This article explains tax implications of when a business owner disposes of a capital asset. Gives useful links to other financial information.

Learn the basics of successful investing. Covers risk and return trade-off, diversification, asset allocation, and more.

Video [4:11] teaching the concept of Financial Markets and the buying and selling of financial assets, such as bonds, stocks and mutual funds.

Provides a good, brief description of the international commission headed by Paul Volker to examine Holocaust-era claims against Swiss banks.

This resource presents an extraordinary mix of rich-media assets about the Great Sphinx at Giza and related topics that uses technology to bring this impressive cultural legacy of Egypt's past to life. It includes specialized tools that...

This resource presents a rich mix of multimedia assets about the Great Pyramid of Khufu together on one page. It includes specialized tools that let you zoom in on Khufu's Pyramid from different angles, travel virtually across the...

Contains great information to help students prepare for many national standardized tests, including the SAT, PSAT, ACT, GED, and many others. Along with tips and strategies, there are a number of free practice tests.

The site provides education about stock investing, mutual fund investing, and retirement planning for individuals.

This history of the Canadian National Railways (CNR) describes its formation in 1918 as the Government of Canada merged the assets of the Canadian Northern Railway with those of the Canadian Government Railway and later the Grand Trunk...

Wells Fargo is a "diversified financial services company that provides a broad range of banking, asset banking, wealth management, and corporate and investment banking products and services." Includes information on the company and its...

The first seeds of the information technology industry in North Carolina were planted in the 1950s. At that time, North Carolina's economy was largely concentrated in the tobacco, textiles, and machinery industries. The state's best...

This video segment adapted from NOVA chronicles the discoveries that led to a radical new theory in which living organisms, not just geological processes, play an active role in cave formation. [5:42]

This video segment adapted from NOVA looks at speed, velocity, and centripetal force on the racetrack. [6:28]

This video explores the basic scientific and ethical questions surrounding the use of stem cells in medical research.

Get involved with the Great Nature Project! This resource focuses on the life cycle of butterflies.

Experience the 1692 Salem witch-hunt in a terrifying online trial. Follow a narrative compiled from several Salem witchcraft trial accounts.

Interact with this world map from McDougal Littell/TERC to highlight different climate zones and see a photograph of each one. Ten climate zones are represented, including tundra, desert, humid subtropical, and others.

A lengthy look at the sit-down strike called against General Motors factories first in Flint, Michigan, and then across the country. Find out about how the UAW organized the strike, how long it lasted, and what the consequences were for...

A tutorial illustrating ionic bonding. Tutorial explains how and why it occurs with animations and some interactive activities throughout. Explore the bond that forms between sodium and chlorine as you count the number of atoms present.

This resource offers an article discussing the site of the miracle of Jesus feeding 4,000 people with a loaf of bread and 2 fishes.

This site provides a form for keeping track of monthly expenses, with space for housing, food, and transportation expenditures.

This resource provides information about the artist George Tooker. His painting "Bird Watchers" may be enlarged and is accompanied by an analysis of the artwork and background on the artist.

A one-page information sheet on the costs of not recycling drink containers, actions one can take to reduce such waste, and some websites with more information. The information is from 2004 but still useful for a discussion of this topic.