitive biases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
Serendipity (links to many examples): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serendipity
Stroop effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_effect
Activity 29. Rattlebacks: Prior Beliefs and Models for Eggciting Science
Arbor Scientific's Cool stuff newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx
(see Force and motion: Egg pizza inertia, Egg spin, and related demonstrations)
Encyclopedia of Science: *Chapter 14: www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/C/celt.html
Toys in Space II: www.nasa.gov. Search for Toys in Space II video resource guide. Online video (38 min.; includes celts): http://quest.nasa.gov/content/rafiles/space/toys.rm
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations (video clips): Mechanics: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu (Rotational stability: 1Q60.36—Spinning eggs)
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations:Mechanics: Work & Energy: Rattleback
http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
Wikipedia: Rattleback: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattleback
Research on Misconceptions in Science:
Duit, R. 2009 update (about 8,400 entries). Bibliography–STCSE (Students' and teachers' conceptions and science education): www.ipn.uni-kiel.de/aktuell/stcse/stcse.html
*Kind, V. Beyond appearance: Students' misconceptions about basic chemical ideas:
http://assessment-ws.wikispaces.com/file/view/Beyond-appearances.pdf
*Meaningful Learning Research Group: Misconceptions conference proceedings: http://www2.ucsc.edu/mlrg/mlrgarticles.html
Science Hobbyist: Amateur science: Science myths in K–6 textbooks and popular culture: www.amasci.com/miscon/miscon.html
Wikipedia: List of cognitive biases: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
Activity 30. Tornado in a Bottle: The Vortex of Teaching and Learning
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx
(see Pressure and fluids demonstrations)
Constructivism and Learning Theories: Supplemental readings for teachers:
*http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html
http://narst.org/publications/research/learn.cfm
http://narst.org/publications/research/constructivism.cfm
http://narst.org/publications/research/Metacogn.cfm
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism (learning theory )
Exploratorium Snackbook: Vortex (tornado-in-a-bottle demonstration): www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/vortex/index.html
Surfing Scientist: Vortex rings: www.abc.net.au/science/surfingscientist/toroidalvortex.htm
University of Iowa's Fluids Laboratory Image Gallery: Vortices: www.engineering.uiowa.edu/fluidslab/gallery/vortex.html
Wikipedia:
Vortex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex
Viscosity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscosity#Viscosity_of_various_materials
Activity 31. Floating and Sinking: Raising FUNdaMENTAL Questions
*American Educator (see also www.danielwillingham.comfor other articles and videos) : www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae/issues.cfm
Critical thinking: Why is it so hard to teach? (Summer 2007); What is developmentally appropriate practice? (Ask a Cognitive Scientist/Summer 2008)
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx
(see Chemistry: Gas laws, for a variety of demonstrations)
*Concord Consortium (free downloadable simulations): Diffusion: http://mw.concord.org/modeler/
Osmosis: www.concord.org/~btinker/workbench_web/models/osmosis.swf
+ Diffusion, Osmosis and Active Transport www.concord.org/activities/diffusion-osmosis-and-active-transport
Diving Insect Regulates Buoyancy: www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/12121/news12122.html
Java Applets for Physics: Buoyant force in liquids: www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/index.html
Purdue University, Chemical Education: QuickTime movies of five density demonstrations: http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/index.html
+ Steve Spangler Science: Mentos Diet Coke Geyser: www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/original-mentos-diet-coke-geyser
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations (video clips): Heat and fluids: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu (five demonstrations on density and buoyancy)
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Fluid Mechanics: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
Wikipedia:
Buoyancy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoyancy (including applications)
Density: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density
Henry's law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%27s_Law
Priestley, Joseph: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Priestley (invented carbonated water)
Nucleation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleation
*Soda and Candy Eruption: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Coke_and_Mentos_eruption
Raisin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raisin
Activity 32. Cartesian Diver: A Transparent But Deceptive “Black Box”
Arbor Scientific's Cool Stuff Newsletter: www.arborsci.com/CoolStuff/Archives3.aspx
(see Chemistry: Gas laws and Pressure & fluids for demonstrations, e.g., the Cartesian diver)
Becker (chemistry) Demonstrations and experiments (with QuickTime movies):
Cartesian diversions: Basics: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BD031.html
Closed system divers: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BD034.html
Counters and messages: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BD032.html
Diving whirligigs: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BD033.html
Retrievers: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/beckerdemos/BD035.html
Cartesian Diver Java Applet (allows user to control external pressure and diver location): www.lon-capa.org/~mmp/applist/f/f.htm
Diving insect regulates buoyancy: www.adelaide.edu.au/adelaidean/issues/12121/news12122.html
Exploratorium Snackbook: www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/condiment_diver/index.htmlwww.exploratorium.edu/snacks/descartes_diver/index.html
*Hyperphysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University: explanations, concept maps and applications: Video/Demo Index: Fluids: Cartesian Diver:http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
HowStuffWorks: Submarines: http://science.howstuffworks.com/submarine1.htm
A Philosophical Toy: A teacher explores the history and “alternative” explanations: www.ed.uiuc.edu/courses/CI241-science-Sp95/resources/philoToy/philoToy.html
Purdue University , Division of Chemical Education: Cartesian diver (with QuickTime movie): http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/main_pages/1.2.html
University of Iowa Physics and Astronomy Lecture Demonstrations (video clips): Heat and fluids: http://faraday.physics.uiowa.edu (five demonstrations on density and buoyancy)
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Fluid Mechanics: Statics: Cartesian Diver: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
Wake Forest University Physics Department: Physics of matter videos: Cartesian diver: www.wfu.edu/physics/demolabs/demos/avimov/bychptr/chptr4_matter.htm
Whelmer:
#49: Potato float (layer two liquids): www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm49.asp
#64: Liquid rainbow (layer five liquids by density): www.mcrel.org/whelmers/whelm64.asp
Wikipedia:
Boyle's law (and animation): h ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyle%27s_law
Buoyancy and Archimedes' principle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes_Principle
Pascal's principle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_principle
Activity 33. Crystal Heat: Catalyzing Cognitive Construction
Bizarre Stuff You Can Make in Your Kitchen: http://bizarrelabs.com/index.htm
(Go to Sugar cube tricks: The burning sugar cube.)
*Concord Consortium (free downloadable simulations): Phase change: http://mw.concord.org/modeler/
+ Concord Consortium: Phase change activity: www.concord.org/activities/phase-change
Doing Chemistry: Movies of chemistry demonstrations: Supersaturation: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/Chemistry/DoChem/DoChem058.html and Dry ice in a balloon: http://chemmovies.unl.edu/chemistry/dochem/DoChem087.html
Instructables: Genie in the bottle demonstration video (decomposition of hydrogen peroxide): www.ins tructables.com/id/Genie-In-A-Bottle
*PhET Interactive Simulations: States of matter: Molecular view with temperature, pressure, and volume controls and phase changes for three phases of Ne, Ar, O2 and H2O: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/states-of-matter
Purdue University : Sodium acetate liquid and solid (supersaturation and crystallization demonstration): http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/main_pages/15.2.html
+ University of Michigan Physics Demonstrations: Thermodynamics: Change of State: http://webapps.lsa.umich.edu/physics/demolab/Content/DemoIndex.aspx
University of Minnesota , Chemistry Department: Genie in a bottle: www.chem.umn.edu/services/lecturedemo/info/genie.htm
Wikipedia:
Catalysis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysis
Hand warmers (both types): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_warmer
Honey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey
Perspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspiration
Pollinator decline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollinator_decline
Sodium acetate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_acetate
Sodium thiosulfate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_thiosulfate
Supersaturation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersaturated
*List of Crops Pollinated by Bees: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crop_plants_pollinated_by_bees
Woodrow Wilson Leadership Program in Chemistry: Demonstration of the rapid MnO2 catalyzed decomposition of 6% H2O2 in the presence of liquid detergent (for foaming): www.woodrow.org/teachers/chemistry/institutes/1986/exp21.html