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This text belies the folk wisdom that water twirls down the toilet clockwise due to the Coriolis force. It even explains that the Coriolis force is not a true force after all and merely an effect. A unique explanation of the Coriolis Effect on large masses of moving air over the surface of the Earth and, by extension, ocean currents is provided.
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In
this
two-part
activity,
students
learn
about
electromagnetism
by
constructing
electromagnets
and
observing
their
behavior.
They
will
discover
that
there
is
a
close
relationship
between
electricity
and
magnetism
in
that
moving
magnets
can
induce
electric
currents
and
that
electric
currents
can
cause
magnetism.
They
also
learn
that
electric
current
flowing
in
a
wire
creates
a
magnetic
field
around
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In
this
activity
students
have
the
opportunity
to
build
a
model
of
a
submersible.
Within
its
clear
plastic
hull,
a
balloon
will
serve
as
a
type
of
ballast
tank.
By
varying
the
inflation
of
this
balloon,
they
will
be
able
to
control
the
buoyancy
of
the
submersible.
This
activity
will
offer
students
a
hands-on
experience
in
buoyancy,
an
observation
of
a
working
ballast
tank,
and
an
operational
definition
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This
site
is
the
Educator
Guide
of
an
archived
NASA
(National
Aeronautics
and
Space
Administration)
CONNECT
program
designed
to
teach
students
about
microgravity
and
to
introduce
them
to
combustion
science
and
the
importance
of
fire
safety
on
the
International
Space
Station.
Students
will
also
learn
how
chemistry
plays
an
important
role
in
microgravity
research.
An
activity
has
students
determine
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This resource provides a textual explanation as well as animated illustration of elliptical orbits with different eccentricities. It also shows how the Sun is at the focus of an ellipse, and some of the math behind elliptical orbits. Beginner, intermediate and advanced versions of the content are available.
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This
lesson
plan
is
part
of
the
DiscoverySchool.com
lesson
plan
library
for
grades
6-8.
It
focuses
on
the
advent
of
Space
Shuttle
missions
from
1981
to
1986.
Students
research
facts
about
each
of
the
25
missions
that
occurred
during
this
time
period,
finding
out
what
each
mission
objective
was.
They
also
look
at
the
Challenger
incident
and
what
went
wrong
with
that
mission.
Included
are
objectives,
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This
section
of
the
Windows
to
the
Universe
web
site
provides
information
and
images
about
stars
including
star
statistics,
and
a
star
gallery.
Windows
to
the
Universe
is
a
user-friendly
learning
system
pertaining
to
the
Earth
and
Space
sciences.
The
objective
of
this
project
is
to
develop
an
innovative
and
engaging
web
site
that
spans
the
Earth
and
Space
sciences
and
includes
a
rich
array
of
documents,
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In
this
lesson
students
learn
to
recognize
the
types
of
tephra,
which
include
a
variety
of
ejected
volcanic
products,
and
that
the
distribution
and
type
of
tephra
can
be
used
to
locate
an
eruption
source
and
describe
the
style
of
an
eruption.
Students
also
learn
that
tephra
is
classified
by
size,
texture,
and
composition
and
as
a
result
of
this
lesson
will
be
able
to
identify
and
describe
the
origin
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This
activity
will
help
students
in
their
understanding
of
the
complexities
of
snowpack
formation
and
using
this
data
to
make
predictions
about
how
particular
slopes
might
behave.
The
kind
of
snow,
the
incline
of
the
slope,
and
the
terrain
all
play
a
role
in
when
and
where
avalanches
will
occur.
In
this
activity,
students
layer
foodstuffs
to
mimic
the
strong
and
weak
layers
within
a
snowpack
and
then
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This
demonstration
uses
a
gyroscope
(a
bicycle
wheel
works
well),
string,
and
a
turntable
(optional)
to
show
how
the
equatorial
bulge
of
Earth
causes
precession.
By
balancing
the
spinning
bicycle
wheel
on
one
hand,
and
pulling
a
string
attached
to
the
top
axle
with
the
other,
the
axis
of
the
wheel
traces
out
a
circle
(precesses).
The
site
also
explains
how
the
moment
of
inertia
is
related
to
torque
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