Tag Archives: Physics

2017 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Doing Science: Hands-On Learning in the Laboratory

Getting To The Core, Newton’s Third Law: Getting Past The Lyrical Recitation Of The Law, Getting Into The Force Of The Actions And Reactions

Scott Balay, Science, E.E. Waddell Language Academy

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Doing Science: Hands-On Learning in the Laboratory

Avoiding Cookie Cutter Science with Gifted Children by Moving Students through the Inquiry Process

Meg Shuman, Fourth Grade, Barringer Academic Center

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2017 Curriculum Units Vol 5: Doing Science: Hands-On Learning in the Laboratory

Understanding Science and Its Use in Industrial and Product Design

Curtis Overton, Technology/Design, West Mecklenburg HS

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 2: How Science is Done: A Behind the Scenes Look at Scientific Research

Teaching the Standard Model in IB Physics

Debra Blake Semmler, Physics, East Mecklenburg High School

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2016 Curriculum Units Vol 2: How Science is Done: A Behind the Scenes Look at Scientific Research

How Things Move: A 3rd Grade Unit of Study on Forces & Motion

Chrystal Cavanagh, Science, Grand Oak Elementary

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2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Active Learning and Student Data Collection in the Middle School Classroom

Jennifer Thompson, Science, James Martin Middle School

Final Unit(pdf)   Implementing Teaching Standards(pdf)

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2015 Vol 6: Integrating Concepts in Life Sciences

Teaching Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills in a Global Environment

Debra Blake Semmler, Physics, East Mecklenburg High School

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2014 Curriculum Units Vol 4: Intersections of Science, Technology and Culture

What Happens in Copenhagen Stays in Copenhagen: Using the Play Copenhagen to Understand the Nature of Knowledge

Debra Semmler, Physics, East Mecklenburg High School

Final Unit (PDF)  Implementing Common Core Standards (PDF)

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2013 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Math and Sports

The physics of sports: the math and science behind a champion

Stephanie Coggins, Science, Bailey Middle School

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2012 Curriculum Units Vol 3: Entertaining with Math

Behind the Music: Exploring the Multiplication and Division of Fractions

Kia Aisha Dessaure, Math, John Motley Morehead S.T.E.M. Academy

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Implementing Common Core Standards

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