Higher education social studies laboratories

Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

We were talking about Kohlberg and morality and one of my students asked me about "trolley" problems. That was my inspiration! If you are not aware of "trolley problems" they go something like this... "A trolley has lost its brakes and is headed down a track and will kill 5 people. You can flip the switch and only one person will be killed. What do you do?" Of course, there are a million variations of these kinds of problems too. While not strictly psychology I think these problems are interesti

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8th - 12th, Higher Education

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Psychology Conformity: Getting People to do Bad Deeds

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Based on a site I learned about from Johnathan Mueller and his excellent TSP newsletter. http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/crow/ I thought it looked interesting and decided to design an activity so my students could test conformity in our student population. While it is based on a website it is NOT an online activity. Based on this website… http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2013/12/its-easier-than-you-think-to-get-other.html "Vanessa Bohns and her colleagues first asked 52 student part

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Psychology

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11th - 12th, Higher Education

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The Sunshine Science Teacher

Brain Mapping Lab: Create Your Own Homunculus

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Looking for a FUN, engaging lab that your Anatomy or Psychology students will love? This lab is can be given in an Anatomy class at any time during the Nervous System Unit to teach about brain mapping, or in a Psychology class to teach about the Motor & Sensory Cerebral Cortex and the Sensory Homunculus. It is really is such a fun and simple lab that it can be given at any time during the year because it does not require any background knowledge! In this Lab, students will...Read the info on

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Anatomy, Psychology, Psychology

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Criminal Justice - Law, Forensics, Handwriting

CCSS:

Forensics Handwriting Analysis - Autograph Authentication

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Howard Schneider

Over the years, the attraction to celebrities and sports figures has grown exponentially, and as such, so has the demand for their autographs. As a matter of fact, autograph collecting has turned out to be a multi-billion dollar a year industry. Some individuals have their signatures sell for prices in excess of $1,000 to $10,000! With prices this high and an industry with this much popularity, many individuals have decided to forge these signatures in an attempt to make a quick buck. It is even

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10th - 12th, Higher Education

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Activities, Laboratory, Lesson

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Forensic Anthropology Unit 14.2 Lab & Worksheet: Classification of Human Bones

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Best for Teachers

In this simple, but effect lab activity, students will be able to:(Objectives):1. Name the four main groups of bones based on shape.2. Identify the classification of major bones of the body. Materials Needed for this lab:Model of a human skeleton (optional)Student handoutText or notes on the classification of bones (optional) or Forensics Unit 14 PPT (optional)I love this lab because it helps my forensics students learn key skeletal system concepts in a simplified and condensed format. Teachers

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Criminal Justice - Law, Forensics, Science

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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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Also included in: Forensics Unit 14 Resource Bundle: Human Remains (Forensic Anthropology)

Psychology Lab IQ Test Collection AP Psychology Intelligence

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Activities, Laboratory, Printables

This is a collection of 6 activities based on 6 free online IQ tests. The students take the IQ tests and then comment on their results. Obviously links die so try before you buy… https://bit.ly/3disIs4 (3/12/24 this link will not give my students the test)http://tinyurl.com/vocabiqhttps://bit.ly/3DkbFR1https://bit.ly/3rwHwM6https://bit.ly/3oj4690https://www.mometrix.com/academy/mat-practice-test/ It includes a revision of my Vocabulary IQ test from…https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Psy

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Psychology, Psychology

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9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Forensics Unit 14 Resource Bundle: Human Remains (Forensic Anthropology)

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Best for Teachers

Make teaching Forensics easy with this complete Forensics Unit 14 Bundle that includes:Forensics Unit Plan 14: Human Remains (Forensic Anthropology)Forensics Unit 14 PPT: Human RemainsForensics Unit 14.1 All-in-One Lab Activity & Review Worksheet: Overview of the SkeletonForensics Anthropology Unit 14.2 All-in-One Lab Activity & Review Worksheet: Classification of Human BonesForensics Anthropology Unit 14.3 All-in-One Lab Activity and Review Worksheet: Human Bone StructureForensics Unit

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Criminal Justice - Law, Forensics, Science

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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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Unit Plans, Assessment, Laboratory

Psychology Lab Fundamental Attribution Error AP Psychology Social Psychology

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Psychology, Psychology, Sociology

Fundamental attribution error: describes the tendency to over-value dispositional or personality-based explanations for the observed behaviors of others while under-valuing situational explanations for those behaviors. In the lab the students ask their subjects two questions, "Why did Jack hit Larry?" and "Why did you hit Larry?" The students record the responses then analyze them for dispositional or situational attribution. Included are 4 versions of this lab. Two versions where the responses

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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Ancient History, Anthropology, Human Development

(3D/360) Human Prehistory VIRTUAL TOUR and LAB

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AI History Hub

Resource Includes:Access to the virtual tour platformInteractive timeline featuresDownloadable Skull Analysis Lab and WorksheetProduct Description: Embark on an educational adventure with "Journey Through Time: A Virtual Tour of Human History from the Paleolithic to the Bronze Age"! This immersive virtual experience is designed to transport students from the early days of human ancestors wielding simple stone tools to the sophisticated societies of the Bronze Age. Each historical period is broug

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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Worksheets, Laboratory, Lesson

Watershed Delineation with Topographic Maps

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ScienceWithMsZ

In this activity, students will learn to delineate watersheds using topographic maps. The activity starts with students answering questions from the USDA article titled "How to Read a Topographic Map and Delineate a Watershed." They will then use their knowledge from these questions to delineate the Fulton Run watershed, located in Indiana, Pennsylvania. There are two topographic maps included in the product - one for more advanced learners and one for less advanced learners. The map for less ad

Subjects:

Environment, Geography, Geology

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Worksheets, Activities, Laboratory

Psychology Lab Image Memory and Sex Differences AP Psychology Statistics

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Psychology, Psychology, Statistics

In this set of 13 labs the students do a variety of image memory tasks. They then collaborate and share data, then perform a T test on the data to find out if the differences between the scores of men and women are statistically significant. The students also test for correlations between a variety of scores. I suppose it is a sort of an expansion on my face memory lab. Links sometimes die, so try before you buy… https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/iq/memory-test https://memtrax.com/cogniti

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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Southern Science Specialists and REACH Inc

NWS and NOAA Approved! Forecasting: Severe Weather. You're the Weatherman

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PROCEEDS BENEFIT "REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIEShttp://www.reachinc.org-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-Severe Weather Forecasting: Learn How to Forecast Severe Weather With Real Maps, Data, and NWS Symbols.LOADED WITH COLORFUL IMAGES!Pairs great with the Air Masses and Thunderstorm PowerPoint found on TPT at the link below:CLICK HERE FOR POWERPOINTMore advanced severe weather lab manual and Skew-T tutorial found at the link below:CLICK HERE FOR LAB M

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Earth Sciences, Geography, Special Education

Grades:

4th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Activities, Laboratory, Printables

Psychology Lab Prisoners Dilemma Social Psychology AP Psychology

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Based on activities at a couple websites students get to explore the prisoner's dilemma.I get a huge kick out of the prisoners dilemma. I even set up a "game" in class were we participated in a live prisoner's dilemma to back up this activity, where the students competed for extra credit, they could cooperate or compete, the results were pretty fun.Try the links before you buy....https://serendipstudio.org/playground/pd.htmlhttps://webupon.com/blog/iterated-prisoners-dilemma-game/http://www.game

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Philosophy, Psychology

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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Passwords and Cyber Security Lab Network Security Memory Cognition

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Computer Science - Technology, Psychology, Science

The perfect activity for your cyber security unit! An actual activity and NOT a stupid word find. When I originally wrote this lab I had the students coming up with stimuli and surprisingly they entirely lacked creativity to the point that they did not know what to chose (or maybe not surprisingly). In any case here are 140 password and cyber security assignments. Every single one is different….the best weapon against plagiarism, UNIQUENESS! In this lab the students navigate to… https://www.sec

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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Activities, Laboratory, Printables

Perspectives in Modern Psychology Interactive Activity

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Galarza IT

Perspectives in Modern Psychology Interactive Activity, for Psychology Lab Portfolio.1. The Psychodynamic Perspective2. The Behavioral Perspective3. The Cognitive Perspective4. The Biological Perspective5. The Cross-Cultural Perspective6. The Evolutionary Perspective7. The Humanistic PerspectiveStudents will be able to:Describe Modern approaches to psychology.Explain what are their main focus of study.Also can be used with:https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Psychology-Schools-Approache

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Education, Psychology

Grades:

8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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Activities, Laboratory, Interactive Notebooks

Psychology Lab +1 Memory collection Memory Research Hands On

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Worksheets, Activities, Laboratory

I found this reference to the +1 digit span test and figured, “hey, we can do that!” It would probably pair well with my STM lab…and since I had already developed the unique data it was pretty much a snap. “Normal subjects can usually expand their digit span to about 18 digits after 25 such digit-span +1 trials” In this lab the students test their subjects +1 digit spans to see how long they are. You might do this and the STM lab and have the students compare the data. There are 182 UNIQUE versi

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Psychology, Psychology

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education

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Psychology Lab Rorschach Blots

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In this lab the students make Rorschach Blots and show them to their friends and record what their friends see.Naturally they are expected to comment on anything that they find "unusual."THIS LAB IS EPIC, MY STUDENTS LOVE IT! It is like a rite of passage for my classes.The lab is 2 pages and I have included some pictures of the awesome blots my students have made over the years.You have managed to find the source of the best Psychology and AP Psychology labs on TPT, go check out my store for oth

Subjects:

Psychology, Psychology

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10th - 12th, Higher Education

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Anthropology for Everyone

Anthropology - garbology!

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This engaging hand-on activity is designed help your students understand the archaeology of contemporary trash (garbology!) through an exploration of their own trash. Anthropology - garbology! works well as homework, a distance-learning activity or an in-class activity. Your students read about three fascinating garbology projects, sort, organize and analyze their own trash, and then write a report of their research, just as an archaeologist would. This package comes ready to use. It contains ev

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Anthropology, Archaeology, Social Studies - History

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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Research, Projects, Laboratory

Overfishing AKA "Tragedy of the Commons" - Science in the Environment Lab Series

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No More Boring Science

Why do we have hunting and fishing catch regulations? Why does the government regulate logging and farming industries? The concept of overutilization or “the tragedy of the commons” is fundamental to our modern society. The purpose of this activity is to model resource management, and how regulations and private ownership make resource management possible. If you like the activity, be sure to rate it! This is part of a series of activites on Science in the Environment from Mr. Ripps. This wor

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Environment, Geography, Science

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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Activities, Laboratory, Lesson

Virtual Crime Scene Forensics Sketching Principles of Biomedical Science

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Teachingbiologyisfun

Virtual Crime Scene Forensics Sketching Principles of Biomedical ScienceThis package includes the following: Easy and Ready-to-Print for any Forensics Crime Scene LabCrime Scene Page needs to be printed and given to students to measure using a ruler. 1 cm = 1 ft9 Additional Evidence slides (one per evidence piece) can be projected on the screen as you go over them in class.This is a great crime scene alternative if you don’t have the space or time to recreate a physical one in your classroom.Stu

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Criminal Justice - Law, Forensics, Science

Grades:

9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

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Activities, Handouts, Laboratory

Excavating Remains: Fossil Lesson Plan

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Teaching "Tails"

This lesson plan designed for 4th-5th grade has students taking the roles of archaeologists learning about the characteristic similarities and differences between birds of today and flying reptiles of the past. The students will witness a discrepant event of trying to figure out what the teacher's "mystery bones" are. The students will engage in an archaeological dig to uncover the remains of a chicken and pterosaur to compare and contrast the bone structures and features. This lesson can also

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Ancient History, Biology, Earth Sciences

Grades:

4th - 5th, Higher Education

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Laboratory, Simulations, Lesson

Watershed Delineation Lab - Topographic Mapping and USGS StreamStats

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ScienceWithMsZ

In this two part-lab, students will learn two techniques for delineating watersheds. In the first half of the lab students will answer questions about the article "How to Read a Topographic Map and Delineate a Watershed" from the USDA. These questions have students demonstrate the knowledge learned in the article in order to introduce or refresh topographic mapping skills. Then, students will put their knowledge to the test by using a topographic map of Indiana, Pennsylvania to delineate the Ful

Subjects:

Environment, Geography, Geology

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education

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