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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: What Killed Tweety? An Ecological Exploration of West Nile Virus

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students do research to learn about West Nile Virus, the birds that carry it, how it spreads, where it can be found in North America, and how it affects humans. The activity is set up as a WebQuest where students navigate to assigned...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today West Nile Killing More People

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After studying the USA TODAY Snapshot? "West Nile killing more people,"students will compare the number of West Nile cases in the United States over the past three years. From the data, percent increases and decreases from year to year...
Website
BBC

Bbc: Egyptians: The Story of the Nile

For Students 9th - 10th
Obviously instrumental in Egypt's growth as a magnificent civilization, the Nile's annual inundation provided Egyptians with food and transportation. Archived.
Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Infectious Diseases Cards: West Nile Virus [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A fact card on West Nile virus answers questions about what causes it and how to protect against it.
Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Fight the Bite (West Nile)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide a collection of websites dedicated to the West Nile Virus and prevention of mosquito-born infections. Links to lots of different pages where you can learn how to prevent WNV and...
Interactive
National Geographic Kids

National Geographic Kids: Animals: Nile Crocodile

For Students 3rd - 8th
A great multi-media National Geographic site including video and audio clips all about crocodiles. There are fun facts and you can send a post card to a friend.
Article
Other

Saudio Aramco World: The Last Nile Flood

For Students 9th - 10th
An article regarding the yearly flooding of the Nile River.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Cleopatra Vii: Daughter of the Nile

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile" by Kristiana Gregory. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Article
BBC

Bbc: The Story of Africa: The Nile Valley

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the Nile Valley and the riches it contains.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: This Just In! Nile Network News Update

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Site offers interdisciplinary lesson plans on Ancient Egypt.Learners will thoroughly research many aspects of life in Ancient Egypt. Lessons will culminate with students presenting their research findings using, a T.V News Show format....
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Read Works

Read Works: Ancient Egypt Queen of the Nile

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site contains biographical information about the Egyptian Queen, Cleopatra. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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National Museums Liverpool

The Nile File

For Students 3rd - 8th
Follow your guide and see the life of an ordinary Egyptian man at school, at home, and in the village. Take a quiz to see what you've learned. There are additional links to activities, websites, books and more.
Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: West Nile Virus

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource, which is provided for by the Center for Disease Control, goes into great detail about West Nile Virus, which can go into encephalitis.
Website
BBC

Bbc: The Story of Africa, Nile Valley Nubia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a web-article on Nubian history and culture presented by the BBC. Several audio links and quotes to heighten the feeling of authenticity of the region and their struggles with Egypt. Archived.
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Other

15.0 (High School) "Rising Tensions Over the Nile River Basin" Mini Unit [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity students will analyze the concept of a global commons dilemma through an evaluation of a primary source document.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Buster's Egyptian Adventure

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students join Buster Baxter on a ancient Egypt, in this geography activity. Students learn about Cairo, ancient Egypt, the pyramids, the Nile River, and relevant vocabulary terms. Then students write about what they've learned in the...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Nile, 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a highly detailed map of the Nile River basin from the Tropic of Cancer south to the river's source at Victoria Nyanza (Lake Victoria). This map shows both the Blue Nile and White Nile river systems in 1903. Major cities, trade...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: The Nile Basin, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of the Nile River basin, showing the watershed dividing line between the Nile drainage, Congo drainage, and the coastal drainage systems to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. The map shows the Nile River headwaters in Lake...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Egypt and the Nile Valley, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Egypt and the Nile Valley from the delta south to the confluence of the Sobat River and the Upper Nile. This map shows Egypt Proper, Nubia, Kordofan, Sudan, Eritrea, and portions of Abyssinia and British Somalia. The map also...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Nile River Delta

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an amazing satellite image of the Nile River Delta as seen from orbit. Located in North East Africa, the Nile River is largely agreed to be the longest river in the world, reaching 6650 kilometres (4132 miles) in length. For more...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Delta of the Nile, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1916 of the Nile Delta, showing the water courses of the delta, the Pyramids, Cairo, Alexandria, Rosetta, Damietta, and Port Said and Suez at the openings of the Suez Canal.
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Battle of the Nile, August 1, 1798

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the Battle of The Nile in the Aboukir Bay, Egypt. The battle was between the British fleet under Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson and the French fleet. This battle, fought on 1st August, 1798, resulted in a great victory for Nelson's...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: The Seven Mouths of the Nile, Circa 1250 Bc

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the seven mouths of the Nile as it was known in the Egyptian Twentieth Dynasty, when Zoan (Tanis) was the capital of northern Egypt.
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Statuette of a Nile Fish

For Students 9th - 10th
The statuette depicts a Nile fish called a Bolti. The fish was symbolic of new life and regeneration because it shelters its eggs and babies in its mouth.

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