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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Mercury Brings Psyche Up to Olympus

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Mercury Brings Psyche up to Olympus", created by Raffaello Sanzio from 1517-18 (Fresco).
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Web Gallery of Art: Mercury

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Mercury", created by Benvenuto Cellini from 1545-53 (Bronze, height 96 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Mercury

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Mercury", created by Giambologna from 1563-64 (Bronze, height 56 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis", created by Adam Elsheimer from 1609-10 (Oil on copperplate, 16,5 x 22,5 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Mercury

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Mercury", created by Francois Duquesnoy during the 1630's (Bronze, light brown lacquer patina, height 63 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis", created by Johann Karl Loth before 1659 (Oil on canvas, 178 x 252 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Planet Mercury

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Planet Mercury", created by Master of the Housebook, c. 1475 (Pen drawing, 235 x 143 mm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Mercury and Herse

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Mercury and Herse", created by Jacob Symonsz Pynas, c. 1618 (Oil on copper, 21 x 27,8 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: The Attributes of the Arts With a Bust of Mercury

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Attributes of the Arts with a Bust of Mercury", created by Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, c. 1728 (Oil on canvas).
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Mercury's Core

For Students 9th - 10th
Mercurys Interior:10
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Philemon and Baucis Giving Hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Philemon and Baucis Giving Hospitality to Jupiter and Mercury", created by David the Younger Ryckaertz (Oil on panel, 54 x 80 cm).
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San Jose Mercury News: Vietnam, 30 Years Beyond the War

For Students 9th - 10th
Launch any of three photo slideshows relating to the Vietnam War and its aftermath. The work of an American photojournalist who has visited Vietnam numerous times since 1989, the slideshows (one is captioned; one is vocalized) provide...
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Hermes: Herald of the Immortals

For Students 9th - 10th
The Olympians depended on Hermes (Roman name "Mercury") to bring them all sorts of news. Learn about his role at this site, which includes a listing of all the times Hermes is mentioned in the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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NASA

Nasa: Buildup for the Space Offensive

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a detailed description of the events immediately preceding the first American in orbit mission of the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7.
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NASA

Nasa: An American in Orbit

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a detailed description of the first manned American orbital flight of a Mercury spacecraft.
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Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
Single image mosaic from NSSCD Mariner 10 collection. Shows detail of an impact basin with typical ray structures. Thumbnail image links to large graphic file with more detail.
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Space Today Online: Nasa's Discovery Missions

For Students 9th - 10th
Survey of unmanned Discovery spacecraft missions such as the Mars Pathfinder rover and other past, present, and planned missions. Illustrated.
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NASA

Nasa: Human Spaceflight Gallery Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
Search this NASA gallery database for multimedia resources (images, video, audio) from these NASA space programs: the shuttle missions, the International Space Station, and the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab space missions.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Heavy Metals and Aquatic Environments

For Students 3rd - 8th
You might know that lead can be toxic, and that you can get lead poisoning from eating or inhaling old paint dust. Lead is called a heavy metal, and there are other sources of heavy metals that can be toxic, too. Silver, copper, mercury,...
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NASA

Nasa: Space Shuttle Mission Archives: Sts 95

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of the mission in which John Glenn returned to space 36 years after his 3-orbit Mercury program mission in 1962. A description of the mission is provided. Information on the other six members of the crew is included.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Oral Storytelling and Dramatization

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students begin this lesson by discussing what makes a good, vivid story and creating a working checklist of the criteria for a good story. They explore background information about the Mercury Theatre production of the "War of the...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Our Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive tutorial will take students on a tour of our solar system. Students begin near the Sun with the really hot planets of Mercury and Venus. They will learn about Mars, probably the first planet that humans will visit. Next...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Spacecraft Design: Beat the Heat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
To understand the challenges of satellite construction, student teams design and create model spacecraft to protect vital components from the harsh conditions found on Mercury and Venus. They use slices of butter in plastic eggs to...
Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography:john Glenn

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive biographical information with personal data, education, special honors, aviation experience, NASA experience and space flight experience.

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