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Teacher Developed Lesson Plans
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Tchnavia Merrick
High School STEM & Physics Teacher
Math, Engineering, and Science Academy, Brooklyn, NY
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Getting Wavey | Activity Sheet |
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Theresa Stanley
High School Chemistry Teacher
Quest to Learn (M422), New York, NY
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The Importance of Infrared Radiation | The Importance of Infrared Radiation |
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Joshua Wickline
High School Science Teacher
Talent Unlimited High School
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Smoothie Substitutes | Smoothie Substitutes |
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Olga Carcamo
High School Chemistry Teacher
Danbury High School, Danbury, CT
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What’s in our Air? | What’s in our Air? |
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Andrew Slivosky
High School Chemistry Teacher
Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School, Brooklyn, NY
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Food Science and Cooking Chemistry | Food Science and Cooking Chemistry |
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Jennipher Yu
Middle School Science Teacher
Louis Armstrong Middle School, IS 227Q, Elmhurst, NY
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Measuring with the Naked Eye | Bouncing Balls: Looking at Polymers and Glass Transition Temperatures |
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Pheona Hunt
High School Chemistry Teacher
Special Music School, New York, NY
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Microscopy – Understanding Size and Scale | Microscopy – Understanding Size and Scale |
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Valerie Kovach
High School Physics Teacher
Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM
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Soft Robotics | Soft Robotics |
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Edwin Machon-Pacheco
High School Chemistry Teacher
Grover Cleveland High School, Ridgewood, NY
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Measuring with the Naked Eye | Measuring with the Naked Eye |
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Paul Orbe
High School School Science Teacher
Academy for Enrichment and Advancement – Union City High School – Union City, NJ |
Polymerization Reactions | Polymerization Reactions |
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Paul Orbe
High School School Science Teacher
Academy for Enrichment and Advancement – Union City High School – Union City, NJ |
Radical Reactions | Radical Reactions |
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Charles Remillard
Middle School Science Teacher
The Scholars’ Academy – Rockaway Park, NY
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Bacteria Take Over and Down | BACTERIA TAKE OVER AND DOWN |
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Andrew Slivosky
High School Chemistry Teacher
Frederick Douglass Academy VII High School – Brooklyn, NY
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Hydrophobic Surfaces: Deposition and Analysis | Hydrophobic Surfaces – Deposition and Analysis |
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Erica Wenzel
Math Teacher
College Achieve Central Charter School – Plainfield, NJ
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Non-Newtonian Fluids – How Slow Can You Go | Non-Newtonian Fluids – How Slow Can You Go |
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Rony Yardin
High School School Science Teacher
Bayside High School – Bayside NY |
A Multi-Purpose Resistance Bench | Resistance Bench Labs |
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Charles Remillard
Middle School Science Teacher
The Scholars’ Academy – Rockaway Park, NY |
Glued Into Science – Classifying Polymers | Glued Into Science |
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Olena Kebalo
Middle School Science Teacher
The 30th Avenue School – Astoria, NY
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Plant Cell Crime Scene | Plant Cell Crime Scene |
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Charlie Wilson
Physics Teacher and New York State Master Teacher
Elmira High School – Elmira, NY
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Sometimes You Behave like a WAVE, sometimes you Don’t! | Sometimes You Behave Like a Wave |
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Eric Sharpsteen
Science Teacher
Onondaga Central School District – Nedrow, NY
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Shedding a “Little” Light on Cancer Surgery. | Shedding a Little Light on Cancer Surgery
Shedding a Little Light on Cancer Surgery Activity Sheet Reading – New Imaging Method Lights Up Cancer Cells during Surgery |
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Janice St. Pierre
Science Teacher
Bath Central School – Bath, NY
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Scaling down: Effects of Size on Behavior | Scaling Down-Effects of Size on Behavior |
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Brent Lawrence
Earth Science Teacher Urban Assembly School of Music and Art Brooklyn, NY |
Constructing and Visualizing Topographic Profiles
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Jane Lam
6th Grade Science Teacher David A. Boody Intermediate School (I.S. 288) Brooklyn, NY |
Fibers, Dyes, and the Environment
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 Fibers Dyes and the Environment.pdf Case study of Recycling Company.pdf
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David Deutsch
High School Science Teacher
The Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics
Manhattan, NY
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Modeling Light Interactions with Matter
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Modeling Light Interactions with Matter |
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Alia Jackson
Curtis High School – Staten Island, NY |
Resolution – Not just for the New Year
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Resolution – Not just for the New Year |
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Linda Carey
WS Hackett Middle School – Albany, NY |
Investigating and Modeling Hardness
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Investigating and Modeling Hardness |
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Skyler Saucedo
Palmer Trinity School – Palmetto Bay, FL |
Splitting Water With Electricity
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Splitting Water With Electricity |
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Timothy Williamson
Grand Island High School – Grand Island, NY |
Mechanical Properties of Gummy Worms
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Mechanical Properties of Gummy Worms |
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Diane Pflug
KAPPA International High School – Bronx, NY |
Igneous Rocks
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Eric Sharpsteen
Onondaga Junior/Senior High School – Nedrow, NY |
Superconductivity, Magnetic Levitation and Marty McFly’s Hoverboard
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Helen Dole
Renaissance School of the Arts – New York, NY |
Electric Vocabulary
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Rhyan Barrows
Bishop Kearney High School – Brooklyn, NY |
Building a Compound Light Microscope
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Robert Schwartz
Harriton High School – Rosemont, PA |
Optical Simulation of TEM
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Brendan Noon
Williamson High School – Williamson, NY |
Spectral Analysis with DVDs and CDs
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Elizabeth Haggerty
Boca Prep International School – Boca Raton, FL |
Thinking with the Eyes
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Jini John
Hunter College High School – New York, NY |
How big is it? Determining the size of objects that are too small or too big
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Kaitlin McGann
Maple Hill High School – Castleton-on-Hudson, NY |
Thin Films
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Sandra Douglas
DeWitt Clinton High School – Bronx, NY |
Polymerization- Production of Nylon 66
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Carla Bratwaite
Midwood High School at Brooklyn College – Brooklyn, NY |
Synthesis of C Dots
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Durrell Jones
Milford Mill Academy – Windsor Mill, MD |
Math is Malleable
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Josh Buchman
Fayetteville-Manlius High School – Manlius, NY |
Learning Thermodynamics is a Snap!
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Nicole Holmes
Herbert H. Lehman High School – Bronx, NY |
Sound Off
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Nuenyan (Jane) Lam
David A. Boody Intermediate School, IS 228 – Brooklyn, NY |
Who’s Got the Flu?
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Stephen Besler
Saratoga Springs High School – Saratoga Springs, NY |
Beam Focusing Using Lenses
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David Duetsch
Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics – Manhattan, NY |
Characterizing Solar Cells
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David Gardner
Solvay High School – Solvay, NY |
Renewable Soy Flour Resins and Cotton Cloth Composite Materials
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Kiana Guerrero
Banana Kelly High School – Bronx, NY |
The Galvanic Cell Game
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Nuenyan (Jane) Lam
Intermediate School 228 – Brooklyn, NY |
The Making of a Macromolecule
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Shaneka Woods
King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science – Los Angeles, CA |
Make Your Own Computer Chip
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Carla Bratwaite
Midwood High School – Brooklyn, NY |
Polymerization
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Gary Stark
Estes Park High School – Estes Park, CO |
Material Science Labs in Algebra II
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Judith Exler
Norman Thomas High School – Astoria, NY |
Chemistry of Polymers
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Karrie Frey
Tully Jr./Sr. High School – Tully, NY |
Trace Evidence – How Fibers and Hair are used to aid in Crime Solving
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Lisa Tarman
William Penn Senior High School – York, PA |
Diffraction Inquiry Activity
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Mike Fitzegerald
Union-Endicott High School – Endicott, NY |
Fuel Cell Characterization
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Patricia Gould
North Junior High School – Newburgh, NY |
Butterfly Wings and Microscopes
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Shenika Brundridge
Bullock County High School – Union Springs, AL |
Beta-Carotene Extractions
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Adrianna Lopez
Intermediate School 347 – Brooklyn, NY |
Why Some Liquids Separate— Guided Inquiry Lab on Density
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David Gardner
Solvay High School – Solvay, NY |
Measuring with a Microscope
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Frank LaGatta
Shaker High School – Latham, NY |
Synthesis of Oil of Wintergreen
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Mike Fitzgerald
Union-Endicott High School – Endicott, NY |
Introduction to Fuel Cells
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Myriam Ibarra
Nottingham High School – Syracuse, NY |
Paper or Plastic?
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Pat Higgiston
The Birch Wathen Lenox School – New York, NY |
How do we see things?
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Stephanie Metz
Webster Schroeder High School – Webster, NY |
The Physics of Bridges
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Tom Nabinger
Nottingham High School – Syracuse, NY |
Zoology – Mollusks
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Vincent Pereira
New Explorations – New York, NY |
Viscoelastic Materials
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Eric Bowerman
Vestal Senior High School – Vestal, NY |
Engineering Organic Light-Emitting Devices
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Frank LaGatta
Shaker High School – Latham, NY |
Esterification
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Joan Erickson
SUNY Delhi – Delhi, NY |
Should We Count the Beans…one at a time?
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Jordan Pekor
Sewanhaka High School – Floral Park, NY |
Understanding Interference and Diffraction Patterns through Drawing
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Myriam Ibarra
Nottingham High School – Syracuse, NY |
Energy and the Angle of Insolation
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Sydney Mendez
Nottingham High School – Syracuse, NY |
Solubility Rule – Like Dissolves Like
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Thomas Nabinger
Nottingham High School – Syracuse, NY |
Mineral Properties and Identification
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Ulugbek Akhmedov
Stuyvesant High School – New York, NY |
Solid State Physics Elective Course
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Walter Peck
Whitney Point High School – Whitney Point, NY |
Energy and the Pogo Stick
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Karrie Frey
Tully Junior/Senior High School – Tully, NY |
Allotropes: What does structure have to do with it? Allotropes of Sulfur
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Ranald Bleakley
Weedsport High School – Weedsport, NY |
Freezing Point and Boiling Point Changes for Solutions and Solids
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Richard Hendrick
Nazareth Academy – Rochester, NY |
Ice Alloys
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Sharon Ramsay
Norwich High School – Norwich, NY |
Physical Properties of Matter
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Sydney Mendez
Nottingham High School – Syracuse, NY |
Polymers
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Ulugbek Akhmedov
Baruch College Campus High School – New York, NY |
How can X-rays be useful in studying crystals?
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Youning (Neil) Wang
Murry Bergtraum High School – New York, NY |
Cooperative Learning on Observation of a Unique Material Property
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Claire Godlewski
Oneida Middle School |
How Can You See That?: Web Quest
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Daniel Delorme
Horseheads High School |
Photovoltaic Cells
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Eric Bowerman
Union Endicott High School |
The Science of Slime
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Gerald Meccariello
Cato-Meridian High School |
Manufacturing of Capsules
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Karen Balbierer
Waterloo High School |
Will This Polymer Ever Go Away?
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Mahyar Nikpour
Roosevelt UFSD |
Surface Tension and Capillary Action
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Mike Pavlovich
Susquehanna Valley High School |
Miscibility in Solids
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Mona Steigerwald
Horseheads High School |
The Shaping of Polymers
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Raymond Kaschalk
Haverling High School |
X-Rays – The Friendly Photons
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Shawn Hennon
Belleville Township High School East |
Can You Handle the Stress?
Are You Under Too Much Strain? |
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Tracy Suggs
Vestal High School |
What’s Mass Got to Do With It?:
A Self-Guided Introduction to Mass Spectrometry |
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Claire Godlewski
Schenectady City Schools |
Virtual Crystallography Internet Activity
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David C. Ruth
South Seneca High School |
What’s Your Stuff?
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Karen Balbierer
Victor Senior High School |
What is the Scientific Method?
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Paul Sedita
Canadaigua Academy |
Deflection of Balsa Wood Bridges
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Stephen Zielinski
South Seneca Jr./Sr. High School |
Bridging Materials Science Research into the Middle School Classroom
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Teresa Trupp
Union Endicott Central School |
To Degrade or Not to Degrade:
The Characteristics of Several Biodegradable Polymers |
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Thad Schug
Homer High School |
Playing with Polymers
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Theodore Chao
Intermediate School 318 |
Bouncing Tennis Balls
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Anne Casper
Nardin Academy |
Electricity
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Claire Godlewski
Schenectady City Schools |
Casting the Best Line
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Gerald Meccariello
Cato-Meridian High School |
Phase Change Curve for Paraffin
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Jim Shannon
Pittsford Mendon High School |
Materials in Sports
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Mary Kay Hickey
Dryden Jr./Sr. High School |
What’s in That Pill?: A Thin Layer Chromatography Lab
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Mona Steigerwald
Horseheads Central School |
Designing a Science Lesson Using the 5E’s Model
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Ranald Bleakley
Weedsport High School |
The Periodic Table of Elements
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Ronald Hoodak
SCT BOCES New Visions Program |
Materials Examination and Hands-on Microscopy
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Sally Horak
Cortland Jr./Sr. High School |
Spider Biology
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Teresa Trupp
Union Endicott Central School |
Using Toys to Teach Chemistry and Materials Science
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Terri Husted
DeWitt Middle School |
Polymer Research – Shaping our Schools
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Ann Phinney-Foreman
Waverly High School |
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Bob Walters
DeWitt Middle School |
Common Themes in Math, Science and Technology Education
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Claire Godlewski
Schenectady City Schools |
Web Adventures
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David Newton
Cortland Jr./Sr. High School |
n/a
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Diane Irwin
Liverpool High School Annex |
Applications of Energy and Diffraction, Natural Polymers
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Jeanine Cosh
Candor High School |
Polymers
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Ronald Hoodak
SCT BOCES New Visions Program |
Sands From Around the World
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Stephen Zielinski
South Seneca Jr./Sr. High School |
X-Ray Diffraction of Seagull Feather Keratin
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Susan Danskin
Dewitt Middle School |
n/a
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Terri Husted
DeWitt Middle School |
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Valerie White
Saturday Academy and Northeast/South Hill Elementary |
Symmetry of Hub Caps
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Nicole Lazor
Lansing High School |
Scientists: An Active Exploration
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Sally Horak
Cortland Jr./Sr. High School |
Spider Silk
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Stephen Zielinski South Seneca Jr./Sr. High School
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Show Me What You’re Made of: Studying Biological Materials
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Susan Danskin
Dewitt Middle School |
Introduction to Trigonometry
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Valerie White
Saturday Academy and Northeast/South Hill Elementary |
Understanding and Using Computers
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Ann Phinney-Forman
Waverly High School – Waverly, NY |
Napoleon’s Buttons, Gum and the Cat’s Meow
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Terri Husted
DeWitt Middle School – Ithaca, NY |
Symmetry in Math and Science
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