6th Grade Science Projects for the Classroom or Science Fair
Kids of every age love hands-on science! Teachers do, too, because the learning is a lot more meaningful when students see concepts in action. This roundup of sixth grade science experiments and activities has a little something for everyone–from biology and ecology to physics and chemistry. Bring on the science!
Il cinese Chang'e-4 atterra sul lato opposto della luna
Fifty years ago this month, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission allowed human eyes to view the far side of the Moon directly for the first time. The crater-pocked land that the crew saw as they looped around the Moon was completely hidden until 1959, when the Soviet Luna 3 mission transmitted black and white images of the gray landscape, idle and virtually unchanged for billions of years. But the next chapter of exploration on this untrodden ground is expected to kick up a little of the long-standing lunar dust.
Misconceptions about evolution
Unfortunately, many people have persistent misconceptions about evolution. Some are simple misunderstandingsideas that develop in the course of learning about evolution, possibly from school experiences and/or the media. Other misconceptions may stem from purposeful attempts to misrepresent evolution and undermine the public's understanding of this topic. Browse the lists below to learn about common misconceptions regarding evolution, as well as clarifications of these misconceptions. You can also download a pdf of this section. MISCONCEPTION: Evolution is a theory about the origin of life.CORRECTION: Evolutionary theory does encompass ideas and evidence regarding life's origins (e.g., whether or not it happened near a deep-sea vent, which organic molecules came first, etc.), but this is not the central focus of evolutionary theory.
iCell App
Launch Tool iPadiPhoneiPod TouchAndroidWeb-based iCell gives you an interactive, 3D view inside a cell. You can study cell structures using a dynamic and realistic virtual model. Included are examples of three types of cells: animal, plant, and bacteria.
This awesome periodic table tells you how to actually use all those elements
Thanks to high school, we’ve all got a pretty good idea about what’s on the periodic table. But whether you’re looking at something common like calcium, iron, and carbon, or something more obscure like krypton and antimony, how well do you know their functions? Could you name just one practical application for vanadium or ruthenium? Lucky for us, Keith Enevoldsen from elements.wlonk.com has come up with this awesome periodic table that gives you at least one example for every single element (except for those weird superheavy elements that don’t actually exist in nature).
Monster Manual - Insegnare ai bambini la genetica
Bibliographic details: Article: For TeachersAuthor(s): Karla MoellerPublisher: Arizona State University School of Life Sciences Ask A BiologistSite name: ASU - Ask A BiologistDate published: September 20, 2011Date accessed: January 11, 2021Link: APA Style Karla Moeller. (2011, September 20). For Teachers.
Not an adaptation
Misconceptions about natural selection and adaptation : Not an adaptation It's tempting to look for adaptive explanations for everything, from the shape of a flower petal, to the way your dog turns in a circle before it lies down to sleep, to your neighbor's strawberry blond hair.
Biology 2e – Open Textbook
Book Description Biology 2e is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens.
This awesome periodic table shows the origins of every atom in your body
Here’s something to think about: the average adult human is made up of 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (7 octillion) atoms, and most of them are hydrogen - the most common element in the Universe, produced by the Big Bang 13.8 billion years ago. The rest of those atoms were forged by ancient stars merging and exploding billions of years after the formation of the Universe, and a tiny amount can be attributed to cosmic rays - high-energy radiation that mostly originates from somewhere outside the Solar System. As astronomer Carl Sagan once said in an episode of Cosmos, "The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars.
Monster Maker Introduction
Monster DNA | Building from basic parts | Decoding monster DNA Monster DNA Monsters, plants, and even humans have an instruction manual for building and making their bodies work. These instructions use a special code.
High School Biology Experiment Ideas
High school level biology covers all aspects of biology, including animals, plant life and humans. That should mean it’s easy to come up with a science fair project or a classroom research project, but the amount of topics sometimes makes it even harder. When you first start researching, you’ll find thousands of ideas and it’s difficult to decide which one is best for your situation. Provided that you know what you want to do and what your teacher or judges are looking for, it’s easy to come up with a great biology experiment.
