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Greenwood, Margaret Stautberg – Physics Teacher, 2022
From my home on the west bank of the Columbia River in Richland, Washington (46.3°N latitude), I have an unobstructed view of the sunrise along the east bank during an entire year. As a retirement project after a career of teaching and research in physics, I decided to take photographs of the sunrise for a year and, and at the same time, carry out…
Descriptors: Geometry, Light, Physics, Astronomy
Goldhagen, Gillian Blake – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Chapter 1 is a seismic study of the mantle structure of the passive margin of northeastern North America. This region experienced multiple episodes of rifting and orogenesis in the past, and the study aims to understand how the Wilson Cycle impacts the geometry of the upper mantle seismic structure beneath southern New England using Sp receiver…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Seismology, Geometry, Geographic Regions
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Tomayko, Ming C. – Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 2021
Natural disasters often receive massive media attention. The headlines can engage students to think mathematically and scientifically about the world around them. 'Principles and Standards for School Mathematics' explicitly encourages instruction where students "recognize and apply mathematics in contexts outside of mathematics" (NCTM…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Common Core State Standards, Teaching Methods, Grade 5