Articles related to "Physical Science"



Preschool Car Play with Ramps
This children's science activity uses household items to create a learning activity. Preschoolers build car ramps for play full of physical science concepts.
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A New Spin on Friction
A hands-on approach designed to provide help students develop a better understanding of friction in both solid surfaces and fluids & which fluids include liquid and gas.
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Design and Technology in Physical Science
Students learn how engineers use the process of design and technology much the same way as scientists use the scientific method and experimental design to solve problems.
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The Subject is Physics
Explore the dynamics of nature from the microscopic to the macroscopic on the Internet.
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Hands on Science Activity
Teach students how to make a pinwheel as a measuring tool to identify the type of wind.
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Preschool Magnet Exploration Activity
This hands-on science activity for preschoolers recycles jar lids and muffin tins into magnet science tools.
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Swings as Pendulums
Use children on swings as pendulums to investigate the properties of pendulums. This discovery based activity is adaptable to any grade level.
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Teaching About Thermal Energy and Thermodynamics
Thermodynamics, or the study of the relationship among thermal energy, heat, and work, is a basic tenet of physical science. Here is a fun way to teach this concept.
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Use Simple Machines in Preschool Science Centers
Teachers can provide 3 to 5 year olds with an introduction to the wheel and the inclined plane by setting up an exploration center.
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Winter Snow Science Activity
Students use the scientific method in a color spectrum experiment using Benjamin Franklin's well documented heat experiment as a model.
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ATAS: Visas for UK Science PhDs
ATAS, the Academic Technology Application Scheme, is the new post-9/11 visa requirement for international postgraduate students seeking to study science in the UK
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Integrated Lesson Plans for Too Many Pumpkins
Use the book Too Many Pumpkins in an integrated pumpkin theme unit in which students analyze character, study the pumpkin life cycle, and observe properties of light.
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Teach Elementary Geometric Shapes and Solids
Use The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin in a math and science lesson about recognizing and comparing three-dimensional solids and exploring forces and motion.
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Becoming a Forensics Crime Scene Investigator
An overview of education requirements and specialty areas of forensics investigators is provided for those who are interested in investigating crimes.
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Entrance Exams for Health Care
Candidates for health care education programs have to score high on entrance exams to compete for spots in impacted programs.
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Frederick Reines - Co-Discoverer of the Neutrino
Frederick Reines casts a long shadow on elementary particle physics, as an early participant in the Manhattan Project, as co-discoverer of the neutrino, as founding Dean of the School of Physical Sciences at the University of California at Irvine, and as co-winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in physics.
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Codes for MHD Simulation
A quick look at the Zeus suite of MHD simulation codes.
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Finding Tools Of the Trade
This article discusses simulation software packages available from SoftSim.
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Technology behind IPCC report
International Panel on Climate Change scientists could never have written their news-making report without technology that allows them to predict changes in the climate.
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Barbara Ehrenreich in Action
When diagnosed with breast cancer, activist Barabara Ehrenreich led by example. She continues to write and assist her fellow men and women.
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Chinese Inventions, Science & Civilisation
In the fields of science and civilisation, China's early history claims numerous inventions which laid strong foundations for the modern world.
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Cincinnati's Semi-Colon Club; Literary Group
Charles Dickens stopped by the Semi-Colon Club on his visit to American in 1842. Many celebrated literary figures belonged, including the Lyman Beecher family.
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Cool Schools, Part II
A description of three cool colleges.
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Stuck in the Middle with You
This article describes the goals and structure of a middleware product, WebFlow
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The Ubiquitous Neural Network
This article begins a discussion about the possible uses of neural networks in scientific simulation work.
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Where has Your Librarian Been?
Find out what your librarian can offer you and your community based on the education and training that he or she received in his or her M.L.S. program.
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A Short History of Spices
You might see herbs and spices as simply the contents of little jars on the shelf, but throughout human history they have played a much bigger role.
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Becoming an FBI Agent
Joining the FBI is a considerable undertaking. Candidates need the right qualifications and have to pass difficult tests before they can be admitted to the FBI Academy.
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Cambridge University
Cambridge University has a world renowned reputation for its academic achievement. But ifs founding occurred almost by chance, as the result of a murder.
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Classroom Family Feud Game
This Family Feud Game was created to increase the use of cooperative learning skills in elementary students through the use of fun educational activities.
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Continuous Functions
Out of the many principles necessary for understanding the mathematics of calculus, one of the most important (and deceptively simple), is that of continuity.
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Dangerous Power Tools
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Density of Objects – Critical Thinking in Action
Two investigations are used for students to question why objects sink or float. They make predictions and inferences about density of objects based on observations.
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Diversity as a Core Requirement
Universities and colleges shore up enrollment in "diversity" courses by requiring them for graduation.

Finding the Density of Liquids
Students use inquiry-based investigative strategies to find the density of unknown liquids and the relationship of temperature, barometric pressure, and other concepts.
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From Edfu to Aswan on a Nile River Cruise
Nile river cruising from Luxor to Edfu and Esna, then onto Aswan promises history and lots of temple visits. History aside, Egyptian culture is very much alive and exotic
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Global Warming and Ocean Environmental Changes
Rising sea levels and increased ocean acidity, largely driven by global warming, herald looming environmental changes for coastal regions and marine biodiversity.
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Is Engineering The Career For You?
Is engineering a career for you? This article discusses careers in engineering and links to engineering career web sites.
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John Rayleigh : Inert Gas Argon
Brief biography of English physicist Lord John Rayleigh, a Nobel Prize laureate in physics for isolating gas argon, known for "Rayleigh Scattering" and why sky is blue.
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Methane a Greenhouse Gas Time Bomb
Methane is a more powerful global warming agent than CO2. In addition to man-made methane levels, rising levels of CO2 could release vast amounts of natural methane.
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Modular Arithmetic
In what way are clocks, musical scales, sine waves and long division related? They all rely on a form of mathematics known as modular arithmetic.
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Monitoring Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), like the Kyoto Protocol, has become synonymous with the battle against global warming.
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Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter
The only way to truly understand the properties of matter and changes which occur in the properties of matter is to conduct and inquiry-based investigation.
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Science Lessons for Summer School
Math and science are anything but boring with this sweet lesson plan. Homemade ice cream may be just the learning hook summer school students need on a hot summer day.
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Selective Colleges of New England
The most selective colleges in the United States are located on the east coast. The following article names the top five selective colleges in New England.
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So You Want to Work Overseas?
As the world is drawn more closely together by the speed of communications and transportation, more jobs are becoming international. For anyone interested in an international career, whether an undergraduate or working, this article can help you find the job you want in the international field.
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Standardized Test Success
This article gives you some tips on how to study for the standardized tests you'll need for your college or graduate school application
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Teacher Tube - Science Videos Support Learning
The use of Teacher Tube science videos in science lessons and activities can be accomplished using multiple strategies for helping students learn science concepts.
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Textbook Publishing Biz
What standards of accountability do textbook publishers have when textbooks have unconventional or just plain wrong information in them? A critical look at user-unfriendly textbooks in print.
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The Five Minute Parent Book Review
Deborah Shelton's new parenting book promotes child-parent bonding with games and activities that take only minutes.
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