Unit 2: Got that big, big, energy part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
Summary: Unit 2 introduces students to waves, energy, power, heat, heat engines, and the first and second laws of thermodynamics. All materials have relevance to a central motivating question about a massive ...

Unit 4.1 What is where? part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
What is "where"? The location of anything is determined by its position, but any "position" is relative and needs a frame of reference. In this module, students will track and measure simple ...

Unit 1: Anyone Can Be a Scientist part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Earth Science
Summary Students explore what it means to practice science through reading and discussion, practice making observations and interpretations with different data types (e.g., photographs, maps, graphs) through small ...

Unit 2: Are We Moving Toward Forming Another Supercontinent? part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Earth Science
Summary Students investigate geologic processes at plate boundaries and the rates of those processes to make predictions about what future Earth might look like. Students develop their understanding of ...

Unit 6.3: Evaluating Previous NASA Missions part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Earth Science
What does it take to execute a successful NASA mission? In this unit, students research past NASA missions and evaluate the engineering design by comparing the mission goals to the design of the rover completing ...

Unit 6.4: Design Your Own Rover part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Earth Science
How will we investigate other planets for resources? In this unit, students work in teams to design a rover/orbiter headed toward an assigned planet/planet's moon. They will research about the ...

Unit 3- Where Do We Find the Resources We Need? part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Earth Science
Summary An introduction to Earth materials, through the lens of economically valuable resources. Students will determine the geological resources used to make everyday objects, and investigate what geological ...

Unit 4.3: Identifying Patterns and Making Connections part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Earth Science
Has weather data changed over time? This unit is geared toward analyzing and interpreting recorded past and present weather data to denote the similarities and differences over time. In this unit, students act as ...

Unit 3.1: What's this rock I found? Is it valuable? part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Earth Science
In this unit, students will use hand samples or high-resolution images to observe, categorize, and identify some common minerals and rocks, with an emphasis on their role as economic resources. Hands-on activities ...

Unit 3.3: Formation and distribution of geological resources part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Earth Science
In this unit, students learn how some important geological resources form. They then use that knowledge and a series of maps to make predictions about where those resources might be forming today. Next, they use ...