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State Historical Society of Iowa: Mammoth: Witness to Change

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhibition documenting the discovery of two mammoths and a mastodon, found in Wisconsin and Iowa. The Hebior mammoth was particularly significant as the excavation showed evidence that the mammoth had been killed by humans. Background...
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PBS

Pbs: People and Discoveries: Kdka Begins to Broadcast 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from PBS details the history of radio and KDKA (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) the first radio station to offer programming. Mentions: advertising, NBC Radio, mass culture.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Plants

For Teachers K - 1st
The Discovery Channel provides numerous lesson plans dealing with plants. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.
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Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum (London): The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of articles and online exhibits that gives information on the various specimens, plants and animals that were collected and illustrations were then made. Cook led the world's first scientific naval expedition to the South Pacific.
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The Map as History: Europe's Colonial Expanision 1820 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
European countries began exploring and seeking to dominate the rest of the world during the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks to their ability to control sea routes and to the discovery of the American continent. In the 19th century,...
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BBC

Bbc: Captain Cook: Explorer, Navigator and Pioneer

For Students 9th - 10th
A engaging biography of the great British explorer that discusses not only his contributions to expanding the British empire but also his work in the prevention of scurvy. Archived.
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Digital History

Digital History: Rockefeller's Millions [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
With the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania in the mid 1800s brought a boom to the economy. Read about the beginning of the oil industry, and particularly, John D. Rockefeller's role in it. See how his control of many parts of the...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: The Black Hole

For Students 9th - 10th
This site examines the black hole as an object in astrophysics. Delve into this comprehensive resource that covers this concept from its history, to qualitative physics, the reality of black holes, mathematical physics and more.
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PBS

Pbs: People and Discoveries: Television Is Developed, 1926

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives a brief account of the inventors and developments that lead up to the creation of television.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Fin De Siecle

For Students 9th - 10th
Read articles that address the following questions about the end of the 19th-century literature: What are the key tropes of late 19th-century literature? How did writers respond to the desires and anxieties of the time? How did...
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California State University

California State University: Shipbuilding

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the California State University entitled, "Who else in the world was prepared to discover and seek the fortunes of the seas?" describes ships built by these civilizations and explains their reasoning for not joining the...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anglo Saxon Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the Anglo-Saxon culture. It features links to Mead Hall Information, BBC History British Museum, an Anglo-Saxon Collection, Discovery Education: The Dark Ages, Part One video (Registration required), The Sutton Hoo...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anglo Saxon Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the Anglo-Saxon culture including how the pagen Germanic tribes were converted to Christianity by St. Augustine, creating the first English bishopric in Canterbury. It offers links to an overview of Anglo- Saxon...
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Cabrillo College: The Men From Spirit Cave and Wizard's Beach

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the discoveries of the Spirit Lake Man and Wizard's Beach Man.
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PBS

Pbs: Leakey Family Discovers Human Ancestors

For Students 9th - 10th
The PBS site covers the Leakey family and their discoveries in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania. This information was part of a PBS exploration of human evolution.
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Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre: Research: Yukon's Camels

For Students 9th - 10th
Uncover discoveries from the past by learning about the prehistoric camels of the Yukon and Alaska. Includes information about the time period, physical characteristics, fossil specimens, feeding habits, and habitat.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 4.2 Influences on Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Darwin's influences that led to his discoveries of change in species over time.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Art History: Jericho

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discussing the long history of the city of Jericho and some of the extraordinary archaeological discoveries made there since the nineteenth century. Includes links to additional information and images.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom Dinosaurs

For Students 3rd - 5th
Zoom Dinosaurs is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about dinosaurs. It is designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic,...
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PBS

Pbs: How Art Made the World: Prehistoric Art at Altamira

For Students 9th - 10th
The PBS series, titled "How Art Made the World," takes a look at the discovery of prehistoric paintings in a cave at Altamira in northern Spain. With excellent close-ups of the paintings and two video clips that help to explain the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Apollo 11 Stones

For Students 9th - 10th
The Apollo 11 Stones remain the oldest examples of figurative art from the African continent. Their discovery contributes to our conception of early humanity's creative attempts, before the invention of formal writing, to express their...
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For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the different explorers who searched, during the age of Discovery, for the Northwest Passage. Presents each explorer and their contribution
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K 3 Learning Pages: Reptiles and Amphibians

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Come and discover more about reptiles and amphibians when you explore this awesome resource. This site is filled with useful links.
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For Students 9th - 10th
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