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Chapter 1: The Nature of Science:

The Scientific Method
A detailed explanation of the scientific method. With the help of your teacher, use this Web site to design and run your own experiment.

Mars Exploration Program
A tour of the current Mar missions which use ROVs like Sojourner, Pathfinder, and Surveyor. Study this site and describe the current things NASA is doing to learn more about the red planet.

NASA
NASA’s home page, with daily updates and links to the countless NASA sites. Write a journal entry about NASA’s most recent projects.

Scientific American Page
Students can browse through current and past issues of Scientific American. Search this site for a recent article and summarize it for a friend.

Science News
Students can browse through current and past issues of Science News. Search this site for a recent article and summarize it for a friend.

Xavier
This is part of an overall robotics page highlighting a robot at Carnegie Mellon University named Xavier that the students can control. Write a journal entry to a friend to explain how Xavier’s abilities can be used in ROVs.

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Effects of Popular and Classical Background Music on the Math Test Scores of Undergraduate Students
Read this paper on how background music affects test scores. Summarize it in a journal entry.

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Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
This research institute uses ROVs to study the ocean. What are some of the ships and submarines used by HBOI?

Unit 1: Chemical Interactions

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How Things Work
A site maintained by A. Bloomfield, the author of "How Things Work: the Physics of Everyday Life." Students can read old questions or ask Bloomfield their own. As a group, formulate a question for Bloomfield and ask it.

The Particle Adventure Home Page
An in-depth description of particles; includes a QuickTime movie and various links to a variety of nuclear subjects. Go through the adventure and write a journal entry about your experiences.

Taits Periodic Table of Elements
This site features an interactive periodic table with information on the different groups and all the elements. Visit this site to learn more about a specific group of elements, like the Noble Gases.

Chemical Bond
This site gives a very general breakdown of the different types of chemical bonds. Form a small group and together create a catalog of common substances and what types of bonds they contain.

Types of Chemical Reactions
This educational Web page, maintained in Utah, explains the different types of chemical reactions. Visit this site and, under the supervision of your teacher and in a small group, run the experiments linked at the bottom of the page.