Listed below are activities and modules developed by the graduate fellows and middle school teachers in the HU GK12 program for 2007-2008. The activities are available as pdf files. If you use or are considering using an activity, please let us know.
| Fellow |
Activity Title |
DCPS Standard |
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| V. Boddie |
The Blob |
8.4.2., 8.4.4. |
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Gold Rush |
8.4.2., 8.4.4. |
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Is my heart beating? |
8.1.3. |
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I Believe I Can Fly |
8.7.1, 8.1.12, 8.1.3., 8.1.9 |
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Boiling Over |
8.5.8., 8.2.11. |
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ICEY HOT |
8.5.8., 8.2.8. |
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Drop it like it’s hot (REMIX) |
8.5.2. 8.5.3. |
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Energy! |
8.5.2.,8.5.3.,8.5.4.,8.5.8. |
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Drop it like it’s Hot! |
8.5.2., 8.5.3. |
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Life is like a Box of Marbles |
8.1.12, 8.7.7 |
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Sinking Submarine |
8.4.4.,8.4.2. |
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African-Americans in Science |
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| L. Denkins |
Magic? Not! |
8.4.2., 8.4.4. |
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Magic? Not! 2 |
8.4.2., 8.4.4. |
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How old am I? |
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Finding the Energy in Us All |
8.5.2, 8.5.3 , 8.5.4 |
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Forces and Football |
8.7.2., 8.7.3. |
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Friction, Friend or Foe? |
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Conservation of Momentum: Newton Cradle |
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Election 2008 |
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Rainbows |
8.5.7. |
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Students All Over the World |
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Bias, Independent and Dependent Variables |
8.3.1 |
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| H. Douglas |
Neo: Sci ABO and Rh Blood Typing |
7.1.3, 7.5.1, 7.5.3 |
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Cloning, DNA, Stem Cells |
7.4.3, 7.5.1, 7.5.3 |
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Extracting DNA |
7.4.3, 7.4.4 |
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Postlab Questions |
7.4.3, 7.4.4 |
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Cell Structure and DNA |
7.4.10, 7.4.2, 7.5.1 |
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Laboratory Safety and Microscope |
7.1., 7.4. |
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| U. Dozier |
African American Scientist Series |
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African American Scientist Series |
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African American Scientist Series |
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Fluids |
8.5.,8.5.2., 8.5.7. |
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Newton’s Laws |
8.5.2. |
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Simple Machine: Lever |
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Wavelength vs. Frequency |
8.5.7., 8.8.3. |
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| T. Finch |
Balloons and Energy |
8.5.1, 8.5.2, 8.5.3 |
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Balloons and Newton’s Laws |
8.1.11, 8.7.2, 8.7.3 |
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Balloons and Static Electricity |
8.1.2,8.5.4,8.7.3 |
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Forces during Circular Motion |
8.7.2,8.7.6, |
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A Stack of Coins and an Index Card |
8.1.2,8.1.5,8.7.6 |
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Energy Conversion |
8.1.5,8.3.1 |
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Suspending a Balloon with a Hairdryer |
8.1.11,8.7.2 |
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Kinetic Energy of Rolling Balls |
8.1.12,8.5.1,8.5.2 |
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Lewis Dot Diagrams |
8.1.5,8.2.3,8.2.10 |
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Behavior of Light |
8.8.5,8.8.7,8.8.8 |
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Marbles on an Inclined Plane |
8.1.2,8.5.2,8.5.3 |
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Sound and Frequency |
8.1.2,8.8.2,8.8.4 |
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Specific Heat |
8.5.1,8.5.8,8.5.11 |
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Speed of Walking |
8.1.7,8.1.12,8.7.7 |
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| T. Hardy |
It’s Gettin’ Hot in Here! Mechanisms of Energy Transfer |
E.7.2, E.7.1 |
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Converting Light Energy to Chemical Energy by Photosynthesis |
E.7.4 |
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Tracking Air Pollution |
E.8.1 and E.8.2 |
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Food Chains and Energy Transfer |
E.7.5 |
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Build Your Own Watershed |
E.6.2,E.6.3,E.6.4,E.6.7,
E.1.10,E.1.2 |
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Characterizing Biomes |
E.3.9 |
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Erosion and Plant Root Holding Power |
E.6.1, E.6.2 |
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Fishing for Aquatic Organisms |
E.3.12, E.3.5 |
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Measuring Water Quality With Organism Sampling |
E.8.2, E.8.5 |
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Pollution Classification |
E.8.1 |
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Environmental Stressors |
E.8.5 |
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Insect Adaptations |
E.3.11 |
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The Oxygen Cycle and Photosynthesis |
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Introduction to my Research |
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The Water Cycle |
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Live from Ceasar's Palace ... |
E.3.4, E.3.10 |
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Resources and their Influence on Carrying Capacity |
E.4.1, E.4.2 |
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Waste Not, Want Not: Managing Waste by Recycling |
E.5.1 |
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| A. McLauchlin |
Antigens and Antibodies |
7.7.7 |
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Antibodies and Blood Typing |
6.5.1 |
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Antibodies and Blood Typing 2 |
7.7.7 |
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Blood Typing Lab |
7.7.7 |
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Cell Structure and DNA |
7.4.3,7.4.4,7.4.2,7.4.1 |
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Extracting DNA |
7.4.3,7.4.4 |
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Getting to Know You |
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What’s In the Nucleus? |
7.5.1,7.5.3,7.4.3 |
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Careers in Earth and Environmental Science |
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Careers in Health and Medicine |
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Careers in Physical Science |
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Genetics of Cloning |
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| T. Muhammad |
Bar Magnets and Electromagnets |
8.6.2 |
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Beats (Superposition of Sound Waves) |
8.8.4,8.8.9,8.1.8,8.1.12 |
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How does air speed affect air pressure? |
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How can friction be reduced? |
8.1.7,8.1.8,8.7.3 |
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Push-Pull |
8.1.2,8.1.8,8.7.1 |
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Rotational Equilibrium |
8.7.3,8.1.7,8.1.8 |
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Crystals |
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Dr. Herman Branson |
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Interference in sound waves |
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Solar decathalon |
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You have a wavelength! |
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Follow Up for Rotational Equilibrium – Investigation of Center of Mass |
8.7.2,8.1.8 |
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