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Vectors and slope stability part of Web Resource Collection
This activity is designed to teach students with little or no experience with vectors, free-body diagrams, or the like to apply vectors to slope stability problems. Students first learn the basic ...Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
Just-in-Time Teaching Digital Library part of Web Resource Collection
This is a digital library for Just-in-Time Teaching pedagogical resources. It includes a collection of JiTT questions from a variety of disciplines, a wiki, a listing of people who use JiTT in their ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Collection
Uniaxial Positive Indicatrix Movie part of Web Resource Collection
This is a movie showing slices through crystals in different crystallographic orientations, and the corresponding indicatrix and interference colors. This is a big file and takes awhile to download. ...Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video, Audio/Visual
Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways part of Web Resource Collection
The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2) project supports middle grades educators with high-quality, standards-based resources and promotes collaboration and knowledge-sharing ...Resource Type: Activities
Visionlearning Library part of Web Resource Collection
At Visionlearning, we've developed a set of peer-reviewed materials for learning science including modular readings, interactive multimedia, and a glossary - all available for free on the web in both ...Resource Type: Assessments, Pedagogic Resources, :Collection, Assessments:On line
Conceptual Change Through Building Three-dimensional Models part of Print Resource Collection
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Research Results
Virtual Solar System Project: Building Understanding Through Model Building part of Print Resource Collection
This article describes an astronomy course for undergraduates where students use 3-D modeling tools to model the solar system and, in the process, develop rich understanding of astronomical ...
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Research Results
Inquiry, Modeling, and Metacognition: Making Science Accessible to All Students part of Print Resource Collection
This paper reports on the 1994 trials of the ThinkerTools Inquiry Curriculum which was designed to teach metacognitive skills to middle school science students. Despite sampling weaknesses, findings ...
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Research Results
Formalizing semantic spaces for information access part of Print Resource Collection
This article follows the adoption of information visualization tools by researchers in geography, computer science, and information science to explore very large data archives. Database content can ...
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary
Self explanations: How students study and use examples in learning to solve problems part of Print Resource Collection
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
