Unit Plan
Technology Student

Technology Student: Graphic Design

For Students 9th - 10th
This site covers everything from the basic tools to advanced techniques used in graphics design.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's Wrong With the Coordinates at the North Pole?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete a self-guided exercise in worksheet format combined with Google Earth that helps them explore practical and observable differences between different projection and coordinate systems. The activity improves their skills...
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Projections

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage discusses projections, providing two diagrams. This is a great source if you are using it as a reference tool to refresh the fundamentals and formula. This site gives links to related topics.
Article
PBS

Pbs: Multiple Methods of Reading Instruction

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This article surveys three strategies to incorporate into classroom repertoire. They include guided reading, choral reading, and readers' theater.
Handout
NASA

Nasa: Eye Safety During Solar Eclipses

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource, which is provided for by NASA, gives great information on protecting your eyes during solar eclipses. Your eyes are very difficult to replace. Even when 99% of the Sun's surface is obscured during the partial phases of a...
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Types of Maps

For Students 3rd - 8th
Enchanted Learning provides an easy-to-understand explanation of projections. Site also provides a graph of related terms such as conic projection, cylindrical projection, Mercator projection, and more.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Dot Products

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students are calculating dot products of vector quantities. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Scalar Projections

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students will study scalar projections: dot products of vectors and unit vectors. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
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University of Maryland

Univ. Of Maryland: Sublimation of Dry Ice Projection

For Students 9th - 10th
A short page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration on sublimation. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as a student project...
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Other

Planet psych.com: Defense Mechanisms and Why We Use Them

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief description of some of the most common defense mechanisms and short explanation of why people use them.
Website
Other

De Luikerwaal: Dutch Magic Lantern Site

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has images of Magic Lantern projectors, a complete history, and more from Henc R.A.de Roo.
Graphic
Other

University of Connecticut: The Geographer's Craft: Map Projection Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
An advanced overview of map projections with illustrative graphics. Created by Peter H. Dana, Department of Geography, University of Texas at Austin in 1995.
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City University of New York

Choosing a Map Projection: In Search of a Good Map Projection

For Students 9th - 10th
College-level geography tipsheet for developing an appropriate map projection.