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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The nervous system is made up of nerves. A nerve is a bundle of nerve cells. A nerve cell that carries messages is called a neuron. The messages carried by neurons...
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Seasonal Observations: Winter

For Students 3rd - 5th
The shortest day of the year, or the winter solstice, marks the beginning of this season usually occurs around December 21. Bundle up because winter is a fantastic time to track animals and explore the outdoors!
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Under in the Mud Read Aloud | Story Edventures

For Students 3rd - 5th
Under in the Mud by Laureanna Raymond-Duvernell takes you into the wintering world of ten Wisconsin animals as you listen to her read the book and talk about the animals in it. Learn about how animals hibernate, migrate, and adapt to...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Donkey Hodie: Activity Starters

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
There are four sources in this activity bundle. Cut out these learning cards for quick, adult-led conversation and activity starters for school and for home. In activities 3 and 4, students make Character Puppets and play Puppet Theater...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Paracas Textile

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most extraordinary masterpieces of the pre-Columbian Americas is a nearly 2,000-year-old cloth from the South Coast of Peru. View detailed pictures and read the backstory of this textile in this essay.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Using Khan Academy for Review

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How you can use Khan Academy for review and remediation.
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American Indian Heritage Foundation

Indians.org: Pawnee Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief background information about the history and culture of the Pawnee. Includes the text of a Pawnee prayer. This site links to specific Pawnee stories and to other information on the Pawnee Tribe and authors.
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Instrument Encyclopedia: Bassoon

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay provides general and historical information on the woodwind instrument, the bassoon, which is a "larger and lower-voiced version of the oboe." Included are references to famous musicians who worked with the bassoon and several...
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Headless Statue of an Orator

For Students 9th - 10th
The headless marble statue depicts a man wearing the typical garments of an orator. He holds a papyrus scroll in his left hand, and a bundle of more papyrus scrolls rests on top of a nearby storage box. The museum is keeping the head of...
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Model Boat of Papyrus

For Students 9th - 10th
This wooden model boat is an imitation of a boat made from bundles of papyrus reeds tied together in bunches.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Fasces

For Students 9th - 10th
Rods bound in the form of a bundle, and containing an axe in the middle, the iron of which projected from them. These rods were carried by lictors before the superior magistrates at Rome, and are often represented on the reverse of...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Signa Militaria

For Students 9th - 10th
Signa Militaria, military ensigns or standards. The most ancient standard employed by the Romans is said to have been a handful of straw fixed to the top of a spear or pole. Hence the company of soldiers belonging to it was called...
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Iowa State University

Iowa State University: Iowa Insect Information Notes: Bees and Wasps

For Students 9th - 10th
If you have a problem or question about bees and wasps, this site can help provide some information. There are 13 different articles that can tell you about the insects and what you can do about them.
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Iowa State University

Iowa State University: Iowa Insect Information Notes Beetles

For Students 9th - 10th
This page has links to lots of pages full of information about beetles. They are categorized by common name so that it is easy to find what you're looking for. Each page includes a description and information about controlling potential...
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Iowa State University

Iowa State University: Iowa Insect Information Notes Butterflies and Moths

For Students 9th - 10th
This series of articles is about butterflies and moths that you may see around your house. There is a special focus on the caterpillars that will become the moths because they cause most of the damage to trees.
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Iowa State University

Iowa State University: Iowa Insect Information Notes Crickets

For Students 9th - 10th
Crickets can be annoying when they get into a house. These information sheets provide ways to prevent crickets from becoming a pest problem while also explaining some basic cricket biology.
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Iowa State University

Iowa State University: Iowa Insect Information Notes Flies

For Students 9th - 10th
Flies are almost always known as pests, especially the types called gnats that bite! These information sheets provide descriptions of several types of flies as well as life cycles and ways to reduce these annoying bugs.
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Other

Art Wing of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem

For Students 9th - 10th
The Israel Museum's Art Wing exhibits examples of works from its collections of modern, contemporary, and Israeli paintings, prints, and photography.
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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in New York: Priscilla (Sloop)

For Students 9th - 10th
Example of a classic Long Island oyster dredging sloop.