Download a Teacher's Guide
Our teacher's guide is focused for grades 5 to 8.
It includes background on the exhibition, pre- and post-visit
hands-on activities using inexpensive, easy-to-find materials,
teaching strategies, a glossary, resource lists and more.
Download the Guide
(At 1.4 MB, the guide will take about 4 minutes to download
on a 56KB modem. If you don’t already have a copy,
you’ll
need the free Acrobat Reader to view and
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Explore in class - online
Can't visit the exhibition or just want to get started
right away?
Your class can investigate materials by exploring four critical
aspects of Materials Science:
...or if you've got something specific in mind, jump straight
to your favorite stuff.
Featured Demonstration
We'll bring you favorite classroom demos from teachers
and researchers across North America. They'll make
your materials science lessons come alive!
Featured demo: Liquid Nitrogen
Ice Cream
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Go deeper!
See how Strange Matter can help you meet curriculum objectives
with our Curriculum Connections.
We've also put together lists of web sites, books,
and videos to help you go deeper in our other
resources.
Demoworks - The Fine Art
of Materials Demonstrations Download 60 pages of over 43 materials science demonstrations.
Created by a Yale materials science professor as a teaching
resource for her introductory class. Objectives, materials,
procedures, explanations and references are provided with
each demo.
If you don’t already have a copy, you’ll need
the free Acrobat
Reader to view and print the guide. |
