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Ten 10-minute lessons
Produced 1996
School-use rights: one year
Grades 6-9 / Science, Technology
Video Library
Teacher Guide
5/8/10 S

Inquiring Minds is a resource that will increase your students’ understanding of essential science content by examining mysteries outside the classroom. Middle school science concepts such as energy, motion and forces are explored through their relevance to phenomena in our everyday world. Building on the knowledge students already have about each topic, the programs will stimulate students’ natural curiosity.

Tues. 10:40

Feb. 20      1. Why Is the Sky Blue?
                 2. How Do People Survive Lightning Strikes?
       27      3. Why Does Breathing Helium Make Your Voice So High?
                 4. Why Don’t Satellites Fall Out of the Sky?

Mar. 6        5. How Does the Dry Cleaning Process Work?
                 6. Why Are Hurricanes Seasonal?
       13       7. Why Do Voices Sound Different on Recorders?
                 8. How Do Astronauts Land on the Moon?
       20       9. Why Do High and Low Pressure Systems Bring Good and Bad Weather?
                10. Why Do Some Rock Concerts Sound So Bad?

Block Feed: 3/19, 3/20