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Nitrogen Tales: A Sea Turtle's Quest
The Nitrogen Cycle
Get ready for an adventure beneath the waves! Just like all living creatures, even adorable baby sea turtles rely on...
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Our Changing Oceans: Out of Balance
LeChatlier's Principle
In this follow-up to Shell Shocked, learners dive into the underlying chemistry that drives ocean acidification. They...
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Our Changing Oceans: Shell Shocked
pH
Learners will delve into the puzzle of why oyster larvae are perishing before their shells fully form, and why the...
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Fases de la Luna
Moon Phases
Explore the phases of the Moon in this Spanish version of the cool 80's retro style experience featuring your AI friend...
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Cuerpos Celestes
Eclipses: Arrangement
In this first episode of the Spanish version of our Kingdom in Peril series, explore the arrangement of the Sun, Earth,...
Rebelión de la Luna Roja
Eclipse Frequency
In this second episode of the Spanish version of our Kingdom in Peril series, save your kingdom from rebellion by...
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El Día Más Oscuro
Predicting Eclipses
In this final episode of the Spanish version of our Kingdom in Peril series, save your kingdom from revolt by...
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Tilt Our World
The Seasons
Investigate what factors on Earth – tilt, position in orbit, latitude – determine which season is being...
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Fate of the Plates
Plate Tectonics
Investigate plate margins, explore surface features and model plate boundaries as you traverse the globe with Orby, an...
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Star Party
Stellar Evolution
Use a model to create stars from a stellar nebula and track those stars through their life cycles in an attempt to...
Dating Rocks at Upheaval Dome
Relative Age Dating
Deep time refers to the passage of geologic time over extremely long time scales. To study how the Earth has changed in...
Weathering and Erosion at Upheaval Dome
Geologists are rock detectives. They study ancient life, explore the deepest reaches of the Earth, even probe the the...
Rock Deformation at Upheaval Dome
Flat lying, sedimentary layers make up most of the Colorado Plateau. At Upheaval Dome, however, these same layers are...
Impact Craters and Meteorites at Upheaval Dome
One of the most universal geologic processes in our Solar System is impact cratering. When an object such as an...
Formation of Upheaval Dome
Could Upheaval Dome be the remnant of an ancient impact or a salt dome? Scientists have debated these ideas for over 50...
Exploring Rocks at Upheaval Dome
Geologists study rocks to understand the origin, history and structure of the Earth (and other planets). In this lab,...
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Phases of the Moon
Moon Phases
Explore the phases of the Moon in this cool 80's r*etro* style experience featuring your AI friend **LuCIA**. Use a...
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Darkest Day
Predicting Eclipses
Save your kingdom from revolt by demonstrating that solar eclipses are predictable, natural phenomena, in order to put...
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Red Moon Rebellion
Eclipse Frequency
Save your kingdom from rebellion by decoding the cryptic letters left by attackers and explore why they are using the...
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Celestial Bodies
Eclipses: Arrangement
Explore the arrangement of the Sun, Earth, Moon system, and inclination of the Moon’s orbit necessary to generate...
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Earliest Stories
First Signs of Life/Earliest Life
Travel back in geologic time to explore some of the major historical events of Earth in an attempt to understand the...
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Story of Complex Animals
First Invertebrates
Travel back in geologic time to explore some of the major historical events of Earth in an attempt to understand the...
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Extinction Story
Extinction Boundary
Travel back in geologic time to explore some of the major historical events of Earth in an attempt to understand the...
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Stories in Rock
Relative Dating
Travel back in geologic time to explore some of the major historical events of Earth in an attempt to understand the...
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Dino Doom
Mass Extinction
The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, which occurred 66 mya, caused the mass extinction of...
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Celestial Jukebox
Kepler's Third Law
Use the pattern of sound to observe transits. Derive Kepler’s Third Law from the data collected within the solar...
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Red Rocks
Oxidation
Why is Mars red? Explore Karijini Gorge in Australia and Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona, AZ searching for clues to the...
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Reino en Peligro
Eclipses
With this Spanish-language version of our Kingdom in Peril series, explore the arrangement of the Sun, Earth, Moon...
Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics
The Plate Tectonics collection guides you through an investigation of plate margins, fossil evidence, volcanoes and...
The Living Earth
In this collection, fundamental biological concepts like natural selection, evolution, mass extinction, and human...
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Chemistry in the Earth System
Chemistry in the Earth System
In this collection, fundamental principles of chemistry are used and applied to understanding science phenomena of...
Physics of the Universe
Physics of the Universe
In this collection, fundamental principles of physics are used and applied to understanding science phenomena of Earth...
The Search for Life
Travel back in geologic time to explore some of the major historical events of Earth in an attempt to understand the...
Sun-Earth-Moon
Sun-Earth-Moon System
Investigate the Sun-Earth-Moon system, where you'll uncover how the tilt of the Earth's axis, its orbital position, and...
Upheaval Dome
Upheaval Dome is circular depression of folded and faulted rocks located in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. It is...
Kingdom in Peril
Eclipses
Explore the arrangement of the Sun, Earth, Moon system, and inclination of the Moon’s orbit necessary to generate...
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VisualizationsSimulations and digital interactives for exploring scientific concepts
Moon Phases Explorer
Moon Phases
This visualization is for open exploration of the phases of the Moon. Users can explore Moon phases in a 3-D model...
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Phases of Matter
This visualization is a simulation used in the Habitable Worlds course. The visualization demonstrates the phase change...
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Apollo 50th Anniversary
Moon
July 20, 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first humans landing on the Moon and we are going back! In celebration...
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Deep Time
This visualization is a simulation used in the Habitable Worlds course. The visualization contains key events in time...
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Shadow Analogy
This visualization is used to demonstrate that the distance and size of a large light source (Sun) will determine the...
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Astronomical Timeline
This visualization is a simulation used in the Habitable Worlds course. The visualization contains key events in time...
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Shadow Widget
This visualization contains a dark circle and a slider that can be used for measurement of an object on screen in...
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Geologic Timeline
This visualization is a simulation used in the Habitable Worlds course. The visualization contains key events in time...
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InSight Experience
InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is a Mars lander...
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Atmospheric Chamber
Partial Pressure
This visualization is a simulation used in the Habitable Worlds course. The visualization contains a variety of...
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Stellar Nursery
This visualization is a simulation used in the Habitable Worlds course. The visualization generates a star (click new...
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Craters of Earth
This visualization is an interactive map used in the Dino Doom VFT. This visualization contains clickable global...
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Hell Creek Mammals
This visualization is a 360-degree view used in the Dino Doom VFT. This visualization contains two views of a...
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Mars Rover Sites
This visualization is a 360-degree view used in the Red Rocks VFT. This visualization contains three views of Mars from...
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Hell Creek Trike Dig
This visualization is a 360-degree view used in the Dino Doom VFT. This visualization contains three views of a...
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Jurassic Garden: A Step Backwards in Time
The tour takes place on the campus of Clemson University and explores a section of the South Carolina Botanical...
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Edelman Fossil Park
This tour provides an exploratory experience of the Edelman Fossil Park at Rowan University in New Jersey. Participants...
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Challenger Learning Center of Richland One
This tour showcases all the cool artifacts on display at the Challenger Learning Center of Richland One... space...
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Artemis 2: Blasting Off to the Moon and Beyond!
Orbital Radius
In this lesson, learners will explore the various NASA missions to the Moon over the decades and develop an...
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Journey Through Space: The Dynamics of Earth and Moon: Rotation, Revolution, Latitude, & Longitude
The learner will embark on a journey to explore Earth's rotation, revolution, latitude, and longitude while discovering...
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Camping on the Moon
Investigate challenges to Moon travel, including what to pack, how to travel, and where to go.
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Journeying Into Our Sun
Orbital Mechanics
In this lesson, students will be challenged to design an optimal orbital path to send a probe to study our Sun....
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Dance of the Solar System
Explore Greek/Roman mythology stories about the Moon and Sun. Discover the directions of rotation and orbits of Earth...
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Crash, Tumble, Splash! How Does Water Shape the Land?
In this activity, students take a virtual field trip to several locations on Earth to better understand how water can...
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Fossil Evidence for Continental Drift
Continental Drift
Take another adventure with Orby, the interplanetary explorer, to learn how fossil evidence on various land masses lead...
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Into The Deep
Earth's Interior
In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of modeling and inferring earth's interior structure through...
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Inside a CNC and Machine Lab
This tour uses 360-degree images, videos, websites, and other materials to familiarize you with multi-axis CNC...
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River Cane Virtual Tour
This virtual tour explores the ecology and restoration of a plant important to the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians...
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The Mississippi: Sculpting the Twin Cities' Landscape
St. Anthony Falls is the only major waterfall on the Mississippi River and was influential to both indigenous people...
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The Native Classroom: An Outdoor Learning Space in the Tampa Bay Estuary
The Native Classroom is an outdoor learning space in the Tampa Bay estuary. This virtual tour is an immersive...
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Exploring Physics: Solving Motion at the Fairways
Welcome to Exploring Physics: Solving Motion at the Fairways! A favorite activity allows for exploration of science...
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Fresh, Clean, and Forever G.R.E.E.N.
Welcome to Fresh, Clean, and Forever G.R.E.EN. (Getting Residents Environmentally Empowered in their Neighborhoods)....
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Grand Canyon Caverns: 210 Feet Underground
Route 66 is full of hidden gems, but none quite like the Grand Canyon Caverns. Journey 210 feet below Earth's surface...
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Geologic Tour of Prospect Park
The tour takes the audience through present day prospect park in Brooklyn, New York. Starting from the front entrance...
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Starved Rock Virtual Tour
This virtual field trip will address the question: Can an understanding of local geology be a useful tool in...
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Solar Energy Lab VFT
The goal of this Solar Energy Lab Virtual Field Trip is to introduce students to how solar energy technology can have...
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Strange Ripples in Space
Students will study certain examples of wave phenomena that occur in space and some that occur on the earth. They will...
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Solar System & Parker Solar Probe
Learn about the Solar System and the Parker Solar Probe.
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To the Moon!
This lesson provides a "choose your own adventure" style activity for people curious about the Moon and Apollo missions.
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Planetary Impact
Explore the impact energies of some the major asteroid collisions that have occurred on Earth and discover the...
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Motion of Jupiter's Moons
The students will understand the following concepts: Based on Kepler's 1st Law the motion of moons about a planet are...
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Kilauea
Comparison of different types of volcanoes and the magma associated with them. At the end of the lesson the viewer will...
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The Secret Lives of Stars
Students will investigate how astronomers observe stars, determine the various life cycle stages stars go through, and...
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Rocky River Reservation
Visitors to this virtual tour explore five panoramas featuring parts of Rocky River Reservation, a metropark in North...
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The Chemistry of Stars
Students will investigate how nuclear fusion in stars leads to the formation of elements.
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