SGI: Student Activity Links

 

Ecology: Living on Earth

 

Activity 4
Investigating Population Growth Rates

Simulation for Part B: Fish Population Simulator – Exponential Growth
Simulation for Part C: Fish Population Simulator – Logistical Growth

 

Cell Biology: World Health

Activity 18
The Cell Cycle

For the extension, visit the following sites for cell cycle animations:

Cell Cycle from Cells Alive
Mitosis from Cells Alive

 

Genetics: Feeding the World

Activity 9
Mitosis and Asexual Reproduction

Mitosis simulation 1
Mitosis simulation 2
Mitosis simulation 3

Activity 10
Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction

Meiosis simulation 1
Meiosis simulation 2
Meiosis I Video
Meiosis II Video

Activity 12
Genetic Modification: Benefits, Risks, and Trade-offs

Insect Resistant Corn
Genetically Modified insect resistant corn: Implications for disease management by G.P. Munkvold and R.L. Hellmich
Insect Resistance – The Ag Biotech Infonet
Insect-resistant Crops Through Genetic Engineering – Extension Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Herbicide-Resistant Soybeans
Herbicide Tolerance – The Ag Biotech Infonet

The Flavr Savr Tomato
The ‘Flavr Savr’ Tomato – CBC Archives – Broadcast July 4, 1994

GM Rice
Bangladesh ‘endorses’ GM rice – BBC Article, January 2005

GM Fish
Future Fish: Issues in Science and Regulation of Transgenic Fish, Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology
Genetically Engineered Fish and Seafood, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress
Genetically Modified Fish: Promise or Problematic?

General Resources
GMO Compass
News about GM food and crops

Resources to Help Construct a Scientific Poster
Design of Scientific Posters by the University of Vermont
Advice on designing scientific posters – Swarthmore College
Designing Effective Posters – University of Kansas Medical Center
How to Make a Great Poster
Tips for a Readable Poster

Activity 13
Protein Synthesis: Transcription and Translation

Transcription
Simulation 1 – slides 1 through 6
Simulation 2

Translation
Simulation 1 – slide 6 to the end of the animation
Simulation 2

 

Chemistry: Fueling the World

Activity 4
Fuel Combustion and Air Quality

Extension 2
International Air Quality
This site has current data for cities all over the world. Some of the linked sites provide annual data from past years as well.

Air Pollution in Mexico City
This site has overall information for Mexico City and other heavily polluted large cities.

 

Physics: Mitigating Risks from Waves

Activity 1
Predicting Earthquakes

PBS Online News Hour: Predicting Earthquakes
USGS: 100% Chance of an Earthquake
Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network: Earthquake Prediction

Activity 7
History of Earthquakes, by State

US Earthquake Information by State

Activity 9
Snell's Law

The Physics Classroom Tutorial: The Mathematics of Refraction
Refraction and Reflection Applet
HyperPhysics: Reflection and Refraction of Light

Activity 16
Spectroscopy and Air pollution

European Space Agency: Global air pollution map
Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation: UV/Visible Compact Spectrometers
National Centre for Atmospheric Science: City-scale air pollution

Activity 18
Nuclear Power Plants, by State

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear Power Plants in the United States

 

Physics: Generating Electricity

General Resources

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
National Energy Education Development Project (NEED)
A list of commonly used energy terms from the EIA
California ISO

Activity 6
Microscopic View of Charges

Balloons and Static Electricity Simulation from PhET

Activity 8
Current in Circuits

Circuit Construction Kit (CCK) Simulation from PhET

Activity 10
Graphing Resistance

Circuit Construction Kit (CCK) Simulation from PhET

Activity 14
Electric Motors and Generators

Faraday’s Electromagnetic Lab Simulation from PhET

Activity 16
The Electric Grid

PG&E Electric Grid
Supply and Demand for Electricity for California from LBL

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