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Teaching American History

Teaching American History: Origins and Politics of the Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Use an interactive spreadsheet to investigate both the origins and the politics of the Bill of Rights. Peruse the proposals made by James Madison and which ones were adopted. Click on the color-coded documents to view them.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Graphing Your Social Network

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze their social networks using graph theory. They gather data on their own social relationships, either from Facebook interactions or the interactions they have throughout the course of a day, recording it in Microsoft...
Website
NASA

Nasa: Dynamic Ocean Topography With Current Arrows

For Students 9th - 10th
Color-coded image of ocean currents depicts directional flow and speed of the currents across the globe.
Graphic
National Weather Service

National Weather Service: Precipitation Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive map of the US is color coded to show the quantity of rain received throughout the country. Selections can be made to focus on certain areas and certain time frames.
Interactive
University of Richmond

American Panorama: Mapping Inequality Redlining in New Deal America

For Students 9th - 10th
Redlining is the act of making it difficult or impossible for people in certain areas to access mortgage financing and thus become homeowners. In between 1935-1940 the Home Owners' Loan Corporation staff members assigned grades to...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: 2 Letter State Abbreviation Codes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will use Internet resources such as the USPS website to locate the 2-letter state abbreviation codes. Using the floating keyboard and font/color tools, they will display the correct code on...
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Other

Ecological Regions of North America [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A helpful map of North America which color codes its 15 ecological regions. Click on the different regions for a brief description of the area. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Other

Who's Who in Shakespeare's History Plays

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a color-coded family tree to help you understand how the historical characters in Shakespeare's series of history plays are connected. As a bonus, you also get a brief synopsis of each of the plays.
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Other

Uni Learning: Strategies for Reading Journal Articles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Clear explanation of how journal articles tend to be structured, as well as tips for extracting information from each part. Includes sample, color-coded exercises.
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Ecological Regions of North America

For Students 9th - 10th
A helpful map of North America which color codes its 15 ecological regions. Click on the different regions for a brief description of the area.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Punnett Squares

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use the color coding to help you complete the Punnett Square. You will need a sign-in to help you access this media, but it will be worth your time!
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Study Zone: Forms of Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Basic information and a follow-up exercise about possessive pronouns and adjectives. Color-coded examples are provided for easy understanding.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Resistor Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
This game will help students learn their color codes for resistors. Students will be given a resistor and they have to determine the resistance of the resistor. Students will have three minutes to get as many correct as possible.
Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Resistor Creation Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
This game will help students learn their color codes for resistors. Students will be given a resistance and they have to determine which combination of colors will match that resistance. Students will have three minutes to get as many...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Metalloids in the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the history and organization of the periodic table, where the metalloids fit in, and their properties. Includes color-coded periodic table of elements.
Article
University of Washington

University of Washington: Knights of Labor History and Geography 1869 1899

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the Knights of Labor with maps showing the expansion of the Knights by color-coded time period, the number of local assemblies in each LA county, and more.
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Arizona State University

Asu School of Life Sciences: Monster Manual

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the place where you can build your own monster. All living things, including monsters, have an instruction manual for building and making their bodies work. These instructions use a special code, most often known as a genetic...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dna Build

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students reinforce their knowledge that DNA is the genetic material for all living things by modeling it using toothpicks and gumdrops that represent the four biochemicals (adenine, thiamine, guanine, and cytosine) that pair with each...
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Grasslands of the World

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site from the Missouri Botanical Garden explores the two types of grasslands: tropical and temperate. A brief overview of the grasslands of the world is provided, including a color-coded map.
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Other

League of Nations: 1920 1946 Map

For Students 9th - 10th
A color-coded map from Matthew White's Homepage showing which countries were a part of the League of Nations during specific times in history.
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Other

Thurston High School: The Tundra Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
Site discusses and analyzes the daily weather in the tundra. Provides a map of the world that is color-coded to show the different biomes and systems of the world.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Weather Game Flashcards

For Students 9th - 10th
Improve your memory of Spanish vocabulary words pertaining to weather expressions by playing the flashcard game. On one side of the card is a word in Spanish dealing with the weather and when you click the card it turns over and displays...
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Ap Expressions With Tener

For Students 9th - 10th
A set of four interactive games that focus on the vocabulary for expressions with "tener". If you click on list of terms you can print out a color-coded list of vocabulary words.
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Wyzant

Wyzant: Simplifying Using the Foil Method

For Students 9th - 10th
WyzAnt provides color coded examples for the foil method of factoring.

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