Curriculum Units

BROWSE CURRICULUM

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As a Matter of Fact

What is matter? Why do we select certain materials when making things? Explore answers to these questions (and more) as you work to understand some basic properties of matter and put them to work.
Between a Rock and a Dark Place

Why is it so hard to see in the dark? How does sound travel? Study cause and effect relationships as you explore how people can communicate over distances using light and sound in a variety of ways.
- Early Elementary
- 1-PS4-1
- 1-PS4-2
- 1-PS4-3
- 1-PS4-4
- 2-PS1-1
- 2-PS1-2
- K-2- ETS1-1
Biofilms- Stuck Like Glue, Stuck on You

What are biofilms and how are they formed? Why are they so hard to destroy? Explore instances of biofilms and ways in which biofilms are being used by scientists and engineers to help solve problems.
Creature Features

What do animals and plants need to survive? How do certain adaptations support these needs? Discover what it could look like to hand-pick adaptations and design the "perfect" underground scientist.
- Early Elementary
- 1-LS1-1
- 1-LS1-2
- 2-LS4-1
- K-ESS3-1
- K-LS1-1
Exploring the Unseen

How do you study something that you cannot see directly? What is the difference between inference and observation? Learn how scientists are trying to solve a real-life mystery using indirect evidence.
- Upper Elementary
- 3-PS2-1
- 4-PS3-3
- 4-PS4-2
- 5-PS1-1
Ghost Particles

When something is too small to be seen, is it still matter? Make the conceptual leap from the macroscopic to the microscopic while learning about neutrinos and why they are so difficult to detect.
- Upper Elementary
- 3-5- ETS1-1
- 3-PS2-3
- 5-PS1-1
- 5-PS1-2
- 5-PS1-3
It's Electric!

How can you study a particle that rarely interacts with matter? Learn how DUNE, an international mega-science project, uses the electromagnetic force to shed light on the elusive nature of neutrinos.
May the Force Be With You

What do magnets and electromagnets have to do with particle accelerators and neutrino beams? How are magnetism, electricity, and movement related? Learn about the forces behind the DUNE experiment.
- Upper Elementary
- 3-PS2-1
- 3-PS2-2
- 3-PS2-3
- 3-PS2-4
- 5-PS1-3
Move It!

What makes things move? How can we control their movement? Explore how many of our everyday experiences depend on predicting and controlling motion of objects by using just the right push or pull.
Perplexing Puddles

Can life be found nearly one mile underground? Learn about the microenvironments within the Sanford Underground Research Facility and consider the likelihood of life in such extreme conditions.
Sound and Light

How are sound and light waves produced, transmitted, and detected? Start by examining the physics of thunder and lightning, then explore the applications of waves in doing cutting-edge science.
The Search for Dark Matter

What is dark matter and why is it so hard to find? Learn about scientific phenomena supporting the dark matter theory, explore matter and its interactions, and join the global search for dark matter.
- Middle School
- MS-ESS1-2
- MS-ESS1-3
- MS-PS1-1
- MS-PS1-4
- MS-PS2-2
- MS-PS2-4
- MS-PS3-4
- MS-PS4-1
- MS-PS4-2

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