VAST Professional Development Institute Materials

Thank-you for visiting Jefferson Lab's session at this year's VAST Professional Development Institute. Below you will find links to materials that were discussed in the session as well as some 'bonus' materials.

Interactive Table of Elements

Table of Elements - Color Print Version (PDF)

Table of Elements - B&W Print Version (PDF)

Interactive Coloring Book

Coloring Book - Print Version (PDF)

BEAMS Teacher Book (PDF)

Hot Stuff Worksheet (PDF)

It's Getting Hot in Here Worksheet (PDF)

Laser-Sound Activity (PDF)

Bohr Model Worksheet (PDF)

Element BINGO Sheets - Elements 1-36 (PDF)

Element BINGO Sheets - Elements 1-118 (PDF)

Element BINGO Transparency Sheets (PDF)

UV Beads Worksheet (PDF)

Oobleck Worksheet (PDF)

Weather Tools Worksheet (PDF)

Work and Power Worksheet (PDF)

Electroscope Instruction Sheet (PDF)

The following are geophysics related PowerPoint presentations created by participants in the DOE Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (ACTS) program at Jefferson Lab:

Chesapeake Bay (PPT)

Cloud Formations (PPT)

Conduction, Convection and Radiation (PPT)

Doppler Effect (PPT)

Gravity (PPT)

Oil Spill Effects (PPT)

Phases of the Moon (PPT)

Seismic Waves (PPT)

Solar Power and Fusion (PPT)

Spectroscopy (PPT)

Topographic Maps (PPT)

Water Cycle (PPT)

Weathering (PPT)

The following are construction projects built by participants in the DOE Academies Creating Teacher Scientists (ACTS) program at Jefferson Lab:

The Ring Fling Machine - Lenz's Law Demonstration Device (PDF)

The Invisible Electromagnet - A Transparent Magnetic Field Viewer (PDF)

Electromagnet Experiment Stand - A Variable Power Electromagnet (PDF)

Magnets on a Stick - A Magnetic Force Demonstration Device (PDF)

Get Connected! - An Electrical Conductivity Tester (PDF)

Shake, Rattle and Roll - An Earthquake Simulation Table (PDF)

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