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Read Works

Read Works: Famous Scientists & Mathematicians Sigmund Freud

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is about Sigmund Freud and his development of psychoanalysis. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Read Works

Read Works: Famous Scientists & Mathematicians Louis Pasteur

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains a short biography of Louis Pasteur and his development of pasteurization, a process that led to the development of vaccinations and safety procedures for many foods.This passage is...
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Srinivasa Ramanujan Biography

For Students 1st - 8th
Interesting biographical information and famous quotes about Srinivasa Ramanujan, a famous mathematician.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Sir Isaac Newton Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Interesting biographical information and achievements of Sir Isaac Newton, famous physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Galileo Galilei Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Discover interesting fun facts about the life of Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Vcr

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource presents an interesting challenge for the serious mathematician with strong reasoning skills. Explore proportional reasoning, probabilities, fractions, and ratios in this challenge to figure out if you always get six hours...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Looking at Conestoga Wagons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson combines information literacy and technology skills with subject area skills. It is designed to be a collaborative effort between the classroom teacher and the school librarian. The topic of conestoga wagons is reseached from...
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PBS

Pbs: Gauss Arithmetic Sequence Strategy

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn how mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss figured out how to sum up any arithmetic sequence without having to add up each and every term. This video focuses on using your critical thinking to follow along as Gauss determines his...
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NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day: Hypatia

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn more about Hypatia when you check out this resource. This site features a picture and a brief synopsis of this famous scientist.
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Ministry of Education and Employment of Spain

Red Escolar: El Crucigrama De Hipatia

For Students 6th - 8th
In Spanish. Hypatia of Alejandria was a great mathematician that from an early age taught and investigated almost all branches of mathematics. To remember her solve the crossword puzzle involving problems of arithmetic, geometry and...
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NumberNut

Number Nut: Why We Learn About Dates and Times?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Why is it important for good mathematicians to understand the concepts of date and time? Discover the reasons in this lesson that explores the real-world connections and includes two interactive games that help build time-telling skills.
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Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: Otra Forma De Multiplicar

For Students 3rd - 8th
In Spanish. Practice multiplication with a different method invented by the mathematician Luca Pacioli.
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Other

Aula365: Historia De Galileo

For Students 6th - 8th
Read about the mathematician and astronomer Galileo Galilei.
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Teaching Treasures Publications

Teaching Treasures: Year Six Math True or False

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Assess your aptitude for math facts with this interactive true or false questionnaire. Questions cover a variety of math concepts and topics that should be familiar to most young mathematicians. Answers can be checked immediately.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Nrich: Augustus' Age

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use a simple formula to help you figure out the age of the mathematician Augustus de Morgan. When done, check your results against the solution.
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US Department of Education

National Center for Education Statistics: Nces Classroom

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Just what is the NCES Students' Classroom? In addition to many useful features, this site provides math and statistical activities tailored to a middle and elementary school students.

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