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| About the Authors |
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| Correlations of Activities to the National Science Content Standards |
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Section 1 Organization of Matter |
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1.1 Boyle's Gas Law: Marshmallow under Pressure |
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1.2 Buoyancy: Ketchup Packet Cartesian Divers |
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1.3 Counting Molecules and Atoms: Number of Molecules of Chalk in Your Signature |
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1.4 Identifying and Naming Isotopes: "EggCeptional" Isotopes |
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1.5 Chemical and Physical Changes: Examining Paper for Change |
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1.6 Physical Properties of Matter: Tootsie Roll Properties |
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1.7 Density: Can't Hold a Good Ping-Pong Ball Down |
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1.8 Atomic Size in Picometers: Cutting Paper to Atom Size |
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1.9 Surface Tension: Why Some Insects can Walk on Water |
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1.10 Birds in Flight: How Birds' Wings Enable Them to Fly |
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1.11 Mendeleev's Periodic Table: It was all in the Cards |
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1.12 Volume of a Cylinder: The Long and Short of Volume |
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Section 2 Interactions of Matter |
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2.1 Acids and Bases: Cabbage Juice Indicators |
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2.2 Polymers: Water-Loving Chemicals in Diapers |
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2.3 Freezing Point: Why We Sprinkle Salt on Icy Roads |
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2.4 Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions: Hot Packs and Cold Packs |
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2.5 Chemical Reactions: Alka-Seltzer and Water Temperature |
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2.6 Balancing Chemical Equations: Rearranging Atomic Dots |
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2.7 Limiting Reactants: Putting a Halt to the Reaction |
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2.8 Writing lonic Formulas: Equating the lons |
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24 | (1) |
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2.9 Single Replacement Reactions: Turning Iron into Copper |
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2.10 Double Replacement Reactions: Trading Partners |
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2.11 Polarity and Solubility: Breaking Bonds of Packing Peanuts |
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27 | (2) |
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2.12 Surface Area and Solubility: Sweet Solutions |
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Section 3 Energy of Motion |
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3.1 Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy: Bouncing Golf Balls |
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31 | (1) |
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3.2 Potential Energy: The Energy of Falling Objects |
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32 | (1) |
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3.3 Friction Through a Fluid: Fluids and Falling |
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3.4 Newton's First Law of Motion: Inertia---the Magician's Friend |
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3.5 Law of Conservation of Momentum: Marble Collisions |
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3.6 Static Friction: Going Against the Grain |
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3.7 Newton's Second Law of Motion: Acceleration of the Coffee Mug |
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3.8 Using the Speed Formula: Speedy Manipulations |
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38 | (1) |
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3.9 Newton's Third Law of Motion: What is a Reaction? |
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39 | (2) |
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3.10 Inclined Planes: Making Lifting Easier |
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3.11 Levers: First-Class Machines |
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42 | (1) |
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3.12 The Three Classes of Levers: Lots of Levers and Lots of Class |
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Section 4 Heat, Light, and Sound Waves |
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4.1 Thermal Energy: What Does Temperature Really Measure? |
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46 | (1) |
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4.2 Measuring Temperature: Human Thermometers |
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47 | (1) |
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4.3 Refraction: A Real Light Bender |
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48 | (1) |
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4.4 Concave and Convex Mirrors: An Up-Close Look at the Spoon |
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49 | (2) |
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4.5 Magnifying Lens: Water Drop Microscopes |
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51 | (1) |
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4.6 Mechanical Waves: The Stadium Wave |
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52 | (1) |
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4.7 Transverse Waves: Anatomy of a String Wave |
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53 | (1) |
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4.8 Compressional Waves: Making Waves with a Slinky |
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4.9 Sound and Its Mediums: Sound Matters |
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55 | (1) |
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4.10 Sound Vibrations: Rubber Band Music |
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4.11 Sound and Water: Tuning Forks and Water |
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57 | (1) |
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4.12 Energy Conductors and Insulators: the Cook's Choice |
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58 | (2) |
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Section 5 Magnetism and Electricity |
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5.1 Charging by Friction: Balloons and Dancing Salt Grains |
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60 | (1) |
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5.2 Closed Circuits: A Battery, a Bulb, and a Paper Clip |
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61 | (1) |
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5.3 Electrochemical Cell: Nine-Volt Battery Electrolysis |
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62 | (1) |
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5.4 Resistance: Series and Parallel Circuits |
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5.5 Making Electricity: A Shocking Activity |
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64 | (1) |
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5.6 Schematic Circuit Diagrams: Seeing the Circuit |
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5.7 Electromagnets: The Art of Magnetizing a Nail |
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67 | (2) |
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5.8 Magnetic Field: Long-Distance Attraction |
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5.9 Magnets: What's in a Refrigerator Magnet? |
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5.10 Magnetizing Metals: The Magnetic Nail |
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5.11 Magnets and Compasses: Which Way is North? |
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5.12 Magnetic Forces: Force Blockers |
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6.1 Characteristics of Life: Is it Alive? |
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6.2 Energy Molecules: ATP and ADP |
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6.3 ATP and Lactic Acid: Muscle Fatigue |
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6.4 The Cell Cycle, Part One: Getting Started |
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6.5 The Cell Cycle, Part Two: The Process |
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81 | (1) |
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6.6 Cell Transport: When It Comes to Cells, Small is Good |
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6.7 Proteins as Enzymes: Saltine Crackers and Amylase |
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6.8 Plant Cell or Animal Cell: Shoestring Venn Diagram |
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6.9 Enzymes: Temperature and Paperase |
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6.10 The Mitochondria: Surface Area and the Folded Membrane |
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87 | (1) |
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6.11 Photosynthesis and Respiration: Formula Scramble |
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88 | (2) |
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7.1 DNA: Candy Nucleotides |
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90 | (2) |
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7.2 Chromosomes: Learning to Speak "Chromosome" |
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92 | (1) |
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7.3 Genetic Diversity: Crossing Over During Meiosis |
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7.4 Genetic Combinations: Tall and Short Pea Plants |
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7.5 Mendel's Law of Segregation: Cystic Fibrosis |
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7.6 Dominant and Recessive Genes in Cat Breeding: Curly-Eared Cats |
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7.7 Pedigrees: The Higgenbothum Hairline |
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98 | (1) |
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7.8 Sex-Linked Traits: Flipping Over Color Blindness |
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99 | (1) |
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7.9 Gene Splicing: Human Growth Hormone and Recombinant DNA |
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100 | (1) |
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7.10 Protein Synthesis: Modeling Transcription |
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101 | (2) |
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8.1 Natural Selection: Life as a Peppered Moth |
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103 | (2) |
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8.2 Advantageous Traits: Which Creature is the Fittest? |
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105 | (1) |
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8.3 Primate Adaptations: The Importance of the Opposable Thumb |
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106 | (1) |
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8.4 Steps of Natural Selection: Natural Selection Sequencing |
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107 | (1) |
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8.5 Plant Adaptations: Features for Survival in the Rain Forest |
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108 | (1) |
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8.6 Adaptive Radiation: The Beaks of Darwin's Finches |
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109 | (1) |
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8.7 Variations and Survival: Pine Needle Variation |
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110 | (1) |
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8.8 Horse Evolution: Horse Height Over Time |
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111 | (1) |
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8.9 Fossil Dating: Stacking Up Rock Layers |
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112 | (3) |
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8.10 Antibiotic Resistance: Present-Day Evolution |
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115 | (2) |
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Section 9 Diversity of Life |
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9.1 The Six Kingdoms: Kingdom Match Game |
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117 | (2) |
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9.2 Vascular Plants: Checking Out a Fern Frond |
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119 | (1) |
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9.3 Flower Parts: Dissecting the Flower |
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120 | (2) |
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9.4 Food Storage in Seeds: Dissecting a Dicot |
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122 | (1) |
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9.5 Seed Dispersal: Where Plants Come From |
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123 | (1) |
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9.6 Animal Symmetry: What Symmetry is this? |
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124 | (1) |
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9.7 Viruses: Nuts and Bolts of a Bacteriophage |
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125 | (1) |
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9.8 Bird Digestion: Why Birds Don't Need Teeth |
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126 | (1) |
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9.9 Examining a Fungus: Close-Up Look at a Mushroom |
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127 | (2) |
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9.10 Taxonomic Categories: Addressing Classification |
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129 | (2) |
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10.1 Energy Flow Through the Food Chain: The 10 Percent Rule of Energy Flow |
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131 | (1) |
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10.2 Population Growth Rate: Growing Exponentially |
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132 | (1) |
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10.3 Food Web: Piecing Together a Food Web Puzzle |
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133 | (1) |
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10.4 Population Estimations: Mark and Recapture of Wildlife |
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134 | (1) |
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10.5 The Importance of Niches: Extinction and the Paper Clip Niche |
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135 | (1) |
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10.6 Symbiosis: Want Ads for Mutualism |
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136 | (1) |
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10.7 Human Pollution: Plastic Killers |
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137 | (1) |
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10.8 Plant Growth Requirements: When Seeds Get too Crowded |
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138 | (1) |
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10.9 Packaging and the Environment: Convenience or Conservation? |
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10.10 Arthropod Behavior: Response of the Pill Bugs |
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11.1 The Role of Bile in Digestion: Emulsifying Fat |
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143 | (1) |
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11.2 Tendons: Visualizing how the Fingers Work |
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144 | (1) |
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11.3 The Heart: The Strongest Muscle of the Body |
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145 | (1) |
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11.4 Partnering of the Brain and Eyes: Putting the Fish in the Bowl |
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146 | (2) |
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11.5 Lung Capacity During Exercise: Balloons and Vital Capacity |
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148 | (1) |
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11.6 Blood Vessels: Arteries or Veins? |
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149 | (1) |
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11.7 Muscle Interactions: Pairing of the Biceps and Triceps |
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11.8 Mechanical Digestion: The Initial Breakdown of Digestion |
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11.9 Peristalsis During Digestion: Moving Food Through the Esophagus |
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153 | (2) |
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11.10 Why We Sweat: Staying Cool with the Sweat Glands |
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Section 12 Structure of Earth Systems |
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12.1 Core Sampling: Seeing Inside the Cupcake |
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158 | (1) |
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12.2 Metamorphic Rocks: Pressure and the Candy Bar |
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159 | (1) |
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12.3 Sedimentation: Making Sedimentary Rocks |
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160 | (1) |
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12.4 Soil Conservation: How much of the Earth is Usable Soil? |
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161 | (1) |
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12.5 Physical Weathering of Rocks: Sugar Cube Breakdown |
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162 | (1) |
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12.6 Mineral Hardness: Mineral Ranks |
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12.7 Cross Section of the Earth: Egg Modeling |
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165 | (1) |
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12.8 Porosity of Soil Samples: Soil's Holding Power |
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166 | (1) |
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12.9 Groundwater and Permeability: Just Passing Through |
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12.10 Water in the Ocean: Sink or Float? |
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12.11 Ocean Currents: Temperatures Start the Motion |
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12.12 Bottle Eruption: Volcanic Activity |
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170 | (2) |
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Section 13 Earth's History |
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13.1 Inferences from Fossils: Who Was Here? |
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13.2 Magnetic Rocks: Lodestones |
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13.3 Radioactive Rocks: The Age of Rocks |
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13.4 Continental Drift: Puzzling Over the Continents |
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13.5 Strength of Earthquakes: It's the Cracker's Fault |
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13.6 Fossil Molds and Casts: Making Fossils |
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13.7 Glaciers: Ice in Motion |
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13.8 Deformation of Rocks: Rocks Under Stress |
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13.9 Geologic Time Scale Model: Earth's History on a Football Field |
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181 | (1) |
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13.10 Graded Bedding: Breaking the Law |
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182 | (1) |
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13.11 Seismic Waves: Human Wave Form |
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183 | (1) |
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13.12 Mountain Building: Paper Peaks |
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14.1 Temperature Inversions: Weather Patterns and Pollution |
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186 | (1) |
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14.2 Cloud Formation: The Cloudy Bottle |
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187 | (1) |
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14.3 Warm Air Rises: Refrigerated Balloons |
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188 | (1) |
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14.4 Water Vapor: Dew on the Beaker |
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189 | (1) |
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14.5 Rain Gauge: Let It Pour |
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14.6 The Loss of Ozone: Oxygen is not Just for Breathing |
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14.7 Temperature: Do You Want That in Celsius or Fahrenheit? |
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14.8 Heat Transfer: Spiraling Upward |
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194 | (1) |
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14.9 Read a Climatogram: Quick Take on Climate |
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14.10 Air Has Weight: Living Under Pressure |
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14.11 Make It Rain: Bottle Rainstorm |
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14.12 Winds: Air Masses in Motion |
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15.1 Telescopes: An Eye on the Universe |
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15.2 Light-Years: Universal Time |
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202 | (1) |
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15.3 Star Constellations: How Many Do You Know? |
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15.4 Viewing Constellations: Moving Patterns in the Sky |
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15.5 The Gyroscopic Effect: Spacecraft Navigation |
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206 | (1) |
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15.6 Space Shuttle Orbits: Holding Onto Your Marbles |
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207 | (2) |
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15.7 Gravity and Space Instruments: Writing in Space |
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209 | (1) |
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15.8 Visible Light: A Blend of Colors |
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210 | (1) |
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15.9 Infrared Light: Feel the Heat |
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211 | (1) |
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15.10 Star Magnitude: The Brightness of Stars |
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212 | (1) |
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15.11 Inertia in Space: Objects Keep Moving |
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213 | (1) |
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15.12 The Parallax Effect: A Different Perspective |
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214 | (2) |
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Section 16 The Solar System |
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16.1 Planetary Revolutions: Birthdays on Mercury and Jupiter |
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216 | (1) |
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16.2 Jupiter's Atmosphere: A Stormy Planet |
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217 | (1) |
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16.3 Orbiting the Sun: Earth's Trip Around the Sun |
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218 | (2) |
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16.4 Planet Formations: How the Planets Were Made |
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220 | (1) |
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16.5 Surviving on the Moon: Lunar Trek |
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221 | (1) |
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16.6 Solar Eclipse: Blocking the Sun |
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222 | (1) |
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16.7 Astrolabe: Medieval Measurements |
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223 | (2) |
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16.8 Precession of Earth: Spinning on the Axis |
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225 | (2) |
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16.9 Lunar Surface Regolith: After the Meteorites Hit the Moon |
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227 | (1) |
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16.10 Weight and Gravity: Weighing In on the Earth, Moon, and Sun |
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228 | (1) |
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16.11 Auroras: Party Lights in the Sky |
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229 | (2) |
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16.12 Moon Face: The Moon's Revolution and Rotation |
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231 | (1) |
| Teacher's Notes |
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232 | (7) |
| Answer Key |
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