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| Intelligent Design vs. EvolutionIn the first decade of the twenty-first century, attempts by community groups to mandate the teaching in public schools of intelligent design alongside evolution seemed to introduce a new concept into education. In reality, it was just another chapter in the centuries-long debate on whether faith can control or even make a contribution in scientific inquiry.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science |
| Galveston Hurricane 1900 IIWinds raging at more than 100 miles an hour. Houses crumbling right and left. Flood waters storming through the town. The Great Hurricane of September 1900 was paying a visit to Galveston, Texas.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science |
| Galveston Hurricane 1900 IIt was September 7, 1900. The citizens of Galveston, Texas slept--peacefully unaware they were about to become actors in one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science |
| Science Matters: The Suppression of Galileo IIIn 1632 the Church condemned Galileo Galilei for his belief that the earth revolved around the sun. His condemnation was not lifted until late in the twentieth century.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science |
| Science Matters: Copernicus and the Church IIThe year was 1540. Nicolaus Copernicus' controversial theory that the planets revolved around the sun instead of the Earth was about to become public.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science | History-Social Science |
| Science Matters: The Suppression of Galileo IFew early scientists contributed as much to the understanding of the way the universe works as Galileo, but in his lifetime he was not popular.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science |
| Science Matters: Copernicus and the Church IOften requiring discipline, compassion, and self-denial, religion can be a powerful force for good; but religious institutions can also be short-sighted and conservative, willing to throw themselves across the path of progress.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science | History-Social Science |
| Science Matters: Bennett and Soil ConservationOn an overcast afternoon in the spring of 1935, Hugh Hammond, a rumpled bureaucrat, was testifying before Congress. Suddenly the sky turned the color of copper.Grades 9-12 Science | History-Social Science |
| John Wesley Powell IIOn May 29, 1869, a small party of nine men in four rowboats, led by a man with one arm, set out on what was called an impossible task.Grades 6-8 | 9-12 Science | History-Social Science |
| GPSNASA Connect Segment using a road rally to test how well the hosts can navigate using GPS receivers. The video explains how GPS works and its everyday uses.Grades 9-12 Science |
