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NASA

Write the Book on Weather Metrics

For Students 6th - 12th
It's not easy to measure the weather. Pupils learn about what all weather has in common—the atmosphere. Scholars discover how a meteorologists must be able to measure aspects of the atmosphere and decipher the data. They then create a...
AP Test Prep
College Board

Why We Use Theorem In Calculus

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars read an article to explain the reasoning behind theorems. In this calculus lesson, students understand the underlying principles of theorems and how it helps them make sense of the problems. They know why they do what they...
Article
National Institutes of Health

Ncbi: Amino Acids Are Linked by Peptide Bonds to Form Polypeptide Chains

For Students 9th - 10th
Proteins are linear polymers formed by linking the a-carboxyl group of one amino acid to the a-amino group of another amino acid with a peptide bond. The formation of a dipeptide from two amino acids is accompanied by the loss of a water...
Article
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Form in Music

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a great resource for understanding and teaching musical forms to students. It thoroughly explains the various forms and provides activities to do with your students.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: 2nd Grade Lesson Plans for Forming Possessives

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
This article focuses on teaching 2nd graders to form possessive. It provides two complete lesson plans with activities for teaching them how to form possessives.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Hindu Deity Shiva in the Fierce Form of Bhairava

For Students 9th - 10th
Individual Hindu gods manifest themselves in many forms, in some cases including the ferocious and terrifying. Among his many guises, Shiva is an ascetic and mendicant who renounces conventional earthly existence to pursue extreme...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Haniwa in the Form of a Warrior

For Students 9th - 10th
This object is a haniwa (lit. "clay ring"), a type of funerary article made during the Kofun era (300-552). Many kinds of haniwa have been found, including both simple clay cylinders and more elaborate forms, such as human figures,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Review: Processing Forms With J Query

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of processing forms with jQuery.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Ask Dr. Universe: How Does Snow Form?

For Students 1st - 5th
In this "Ask Dr. Universe," an eight-year old's question about how snow is formed is answered. Find out what meteorologist, Nic Loyd, has to say about this science.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: How Are Clouds Formed?

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief, scientific explanation of how clouds are formed.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: How Is Rain Formed?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what happens inside a cloud when raindrops are formed.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Hindu Deity Vishnu in the Form of the Man Lion Narasimha

For Students 9th - 10th
A certain evil demon could not be killed by man or beast, indoors or out, during the day or night. To defeat the demon, Vishnu took the form of a half man-half lion, hid in the pillar of a doorway, and attacked at dusk. Vishnu was...
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Other

Article: Learning Tunes Efficiently: Part One: Song Form

For Students 9th - 10th
This article deals with skills needed by musicians, that is, being able to learn tunes efficiently by using the form of the song.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mirror Pendant in Form of a Bat Human From Grave 5, Sitio Conte

For Students 9th - 10th
Bat-human imagery in ancient Central American art is often linked to religious beliefs and practices. View pictures and read descriptions of a pendant in the form of a bat-human found in a grave near Panama City in this essay. A video...
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Seeker

Seeker: Week of 8 25 14: How Do Black Holes Form? Clue Found

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn what a black hole is and explore the latest scientific theories about how they form.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: In What Types of Rocks Do Fossils Form?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the types of rocks where fossils can form.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Under What Conditions Do Fossils Form?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the conditions required for fossils to form naturally.
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BBC

Bbc Newsround: Week of 6 20 16: Prince William Forms Cyber Bullying Task Force

For Students 3rd - 5th
The task-force will work together anti-bullying charities to help make it easier for children and parents to get help if they are being bullied online.
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Other

Chemical Engineers Resource Page: Forms of Corrosion

For Students 9th - 10th
A Chemical Engineers Resource provides this site devoted to chemical engineers. Very thorough. The page you come to, Forms of Corrosion, is very thorough, and has some really useful pictures. Other parts of the site may be helpful,...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: What Are Ocean Trenches and How Are They Formed?

For Students 4th - 8th
Around 72 percent of the Earth's surface is found under the oceans. It has always been contributing to the dynamically changing face of the Earth through the tectonic phenomenon occurring at its depths. Such a naturally occurring...
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Classification: Form and Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about taxonomy, and understand why scientists classify organisms. Study the concepts behind Linnaean taxonomy and binomial nomenclature.
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Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch: Child Farmworkers in the u.s.: A "Worst Form of Child Labor"

For Students 9th - 10th
An article focused on the drastic conditions and ruination of children who work on farms. The Human Rights Watch investigates the corruption of farmers abusing their child employees from their working conditions, hours, and pay among...
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A&E Television

History.com: How the Iroquois Confederacy Was Formed

For Students 9th - 10th
In the story of the Great Law of Peace, Hiawatha and the Peacemaker convince leaders of the Five Nations to literally bury the hatchet. Centuries before the creation of the United States and its Constitution, democracy had already taken...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sacred Space & Symbolic Form at Lakshmana Temple Khajuraho (India)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Lakshmana temple was the first of several temples built by the Chandella kings in their newly-created capital of Khajuraho. View some of the sculpted friezes contained within this temple.

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