TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Chance at Monte Carlo
At its core, the LEGO MINDSTORMS product provides a programmable microprocessor. Students use the EV3 processor to simulate an experiment involving thousands of uniformly random points placed within a unit square. Using the underlying...
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Etc: Maps Etc: United States Population Density, 1850
A map from 1912 of the United States, subtitled "Distribution of Population and Railways in 1850." The map is color-coded to show population densities ranging from areas with fewer than 2 inhabitants per square mile to areas of 90 or...
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Etc: Maps Etc: United States Population Density, 1900
A map from 1912 of the United States, subtitled "Distribution of Population and Railways in 1900" showing the increase in population and expansion of the railroad network since 1850. The map is color-coded to show population densities...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Population in the United States, 1900
A map from 1910 of the United States showing the distribution of the population in 1900. The map is keyed to show areas of population with densities ranging from under 2 inhabitants per square mile to 90 and over inhabitants per square...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Manufacturing Districts in the United States, 1910
A map from 1910 of the United States showing the primary manufacturing districts at the time. The map is keyed to show areas where the averaged value of products of manufacture per square mile ranges from less than $1,000 per square mile...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The United States and Neighbors, 1898
A map from 1898 of North America, Central America, Greenland, and the Caribbean to Puerto Rico, subtitled "The United States and its Neighbors in North America." The map is color-coded to show the possessions of Greenland (to Denmark),...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Population, 1840
A map of the central and eastern United States in 1840 showing the distribution of the population in the region at the time. The map shows State lines, the frontier line in 1840, and is keyed to show the areas of population density...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Population Distribution, 1860
A map of the central and eastern United States in 1860 showing the distribution of the population in the region at the time. The map shows State lines, the frontier line in 1860, and is keyed to show the areas of population density...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Arizona, 1904
A map of Arizona from 1904. "Arizona was organized as a territory in 1863. Area, 112,290 square miles; population, 122,212. Of these 26,480 are Indians. About one-third of the white population are foreign born. Chiefly a mining Territory...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Oregon, 1904
A map from 1904 of Oregon showing the capital of Salem, principal cities and towns, railroads, stage lines, mountains, rivers, and coastal features. "Oregon - Organized as a Territory in 1848; became a state in 1859. Area, 96,030 square...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Population Distribution, 1870
A map from 1907 of the United States showing the distribution of the population in 1870. The map is keyed to show areas of population with densities ranging from under 2 inhabitants per square mile to 90 and over inhabitants per square...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Distribution of Population, 1820
A population map of United States and territories in 1820 showing the distribution of the European-American population at the time and the general tribal lands of the Native Americans east of the Mississippi River. The map shows the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Distribution of Population, 1820
A population map of United States and territories in 1820 showing the distribution of the European-American population at the time and the general tribal lands of the Native Americans east of the Mississippi River. The map shows the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Distribution of Population, 1830
A population map of United States and territories in 1830 showing the distribution of the European-American population at the time and the general tribal lands of the Native Americans east of the Mississippi River. The map shows the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Population Density From the First Census, 1790
A map of the eastern United States in 1790 showing the western extent of the territories to the Mississippi, and the distribution of European-American population at the time. The map is keyed to show areas of population densities ranging...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Population Density, 1910
A map of the United States showing the distribution of the population in 1910. The map is keyed to show areas of population with densities ranging from under 2 inhabitants per square mile to 90 and over inhabitants per square mile. The...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Distribution of Population, 1880
A map of the United States showing the distribution of the population in 1880. The map is keyed to show areas of population with densities ranging from under 2 inhabitants per square mile to 90 and over inhabitants per square mile.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: American Population, 1790
A map of the original thirteen States in 1790 showing the distribution of the European-American population at the time and the general tribal lands of the Native Americans east of the Mississippi River. The map shows the State lines,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1858
Map of Africa in 1858, prior to the extensive European colonization of the continent established at the Berlin Conference of 1885. This map shows the European possessions of the Cape Colony, Natal, and Orange River Free State, and the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Nevada, 1903
A map from 1903 of Nevada showing counties and county seats, principal cities and towns, mountain ranges, and rivers. "Nevada, one of the most western of the States of the American Union, was formed from a portion of the territory...