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Using Virtual Reality in the Classroom for Students on the Autism Spectrum
Virtual reality has seen rapid development in the first part of the 21st century, although it has been around for many years. Remember the old ViewMasters? And who could forget the first time a sea monster reached out to grab you while you were wea...
By Wyayn Rasmussen, and Kate Drechsler
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Radioactivity, Grade 11: STEM Road Map for High School (e-book)
What if you could challenge your 11th graders to figure out the best response to a partial meltdown at a nuclear reactor in fictional Gammatown, USA? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!br> Radioactivity outlines a jou...
Book Chapter
The guiding question of this investigation is, How does changing the speed of a marble affect the energy of that marble? In this lesson, students will need to figure out how changing the speed of a moving marble (a cause) affects the energy that the...
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Energy Transfer Through Collisions
The guiding question of this investigation is, How does the energy of a moving ball change after it collides with objects that have different masses? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out how the energy of a moving billiard ball will change whe...
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Energy Transfer Between Liquids
The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we predict how much the temperature of 100 ml of water will change when we add different amounts of hot water to it? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out a way to predict how much the temp...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, How does the distance between a light source and an object affect the amount of energy an object receives from the light source? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out how the amount of energy an obj...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, How does adding more batteries or bulbs to a closed circuit affect the brightness of a single bulb within that circuit? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out how the addition of more batteries and ...
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Energy Transfer by Electric Currents
The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we make an electric car move faster? In this lesson, students will apply what they know about electric currents, closed circuits, and the transfer of energy to create an electric car. Then figu...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, How does changing the mass of an object that is dropped into water affect the height of the resulting wave and the position of a floating toy boat? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out how the mas...
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Characteristics of Sound Waves
The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we use the properties of waves to explain different sounds? Sound waves are created when a disturbance travels through a substance or material from one place to another. In this lesson, student...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, What is the relationship between the location of an object and the location of its image in a mirror? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out how to predict where an image of a pencil in a mirror wil...
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Patterns and the Transfer of Information
The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we use an electric circuit to accurately transfer information about the content of a picture? To accomplish the goal In this lesson, students will use what they know about electric currents and...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, How does water move from the roots to the leaves of a plant? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out how water moves into, within, and out of a plant while traveling from the roots to its leaves. To a...
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The guiding question of this investigation is, How should we classify the unknown organisms? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out how to classify an unknown animal based on the type of food it eats and how the structure of an animal’s skull ...