Cornell Center for Materials Research
Cornell Center for Materials Research

Teacher Developed Lesson Plans

 

RET I & II 2009

Teacher and School Lesson Title Lesson

David Deutsch

Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics

Characterizing a Solar Cell

102kb

David Gardner

Solvay High School

Renewable Soy Flour Resins and Cotton Cloth Composite Materials

pdf

Kiana Guerrero

Banana Kelly High School

The Galvanic Cell Game

pdf

Jane (Nuenyan) Lam

Intermediate School 228

The Making of Macromolecules

150kb

Shaneka Woods

King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science

The Chemistry of Computer Chip Production

pdf

RET I & II 2008

Teacher and School Lesson Title Lesson

Carla Brathwaite

Midwood High School

Polymerization

70kb

Shenika Brundidge

Bullock County High School

Beta-Carotene Extractions

pdf

Judith Exler

Norman Thomas High School

How Can We Learn About the Properties of Polymers?

127kb

Michael Fitzgerald

Union Endicott High School

Fuel Cell Characterization

pdf

Karrie Frey

Tully Junior/Senior High School

Trace Evidence – How Fibers and Hair are used to aid in Crime Solving

pdf

Patricia Gould

North Junior High School

Butterfly Wings and Microscopes

pdf

Gary Stark

Estes Park High School

Material Science Labs in Algebra II

122kb

Lisa Tarman

William Penn Sr High

Diffraction Inquiry Activity

pdf

RET I & II 2007

Teacher and School Lesson Title Lesson

Michael Fitzgerald

Union Endicott High School

Intro to Fuel Cells

81kb

David Gardner

Solvay High School

Measuring with a Microscope

181kb

Patrick Higgiston

Birch Wathen Lenox High School

How do we see things?

70kb

Myriam Ibarra

Nottingham High School

Paper or Plastic?

 

Frank LaGatta

Shaker High School

Synthesis of Oil of Wintergreen

 

Adrienne Lopez

Intermediate School 347

Why Some Liquids Separate - Guided Inquiry Lab on Density

224kb

Stephanie Metz

Webster Schroeder High School

The Physics of Bridges

128kb

Tom Nabinger

Nottingham High School

Mollusks

 

Vincent Pereira

New Exploration into Science, Technology & Math High School

Viscoelastic Materials

 

RET I & II 2006

Teacher and School Lesson Title Lesson

Ulugbek Akhmedov

Stuyvesant High School

Solid State Physics Elective Course

95kb

Eric Bowerman

Vestal Senior High School

Engineering Organic Light-Emitting Devices

102kb

Joan Erickson

SUNY Delhi

Should We Count the Beans…one at a time?

240kb

Myriam Ibarra

Nottingham High School

Energy and the Angle of Insolation

246kb

Frank LaGatta

Shaker High School

Esterfication

109kb

Sydney Mendez

Nottingham High School

Solubility Rule - Like Dissolves Like

24kb

Thomas Nabinger

Nottingham High School

Mineral Properties and Identification

197kb

Walter Peck

Whitney Point High School

Energy and the Pogo Stick

127kb

Jordan Pekor

Sewanhaka High School

Understanding Interference and Diffraction Patterns through Drawing

116kb

RET I & II 2005

Teacher and School Lesson Title Lesson

Ulugbek Akhmedov

Baruch College Campus High School

How can X-rays be useful in studying crystals?

394kb

Ranald Bleakley

Weedsport High School

Freezing Point and Boiling Point Changes for Solutions and Solids

225kb

Karrie Frey

Tully Junior/Senior High School

Allotropes: What does structure have to do with it?

Allotropes of Sulfur

119kb

105kb

Richard Hendrick

Nazareth Academy

Ice Alloys

240kb

Sydney Mendez

Nottingham High School

Polymers

41kb

Sharron Ramsay

Norwich High School

Physical Properties of Matter

41kb

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David Ruth

South Seneca High School

Investigate and Invent a Material

28kb

Youning Wang

Murry Bergtraum High School

Cooperative Learning on Observation of a Unique Material Property

144kb

RET I & II 2004

Teacher and School Lesson Title Lesson

Karen Balbierer

Waterloo High School

Will This Polymer Ever Go Away?

457kb

Eric Bowerman

Union Endicott High School

The Science of Slime

277kb

424kb

Daniel Delorme

Horseheads High School

Photovoltaic Cells

700kb

Claire Godlewski

Oneida Middle School

How Can You See That?: Web Quest

156kb

Shawn Hennon

Belleville Township High School East

Can You Handle the Stress?

Are You Under Too Much Strain?

320kb

409kb

Raymond Kaschalk

Haverling High School

X-Rays - The Friendly Photons

425kb

224kb

Gerald Meccariello

Cato-Meridian High School

Manufacturing of Capsules

117kb

72kb

Mahyar Nikpour

Roosevelt UFSD

Surface Tension and Capillary Action

791kb

Mike Pavlovich

Susquehanna Valley High School

Miscibility in Solids

226kb

Mona Steigerwald

Horseheads High School

The Shaping of Polymers

135kb

130kb

Tracy Suggs

Vestal High School

What's Mass Got to Do With It?:

A Self-Guided Introduction to Mass Spectrometry

903kb

RET I & II 2003

Teacher and School Lesson Title Lesson

Karen Balbierer

Victor Senior High School

What is the Scientific Method?

252kb

Theodore Chao

Intermediate School 318

Bouncing Tennis Balls

346kb

Claire Godlewski

Schenectady City Schools

Virtual Crystallography Internet Activity

244kb

David C. Ruth

South Seneca High School

What's Your Stuff?

153kb

Thad Schug

Homer High School

Playing with Polymers

227kb

Paul Sedita

Canadaigua Academy

Deflection of Balsa Wood Bridges

233kb

Teresa Trupp

Union Endicott Central School

To Degrade or Not to Degrade:

The Characteristics of Several Biodegradable Polymers

176kb

189kb

Stephen Zielinski

South Seneca Jr./Sr. High School

Bridging Materials Science Research into the Middle School Classroom

172kb

RET I & II 2002

Teacher and School Lesson Title Lesson

Ranald Bleakley

Weedsport High School

The Periodic Table of Elements

 

Anne Casper

Nardin Academy

Electricity

444kb

Claire Godlewski

Schenectady City Schools

Casting the Best Line

147kb

Mary Kay Hickey

Dryden Jr./Sr. High School

What's in That Pill?: A Thin Layer Chromatography Lab

125kb

226kb

Ronald Hoodak

SCT BOCES New Visions Program

Materials Examination and Hands-on Microscopy

730kb

Sally Horak

Cortland Jr./Sr. High School

Spider Biology

712kb

Terri Husted

DeWitt Middle School

Polymer Research - Shaping our Schools

website

Gerald Meccariello

Cato-Meridian High School

Phase Change Curve for Paraffin

147kb

Jim Shannon

Pittsford Mendon High School

Materials in Sports

website

Mona Steigerwald

Horseheads Central School

Designing a Science Lesson Using the 5E's Model

788kb

913kb

Teresa Trupp

Union Endicott Central School

Using Toys to Teach Chemistry and Materials Science

640kb

RET I & II 2001

Teacher and School Lesson Title Lesson

Jeanine Cosh

Candor High School

Polymers

 

Susan Danskin

Dewitt Middle School

 

 

Claire Godlewski

Schenectady City Schools

Web Adventures

 

Ronald Hoodak

SCT BOCES New Visions Program

Sands From Around the World

 

Terri Husted

DeWitt Middle School

 

 

Diane Irwin

Liverpool High School Annex

- Applications of Energy and Diffraction

- Natural Polymers

 

David Newton

Cortland Jr./Sr. High School

 

 

Ann Phinney-Foreman

Waverly High School

 

 

Bob Walters

DeWitt Middle School

Common Themes in Math, Science and Technology Education

 

Valerie White

Saturday Academy and Northeast/South Hill Elementary

Symmetry of Hub Caps

443kb

133kb

Stephen Zielinski

South Seneca Jr./Sr. High School

X-Ray Diffraction of Seagull Feather Keratin

1222kb

RET I 2000

Teacher and School Lesson Title Lesson

Susan Danskin

Dewitt Middle School

Introduction to Trigonometry

267kb

Sally Horak

Cortland Jr./Sr. High School

Spider Silk

176kb

Nicole Lazor

Lansing High School

Scientists: An Active Exploration

496kb

Valerie White

Saturday Academy and

Northeast/South Hill Elementary

Understanding and Using Computers

1006kb

Stephen Zielinski

South Seneca Jr./Sr. High School

Show Me What You're Made of:

Studying Biological Materials

56kb

RET I 1999

Teacher and School Lesson Title Lesson

Ann Phinney-Foreman

Waverly High School

Napoleon's Buttons, Gum and the Cat's Meow

553kb

Terri Husted

DeWitt Middle School

Symmetry in Math and Science

 

Michelle Lee

Ithaca High School

Chemical Bonding Website

 

David Newton

Cortland Jr./Sr. High School

Problem-Solving Activities

 

 
Edited on: 13 August 2009 4:33 pm