In this video, Richard St. John explains that one of the keys to success is to work hard. [6:23] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Teachers' Domain is a multimedia digital library for the classroom that provides learning experiences in ways no textbook can. This ever-expanding library currently includes collections on: Science: Life Science, Physical Science, Engineering, Video, audio, interactives, images, and documents, Correlations to national and state curriculum standards, Resource management tools.
The Internet can be a wonderful place to learn, shop, play games, and talk to your friends. Unfortunately, there are also predators, identity thieves, and others online who may try to harm you. In order to be safe online, it's important for you and your kids to be aware of the dangers.
Many kids are confident that they know how to be safe online. However, there are a few reasons kids are often more at risk. They may not always think about the consequences of their actions, which can cause them to share too much information about themselves. Kids also are sometimes specifically targeted by cyberbullies or predators.
If you're a parent or guardian, you can help to keep your kids safe by talking to them about their Internet use, teaching them about online dangers, and learning everything you can about the Internet so you can make informed decisions.
NewsDepth is produced with teachers in mind. As an instructional tool it supports a multi-curricular instructional approach. The content of the show is intentionally selected and produced to support the Ohio Learning Standards in several content areas. This session explores how NewsDepth can be used to support classroom instruction.
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Believe it or not, most kids graduate high school lacking basic personal finance skills. That's where TeenAnalyst.com comes in. The basic idea was to give kids the information they need to become successful investors.
Students are introduced to the unit challenge discovering a new way to assess a person's risk of breast cancer. Solving this challenge requires knowledge of refraction and the properties of light. After being introduced to the challenge question, students generate ideas related to solving the challenge, and then read a short online article on optical biosensors that guides their research towards solving the problem.
Through four lessons and three hands-on activities, students learn the concepts of refraction and interference in order to solve an engineering challenge: "In 2013, actress Angelina Jolie underwent a double mastectomy, not because she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, but merely to lower her cancer risk. But what if she never inherited the gene(s) that are linked to breast cancer and endured surgery unnecessarily? Can we create a new method of assessing people's genetic risks of breast cancer that is both efficient and cost-effective?" While pursuing a solution to this challenge, students learn about some high-tech materials and delve into the properties of light, including the equations of refraction (index of refraction, Snell's law). Students ultimately propose a method to detect cancer-causing genes by applying the refraction of light in a porous film in the form of an optical biosensor. Investigating this challenge question through this unit is designed for an honors or AP level physics class, although it could be modified for conceptual physics.
Students experience the engineering design process as they design, fabricate, test and redesign their own methods for encapsulation of a (hypothetical) new miracle drug. As if they are engineers, teams make large-size prototypes to test proof of concept. They use household materials (tape, paper towels, plastic wrap, weed-barrier fabric, glues, etc.) to attach a coating to a porous "shell" (a perforated plastic Wiffle® ball) containing the medicine (colored drink mix powder). The objective is to delay the drug release by a certain time and have a long release duration—patterned after the timed release requirements of many real-world pharmaceuticals that are released from a polymer shell via diffusion in the body. Guided by a worksheet, teams go through at least three design/test iterations, aiming to achieve a solution close to the target time release constraints.
Students learn about glaucoma its causes, how it affects individuals and how biomedical engineers can identify factors that trigger or cause this eye disease, specifically the increase of pressure in the eye. Students also learn how RFID technologies transfer energy through waves and how engineers apply their scientific understanding of waves, energy and sensors to develop devices that measure the pressure in the eyes of people with glaucoma. Students conclude by sketching their own designs for a pressure-measuring eye device, preparing them to conduct the associated activity in which they revise, prototype and evaluate their device designs made tangible with a 3D printer.
Are you ready for learning at-home? Also called 'Remote' or 'Blended' learning, students are spending more time learning at home - and using more tools to learn than every before. From a daily schedule to treates to tips on live video, this 20 minutes will help you face the challenges of at-home learning.
Meet Howard Pryor, a tissue engineer and doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital, who demonstrates a device he is working on to replace diseased livers.
This lesson guides students through web sites that examine Economic and personal finance careers that are typically of interest to 3rd- through 5th-grade students. By completing the steps outlined in the lesson, the students will explore careers and report their findings.
A lesson plan for teachers on workplace ethics. This is a good site for information on the topic.
Students design, build and test towers made of craft sticks and/or dowels.
In this activity, students learn about creating a design directly from a CAD (computer-aided design) program. They will design a tower in CAD and manufacture the parts with a laser cutter. A competition determines the tower design with the best strength:weight ratio. Students also investigate basic structural truss concepts and stress concentrations. Partnership with a local college or manufacturing center is necessary for the completion of this project.
Email your guidance counselor and manage your classes and activities in a spreadsheet to make sure you're on track to graduate. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
Track the progress of your job search using Google Sheets. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
In this video segment adapted from NASA, learn how engineers are transforming the future of flight by designing airplanes based on principles found in nature. [3:56]
Discover this global career path that requires two or more languages - and see if it speaks YOUR language.
See the Lab Squad kids’ report for this career in Support Materials +
Tre Maison Dasan is an intimate portrait of three boys growing up in Rhode Island, each with a parent in prison. Each boy is very different, possessing different attributes and surrounded by different environments. Told directly through the child's perspective, this award-winning documentary is an exploration of relationships and separation, masculinity, and coming of age in America when a parent is behind bars. This Collection: Video (8), Media Gallery (1), Document (1) for Grades 6-8, 9-12.