Click here for more details about the NC and tables of correlations with SEED web site contents. The Absorbency of Rock Learn about the ability of rock to absorb liquids. This Science Lab activity provides instructions and materials for building a paper model of a Fullerene, a truncated icosahedron. How do underground buildings remain relatively warm in the midst of the brittely cold winters on the Great Plains. The Energy Efficiency experiment offers some insight into why this is so.
Interesting patterns emerge when worldwide data is accumulated and compared.
In the 1920 s Edwin Hubble discovered that not only were all the galaxies in the universe were moving away from us, but that the farther the galaxy was from our own, the faster it was moving. Using a rubber band we can understand why Hubble's discovery makes sense. This experience illustrates one of the major risks in drilling an oil well, a Blowout , which occurs when gas pressure inside the well suddenly forces out the oil. The demonstration is also useful to illustrate the concepts of Drilling Mud, Blowout Prevention, Hydrostatic Pressure, Pressure Balance, Gas Compressibility and Density . The Permeability of Soil Permeability is the rate at which fluid can flow through the pores of a solid.