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Do Now #30: Making a Meal of Mealworms
A plate full of edible insects, including bee larvae, grasshoppers and a waterbug native to Thailand. Image courtesy of Sevda Eris/QUEST. To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your...
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Do Now #34: Learning to Ride
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Earthquake! A New eBook and iTunes U Course
KQED and the California Academy of Sciences recently teamed up to produce Earthquake--a new eBook and iTunes U Course. Incorporating multimedia from both organizations, the eBook and course provide an...
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Do Now #43: Nuclear Energy
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Do Now #50: Climate Change and Extreme Weather
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Do Now #53: Cap-and-Trade for Carbon?
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Four Great Sites for Teaching About the Science of Winter Sports
photo by Arthur Mouratidis/Wikimedia Commons Winter break is just around the corner! And there's a good chance that some of your students will be watching or participating in winter sports during the...
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Do Now #56: Concussions in Sports
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Do Now #62: A Love of Science
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Do Now #74: Earth Day
photo restored by Royce Blair/Flickr To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet with @KQEDEdspace and end it with #KQEDDoNow For more info on...
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Science Educators: Participate in our Online Focus Group!
KQED Education is looking for science educators to participate in a study of our online professional development materials. These online training modules are designed to teach educators how to use and...
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Should We Kill One Species to Save Another?
Northern spotted owl in Oregon.Photo by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet with @KQEDEdspace and end it...
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Should Water Be a Commodity or a Right?
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How Would You Design a Bicycle?
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Are Consumers or Corporations Responsible for Reducing Carbon Emissions?
Cherokee Station coal-powered plant in Denver, Colorado. Photo by Warren Gretz/NREL. To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet with...
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How Do We Prioritize Protecting Species in the Face of Climate Change?
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet with @KQEDEdspace and end it with #DoNowRedKnot For more info on how...
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Should Fracking Be Banned?
Oil wells in Kern County, where much of California’s fracking has taken place. (Craig Miller/KQED) To respond to the Do Now, you can comment below or tweet your response. Be sure to begin your tweet...
View ArticleHow Hydropower Dams Work [Interactive Explainer]
Although hydropower has been in use for centuries, largely in the form of water wheels, hydroelectricity is a more recent phenomenon. Hydroelectricity is a type of hydropower and is created as moving...
View ArticleClimate Change: Beyond the Headlines
Stories about climate change are in the news just about every day. Whether it’s a new study about rising sea levels, or a story exploring the link between California’s drought and global warming,...
View ArticleHow is Energy Measured? [Infographic]
Click to enlarge. We measure energy in many different ways and for many different purposes. Quantities of energy given in one unit can always be converted to any other unit of energy. For example, 1...
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