Explore this NOVA: "Battle of the X-Planes" interactive activity to see how …
Explore this NOVA: "Battle of the X-Planes" interactive activity to see how engineers have modified a military plane's sound, shape, and heat emissions to minimize detection.
This interactive resource adapted from NASA describes the different temperature, precipitation, and …
This interactive resource adapted from NASA describes the different temperature, precipitation, and vegetation patterns in seven biomes: coniferous forest, temperate deciduous forest, desert, grassland, rainforest, shrubland, and tundra.
Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to …
Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to your body's basic systems--all to keep you alive. This interactive feature illustrates the complexity of such a task.
In this interactive activity from Shedd Aquarium, students will build a fish …
In this interactive activity from Shedd Aquarium, students will build a fish and then release it into the reef to search for food and evade predators. Students will try different combinations and observe how each kind of fish has unique adaptations that help it survive in its habitat.
This interactive activity developed for Teachers' Domain demonstrates how attractive forces between …
This interactive activity developed for Teachers' Domain demonstrates how attractive forces between atoms create chemical bonds, resulting in the formation of molecules and compounds.
This visualization adapted from NASA features two satellite images from 1984 and …
This visualization adapted from NASA features two satellite images from 1984 and 2000 that show the dramatic deforestation of the Bolivian rainforest. Includes background reading material and discussion questions.
This interactive roller coaster ride produced for Teacher's Domain illustrates the relationship …
This interactive roller coaster ride produced for Teacher's Domain illustrates the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. As the coaster cars go up and down the hills and around the loop of the track, a pie chart shows students how energy is transformed back and forth between gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy.
In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Utah's ASPIRE Lab, …
In this interactive activity adapted from the University of Utah's ASPIRE Lab, students will investigate frequency in terms of trampoline jumps, pendulum swings, and electromagnetic waves.
This interactive activity from NOVA Online uses animation and graphics to offer …
This interactive activity from NOVA Online uses animation and graphics to offer a detailed explanation of the jet stream. A thorough account is given of the role played by the Sun's heat and Earth's shape and rotation, among other factors.
This interactive activity from the American Chemical Society presents the properties and …
This interactive activity from the American Chemical Society presents the properties and electron configurations for all the elements in the periodic table. Discover patterns by plotting the elements' properties according to their place in the table.
Using images and graphs, this interactive resource illustrates scientists' efforts to study …
Using images and graphs, this interactive resource illustrates scientists' efforts to study Earth's climatic history for the last 250,000 years by drilling into the Greenland Ice Sheet and examining ice cores. Includes background reading material and discussion questions. Adapted from the Wright Center for Science Education, Tufts University.
In this interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center, students …
In this interactive activity adapted from the Wisconsin Online Resource Center, students will learn how heat can be transferred in one of three ways: conduction, convection, and radiation.
This interactive resource adapted from the Museum of Paleontology at the University …
This interactive resource adapted from the Museum of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley shows how a dinosaur can be buried under sediment after it dies, become a fossil, and then become exposed and discovered by paleontologists.
Sharpen your skills with these Search Challenges. Test your strategies and tactics …
Sharpen your skills with these Search Challenges. Test your strategies and tactics as you attempt to solve puzzling Internet research problems efficiently and effectively. Choose from multi-leveled games that feature various themes including soccer. Need more challenges? Search Challenge Archive.
This interactive activity, adapted from the Dolan DNA Learning Center, uses Punnett …
This interactive activity, adapted from the Dolan DNA Learning Center, uses Punnett squares to illustrate Mendel's laws of inheritance and how a particular gene combination results in a 3-to-1 ratio of dominant-to-recessive traits.
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