Teacher Institute

On-line Resources

General Science Summer 2010

Eric Muller and Linda Shore

emuller@exploratorium.edu and lindas@exploratorium.edu

Phone 415 561 0313 Fax 415 561 0307

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These pages contain links to the majority of the documents used in the 2010

General Science Summer Teacher Institute. Links lead to web pages, word documents and PDF files.

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If you have any technical problems, please contact Eric Muller, Karen Drachler or Adrienne Barnett

Administrative stuff:

Summer Guidelines

Including:

• Staff info, TI rules, stipends information, college units, getting into the museum
• Going to RAFT, click here

Summer 2010 General Science Schedule

• Week 1- Introductions, What is Science, the Eye, Light and Perception
• Week 2- Density, Force, Motion and Chemistry
• Week 3- Holiday, RAFT, Astronomy
• Week 4- Earth Science, field trip and Dinner

General Science Syllabus location-

• Go to http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti
• Click on "Alumni" and use your passcodes:
• Click on "Summer Participants
• Go to 2010 General Science (Eric and Linda) and find the link to this page.

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Participant Presentions
Fridays of weeks 2, 3 and 4): We ask our participants to share their favorite activities with the group.
The first week, we'll demo some of our favorites.
Click here for a couple of sample activities: The Nose Knows , Groovy Sounds, Sound Sandwich, Space art, Measurement tools 1 and 2

Brown Bag Schedule
This schedule will be posted on the wall of each classroom.

New Teacher program participant curriculum project times

This schedule will be posted on the wall of each classroom.

Shop Projects

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/resources.html updated version may be available at the summer shop area.

Class stuff:

Science an Introduction

• The Practical and Sentimental Fruits of Science by Frank Oppenheimer, Founder of the Exploratorium
• Paul's what is science - A science teacher's view of science.
• California Science Standards
  

Introductory Activities:

Match Rock - the Geologic Dating game

Scientific Method

· Mystery Box - an activity of inferences and observation

· Restroom Aliens - Observations is the key to counting like an alien (from the book: While You're Waiting for the Food to Come.)

· Cups of mystery - listen to what's inside a cup.

· Puzzle Pieces- taking your best guess with information

Human Perception - The Eye

• Eye diagram:
• http://www.nei.nih.gov/health/eyediagram/index.asp
• http://www.medhelp.org/NIHlib/GF-17.html
• http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~avery/course/3400/gallery/gallery_vision.html
• Pupil - Your pupil changes size to control how much light enters your eye.
• Peripheral Vision- We are not usually aware of our eye's limitations.
• Cone and rod density
• Another cone and rod density diagram
• Pinhole Magnifier- Who needs expensive optical equipment.
• Seeing Your Blind Spot - See or don't see your blind spot.
• The dimensions of your blind spot
• Seeing your Retina - Catch a retinal net.
• Cow Eye Dissection - A step-by-step lesson

Light and Color

• Colored Shadows - Shadows are not all black and while.
• Light Box design - Make a Light Box from easily found materials
• Learning Technologies Holographic Diffraction Grating (a supplier)
• Light box resources
• Making a Rainbow - Use a diffraction grating to make a rainbow
• Three Circles of Pigments - Learn about color subtraction -
• Bird in a Cage - Stare at color and see it change
• Color addition and subtraction applet
• Three Little Pigments - Using pigments for printing

Density

• Inverted Bottles- Convection and hot and cold fluids.
• Pie Pan Convection - Create convection cells with soapy water
• Condiment Diver - Make a Cartesian diver with so Condiments
• Diet vs. Regular Cola - Don't just taste the difference, see it.
• Density Drips - Create a homemade
• Foam Can - Cram all the Styrofoam you can in a can
• Five Layered Liquid - Layers some liquid with density
  
• Clean Expanding fun- Soap in Microwave
• Density of H2O
  
• Links to come

Making Boats
Popcorn density
Canned Heat - Make your own thermometer

Evo Geo day with Karen K and Eric M.
natural selection with beans
geology of the Galapagos Islands
hot spots and the Galapagos
radiometric dating of the Galapagos
iguana origins and mitochondrial DNA
images of the Galapagos

RAFT Day

TI field trip to RAFT - Resource Area for Teachers
http://www.raft.net

Eric's activity at RAFT-
Personal Pinhole Theater - Investigate the optics of pinholes
From Square Wheels- THE BOOK (will also be distributed via paper handout)

Paul's activities at RAFT-
Magnetism - various investigations with magnets

Motion and Force

Lagging Sound - See and hear the speed of sound

Speed of Sound - Find the speed of sound in long tube

Graph Dance - Move back of forth according to a graph.

Student Assessment Graphs- Assess understanding of motion graphs

How Fast is it going- understanding graphs of motion

Paper Tape Timer- Designs to build your own tape timer.

Beating Gravity- Build a device to investigate gravity

Fan Cart - Build a cart to demonstrate forces and motion

Fan Cart extensions - Force Diagram

Fan Cart extensions - Sailing the Doldrums

Fan Cart extensions - Stranded at Sea

Light Traces

Finding Solar Noon.pdf

Chemistry

Rutherford Roller - Roll a marble and find a nucleus

http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/Rutherford Roller.pdf

Having a gas with Water - Split water with a battery

http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/electrolysis_device.pdf

Use some acid-base indicator to see the production of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/Electrolysis%20with%20indicator.pdf

Balance Budget Chemistry - Use coins to balance chemical equations

http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/balanced_budget_chemistry.pdf

Fast Rusting - Will steel wool weigh less or more when burned?

http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/Fast_Rusting.doc.pdf

Chemical Change- See chemical change in action with toilet bowl cleaner and a penny.

http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/Chemical Change -draft.pdf

Physical Change - Use physical properties to separate the zinc from a penny.

http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/Physical Change-draft.pdf

Electroplating - Plate a penny with zinc

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2006/general_science/dons_stuff/Electroplating.pdf

Tired Weight - Weigh a car with a pressure gauge and a ruler.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/tired_weight/index.html

Shadow panels- Flash a light and make electrons jump up and down.

Only in Square Wheels- THE BOOK (will distributed via paper handout)
http://store.exploratorium.edu/browse.cfm/4,782.html

Making Ice Cream - Learn about thermodynamics and make ice cream

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2006/general_science/lindas_stuff/Ice_Cream.pdf

Batteries

Penny Battery
http://www.exo.net/~jyu/activities/penny%20battery.pdf

Aluminum Air Battery
http://www.exo.net/~jyu/activities/Al-air.pdf

Astronomy

A Handy Measuring Tool

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2006/general_science/lindas_stuff/A_Handy_Measuring_Tool.pdf

The Earth and Moon - Investigate the size and scale of the Earth/Moon system

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2006/general_science/lindas_stuff/Earth_And_Moon.pdf

Seasons and Shadows - investigate how shadows move during the day year and latitudes.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2006/general_science/lindas_stuff/Season Shadows.pdf

It's only a Paper Sun

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2006/general_science/lindas_stuff/Paper_Sun.pdf

Hole Punch Earth- Model the scale of the sun an earth using hole punches

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2006/general_science/lindas_stuff/Hole_Punch_Earth.pdf

Moon Phases - First you wax your car then it wains.

http://www.exo.net/~pauld/activities/astronomy/moonphases.html

Toilet Paper Solar System- Learn about the size and scale of our solar system

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2005/general_science/lindas_stuff/ToiletPaperSolarSystem.pdf

Playdough Moon - How many moons could fit into the earth's volume?

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2005/general_science/lindas_stuff/Clay Moon.doc

Poor Pluto - Linda

Website to come.

Walk-around Orrery- Tory

Websites to come

Earth science

3D Views - Make a topo map from take-out containers
http://online.wr.usgs.gov/outreach/topo_instructions.html

Whose Fault is it? - A Hands-on Seismology activity
http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/whose fault3.pdf

Locating Earthquake Epicenters - make a map of earthquake around the world

http://www.exploratorium.edu/wsw/projects/eq_locating/index.html

Earthquake related links:

Iris (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) - a great site for earthquake data

http://www.iris.edu/

USGS dynamic earth - The story of plate tectonics

http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
Calstate's Virtual Earthquake
http://www.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeExecute.html

Tsunami related links:

NOAA and Alaska Warning Center

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

How Stuff Works- tsunami section including movie clips

http://science.howstuffworks.com/tsunami.htm

Seis Mac – Turn you mac into a seismograph

http://www.suitable.com/tools/seismac.html

Tufts Wright Center for posters:
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/

Headlands Field Trip related links:

http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/ghayes/Marin Headlands.htm

http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2188/b2188ch3.pdf

Tanya Atwater Visualizations - Great tectonics animations

http://emvc.geol.ucsb.edu/

Earth Walk - Walk from the interior of the Earth to its surface.

http://www.exo.net/%7Eemuller/activities/earthwalk/earthwalk_total_version.pdf

Crayon Rock Cycle - Show the rock cycle with wax crayons

http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/earthwalk/Crayon-Rock-Cycle.pdf

Squeeze Box - Sediments and compressional forces

http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/The_Squeeze_Box.pdf

Where's North - Figure out which way is north.
http://www.exo.net/~pauld/summer_institute/summer_day16magnetism/Where's_North.html

Holy Cow Magnet! - Map the magnetic field of the Earth.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2006/general_science/lindas_stuff/Holy_Cow_Magnet.pdf

Magnetic Tape - Attract and repel audio tape and model the seafloor
http://www.exo.net/~pauld/activities/magnetism/magnetictape.html

Bits and Bytes- Send messages in ASCII

Only in Square Wheels- THE BOOK (will distributed via paper handout)
http://store.exploratorium.edu/browse.cfm/4,782.html

Snack Tectonics - Use crackers and frosting to review Plate Tectonics

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/teacher_resources/teach_snacktectonics.html

Great Web resource for Earth Science Teachers- DlESE

http://www.dlese.org/dds/index.jsp

Skin Size- Figure out the air forces on your body.

http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/Skin Size -updated.pdf
Feeling Pressured - See and fell the "Air Force" in action
http://www.exo.net/~emuller/activities/Bag%20pressure.pdf

Optional section:

Hearing

Can you "Ear" this? - Demonstrate two ways that we hear sounds.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2006/general_science/lindas_stuff/Can_You_Hear_This.pdf

Secret Bells - make astounding sounds with ordinary objects

http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/secret_bells.html

Straw Oboe (Instrawment) - make a musical instrument with a straw.

http://www.doscience.com/act_archive/sept98_activity/sept98.html

Membrane Aerophone - Make a musical instrument from PVC

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ti/alumni/summer_resources_2006/general_science/dons_stuff/ membrane.pdf

Sound Column- A walk-in Resonance chamber

http://www.exploratorium.edu/xref/exhibits/sound_column.html

Art and Science
Suminigahi http://www.exo.net/~jyu/activities/Suminagashi.pdf

Additional websites for our class:
Alfredo's site:

http://pontociencia.org.br/

Mark Pelham's site:

http://www.thepelhams.org/ti/

Size and scale:

Genetics scale
Nano to meters

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