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NASA

Keeping Nine Eyes on the Weather

For Students 9th - 12th
Take a look at climate change from another angle. Readers learn about the MISR instrument on the Terra satellite and how it studies Earth. Pupils experience how the multiple cameras give scientists multiple views so they can better study...
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American Academy of Family Physicians

American Academy of Family Physicians: Acute Bronchitis

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive article from the American Family Physician journal about acute bronchitis and its treatments.
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Acute Pancreatitis

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides this overview of pancreatitis and its symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
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Other

Lifewire: Excel Tan Function: How to Find the Tangent Angle

For Students 11th - 12th
This article shows you how to find the tangent angle using Excel. You may be able to accomplish this on a scientific calculator, but if you don't have one handy, Excel can help you make these calculations better than anything else.
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Other

Aas Science News: Possible Orphan Black Hole

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on the discovery of a supermassive object 90 million light-years from Earth that may be an orphan black hole.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Who's Being Left Behind?: Wide Angle: Time for School

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.N. Millennium Development Goals call for universal primary education by 2015. But around the world, minorities are being left behind.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pen Pals: Wide Angle: Time for School

For Students 9th - 10th
Pen pals from Long Island, NY and Nairobi, Kenya exchange video messages about school, family and their hopes for the future.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Angles and Units

For Students 9th - 10th
The application of trigonometry concepts to calculate complex forces of angular velocity and acceleration is illustrated.
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Other

Mit: A New Angle on Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology investigated whether the ancient Egyptians could have used a synthetic concrete for the huge stones used in building the pyramids. The theory has met enormous resistance...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Anglo Saxon England

For Students 9th - 10th
In the fifth century C.E., people from tribes called Angles, Saxons and Jutes left their homelands in northern Europe to look for a new home. They knew that the Romans had recently left the green land of Britain unguarded, so they sailed...
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Adjacent

For Students 9th - 10th
Let's read about the word of adjacent, look at examples, and learn how angles can be adjacent. Check out the interesting examples to know more about this lesson and try your hand at solving a few interactive questions at the end of the...
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Other

Aas: The Expedition of Hernando De Soto in 16th Century Arkansas [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an article from the Arkansas Archaeology Survey that traces a probable route of Hernando de Soto in what is now Arkansas. Evidence has been found especially in the Parkin site in northeast Arkansas.
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Cirrhosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Intelihealth looks at the liver disease cirrhosis, which is often associated with acute alcoholism, and discusses its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and the like.
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Other

Story md.com: Back Pain

For Students 9th - 10th
Back pain is one of the most common medical problems, affecting 8 out of 10 people at some point during their lives. Back pain can range from a dull, constant ache to a sudden, sharp pain. Acute back pain comes on suddenly and usually...
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About Kids Health

About Kids Health: Pain Learning Hub

For Students 9th - 10th
Find information on acute and chronic pain from symptom recognition to assessment and diagnosis to treatment and long-term outcomes. The information has come from many sources and has been adapted in collaboration with the Pain Centre at...
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Hepatitis C

For Students 9th - 10th
This overview of hepatitis C includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and the like.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Dealing With Sports Injuries

For Students 9th - 10th
Injuries resulting from overexertion while participating in sports are inevitable. However, by understanding how they can be prevented, cared for, and their recovery time, you can become better prepared. Links to related articles are...
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NASA

Nasa: Russia Meteor Not Linked to Asteroid Flyby

For Students 9th - 10th
The large fireball observed on the morning of Feb. 15, 2013, in the skies near Chelyabinsk, Russia, was caused by a relatively small asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere at high speed and at a shallow angle. Preliminary information...
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Arizona State University

Arizona State University Horn Studio: Henri Kling and the Valved Horn

For Students 9th - 10th
This ASU biographical sketch depicts a man in the 1800's who was consumed by French horn music. As a composer and conductor, he viewed music from many angles. His beliefs about the playing of the French horn are interesting and...
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Jewish Federations of North America

Jewish Federations of North America: The Mezuzah: So Why Isn't It Straight?

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do Jewish people hang a 'mezuzah' at an angle to the doorpost of their homes? Learn all about this important Jewish object and its traditions.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Visualizing Weather and Climate

For Students 3rd - 8th
With visualizations, we can see the entire planet from all angles at once. We can see the invisible - such as water vapor in the atmosphere and the way air flows around the world.
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A&E Television

History.com: 7 Negative Effects of the Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
While the Industrial Revolution generated new opportunities and economic growth, it also introduced pollution and acute hardships for workers.
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Glaucoma

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of glaucoma provided for by Intelihealth. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Asthma Flare Ups Instruction Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
First aid guidelines for dealing with emergency and less-acute cases of asthma.

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