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Alley dog.com: Intelligence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site traces the historical development of intelligence tests and gives profiles of the different IQ tests that have been developed throughout time.
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Webopedia.com: Artificial Intelligence

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes a concise definition of artificial intelligence and an explanation of the different areas in which artificial intelligence is used.
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PBS

Pbs: The Life of Birds: Bird Brains

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the intelligence of birds. There are many examples to illustrate communication, use of tools, and general resourcefulness that many birds show.
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Talk Origins Archive

Exploring the Creation/evolution Controversy: Problems With a Global Flood

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides numerous arguements that refute the existence of Noah's Ark. Covers the building of the ark, gathering of the animals, the flood itself, and many more topics.
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Who Named It?: David Wechsler

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site about David Wechsler, a psychologist who developed intelligence scales for adults and children. The link includes a biography, information on his work, and a description of the scales and tests that were named after Wechsler.
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Pbs American Experience: How Codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman Fought Nazi Spies

For Students 9th - 10th
For 50 years, Elizebeth Friedman's contributions to WWII intelligence were a secret. Only when all of the original intelligence reports were declassified after the turn of the twenty-first century were Friedman's true role in the war...
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The Innovation Journal: Measuring Creativity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a paper that discusses the ways of creating a test for measuring creativity. It discusses why a test for creativity might be needed as well as concepts related to creativity such as knowledge, skills, and intelligence.
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Alfred Binet

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the life and work of French psychologist, Alfred Binet, who invented the first practical intelligence test, the Binet-Simon scale.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Inside the Minds of Animals

For Students 9th - 10th
Do animals think? It's a question that has intrigued scientists for thousands of years, inspiring them to come up with different methods and criteria to measure the intelligence of animals. Bryan B Rasmussen navigates through this...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Smart Are Dolphins?

For Students 9th - 10th
Lori Marino details some incredible facts about dolphins nad their intelligence. [4:51]
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Ted: Ted Ed: Can Robots Be Creative?

For Students 9th - 10th
People have been grappling with the question of artificial creativity- alongside the question of artificial intelligence- for over 170 years. For instance, could we program machines to create high quality original music? And if we do, is...
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Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Ray Kurzweil

For Students 9th - 10th
A prodigy from Queens created hardware and software to help blind people read and musicians make music. His inventions, writings, and influential thinking have explored and exploited technology in many ways, and helped shape ongoing work...
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Famous Scientists

Famous Scientists: Alan Turing

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how Alan Turing became widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
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NBC

Science of Innovation: Self Driving Cars

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial includes a video filmed at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, computer scientist Sebastian Thrun and his team of software engineers are creating a fleet of self-driving cars. His innovative approach to...
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Best Practices in Education

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Summarizes what is known about best practices in education and how they apply in teaching art. Discusses the instructional techniques popularized by Howard Garner and what they look like in art education.
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Soundpiper Music: Music for Children, Teachers and Parents

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Song lyrics and sound files (in Real Audio format) along with resources for teachers and parents to help incorporate music into classrooms and homes to aid learning. CDs of the songs are available for purchase.
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: A Murder of Crows

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS Nature provides a full length video on the study of crows. Scientists believe that crows pass on important information about danger to each other and to their young. Site also provides a photo gallery, facts on crows, and a map of...
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San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Otter

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides extensive information about otters, including photos and an audio clip.
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Nova Southeastern University: Charles Spearman

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Details the life and work of Charles Spearman. Sections include: Spearman and the Army, Educational and Professional Background, Contributions to the Testing Enterprise, Published Works.
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Gartner: Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2020

For Students 9th - 10th
Highlights the top strategic technology trends that organizations need to explore in 2020. Analysts presented their findings during an IT Symposium. These trends were predicted prior to the societal upheaval caused by the pandemic....
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Digital History

Digital History: President Hoover

For Students 9th - 10th
President Herbert Hoover spent his life in public service, and was a very intelligent man, but he was not able to see the problems caused by the Great Depression. Read about his comments and presidential actions in dealing with this...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Prisoner Hat Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
You and nine other individuals have been captured by super-intelligent alien overlords. The aliens think humans look quite tasty, but their civilization forbids eating highly logical and cooperative beings. Unfortunately, they're not...
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Computer Aided Design and Drafting Section

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes many links under these categories: Organizations associated with CAD, CAD Research and Artificial Intelligence Links, CAD Directories, Gateways and News Centers, Important CAD Review Resources, CAD magazines, journals...
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Frontiers Media

Frontier: So You Think You Can't Dance?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Believe it or not, even babies can feel the beat of a rhythm. However, science has documented the first case of a person who could not dance to the beat. His name is Mathieu, and he is an intelligent, talented - even musical - guy with...

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