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Unit 5.4 Heavy rainfall and landslides
Mark Abolins, Middle Tennessee State University
Students assume various roles (e.g., school superintendent) and use online maps to explore landslide hazards in Southern California. They examine the landslide problems from different perspectives, and they apply ...

Unit 4.6: Are Hurricanes causing more damage now?
Beth Dushman, Howard Community College
In this unit, students are introduced to ways that hurricanes cause damage and create models of why hurricane damage has changed throughout the recorded history of hurricanes in the USA. Students make connections ...

Unit 3.1: What's this rock I found? Is it valuable?
Beth Dushman, Howard Community College
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 4.7: How does climate change affect hurricanes?
Beth Dushman, Howard Community College
Unit 4.7 asks students to make connections between current climate change trends and the amount and types of damage caused by hurricanes. Students will start by investigating some of the factors that control where ...

Unit 1.2: Science and engineering practices
Karen Viskupic, Boise State University
In this module, students discuss what is and is not science and are introduced to the Science and Engineering Practices (SEP) of the NGSS. Students participate in a jigsaw activity in which they practice mapping ...

Unit 4.4 Unit synthesis and lesson plan
Natalie Bursztyn, James Madison University
In this final unit for the course, students apply their understanding of motion and forces concepts to: 1. Create an NGSS lesson plan for an activity that they have completed in Unit 4; and 2. Conduct analyses of ...

Unit 3.5 How do the densities of Earth materials relate to the layers of the Earth?
Natalie Bursztyn, James Madison University
How do we measure the density of Earth materials? Students measure, calculate, and compare material densities while using models to explore fluid density variations.

Unit 2.4: Power
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College
In this unit, students explore the relationship between energy and power when they design an experiment to measure and calculate their maximum power output by running up a staircase at a fast, medium, and slow ...

Unit 2.1 Extension: Wave Application to Hunga Tsunami Wave Data
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College; Natalie Bursztyn, James Madison University
Waves are observable all over the place, so why do they exist? Students conduct experiments to examine wave speed, then use data to analyze wave speed, distance traveled, and time elapsed for the tsunami wave ...

Unit 4.2 Why do objects change their motion?
Natalie Bursztyn, James Madison University; Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College
Why do objects change their motion? In this unit, students discover force types and the connection between a force and an acceleration. In an engineering and design project, students will construct a ...