Connect the Dots | STEM CAMP. But first, they must embrace science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to build the skills that will serve as their tool set for the future. For that to happen, we must work together to ignite their curiosity and get them excited about STEM in their everyday lives. So we ask you to join us in connecting the dots between learning and life. Together, we can ignite the spark in students around the clock and around the world.
While after-school learning and summer programs provide rich opportunities to keep students inspired beyond the classroom, we know that unequal access to these programs can contribute to disparities in student achievement. STEM Camp combines hands-on labs, engineering challenges, digital investigations, and more - all designed to immerse kids in the grand challenges of science set forth by the National Academy of Engineering. Discover the amazing properties of water and our role in conserving the planet's most valuable resource. Learn More Learn More Learn More. Acceleration. The final mathematical quantity discussed in Lesson 1 is acceleration. An often confused quantity, acceleration has a meaning much different than the meaning associated with it by sports announcers and other individuals. The definition of acceleration is: Acceleration is a vector quantity that is defined as the rate at which an object changes its velocity.
An object is accelerating if it is changing its velocity. Sports announcers will occasionally say that a person is accelerating if he/she is moving fast. Yet acceleration has nothing to do with going fast. A person can be moving very fast and still not be accelerating. The Meaning of Constant Acceleration Sometimes an accelerating object will change its velocity by the same amount each second. Since accelerating objects are constantly changing their velocity, one can say that the distance traveled/time is not a constant value. Note: The ~ symbol as used here means approximately.
Calculating the Average Acceleration. Visit the Museum | Perot Museum of Nature and Science. The World's Largest Dinosaurs is now open. Use the table below to select your ticket type. Group rates are available for groups of 15 or more. School group pricing is also available for PK-college students in groups of 15 or more. General exhibit guests passes are for general exhibit admission only. Reciprocal admission for ASTC partnering locations and other qualifying locations is available at the Perot Museum box office only. About your visit: The Perot Museum often experiences sold out days on weekends and holidays.
Although members do not actually purchase general exhibit tickets, members are still required to obtain a general exhibit entry ticket in the form of a reservation. Please note that all tickets are for timed entry at 30 minute intervals starting daily at 10am. Other Admission Prices ASTC Members School Group Pricing Non-School Group Pricing Gift Cards Perot Museum gift cards are the perfect present for any occasion. To purchase, visit the box office at the Perot Museum. Engineer Your Life - Homepage. TryNano.org : Welcome to TryNano.org. Discover the creative engineer in you - TryEngineering. Science Museums Science Fair Project Ideas Science Education. Teachers TryScience | Search, Collect, and Share | SMILE. Home - www.TeachEngineering.org.
Triple Magnifier Kit #100. National Science Education Standards (NRC 1996) for #100 Triple Magnifier Kit: TEACHING Standards These 20 Activity Sheets promote excellence in science teaching by these NSES criteria: Teachers of science... A: ...plan an inquiry-based science program. (p. 30) B: ...guide and facilitate learning. (p. 32) C: ...engage in ongoing assessment of their teaching and of student learning. (p. 37) D: ...design and manage learning environments that provide students with the time, space, and resources needed for learning science. CONTENT Standards Unifying Concepts and Processes NSES Framework: Systems, order, and organization • Evidence, models and explanation • Constancy, change, and measurement • Evolution and equilibrium • Form and functionCore Concepts/Processes: Animal adaptations are driven by natural selection.
Science as Inquiry (content standard A) Life Science (content standard C) Earth and Space Science (content standard D) NSES Framework: Properties of earth materials. Scientific American: Bring Science Home. A Herbarium. A Herbarium By Andrea Tarozzi, February 1996 English version revised by Edward Green Here the Belorussian version The most important part of every collected specimen is the flower, so the best seasons for picking up plants are spring and summer; but remember that certain species show their flowers in autumn or even winter, so do not neglect colder months for your excursions. As you can read in the books, a few plants have a very short blooming time, which you must strive to catch them at! A herbarium with scientific merit usually relies on the plants which grow naturally in a specific geographic area, so it is important to distinguish between the wild species which actually are your object of interest from those who have grown after a human intervention, as happens for some garden flowers or most cultivated plants.
The picked specimens must be arranged inside the folder between a few layers of paper, so that every plant has some paper on both sides. Trial Events. To ask questions about a specific Trial Event or to find out which events will be held at your tournament, contact your Regional or State Director. To Submit a National (only) Trial Events Question, click on the FAQs page and please submit them under Trial Events. To submit a new event, please follow the format required on the Rules Template. Note: For the National Tournament the Trial or Open Events do NOT count for team points and ANY team (regular or alternate) member can participate ONCE in each Trial or Open Event. Supervisor Evaluation Form for Trial Events (Word)Student Evaluation Form for Trial Events (Word) Possiblities include, but are limited to, the events listed below (A-Z): Adventures in AG Air Trajectory (2/20/14 Version) America - Land of Parks Bag of Bones Balloon Launched Gliders Beam Building Biology Blitz BioSphere (2014 Virginia Version) Birds and Bees Boomilever Bottle Rockets (Horizontal) Bouy Oh Bouy (2012 Version) Break It On Down Bridge (2015 Version, Posted 3/7/14) Catch It.
Lab Report Template. Title: * a brief, concise, yet descriptive title Statement of the Problem: * What question(s) are you trying to answer? * Include any preliminary observations or background information about the subject Hypothesis: * Write a possible solution for the problem. * Make sure this possible solution is a complete sentence. * Make sure the statement is testable, an if-then statement is recommended to illustrate what criteria will support your hypothesis (and what data would no support the hypothesis).
Materials: * Make a list of ALL items used in the lab. Procedure: * Write a paragraph (complete sentences) which explains what you did in the lab as a short summary. * Add details (step-by-step) of your procedure in such a way that anyone else could repeat the experiment. Results (Data): * This section should include any data tables, observations, or additional notes you make during the lab Conclusions: >> For Grading - See Lab Report Rubric << Lab Report Rubric. Education educators | Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Teach Tank Coming to BRIT this October! Teach Tank is an innovative new program that allows teachers to come together to design student-centered learning experiences to meet the needs of 21st century learners in a changing classroom.
When: First Saturday of every month beginning in October 2014 10- Noon Where: BRIT Classroom Cost: FREE, 2 CPEs offered For more information, please contact Tracy Friday at 817.546.8693 or tfriday@brit.org. Fall Teacher Tuesdays at BRIT Zombie Science: Myth, Magic or Maddness Join us in using the zombie world to engage learners in science context and student-centered learning. Your brain will never be the same! Sept. 16: The Cause: Infecting the Systems Oct. 21: The Answer: Saving the Systems Nov. 18: The Prevention: Strengthening the Systems. The Achievement Program | The Achievement Program. What Is a Symbiotic Relationship?
Symbiotic relationships define typically the close and long term interaction of different biological organisms or species. It may also be referred to as the mutual survival of different organisms in the biological world. Each species or partner interacting in a particular symbiotic relationship is called the symbiont. There are different kinds of symbiotic relationships: Mutualism: • In this kind of relationship, both the species which interact with each other benefit. • Example: Zebra and the oxpecker. Commensalism: • This refers to the kinds of symbiotic relationship where one of the interacting species benefits while the other symbiont remains unaffected. • Example: Mosses and Orchids grow on the branches or trunks of the trees. Parasitism: • In this kind of symbiotic relationship, while one symbiont benefits, the other one gets affected. • Example: Flea and the dog. Competition: • Both the interacting species do not benefit with this kind of symbiotic relationship.
Neutralism: Nature's best examples of symbiosis. Seen here perched on the head of a primate, the African oxpecker was thought to be friendly tick-eating helper, but is actually a vampire bird, sucking blood out of open tick-wounds. Credit: Wikimedia SYDNEY: There are many cases in nature where species team up to help each other, a behaviour known as symbiosis. Resources or services that may be scarce for one organism may be cheap and easy for another to provide. Biologist Cameron Currie from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, USA, cites bacteria cosily dwelling inside humans as a classic example. “Our own bodies have hundreds or even thousands of species of symbiotic microbes inside them – we couldn’t survive without their beneficial effects,” he said. Sea anemones (Calliactus spp) hitchhike on the back of hermit crabs, scoring a ride across the seabed and extending their tentacles to eat the crab’s leftovers.
In return, the anemones fend off hungry octopuses and other predators using their barbed tentacles. Danger!