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"series of experiments about sound and its application to animals, musical instruments and communications. This unit was designed for use in the second grade. "

" kids keep coming back for more and more play time. We loved their statement, "Let's show our children that Math and Science can be loved." Numerosity may not have coined the term Gameful Learning, but they refer to it often and explain it as a way to engage and empower learners by placing them in the driving seat."

"I will be able to explain how one rock type can transform into another rock type."

"The most handy measuring tool kit in the world. Turning your iPhone into a multi functional measuring device with: metronome, stopwatch, timer, seismometer, ruler, surface level and many more."

"Created to ignite interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), The Verizon Innovative App Challenge opens student's eyes to exciting new possibilities for their futures, opening doors they may never have known were there. The Challenge is a collaborative competition that offers $10,000 grants and Samsung Galaxy Tabs for winning secondary schools and students."

"Does it seem to you that rocks never change? For example, if you find a chunk of granite today, can you expect that it will still be granite at the end of your lifetime? That may well be true - but only because our lifetimes are very short relative to the history of the earth."

"This lab walks students through modeling rock cycle processes, and asks them to make analogies between the activity and the rock cycle."

The Ju-52 flew from Switzerland across the Atlantic to North America.

"Browse or search KQED Education's library of lesson plans, educator guides and student activities inspired by programming from KQED television, radio and interactive."

"Foster independent thinking and 21st century literacy skills with KQED Media Literacy resources. The ability to think critically about the powerful images, words, sounds, and messages that saturate contemporary culture increases students' chance of success in and outside of the classroom. "

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"Meraki lets you centrally manage mobile devices, macs and PC's from the cloud based dashboard. The systems manager makes it simple to centrally manage applications on iOS, Android, Mac and PC devices. It integrates with Google Play, Amazon Appstore, Apple App Store and Apple's Volume Purchase Program. In addition to being able to manage apps, Meraki makes it easy to enforce and deploy restrictions on mobile devices. Choose how your students access the app store, gaming and content, how they connect wirelessly, security settings and remote VPN access."

" Discover rock secrets through these activities. Create a rock collection as you learn about the three main types of rock, find out how to tell the different rock types apart, and see how rocks change from one type into another!"

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"Khan Academy, has released an iOS mobile application for the iPhone and iPod Touch, giving users complete access to its collection of over 3,500 videos. Now, students will be able to continue their education on the go, whether they're traveling on vacation, commuting, or sitting around with nothing else to do. The app covers a wide variety of topics, including topics within the K-12 space, such as math, science topics like chemistry, biology, physics, etc., and there's even a focus on the humanities."

"Cheetahs are the fastest runners on the planet. Combining the resources of National Geographic and the Cincinnati Zoo, and drawing on the skills of an incredible crew, we documented these amazing cats in a way that's never been done before. Using a Phantom camera filming at 1200 frames per second while zooming beside a sprinting cheetah, the team captured every nuance of the cat's movement as it reached top speeds of 60+ miles per hour."

"How do airplanes fly? It's not magic. We'll talk about the forces that help (and hinder) airplane flight."

"This activity is designed for middle school or high school teachers who are interested in introducing a real world, open ended problem that introduces engineering concepts. The curriculum presented here has been implemented quite successfully in a middle school in 6th and 8th grades."

"The TeachEngineering Digital Library exists to provide teachers with the curricular materials to bring engineering into the K-12 classroom for a single day, a unit, or even an entire course"

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