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Rick Beach

Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition: Canon Curriculum Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The textbook entitled Teaching Literature to Adolescents, 2nd Edition contains activities for Chapter 9 reflection. Intended for teachers, this site contains activities that will extend the content from the Chapter 9. Focus of the...
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Web Gallery of Art

Web Gallery of Art: Nicolas Poussin

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a biography of Nicolas Poussin along with links to some of his works and other related information.
Interactive
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Kinematics: Graph That Motion Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Apply the principles of kinematic graphing to match the motion of eleven objects with their corresponding graphical descriptions. Students must understand how the shape of position-time and velocity-time graphs relate to a motion.
Primary
BBC

Bb Ci Audio Interviews: Aaron Copland

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides several audio clips from interviews with the noted American composer, Aaron Copland (1900-1990 CE). Additional content includes a brief biography, list of key works, and links to other sites within the BBC network...
eBook
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Models of Chemical Bonding: Why Do Atoms Join Together?

For Students 9th - 10th
The General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, or Chem 1, is broken into several sections covering various aspects of topics related to chemistry. This section deals with chemical bonds and seeks to answer the question, why do chemical bonds form?
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The Wharton Group

Discover France: Rococo Style

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives the history of the Rococo, a style of decoration in Europe and France in the 18th century. It applies to other forms of art, but not architecture. Provides related links.
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BBC

Bbc Interviews: Salvador Dali

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC provides audio clips from an interview with the renowned Spanish painter, Salvador Dali. Additional content includes a brief biography, a list of his key works, and links to related articles on the BBC network.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Long Run Aggregate Supply

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and graphs related to the long-run aggregate supply curve and its relationship to the stock of resources, technology, and the natural rate of unemployment.
Interactive
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: General Relativity Classical

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Visual simulation of the Newtonian orbit of an object around a mass includes a graph of the effective potential.
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Other

California Newsreel: Videos on African American Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This company claims to be the "oldest and most notable non-profit documentary production and distribution center in the nation." It offers a rich collection of videos on all aspects of African American life and history: e.g., Academy...
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Probabilities in Genetics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Article reviews some probability basics then investigates how these calculations can be applied to genetics problems involving relatively large numbers of genes. Explores how the sum rule and the product rule can be used to solve these...
Online Course
Yale University

Open Yale Courses: Introduction to Ancient Greek History

For Students 9th - 10th
Access any of the twenty-four lectures in a university-level course in ancient Greek history up to the time of Alexander. Lectures available in audio, video, or text format. With coverage of Bronze Age Greece, the Persian Wars, the rise...
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Other

The Athena of Piraeus

For Students 3rd - 8th
A picture and description of the Athena of Piraeus, a famous bronze of the goddess. Part of a larger site dedicated to all things related to Athena, including a timeline and online galleries of images of Athena in paintings and sculpture.
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Other

Sunil Mukhi's Home Page: Indian Music Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Tata Institute provides basic information on Indian classical music. It also has links to pages with related topics.
Handout
ibiblio

Ibiblio: Greek Mathematics and Its Modern Heirs

For Students 9th - 10th
This ibiblio.org site discusses the "Classical roots of the scientific revolution," with concentration on the Greek mathematicians from the 5th century BC to the 5th century AD who "Maintained a splendid tradition of work in the exact...
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Other

National Organization for Rare Disorders: Msud

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website, learn other names for maple syrup urine disease(MSUD) and read about how the disease affects one's metabolism. Includes contact information for organizations related to MSUD. A longer version of this article can be...
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Aneuploidy & Chromosomal Rearrangements

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about aneuploidy and nondisjunction, as they relate to down syndrome and other related disorders. Also learn about chromosomal rearrangements.
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British Council

British Council Go4 English for Arabic Speakers: Stories

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of 20-25 animated stories designed to teach children English. Children can read as they watch and listen, then play a game to see how much they understood. Includes original stories on topics of interest to students...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Distance and Speed of Rolling Objects

For Students 9th - 10th
This project is an experiment in classical physics. You'll be following in Galileo's footsteps, and investigating Newton's laws of motion, but you'll be taking advantage of modern video recording technology to make your measurements. The...
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PBS

Pbs: The American Novel

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Information and analysis on the central concerns, characteristics, and distinguishing features of American literature, presented in timeline format. With synopses of classic works, biographical sketches, overviews of literary movements,...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hiawatha

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this Victorian era neo-classically inclined marble sculpture "Hiawatha" by the American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The sculpture is presented as an enlargeable image with a description and lonks to...
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Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Apps on Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection by Walter Fendt (who also offers many applets on mathematics and astronomy) is large and comprehensive. Everything from classical mechanics to the theory of relativity and nuclear physics is covered. Numerous interactive...
Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Albert Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
A truly complete biography of the great man. Some adequate discussion of his theoretical and scientific work, but the accent here is on his personal life. Many anecdotes, many quotes from him, many references and hotlinks to other...
eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics

For Students 9th - 10th
A six-lesson e-textbook covering topics in one dimension kinematics. Lessons include informational text, interactive activities, and quick, interactive comprehension checks along the way.