Teacher Developed Lesson Plans
RET I & II 2009
| Teacher and School | Lesson Title | Lesson |
David DeutschManhattan Center for Science and Mathematics |
Characterizing a Solar Cell |
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David GardnerSolvay High School |
Renewable Soy Flour Resins and Cotton Cloth Composite Materials |
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Kiana GuerreroBanana Kelly High School |
The Galvanic Cell Game |
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Jane (Nuenyan) LamIntermediate School 228 |
The Making of Macromolecules |
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Shaneka WoodsKing/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science |
The Chemistry of Computer Chip Production |
RET I & II 2008
| Teacher and School | Lesson Title | Lesson |
Carla BrathwaiteMidwood High School |
Polymerization |
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Shenika BrundidgeBullock County High School |
Beta-Carotene Extractions |
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Judith ExlerNorman Thomas High School |
How Can We Learn About the Properties of Polymers? |
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Michael FitzgeraldUnion Endicott High School |
Fuel Cell Characterization |
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Karrie FreyTully Junior/Senior High School |
Trace Evidence – How Fibers and Hair are used to aid in Crime Solving |
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Patricia GouldNorth Junior High School |
Butterfly Wings and Microscopes |
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Gary StarkEstes Park High School |
Material Science Labs in Algebra II |
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Lisa TarmanWilliam Penn Sr High |
Diffraction Inquiry Activity |
RET I & II 2007
| Teacher and School | Lesson Title | Lesson |
Michael FitzgeraldUnion Endicott High School |
Intro to Fuel Cells |
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David GardnerSolvay High School |
Measuring with a Microscope |
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Patrick HiggistonBirch Wathen Lenox High School |
How do we see things? |
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Myriam IbarraNottingham High School |
Paper or Plastic? |
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Frank LaGattaShaker High School |
Synthesis of Oil of Wintergreen |
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Adrienne LopezIntermediate School 347 |
Why Some Liquids Separate - Guided Inquiry Lab on Density |
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Stephanie MetzWebster Schroeder High School |
The Physics of Bridges |
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Tom NabingerNottingham High School |
Mollusks |
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Vincent PereiraNew Exploration into Science, Technology & Math High School |
Viscoelastic Materials |
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RET I & II 2006
| Teacher and School | Lesson Title | Lesson |
Ulugbek AkhmedovStuyvesant High School |
Solid State Physics Elective Course |
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Eric BowermanVestal Senior High School |
Engineering Organic Light-Emitting Devices |
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Joan EricksonSUNY Delhi |
Should We Count the Beans…one at a time? |
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Myriam IbarraNottingham High School |
Energy and the Angle of Insolation |
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Frank LaGattaShaker High School |
Esterfication |
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Sydney MendezNottingham High School |
Solubility Rule - Like Dissolves Like |
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Thomas NabingerNottingham High School |
Mineral Properties and Identification |
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Walter PeckWhitney Point High School |
Energy and the Pogo Stick |
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Jordan PekorSewanhaka High School |
Understanding Interference and Diffraction Patterns through Drawing |
RET I & II 2005
| Teacher and School | Lesson Title | Lesson |
Ulugbek AkhmedovBaruch College Campus High School |
How can X-rays be useful in studying crystals? |
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Ranald BleakleyWeedsport High School |
Freezing Point and Boiling Point Changes for Solutions and Solids |
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Karrie FreyTully Junior/Senior High School |
Allotropes: What does structure have to do with it? Allotropes of Sulfur |
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Richard HendrickNazareth Academy |
Ice Alloys |
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Sydney MendezNottingham High School |
Polymers |
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Sharron RamsayNorwich High School |
Physical Properties of Matter |
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David RuthSouth Seneca High School |
Investigate and Invent a Material |
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Youning WangMurry Bergtraum High School |
Cooperative Learning on Observation of a Unique Material Property |
RET I & II 2004
| Teacher and School | Lesson Title | Lesson |
Karen BalbiererWaterloo High School |
Will This Polymer Ever Go Away? |
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Eric BowermanUnion Endicott High School |
The Science of Slime |
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Daniel DelormeHorseheads High School |
Photovoltaic Cells |
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Claire GodlewskiOneida Middle School |
How Can You See That?: Web Quest |
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Shawn HennonBelleville Township High School East |
Can You Handle the Stress? Are You Under Too Much Strain? |
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Raymond KaschalkHaverling High School |
X-Rays - The Friendly Photons |
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Gerald MeccarielloCato-Meridian High School |
Manufacturing of Capsules |
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Mahyar NikpourRoosevelt UFSD |
Surface Tension and Capillary Action |
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Mike PavlovichSusquehanna Valley High School |
Miscibility in Solids |
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Mona SteigerwaldHorseheads High School |
The Shaping of Polymers |
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Tracy SuggsVestal High School |
What's Mass Got to Do With It?: A Self-Guided Introduction to Mass Spectrometry |
RET I & II 2003
| Teacher and School | Lesson Title | Lesson |
Karen BalbiererVictor Senior High School |
What is the Scientific Method? |
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Theodore ChaoIntermediate School 318 |
Bouncing Tennis Balls |
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Claire GodlewskiSchenectady City Schools |
Virtual Crystallography Internet Activity |
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David C. RuthSouth Seneca High School |
What's Your Stuff? |
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Thad SchugHomer High School |
Playing with Polymers |
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Paul SeditaCanadaigua Academy |
Deflection of Balsa Wood Bridges |
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Teresa TruppUnion Endicott Central School |
To Degrade or Not to Degrade: The Characteristics of Several Biodegradable Polymers |
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Stephen ZielinskiSouth Seneca Jr./Sr. High School |
Bridging Materials Science Research into the Middle School Classroom |
RET I & II 2002
| Teacher and School | Lesson Title | Lesson |
Ranald BleakleyWeedsport High School |
The Periodic Table of Elements |
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Anne CasperNardin Academy |
Electricity |
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Claire GodlewskiSchenectady City Schools |
Casting the Best Line |
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Mary Kay HickeyDryden Jr./Sr. High School |
What's in That Pill?: A Thin Layer Chromatography Lab |
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Ronald HoodakSCT BOCES New Visions Program |
Materials Examination and Hands-on Microscopy |
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Sally HorakCortland Jr./Sr. High School |
Spider Biology |
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Terri HustedDeWitt Middle School |
Polymer Research - Shaping our Schools |
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Gerald MeccarielloCato-Meridian High School |
Phase Change Curve for Paraffin |
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Jim ShannonPittsford Mendon High School |
Materials in Sports |
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Mona SteigerwaldHorseheads Central School |
Designing a Science Lesson Using the 5E's Model |
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Teresa TruppUnion Endicott Central School |
Using Toys to Teach Chemistry and Materials Science |
RET I & II 2001
| Teacher and School | Lesson Title | Lesson |
Jeanine CoshCandor High School |
Polymers |
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Susan DanskinDewitt Middle School |
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Claire GodlewskiSchenectady City Schools |
Web Adventures |
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Ronald HoodakSCT BOCES New Visions Program |
Sands From Around the World |
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Terri HustedDeWitt Middle School |
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Diane IrwinLiverpool High School Annex |
- Applications of Energy and Diffraction - Natural Polymers |
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David NewtonCortland Jr./Sr. High School |
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Ann Phinney-ForemanWaverly High School |
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Bob WaltersDeWitt Middle School |
Common Themes in Math, Science and Technology Education |
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Valerie WhiteSaturday Academy and Northeast/South Hill Elementary |
Symmetry of Hub Caps |
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Stephen ZielinskiSouth Seneca Jr./Sr. High School |
X-Ray Diffraction of Seagull Feather Keratin |
RET I 2000
| Teacher and School | Lesson Title | Lesson |
Susan DanskinDewitt Middle School |
Introduction to Trigonometry |
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Sally HorakCortland Jr./Sr. High School |
Spider Silk |
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Nicole LazorLansing High School |
Scientists: An Active Exploration |
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Valerie WhiteSaturday Academy and Northeast/South Hill Elementary |
Understanding and Using Computers |
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Stephen ZielinskiSouth Seneca Jr./Sr. High School |
Show Me What You're Made of: Studying Biological Materials |
RET I 1999
| Teacher and School | Lesson Title | Lesson |
Ann Phinney-ForemanWaverly High School |
Napoleon's Buttons, Gum and the Cat's Meow |
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Terri HustedDeWitt Middle School |
Symmetry in Math and Science |
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Michelle LeeIthaca High School |
Chemical Bonding Website |
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David NewtonCortland Jr./Sr. High School |
Problem-Solving Activities |
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