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Teachers' Domain: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development - resource rich lesson plans from WGBH Educational Foundation, which integrate QuickTime movies, Flash Interactives, diagram and photos, and background information in pdfs, which can be accessed through the web site. Many of the QuickTime movies can be downloaded and saved locally for classroom use. Many of the resources have been developed by Nova, PBS and ZOOM (Children's program). Free registration is required to access the resources.
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
Biology
9.8 The Human Story
- Becoming a fossil - online QuickTime movies showing the story of how the fossil known as Lucy was probably formed, together with background essay and discussion questions
- Origins of Humankind - an interactive timeline that shows relative age of hominids, requires Flash, together with background essay and discussion questions
- Finding Lucy - online QuickTime movie about the discovery of the hominid fossil, Lucy, together with background essay and discussion questions
- Laetoli Footprints - online QuickTime movie showing formation of fossilised footprints and the work of a forensic anthropologist in identifying the source, together with background essay and discussion questions
- Human Evolution - a lesson plan that makes use of these resources
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Chemistry
9.9 Forensic ChemistryOther related mulitmedia
- DNA Fingerprints - lesson plan which makes use of the following resources
- Create a DNA Fingerprint - a Shockwave interactive from NOVA
- Forensic DNA Analysis - online QuickTime movie showing the processing of DNA material associated with an unsolved murder
- DNA Makes History - pdf text file reltinf to DNA evidence to solve the mystery of the Russian royal family
- DNA on the Witness Stand - text based resource which covers a number of cases involving DNA fingerprinting
- Gel Electrophoresis - Flash Interactive
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Earth and Environmental Science
9.4 Caring for the CountryOther related mulitmedia
- Global Climate Change: Understanding the Greenhouse Effect - lesson plan that makes use of the following resources
- Global Warming: The Physics of the Greenhouse - QuickTime video from Nova
- Global Warming: Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect - QuickTime video from Nova
- Climate Change - QuickTime video from Nova
- Global Warming and The Greenhouse Effect - QuickTime movie from Race to Save the Planet
- Global Warming: Graphs Tell the Story - a series of graphs related to climate change which could be used for discussion
- Stories in the Ice - a series of graphs related to climate change (as above) different discussion questions
- Global Warming: Graphs Tell the Story - a series of graphs related (as above) different discussion questions
- Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2: A Record of Climate Change - Flash Interactive on the process of obtaining ice core samples and their analysis
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Physics
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Senior Science
9.5 Polymers
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Junior Science
4.6.4 Sound energy: desrcibe sound as a form of energy requiring a medium for propagation4.11 d) identify renewable and non-renewable sources of energy
- Sound - a Java Applet from University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project
- Imaging with Radar - a Java Applet from University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project
- Radio Transmission - a Shockwave interactive that follows music from the source to the listener
5.6.1 The Wave Model: give examples of different types of radiation that make up the electromagnetic spectrum and identify some of their usesOther related mulitmedia
- Capturing Renewable Energy - lesson plan making use of some of the online resources
- Energy Production - lesson plan making use of some of the online resources
- Windmill Gallery - images to promote discussion
- Fuel Cells - QuickTime movie
- Global Warming: The Hydrogen Car - QuickTime movie
5.8.4 humans: a) describe the role of, and interaction between, coordinaiton systems in maintaining humans as functioning organismsOther related mulitmedia
- Making Waves with the Electromagnetic Spectrum - lesson plan which makes use of the following multimedia resources
- Astronomical Images in Different Wavelengths - a Flash Interactive showing a number of astronomic bodies as viewed through various types of telescopes
- The Electromagnetic Spectrum: FRONTLINE - a QuickTime movie covering the EM spectrum
- Infrared Gallery - images showing the infrared radiation
- Infrared: More Than Your Eyes Can See - QuickTime movie about night vision cameras
- Primary Colors of Light and Pigments - a Flash interactive with QuickTime movies covering absorption and reflection of light
5.8.4 humans: b) describe some responses of body systems to infectious and non-infectious diseases
- Human Body Regulation - lesson plan which makes use of the following multimedia resources
- Body Control Center - a Flash Interactive that allows the student to investigate how the body responds in a variety of situations
5.6.4 light energy: distinguish between the absorption, reflection and refraction of light and identify everyday situations where each occurs
- Human Body Regulation - lesson plan which makes use of the following multimedia resources
- Fever! - QuickTime Video
Other related mulitmedia
- How Light Moves - lesson plan which uses these resources
- How Light Travels - QuickTIme movie showing light travelling in straight lines
- Light and the Law of Reflection - QuickTime movie showing reflection of light
- Observing Refraction of Light - QuickTime movie showing reflection of light
- Geometric Optics - a interactive to explore the effect of changing curvature of a biconvex lens, refractive index, and diameter of the lens to see how the focal length changes and how the resulting image is affected, from University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project
- Laser Waterfall - QuickTime movie showing total internal reflection using a laser bean, from the Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations
- Diamonds: The Science Behind the Sparkle - a web page from Nova, PBS, illustrating how light refracted by diamonds causes them to sparkle
- Light and Color - QuickTime movie on the electromagnetic spectrum and refraction of light
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