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Rennie, Richard – Teaching Science, 2015
The Australian Curriculum: Science for Year 5 includes "recognising that the colour of an object depends on the properties of the object and the color of the light source". This article shows how much more can be done with color in the science laboratory. Activities include using a prism to explore white light, using a hand lens to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Experiments, Science Activities, Color
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Brockington, Guilherme; Testoni, Leonardo André; Pietrocola, Maurício – Physics Education, 2015
The continuing fascination of young people with celestial bodies leads them to pose challenging questions to their science teachers, such as how was the universe born? How were the stars formed? In this paper we present an extremely inexpensive but highly engaging activity to teach the basics of spectroscopy. Guided by the question "how do…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spectroscopy, Physics, Science Instruction
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Mack Shelley, Editor; Ozkan Akman, Editor; Sabri Turgut, Editor – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES) which took place on April 16-19, 2024, in San Francisco, California, United States of America. The aim of the conference is to offer…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence, Lifelong Learning, Community College Students
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Downs, Nathan; Parisi, Alfio V.; Galligan, Linda; Turner, Joanna; Amar, Abdurazaq; King, Rachel; Ultra, Filipina; Butler, Harry – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2016
A short series of practical classroom mathematics activities employing the use of a large and publicly accessible scientific data set are presented for use by students in years 9 and 10. The activities introduce and build understanding of integral calculus and trigonometric functions through the presentation of practical problem solving that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Activities, Calculus, Trigonometry, Problem Solving
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Shelley, Mack, Ed.; Akcay, Hakan, Ed.; Ozturk, Omer Tayfur, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
"Proceedings of International Conference on Research in Education and Science" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Research in Education and Science (ICRES) which took place on March 24-27, 2022 in Antalya, Turkey. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to discuss theoretical and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Peripherals, Equipment
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Downs, Nathan; Larsen, Kim; Parisi, Alfio; Schouten, Peter; Brennan, Chris – Teaching Science, 2012
A practical exercise for developing a simple cost-effective solar ultraviolet radiation dosimeter is presented for use by middle school science students. Specifically, this exercise investigates a series of experiments utilising the historical blue print reaction, combining ammonium iron citrate and potassium hexacyanoferrate to develop an…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Investigations