The students will use investigation and data collection to investigate the three states of matter. They will draw conclusions about the physical properties by answering questions.
What Is Water? is an introductory lesson that introduces students to the properties of water and its presents in the environment.
This classroom activity involves students interpreting geologic structures presented in photos during lecture. Photos are shown either after topics or towards the end of class and one student is called upon to interpret the photo. Students may come to the screen to point out features if they choose. At the beginning of the course more basic structures are presented for interpretation and as the course progresses more complex photos are used after more advanced topics are discussed.
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Recording of Day 1 of the Three Branches Institute, featuring a condensed version of WHHA's "White House 101" lecture, exploration of WHHA's 360 Virtual Tour of the White House, and some discussion.
Please note that there will be "dead air" during the mid program break as well as the second half breakout rooms.
This is a discrepant event that can be used to help students understand applications of the momentum-impulse theorem. Students are first asked to predict and hypothesize what will happen when an egg is thrown into a sheet. After sharing predictions and hypotheses, a volunteer student will throw the egg into the sheet. Other students make observations and craft explanations of what happened to explain why the egg does not break when it hits the sheet but does break if thrown at a wall. Students will then be asked a series of guiding questions to help them challenge misconceptions and sharpen their understanding of momentum and impulse.
This series of questions before instruction, in-class peer instruction, and post-instruction allow students to iterate and improve their understanding of work incrementally.
Provide students an opportunity to read scientific literature, express understanding of scientific content and write a summary of the written work.