Mr. Nussbaum
American Revolution
Test scholar's reading comprehension skills with a practice that challenges pupils to read an informational text about the Amerian Revolution then answer 10 questions.
College Board
Evaluating Sources: How Credible Are They?
How can learners evaluate research sources for authority, accuracy, and credibility? By completing readings, discussions, and graphic organizers, scholars learn how to properly evaluate sources to find credible information. Additionally,...
Literacy Design Collaborative
The Lottery
Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" provides middle schoolers with an opportunity to hone their close reading and literary analysis skills. After annotating their copy of the story, writer's craft an essay in which they analyze...
Mr. Nussbaum
Money
Young readers test their comprehension skills with an interactive practice. Pupils read a brief informational text about money then answer five questions. A detailed page appears at the end to showcase participants' work.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Antibacterial Agents
This site lists the different antibiotics, tells how they disrupt the life cycle of the bacteria, and give examples of where in nature the antibiotic is from- i.e., penicillin -> bread mold.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Muscles
A thorough discussion of the skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and the cardiac muscle. Muscular diseases are highlighted in this site as well.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Phenylketonuria (Pku)
Read about phenylketonuria and the tests used to diagnose it in those who might have inherited this recessive trait.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Build and Test a Model Solar House
A learning unit with instructions on how to build a cardboard model house, and explore the effectiveness of a furnace vs. solar heating. The unit is in PDF format.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Earthquakes Around the World
In this interactive, students manipulate a computer model that shows where earthquakes and volcanic eruptions have occurred since 1960, to make predictions, collect data and look for patterns. Includes career connection, and a question...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Gas Laws
A learning module with built-in interactive features where students can read background information on each gas law, then explore the interrelationships of pressure, temperature, and volume. Covers Boyle's Law, Charles's Law,...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Quantum Tunneling
A learning module with built-in interactive features where students can explore the fascinating topic of matter tunneling through a barrier. They will learn how electron waves can sometimes manage this, devices that use this concept, and...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Marco Polo Takes a Trip
After completing this 9-12 lesson unit, students will be able to identify Marco Polo and understand why he took his trip to China and back. They will discover the challenges of traveling along the Silk Road while learning several...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Adjectives
A clear, concise explanation of adjectives, including some tricky usages, how to order adjectives in a sentence, and some idiomatic uses of prepositions with -ed participles. The emphasis is on HOW adjectives are used more than on WHY...
Mechon Mamre
Hebrew English Bible: Lamentations
The text of the Book of Lamentations, presented side-by-side in Hebrew and English.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Stomach Cancer
Thorough overview of stomach cancer. Provides information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Dysuria
Thorough overview of dysuria. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Food Allergies
Informative overview of the facts associated with food allergies. Provides information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Preventing Allergic Reactions
This site gives information on how to prevent an allergic reaction--anaphylaxis, rhinitis, skin conditions, etc.-- from happening. Also gives information on how to prepare for a reaction.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Swallowed Foreign Object
Swallowed objects that are sharp, contain corrosive materials, and/or stuck for a long time can cause problems to the digestive tract. This overview includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Gas (Flatulence)
Did you know that every human being passes gas at least 14 times daily? Use this site to learn about the symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, etc. of this phenomenon by following this link.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Borderline Personality Disorder
Thorough overview of this mental disorder. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Myositis
Thorough overview of myositis. It includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Ankylosing Spindylitis
This site has a thorough overview of this less common form of arthritis that primarily affects the back. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Behcet's Syndrome
Thorough overview of this less common form of arthritis that affects blood vessels. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.