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Valuable Veterans

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars select one female veteran and research her background and contribution to the military. They explore the relationship between women and the military and how it has evolved since the Revolutionary War.
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Water Quality Monitoring

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...
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Unesco: Kenya: Fort Jesus, Mombasa

For Students 9th - 10th
The Fort, built by the Portuguese in 1593-1596 to the designs of Giovanni Battista Cairati to protect the port of Mombasa, is one of the most outstanding and well preserved examples of 16th Portuguese military fortification and a...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Fort Oswego, 1727 1756

For Students 9th - 10th
A plan of the fortifications of the British trading post on the Oswego River at its mouth on Lake Ontario, constructed in 1727 and destroyed by the French in 1756. The map shows the site of the old fort on the western bank of the river,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: General Gouverneur K. Warren

For Students 9th - 10th
General Warren, born in Cold Spring, N. Y., January 8th, 1830, died in Newport, R. I., August 8th, 1882, was graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1850, and assigned to the Topographical Engineers as brevet second...
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Port Royal, Nova Scotia

For Students 9th - 10th
Original drawing of Champlain's Habitation at Port Royal is shown along with photos of the fort after it was reconstructed. Steep roofs, narrow entrance ways and a closed in courtyard tell much about the conditions settlers had to live...
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Unesco: Greece: Old Town of Corfu

For Students 9th - 10th
The Old Town of Corfu, on the Island of Corfu off the western coasts of Albania and Greece, is located in a strategic position at the entrance of the Adriatic Sea, and has its roots in the 8th century BC. The three forts of the town,...