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Higher education simulations for Easel Activities
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Electric Circuits, Resistors in Series & Parallel
Using this electric circuits PhET guided inquiry lab your students will gain an in depth understanding of the difference between resistors in series circuits and resistors in parallel circuits. I have done these activities with my students many times and they always find them fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won't even know they are learning as they complete the included inquiry-based laboratory assignment sheet. The PhET Circuit Construction Kit: DC simulation can be found
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Electric Circuits Bundle No. 1: Resistors in Series and Parallel
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
This engaging inquiry-based PhET lab activity will guide your students to an understanding of Newton’s law of universal gravitation as they learn what factors affect the force between two masses. This online lab is intended to be used with the Gravity Force Lab: Basics HTML5 Simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. The link for the simulation is: https://tinyurl.com/p35r9vv2 In the first activity students will learn that the gravitational force is always attractive. Newton’s law of universa
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Geometric Optics, Lenses and Mirrors
In this guided inquiry two part PhET lab your students will investigate how an image is formed by four different optical instruments: a convex lens, a concave lens, a convex mirror and a concave mirror. In Part 1 students will investigate (1) how the characteristics of the image change as the object is brought closer to each of the lenses and mirrors, (2) the similarities and differences in image formation for each of the lenses and mirrors and (3) the meaning of the points F and 2F for the conv
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Optics Complete Unit Bundle
Financial Literacy & Personal Finance Video Game - HTML5 Distance Learning
Video Game about Personal Finance, Investing, Money Management, & Budgeting. An evidence-based, hand drawn visual-novel personal finance simulation game for High School and Young Adults that teaches financial literacy skills. Learn Asynchronously from home on any Computer, Smartphone, or Tablet:2 different ways to play: on any modern desktop/smartphone/tablet web browser, or install on any Mac, Windows, or Linux computer!Expected Student Learning Outcomes:Learn financial skills & content
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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PhET Simulation Online Lab: Coulomb's Law
This engaging inquiry based PhET lab activity will guide your students to an understanding of Coulomb’s law as they learn what factors affect the force between two charged particles. This online lab is intended to be used with the Coulomb’s Law HTML5 Simulation from PhET interactive simulations. The link for the simulation is: https://tinyurl.com/2x5jzzcb In the first activity students will learn how to determine the direction of the force between two charged particles. In the second activity st
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
Biogeochemical Cycles: The Carbon Cycle Dice Simulation Journey of a Carbon Atom
A journey though the Global Carbon Cycle like you have never experienced before!With a roll of the dice, students will travel around the classroom visiting nine of Earth’s carbon reservoirs: atmosphere, terrestrial plants, terrestrial animals, soil, rock, marine plants, marine animals, surface ocean, & deep ocean.In the process, they will learn a whopping amount of information that will link to many other scientific units of study. Examples include: weather, circulation of air in the tropos
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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MS-LS1-7
, HS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-3
, HS-LS2-5
, MS-LS2-4
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Also included in:Â Ecology, Environmental Studies, and Earth Science Activities Bundle
Renaissance Walking Tour or Gallery Walk of Florence Italy Centers Activity
Take your students on a Walking Tour or Gallery Walk through Florence, Italy at the beginning of the Renaissance to allow them to see the changes in architecture, banking, marketplace gatherings, wool-making, art, guilds, and more. This is a 1-2 day Centers Activity for students to visit various locations in Florence to view primary source images and documents in the investigation on the impact of Florence in the beginning of the Renaissance. Students will visit locations like the Marketplace,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Renaissance Walking Tour Gallery Walk Activity Bundle
Genetics Meiosis Chromosome Crossover & Genetic Variation High School Biology
Simple and effective worksheet to help students visualize crossing-over between sister chromatids of homologous chromosomes during prophase I of meiosis and the resulting increase in genetic variation of the gametes. Students color the original chromosomes and then determine the results for nine different cross-over scenarios.Also includes:one pre-made digital Easel activitydigital Easel answers.This activity aligns well with the following: Genetic Terms Set #2: ChromosomesClick here to follow
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
HS-LS3-1
, HS-LS3-2
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Force of Friction
The goal of this PhET online lab activity is for your students to gain a deeper understanding of static and kinetic friction forces, Newton’s laws of motion and how to determine the coefficients of static and kinetic friction. This activity includes collecting data about frictional forces, graphing the data and analysis of the graph to determine the coefficients of friction. This web based lab is available as a PDF file that can be completed by distance learners. This online lab activity uses th
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Newton’s Laws of Motion Bundle: Three PhET Online Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
Using the Collisions PhET online simulation your students will (1) apply the laws of conservation of energy and momentum to characterize the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions, (2) determine the changes in kinetic energy when energy is not conserved, (3) explain why energy is not conserved in some collisions, (4) draw before and after pictures of collisions and (5) investigate five special cases for elastic and inelastic collisions.This online lab activity uses the Collisions HT
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Energy Skate Park, Conservation of Energy
Using this PhET online lab activity your students will gain a complete understanding of the law of conservation of energy and the relationship between potential, kinetic and total energy as the skater moves along the skate ramp. I have done this activity with my students many times and they always find it fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won't even know they are learning as they complete the included laboratory assignment sheet. This inquiry-based lab activity uses the Energ
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Newton's Laws of Motion
The primary goal of this PhET lab activity is for your students to gain a deeper understanding of Newton’s first and second laws of motion. This is a great guided inquiry activity for investigating acceleration, balanced and unbalanced forces, and their effect on the motion of objects. After completion of this activity your students will be ready to start quantitative analysis of the motion of objects using Newton’s second law equation, F = m • a. I use this activity after my students have compl
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Newton’s Laws of Motion Bundle: Three PhET Online Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Under Pressure - Fluid Pressure and Pascal’s Law
In this guided inquiry PhET online lab your students will investigate the pressure in fluids. This includes liquids and air. By the end of this online lab students should be able to (1) describe how the pressure in air and water changes as a function of depth, (2) explain how the shape of the liquid container affects pressure, (3) describe all variables that affect pressure and (4) determine the density of an unknown fluid. This online lab is intended to be used with the Under Pressure (HTML5) S
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Hooke's Law
Using this PhET online lab activity your students will gain a complete understanding of Hooke's law, calculating the spring constant and determining the masses of unknown objects. I have done this activity with my students many times and they always find it fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won't even know they are learning as they complete this online inquiry-based laboratory assignment. This HTML5 web-based inquiry lab can be run from most cellphones, tablets and computers.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Wave Interference
This PhET Wave Interference online lab provides an excellent opportunity for your students to experiment with waves and their interactions. Students will investigate the relationship between the wavelength and frequency of the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and calculate the speed of light using the simulation. Next, they will experiment with diffraction, wave interference and the factors that affect the fringe pattern that occurs when light waves pass through single and double
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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PhET Simulation Online Lab: Period of a Pendulum
In completing this PhET inquiry based lab activity your students will gain a complete understanding of how mass, length, displacement and gravitational acceleration affect the period of a pendulum. I have done this activity with my students many times and they always find it fun and engaging. The best part is that your students won't even know they are learning as they complete the included inquiry-based laboratory assignment sheet. This HTML5 web-based inquiry lab can be run from most cellphone
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in:Â Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
Bonding Models Molecule Polarity PhET Simulation ; EDITABLE, *Key Included*
In this PhET simulation students will investigate how polar bonds affect the polarity of molecules, how those polar molecules react to an electric field. Students will draw Lewis structures, identify molecular polarity, and finally predict if the substance will dissolve in water based upon its polarity. Materials needed: PhET websiteFreely editable Google Doc!Older PDF version is included in the G-Drive directory.KEY INCLUDED in G-Drive directory. Feel free to edit as needed and share with your
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Bonding Models Molecular Polarity and Geometry Chemistry Bundle
Build an Atom PhET Simulation Isotopes, Ions, Nuclear; EDITABLE, GOOGLE *Key Inc
In this simulation students will build atoms, isotopes, and ions in PhET's "Build An Atom" PhET simulation. Students will investigate the neutron-proton ratio and its effect on nuclear stability, the proton-electron ratio as it relates to ions, and the identities of isotopes.Materials needed: PhET website.Freely editable Google Doc!Older PDF version is included in the G-Drive directory.KEY INCLUDED in G-Drive directory. Feel free to edit as needed and share with your students in whatever form y
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â Atomic Theory and Nuclear Chemistry Bundle
Restriction Enzymes: A Genetic Engineering Restriction Endonuclease Activity
A comprehensive hands-on learning activity for restriction endonucleases.Students select from one of 57 different scenario cards then digest their DNA strand according to the provided instructions.When finished, they self-check their results by counting the number of fragments produced and the number of base pairs per fragment.Three scenarios allow differentiation between students and grade levels:A (easiest), B, and C.Student instruction card also posted on Easel for convenient online access.In
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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PhET Simulation Online Lab: Balancing Act, Levers and Torque
With this PhET online physics lab your students will have fun and learn physics at the same time. Why does the lever tip to the left and when will it tip to the right? The purpose of this activity is for your students to determine what conditions must be met for a first lever to balance. Along the way they will also be introduced to the concept of torque and will be able to answer the following questions: What is torque? What affects the amount of torque an object applies to a lever? How is torq
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Build a Molecule
In this guided inquiry two part lab your students will investigate molecules and how they are built. This activity is designed for use with the Build a Molecule HTML5 simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. The link for the simulation is: https://tinyurl.com/2p9cvvjx. The learning goals for this activity are:(1) Students will be able to explain the difference between an atom and a molecule.(2) Students will be able to explain the difference between an element and a compound.(3) Students wi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Reactants, Products and Leftovers
Your students will have fun combining food and chemistry. But will they have enough of each ingredient to make the number of sandwiches they want? Which one of the ingredients will run out first and which will be left over? In this PhET simulation your students will get to make their own sandwiches while learning about reactants, products and leftovers. They will use one of the excellent online simulations from PhET Interactive Simulations. The simulation is called Reactants, Products and Leftov
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
Collisions in 1 Dimension Momentum PhET SIM, EDITABLE, *Key Included* w/old pdf
In this PhET simulation students observe the conservation of momentum in elastic and inelastic linear collisions. Conservation or loss of energy is emphasized. Please note that I limit my instruction in first-year physics to linear collisions only, but the simulation handles 2D collisions just fine.Materials needed: PhET websiteFreely editable Google Doc!Older PDF version is included in the G-Drive directory.KEY INCLUDED in G-Drive directory. Feel free to edit as needed and share with your stu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in:Â All Bires' Physics Resources EDITABLE, *Key Included* w/ pdfs
PhET Simulation Online Lab: Isotopes & Atomic Mass
Isotopes, atomic mass, percent abundance and average atomic mass can be very confusing concepts for students at all levels. This PhET online inquiry lab will guide your students through these topics as they develop an in depth understanding of these concepts. This product is designed for use with the Isotopes and Atomic Mass HTML5 simulation from PhET Interactive Simulations. The link for the simulation is: https://tinyurl.com/yc7ykn33. In this online lab your students will use information about
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Growing Bundle: PhET Simulations Online Physics and Chemistry Labs
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