Week in Rap: June 7, 2013
- At June 7, 2013
- By Pearson Science
Here’s the latest sample video from our partner course, “The Week in Rap: Current Events Through Hip-Hop,” which is available on Pearson’s Online Learning Exchange. The Week in Rap: June 7, 2013 Week in Rap subscribers have access to the all-inclusive, browser-based, interactive version of the Week in Rap music video, which includes lyrics, links [...]
Read More»Week In Rap: May 3, 2013
- At May 3, 2013
- By Pearson Science
Here’s the latest sample video from our new partner course, “The Week in Rap: Current Events Through Hip-Hop,” which is available on Pearson’s Online Learning Exchange. The Week in Rap: May 3, 2013 Week in Rap subscribers have access to the all-inclusive, browser-based, interactive version of the Week in Rap music video, which includes lyrics, [...]
Read More»Week in Rap: April 5, 2013
Our partner course, “The Week in Rap: Current Events Through Hip-Hop,” is up and running on Pearson’s Online Learning Exchange. Week in Rap subscribers have access to the all-inclusive, browser-based, interactive version of the Week in Rap music video, which includes lyrics, links to news sources, and assessment activities. Subscribers also have access to discrete [...]
Read More»Week in Rap: March 8, 2013
- At March 8, 2013
- By Pearson Science
A new partner course, ”The Week in Rap: Current Events Through Hip-Hop,” is up and running on Pearson’s Online Learning Exchange. Week in Rap subscribers have access to the all-inclusive, browser-based, interactive version of the Week in Rap music video, which includes lyrics, links to news sources, and assessment activities. Subscribers also have access to discrete [...]
Read More»Do the Math: Making a Scale Model to Understand How Close Asteroid DA14 Came to Earth
This is another activity to help your students relate to the meteor and asteroid events of last Friday. This activity is also a lesson on using scale and building a scale model of the Earth-Moon system. (A student-facing version of this activity, with blue teacher notes and answers removed, is available as a downloadable PDF.) [...]
Read More»Hands-On Activity: Will a Meteorite Land Near Me?
See other posts in this series: FAQs About Friday’s Fireball Meteor Strike and Asteroid Fly-By As you probably heard over the weekend, a large meteor entered the atmosphere and exploded over Russia last Friday morning. This hands-on activity will help your students grasp the likelihood that a meteorite will land at any given place on [...]
Read More»FAQs About Friday’s Fireball
On February 15, a meteor exploded over the sky of western Siberia the same day Asteroid DA14 whizzed past Earth, as described in this other post. Students will likely have tons of questions about this eerie astronomical coincidence. Expect some lively discussions in your science classroom this week! To help you prepare, here are some [...]
Read More»Meteor Strike and Asteroid Fly-By
Fire Over Ice On February 15, 9:20 AM local time, a flash of light filled the sky over the Chelyabinsk region of western Siberia, Russia. People looked out their windows and saw a fiery yellow object streaking across the sky from north to south. The object seemed to be breaking apart or exploding, leaving a [...]
Read More»Do the Math: Hurricane Energy & Other Classroom Activities
Activity One: Do the Math: Hurricane Energy Teachers: Use the following math activity to make the power of cyclones such as Hurricane Sandy more tangible. A hurricane gathers heat, or thermal energy, from the humid air in tropical regions and releases that energy along its path. As the warm, humid air rises within the hurricane, thermal [...]
Read More»Hurricane Sandy, a.k.a. “Frankenstorm”
Frankenstorm Born in the tropical waters of the Caribbean Sea on October 22, tropical storm “Sandy” gave little early indication of the death and destruction it would cause just a week later. As the storm churned ominously up the Atlantic Coast in the days before Halloween, some weather trackers began calling Hurricane Sandy “Frankenstorm,” because [...]
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