Phenomena for All Science Discipline

Here is a running list of science phenomena and applicable topics that can be taught:

Life Science

  1. Diabetes: sugar regulation; water regulation; gene regulation
  2. Sickle cell: gene mutation; gene expression; gene therapy; recessive disease
  3. Cancer: mutation; anaerobic respiration; asexual reproduction
  4. Freckles: gene expression
  5. Myostatin mutation in dog and humans: gene mutation; phenotypic expression
  6. GMOs: genetic engineering; variation
  7. Dog breeds: artificial selection; recessive diseases
  8. Pesticide resistance insect: natural selection; food web; organic farming; biocontrol; human impact
  9. Leaves changing color: photosynthesis; gene regulation
  10. Burning marshmallow: cellular respiration

Physical Science

  1. Drinking bird: temperature differential; pressure differential; intermolecular force
  2. Floating candle: temperature differential; pressure differential
  3. Straw race: pressure differential
  4. Atomizer: pressure differential
  5. Sky lanterns: pressure differential; temperature differential
  6. Amusement park rides: potential and kinetic energy; forces
  7. Gauss cannon: action and reaction forces; magnetism; kinetic and potential energies; momentum
  8. Newton’s cradle: kinetic and potential energies; momentum
  9. Dry eraser and water: intermolecular force
  10. Hot and cold packs: exothermic and endothermic reactions
  11. Archimedes and the gold crown: properties of metals
  12. Burning steel wool: conservation of mass; chemical change

Earth Science:

  1. Grand Canyon: weathering; erosion; deposition; law of superposition; plate tectonics; climate change; fossils; rocks and minerals; potential and kinetic energies; force; biodiversity; food web
  2. Worst flood in India: weathering; erosion; deposition; orographic effect
  3. Landslide in Norway: erosion
  4. Mudslide in Yonkers: weather; erosion; deposition
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