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Bindel, Thomas H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
A crystal model laboratory exercise is presented that allows students to examine relations among the microscopic-macroscopic-symbolic levels, using crystalline mineral samples and corresponding crystal models. Students explore the relationship between solid-state structure and crystal form. Other structure-property relationships are explored. The…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments, Science Instruction, Geometry
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Stewart, H. Bruce; Reininger, Maria E.; Smudzinski, Walter A. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2008
This article describes an activity done by eighth grade students using data that was gathered from sun-shadow observations. (Contains 5 figures.)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Secondary School Science
Shann, Mary H. – 1996
This is the final evaluation report of the On Growth and Form (OGAF): Learning Concepts of Probability and Fractals by Doing Science project that aimed at engaging high school students in hands-on science activities, experiments, and computer simulations that use probability and fractal geometry to model ragged structures in the real world.…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Evaluation, Geometry, Hands on Science