691 Mobile Inquiry Technology: Parallel versus Series Circuits Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 5 Professional Commentary: In this promising practice lesson students compare voltage in a parallel and a series circuit. Students conduct an investigation to answer the question.... Projects: COR 692 Mobile Inquiry Technology: Moving Magnets Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 3–12 Professional Commentary: This promising practice lesson requires students to make a home-made galvanometer to measure electrical voltage and current. It is focused on exploring the connection between magnetic and electric fields.... 693 Mobile Inquiry Technology: Environmental Temperatures Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This promising practice lesson is designed for students to investigate the temperatures of their surroundings. Using a temperature probe affords them the opportunity to easily observe, record, and compare the temperatures in various locations and relate them to the temperature of the air above the ground and the ground itself.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Engineering & Science Technologies, General Career Skills Projects: COR, Standards First 694 Mobile Inquiry Technology: Changing pH Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 9–10 Professional Commentary: This promising practice lesson enables students to explore acids and bases in the natural environment. Students investigate the question, "How acidic or basic are leaves?" Students use pH probes to gather data and then use spreadsheets to organize, represent, and analyze the data.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Education & Training, Health Science Projects: COR, Standards First 695 Mobile Inquiry Technology: Escaping Oxygen Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: In this promising practice lesson, students use a dissolved oxygen (DO) probe to investigate how different temperatures of water affect the amount of dissolved oxygen present in water. Using a thermometer will afford them the opportunity to watch the dissolved oxygen change as the temperature increases.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Engineering & Science Technologies, Health Science, General Career Skills Projects: COR, Standards First 696 Mobile Inquiry Technology: Monitoring a Pond Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: In this promising practice lesson students investigate the process of photosynthesis in an aquatic ecosystem. Students conduct an investigation to answer the question.... Career Fields: Agricultural & Environmental Systems, Engineering & Science Technologies, General Career Skills Projects: COR, Standards First 697 Mobile Inquiry Technology: Calibrating Thermometers Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grade 5 Professional Commentary: In this promising practice lesson students calibrate and scale a thermometer. Students conduct an investigation to answer the question, "How can I make sure my thermometer is providing a true reading?" A standard thermometer and a temperature probe are used to collect data throughout the investigation.... Projects: COR 698 Mobile Inquiry Technology: Pulse Rate Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–12 Professional Commentary: This inquiry-based, promising practice lesson focuses on finding one's pulse rate under given conditions. Students are actively engaged throughout this lesson and are required to communicate their findings with classmates.... Career Fields: Health Science Projects: Standards First 699 How does an Airplane Fly? Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: In this promising practice lesson, students conduct an extended experiment in which they change and test different flight conditions. By working in pairs or small groups, they will better understand how research teams of engineers and scientists must work together cooperatively to complete large projects.... Career Fields: Engineering & Science Technologies, General Career Skills Projects: Standards First 700 The Lemon Battery Challenge Resource Type: Instructional Resource -- Promising Practice Discipline: Science Ohio Standards Alignment: Grades 6–8 Professional Commentary: This promising practice lesson challenges students to determine how many lemon batteries would be required to power an electric car. The lesson begins with a discussion of how a battery works and progresses through making a lemon battery.... |