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About Kids Health

About Kids Health: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (Fasd)

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a featured article on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder including information on what it is, causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and associated problems.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Francais Interactif

For Students 9th - 10th
This full-featured interactive textbook encounter utilizes French speakers in real life scenarios. Well structured for work on grammatical concepts (links to Tex's French Grammar), vocabulary, listening comprehension and exposure to...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: Rhetorical Landscape: Rhetoric

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on rhetoric; it defines it, discusses rhetorical devices, and audience appeals. It includes a student assignment to read "Tear Down This Wall" a speech by Ronald Reagan and then use the comment feature in Microsoft...
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University of California

Mid Ocean Ridge

For Students 9th - 10th
An article from Scientific American details some recent discoveries about the ridge systems. "New maps reveal striking details of how segments of the Ridge form and evolve."
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Credit Card

For Students 9th - 10th
This encyclopedia article describes how the credit card system works. It discusses the history, how credit cards are used, features, types, the numbering system, pros and cons, and more.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Magazine: Arts and Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow this link to the arts base of "Smithsonian, the monthly magazine published by the Smithsonian Institution. Access arts-related content from the current issue of the magazine; link to ARTiculation, the Smithsonian's art blog; open...
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The White House

The White House: The Judicial Branch

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the judicial branch of the federal government, how the organization of the federal judiciary is determined, the functions and responsibilities of the Supreme Court, and features of the judicial process.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: English Pertrarchan Sonnets

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on English Pertrarchan sonnets which were translated into English by Sir Thomas Wyatt who then created his own poetry in the Pertrarchan form. It features Wyatt's poems "They Flee from Me" (in text and audio) and...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Grammar/writing Ii: Instruction: Sentence Construction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson from a grammar and writing unit focuses on sentence construction including writing clear, concise sentences useing the correct subject-verb agreement. It features links to The Writer's Handbook: Clear, Concise, Sentences,...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Nonfiction: Tuesdays With Morrie

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom about the time he spent with his sociology professor who was dying from Lou Gehrig's disease. It features links to Mitch Albom's website, a Wikipedia article about...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Technology and the World: Technology and Literature: Part 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Flannery O'Connor, her short story "The Life You Save May be Your Own," and the characteristics of Southern Gothic Literature. It features links to Flannery O'Connor's Biography, a Wikipedia article on "The Life...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Debating Democracy

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
By the end of this section of a chapter on "Creating Republican Governments," students will be able to explain the development of state constitutions, describe the features of the Articles of Confederation, and analyze the causes and...
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University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburg: The Gore Vidal Index

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive and thorough site maintained by University of Pittsburgh faculty member Harry Kloman contains an overview of Gore Vidal's life and career, reviews of his novels, reviews of several books about Vidal, and links to a variety...
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Other

Melissa Kaplan: Reptile Skin Basis

For Students 9th - 10th
A good introduction to the skin of reptiles. Describes some of the general characteristics of the scales. Information on various diseases is included. Also links to many related articles are listed.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Illinois State Geological Survey

For Students 9th - 10th
A "research and service" organization, the ISGS's "programs encompass geologic mapping, water and mineral resources, environmental and engineering geology, geochemistry, and education." Read articles, view maps, study old aerial...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Nonfiction: Jfk Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on John F. Kennedy's speech, "We Choose to go to the Moon," delivered at Rice University on September 12, 1962. It features links to JFK's biography and Wikipedia entry, the National Geographic: "Moon 101" video, the...

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