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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Projectile Magic

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students watch video clips from October Sky and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to learn about projectile motion. They explore the relationships between displacement, velocity and acceleration and calculate simple projectile...
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: u.s. History Map Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Become a geography whiz as you learn how the United States was settled. Discover how the continent was irrevocably changed by European colonization, the events that caused the wholesale displacement and decimation of the land's original...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Physics: 2.3 Time, Velocity, and Speed

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain the relationships between instantaneous velocity, average velocity, instantaneous speed, average speed, displacement, and time; Calculate velocity and speed given...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 3.2 Vector Addition and Subtraction: Graphical Methods

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
By the end of this section, you will be able to understand the rules of vector addition, subtraction, and multiplication and to apply graphical methods of vector addition and subtraction to determine the displacement of moving objects.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Taking a Bath Led to Archimedes' Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
This video explains how the early Greek mathematician Archimedes discovered the principle relating density, volume, and displacement of water. [3:01] Includes a brief quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Website
World Food Programme

Wfp: World Food Programme

For Students 9th - 10th
WFP is a United Nations organization whose mission is to eradicate global hunger and poverty. Their primary beneficiaries are victims of natural disasters, displaced people, the world's hungry poor, and women.
Graphic
Curated OER

Rising Waters

For Students 3rd - 5th
A unique approach to determining size and weight of an object through water displacement with a variety of balls made of different materials and pitchers of water.
Graphic
Other

Statistical Yearbook: Unhcr

For Students 9th - 10th
A PDF publication from the U.N. on the state of refugees in the world 2001. Provides data on countries that are taking in refugees, asylum seekers and where they have fled.
Website
Other

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21: The Ken Elliott Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Get a glimpse of the excitement and emotion, captured in pictures, as hundreds of new Canadians arrive at Pier 21 in 1965.
Website
Other

Usa Gov: Hurricane Recovery

For Students 9th - 10th
Resources to help you prepare for hurricanes and to help you find family and friends, get help, and health and safety tips.
Primary
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Asian America

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of primary source documents and books that detail the racial discrimination Chinese and Japanese immigrants faced in the U.S. during America's involvement in the Second World War. One report from 1877 looks at Chinese...
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Indian Land Cessions in the United States 1784 1894

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides links to the original land cession deals between Indians and the Federal Government are provided. Search for documents can be accomplished by searching for Indian tribe, state/territory, or...
Activity
BBC

Bbc: The Road to Refugee

For Students 9th - 10th
Fifty years after the adoption of the UN Convention on Refugees, the decade we live in has seen more of the world's people than ever before seeking refuge from war, persecution or disaster. This special report tells the stories behind...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Butterfly Stroke

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between velocity and position for a swimmer. Adjust the velocity of the legs, streamline, and arms to experiment with the slope of velocity in the simulation swimmer. Dig a...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Irwin and Ruthie

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between position, velocity, and acceleration for two objects in one-dimensional motion. Experiment with varying approaches to the race for both Irwin and Ruthie to see how...
Article
York University

Classics in the History of Psychology: Cognitive Maps in Rats and Men

For Students 9th - 10th
A Classic Psychological work by Edward Tolman from 1948. His experiments with rats led to discussion of cognitive maps in man.
Website
CNN

Cnn: Hurricane Katrina

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive look at Hurricane Katrina. Photos, interactive media, video, news stories, and a lot more can be found on this page.
PPT
CNN

Cnn: Ninth Ward, Six Months Later

For Students 9th - 10th
Captivating photo slideshow that shows a section of New Orleans six months after Hurricane Katrina. The damage in the photos is obvious.
Article
CNN

Cnn: Katrina Evacuees Weigh Possible Return

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth report examining Hurricane Katrina evacuees and discussing the issues they face as they decide to move back to New Orleans. The New Orleans levee system, living conditions, Mayor Nagin's plan to rebuild New Orleans, and other...
PPT
CNN

Cnn: Katrina's Devastation

For Students 9th - 10th
Outstanding interactive timeline of Hurricane Katrina.
Interactive
CNN

Cnn: One Family's Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Enchanting web page that chronicles the Green family, who was impacted by Hurricane Katrina. This interactive page has a family tree, video of their plight, photographic gallery, maps, etc. This sad story, yet brilliant report, is an...
Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 3: Density

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Six interactive chemistry lessons about density complete with handouts and animations.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Rebuilding Lives in Houston

For Students 9th - 10th
Houston, Texas, was one of the places that thousands of evacuees from New Orleans fled to during Hurricane Katrina. This report delves into their lives, the search for missing family members, and the road to recovery. Audio, video, and a...
Website
Curated OER

Cbc News: Anatomy of a Refugee Camp

For Students 9th - 10th
Great article featuring an excellent graphical representation of life in a refugee camp.

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