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Body

For Students Pre-K - 1st
body
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Human Body

For Students Pre-K - 1st
human body
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Sylvia Earle's Ted Prize Wish to Protect Our Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
What's been happening to the world's oceans over the past 50 years? Ocean researcher, Sylvia Earle, shares breathtaking images of the ocean and surprising details about the many problems plaguing its health. [18:12]
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Learning for Justice: Test Yourself for Hidden Bias

For Students 9th - 10th
Test for your hidden bias. Even though we believe we see and treat people as equals, hidden biases may still influence our perceptions and actions. Each test takes about five minutes, and your privacy is protected.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The New Zoos: The Wilder, the Better

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Investigate how scientists study the mirror self-recognition of orangutans. Perform an experiment to see how sense of self can become distorted when a reflection doesn't match the sense of body position and movement.
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Wikipedia: Featured Image: Bodie, California

For Students 9th - 10th
The ghost town of Bodie, California.
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Northwestern University

Northwestern University Library: Hogarth and Eighteenth Century Print Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Browse this large collection of Hogarth's prints to find examples of all of his favorite subjects, including eighteenth-century views of London.
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Earth Life

Earth Life Web: Lichen Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by Earth-Life Web. Lichens have two types of reproductive bodies, spore-forming bodies, and vegitative reproductive bodies. This website discusses lichen reproduction and includes detailed illustrations.
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Cleveland Clinic: Adolescence

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to navigate the adolescent years, including how to foster healthy conversations with your adolescent about peer pressure, body self-image, rape, and alcohol/drug abuse.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Earth's Systems: The Water Planet

For Students K - 1st
Observe different forms of water and how it covers about 75 percent of Earth's surface in this media gallery captured by NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Use the satellite and ground images in this resource to enhance student...
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Historical Anatomies of the Web: Albinus, Bernhard

For Students 9th - 10th
Images from the 18th century anatomy text, "Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani" by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. There are drawings of individual bones, skeletons and musculature. The text on the images is in Latin. Title and...
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Other

Translating Virtual Reality Into Physical Reality

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating site which demonstrates the application of X-ray technology and other medical imaging techniques. Site explores how CT scans can be used to create models of the human body. Several pages with incredible graphics and...
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California Institute of Technology

Infrared Zoo Lesson 3: The Invisible Zoo

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How do biologists and zoologists use infrared technology to learn how warm and cold-blooded animals thermoregulate their internal body temperature? Have your young scholars explore this phenomenon using this great lesson plan.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Historical Anatomies

For Students 9th - 10th
View a rich collection of illustrated anatomical atlases dating from the 15th to the 20th century. Click on the image to view the book and then click on the link to find more information about the author.
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A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Maine Coon

For Students 9th - 10th
View images and read statistics and facts about the Maine Coon cat breed, including where this breed lives, its appearance, and about its popularity as a pet.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Panel With a Griffin

For Students 9th - 10th
A work of Byzantine craftmanship (ca. 1250-1300) that takes the griffin--a mythical creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion--as its subject. The traditional role of griffins as protectors of the dead was...
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Language Guide

Language Guide: Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 8th
Useful resource for learning everyday Chinese vocabulary -- roll over each image to hear the correct pronunciation and see how the word is written. Corresponding English section (and other languages) makes this site a useful tool for ESL...
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Language Guide

Language Guide: Russian Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn everyday Russian vocabulary words by rolling over a word or image to hear pronunciation and see spelling. The Language Guide site also has a corresponding section in English so that ESL students can compare vocabulary in English...
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Language Guide

Language Guide: Japanese Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn basic Japanese vocabulary words -- greetings, clothing, household items, foods, toys, and more -- on this multilingual site. Roll over a image or phrase to hear how it is pronounced and see how it is written (Romanized spelling...
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Other

Learning for Justice

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A website aimed at teachers, parents, and students on ways to combat hateful words and actions. Teaching kids about tolerance is part of many curriculum units across many grades; this site has separate sections tailored to grade specific...
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Kids Health: Binge Eating Disorder

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from Family Doctor.org you can find out what characterizes a binge eating disorder, side effects, and treatment. Links to similar articles are provided as well.
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Kids Health: The Story on Self Esteem

For Students 3rd - 5th
Self-esteem is something that we all have. It is how you look at yourself, how highly you value yourself. If you have good self-esteem, you're bound to be a little more confident and proud of yourself than a person who has a lower level...
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Bulimia Nervosa

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of this eating disorder. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: It's My Life: Eating Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the causes, symptoms, and effects of eating disorders. Take an interactive quiz, participate in an online survey, and print a checklist of common symptoms of this teenage health problem.

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