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Curated OER

You Will Find Cycad Cones Growing in the Center of the Plant.

For Students 3rd - 8th
This engaging article on gymnosperms offers good descriptions and background on these seed bearing plants. Learn about their characteristics and what makes these plants different from angiosperms.
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Curated OER

Conifers Use Cones and Seeds Since Flowering Plants Had Not Appeared.

For Students 3rd - 8th
This engaging article on gymnosperms offers good descriptions and background on these seed bearing plants. Learn about their characteristics and what makes these plants different from angiosperms.
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Science Museum of Minnesota

Science Museum of Minnesota: Thinking Fountain: Friction

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Thinking Fountain provides this simple experiment for understanding friction and it relationship to energy.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Fallen Arches: The Surprising Strength of Eggshells

For Students 6th - 8th
Arches have been used for structural engineering since ancient times. This experiment tests the strength of a naturally occurring arch shape: the shell of an egg. How much weight do you think an eggshell can support?
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The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Evolving Planet: Carboniferous

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this impressive compilation of scientific research focused on the Carboniferous Period in the late Paleozoic Era.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: On Dreams

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the full text of Aristotle's "On Dreams"; translated by J. I. Beare. Part of the works collectively known as "Parva Naturalia."
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: On Memory and Reminiscence

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Aristotle's "On Memory and Reminiscence"; translated by J. I. Beare. One of the works collectively known as "Parva Naturalia."
Primary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: On Prophesying by Dreams

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the full text of Aristotle's "On Prophesying by Dreams"; translated by J. I. Beare. One of the works collectively known as "Parva Naturalia."
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: On Sense and the Sensible

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Aristotle's "On Sense and the Sensible"; translated by J. I. Beare. One of the works collectively known as "Parva Naturalia."
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Bridges, Building and Breaking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will design, build and test the load bearing capacity of a scale model bridge. They will explore types of bridges. Learn about forces that effect bridges. Make scale drawings. Grading rubric is included as is a presentation for...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Speed and Velocity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this investigation, young scholars will work in groups to design a model roller coaster, which will be used to clock the fastest speed for the rider (ball bearing/marble) The groups will build roller coaster models and modify and...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Fluid Viscosity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To give students a feeling for both what viscosity values are and how they are measured in the lab, they measure fluid viscosity by dropping ball bearings into graduated cylinders of fluids.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Internet Classics Archive: On Sleep and Sleeplessness

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Aristotle's "On Sleep and Sleeplessness"; translated by J. I. Beare. One of the works known collectively as "Parva Naturalia."
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Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Angiosperms First Plants With Flowers

For Students 9th - 10th
This engaging article on angiosperms offers good descriptions and background on these seed bearing plants. Learn about their characteristics and what makes these plants different from gymnosperms.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Keeping Bones and Joints Healthy

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] You can help keep your bones and skeletal system healthy by eating well and getting enough exercise. Weight-bearing exercises help keep bones strong. Learn more...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: The Return of Sacagawea

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Sacagawea returned to America last month. Actually, a new golden dollar coin bearing the image of Sacagawea, began circulating last month. It premiered to rave reviews! This new coin features the profile of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Independence Versus Dependence Grades 9 10

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the probability of a series of events in which the outcome of one has no bearing on the outcome of the other(s) and in which it does.
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Prior to 1948, Jewish communties were found discontinuously in an area stretching from southwest Asia across North Africa, from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the north to Yemen in the south, and from Afghanistan in the east to Morocco in...
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Habitats: Forest

For Students 3rd - 8th
Forests are more than just trees. They are a complex community of plants and animals that constantly change, grow, and interact with each other and the nutrient-bearing soils upon which they depend. Read about some of the many plants and...
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Ohio State University

Ohio State Univ.: Gymnosperms (Conifers & Relatives)

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of conifer biology. Illustrations are great and help clarify the text, which can get a bit advanced for a general audience. A great resource for exam review.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Building Columns

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore different types of supports and the forces that act upon them. Investigate the best design of a column, including the role that size and dimensions play on its load capacity.
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Other

Exotic Pet Veterinarian: Reptile Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
A good resourceful page on reproduction in reptiles. Contains a table that lists common species of reptiles and their method of reproduction. Also provides a thorough discussion on how to distinguish a male from a female reptile, the...
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Other

Hellenic Ministry of Culture: The Palace of Knossos

For Students 9th - 10th
The Hellenic Ministry of Culture offers basic background information about the Palace of Knossos and the frescoes inside. A bit of information about the excavations by Arthur Evans is included.
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Other

Georgia Perimeter College: The Permian Period

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides basic information of the changes that took place during the Permian period as well as the animals that populated the Earth during this time.

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