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3 D Mekanlar: Sites in 3 D: The Pyramids
Take a virtual tour of the Egyptian pyramids. There are thirty-one tours in all. Instructions on how to navigate through the tours are given below, and the set can also be downloaded to your computer for easier viewing.
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Harvard Magazine: Who Built the Pyramids?
An extensive article discussing the work of Dr. Mark Lehner, a specialist on the history of the Pyramids and their construction. The article includes a number of excellent illustrations.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Estimating and Solving for Volume of Pyramids
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn how to calculate the volume of a pyramid and how this compares to the volume of a prism. Then solve problems about the volume of rectangular and triangular pyramids....
NASA
Nasa: Pyramids of Dashur, Egypt
An astronaut's view of the pyramids in Dashur, Egypt, accompanied by explanatory text.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Egypt's Pyramids: Monuments With a Message
Take a trip back in time with this exciting lesson plan! Explore the Egyptian pyramids with the wealth of resources presented on this site. Provides links to information, photos, and much more!
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 5 12 14: Tomb Painting Provides Answers to Pyramids Mystery
Modern people have always wondered how the pyramids of Egypt were contstructed. Learn what we are now discovering that may unveil the facts about this ancient achievement.
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 5 5 14: How the Egyptians Really Built the Pyramids
Find out about the new scientific theory about how the pyramids were built and why so many scientists find it convincing.
Smithsonian Institution
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Egyptian Pyramids
This article provides a general overview of Egyptian pyramids, including history, location, and construction.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania: The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser
This is an interactive site from the University of Pennsylvania that allows you to look at different parts of the Djoser (Zozer) pyramid. Contains mostly pictures, very little written description.
Tour Egypt
Tour Egypt!: The Great Pyramid of Menkaure at Giza
Menkaure's Pyramid is one of the three Great Pyramids on the Giza Plateau. Detailed information along with drawings of the layout of the complex can be found here.
Tour Egypt
Tour Egypt!: The Great Pyramid of Khafre at Giza
Khafre's Pyramid is one of the three Great Pyramids on the Giza Plateau. Detailed information along with drawings of the layout of the complex can be found here.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Great Pyramids of Giza
The great pyramids at Giza are one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Learn the role the sun played in the construction of the pyramids. Included is a map of where the pyramids are located in Giza, a bibliography for further...
Cuemath
Cuemath: Square Pyramid
A comprehensive guide for learning all about square pyramids with definitions, properties, examples, and practice questions.
The British Museum
The British Museum: Outside the Pyramid
Contains an interactive 3-D illustration that allows one to navigate a website containing information and images of the Great Pyramid and surrounding structures.
Other
Air Pano: Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt
A virtual tour in 3D of the Great Pyramids of Giza. There are easy to understand navigational tools, and different photographs to start an exploration from.
Stanford University
Stanford History Education Group: Egyptian Pyramids
[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson on the Egyptian Pyramids in which students use primary resources to determine who the workers were that built the pyramids. Lesson plan, PowerPoint and original documents included.
Other
Tap Into Teen Minds: Prisms and Pyramids
A detailed set of tasks for investigating the volume of prisms and pyramids.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Food Chains, Food Webs and Food Pyramids
The following is a tutorial of food chains, food webs and food pyramids.
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Estuary Food Pyramid
Students learn about the feeding relationships in an estuary ecosystem with this interactive energy pyramid activity. A second activity involves research and a video clip to elaborate the learning.
Smart History
Smarthistory: The Great Pyramids of Giza
Art history and culture resource teaches with text, maps and interactive photographs about The Great Pyramid of Giza. With links to additional resources.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Old Kingdom: Pyramid of Khufu
Using vibrant pictures, this source details the construction of the Great Pyramid for the Pharoah Khufu. A bibliography is given for further research and a question/answer section from the community is included.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Organism Relationships: Food Chains, Webs, Pyramids
Given illustrations, students will analyze the flow of matter and energy in food chains, food webs, and ecological pyramids.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Determining the Surface Area of Prisms and Pyramids
Given a problem involving prisms or pyramids, the student will find the surface area using appropriate units of measure.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Determining the Volume of Prisms and Pyramids
Given a problem involving prisms or pyramids, the student will find the volume using appropriate units of measure.
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