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NASA

Taking a Cold, Clear Look at the Universe

For Students 9th - 12th
Take a look with another perspective. Pupils read to find out what portion of the electromagnetic spectrum a space telescope sees and the difficulties of viewing infrared radiation from other objects in space. Individuals discover how...
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Bob Stepno: The Evening Graphic's Tabloid Reality

For Students 9th - 10th
During the 1920s, newspapers and tabloids began printing graphic stories about murders, true love and true detective cases. This article by journalism student, Bob Stepno, investigates the truth behind the stories found in the "Evening...
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Mediate: Graphic Facilitation Focuses a Group's Thoughts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article discusses what graphic facilitation is and how it can focus a group's thoughts and understanding. An example is provided showing how it resolved a conflict between two groups.
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Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon: Graphical User Interface Programming

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the user interface tools used by programmers to create graphical user interfaces (GUI).
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Media College

Media College: Graphics Tutorial: Digital Images for the Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
Tutorial on creating images for the Internet, with text and screenshots.
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New Deal Network

New Deal Network: Social Welfare and Visual Politics: Story of Survey Graphic

For Students 9th - 10th
Essay offering an explanation of "scientific charity" by tracing its roots back to the 1870's. Excellent information about social reform and charities.
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Graphic Greats: Photo Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource presents an article about the use of photos in documents.
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Graphics Visualization & Usability Center: Animation Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
A university-level article describing complex computer animation techniques used to simulate human motion. Includes helpful images.
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Graphic Mama: 20 Digital Tools for Classroom for Innovative Teachers & Students

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This article provides brief descriptions of twenty digital tools that can be used by both teachers and students for making infographics, presentations, videos, animations, as well as for assessments, quizzes, and more. Each tool is...
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: "Seven Strategies to Teach Text Comprehension" by c.r. Adler

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this article, "comprehension strategies" are explained. Supported by research, these strategies are divided into seven different steps, including the following: monitoring comprehension, metacognition, graphic and semantic organizers,...
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Descriptive Writing

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This is a comprehensive article about what descriptive writing including what it is, why to teach it and strategies to teach it. It also features two videos Five Senses Graphic Organizer and Writing Poems as well as an annotated list of...
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Art Daily: Stray Dogs Opens at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
As an example of a possible career outlet for a graphic designer, this site provides a graphic novel called "Stray Dogs." The site is looked at as a published book but includes additional information on the publication process as well.
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New Entrepreneur: 6 Questions to Ask Before You Design Print Publications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article on the questions that need answering for successful designed print publications. Includes purpose, image, type and graphics mix, and information hierarchy. W.11-12.6 Technology
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Are 3 D Shapes?

For Students 9th - 10th
This Khan article explains how to write your own 3D graphics engine with some trigonometry!
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W3 Schools: Html Canvas Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to use HTML canvas, a programming element used to draw graphics on a web page.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Sat Reading Test: Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an overview of what to expect on the SAT Reading Test. It assesses your ability to read and interpret a variety of texts similar to the reading you will find in college and your career. All of the questions on the reading test...
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How to Read Graphic Syntax Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed description of how to read syntax diagrams which are used to describe complex grammar rules in a programming language.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Convergence: Marsupials and Placentals

For Students 9th - 10th
This graphic illustrates some of the marsupial mammals in Australia and placental mammals in North America. Even though they are not closely related, these mammals look alike because they have adapted to similar ecological roles. From...
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BBC

Bbc News: What Is a 'Top Kill'?

For Students 9th - 10th
As the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico officially becomes America's largest oil disaster, a major procedure, known as 'top kill', is being tried to stop the flow of oil. Details of the procedure, graphics, and video clips are included.
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CNN

Cnn Money: Job Losses Ebb, but Unemployment Up

For Students 9th - 10th
The USA unemployment rate jumped to a 26-year high in August 2009 even though the jobless rate improved. These rates are based on a survey of households while the payroll estimate comes from a survey of employers. This may explain why...
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Smekens Educational Solutions: Expose K 2 Readers to Annotation Strategies

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This article discusses how to begin teaching students in K-2 to record their ideas about text using highlighters, colored pens, large graphic organizers, and sticky notes. Students can retell a story with a storyboard, use a web to find...
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CNN

Cnn en Espanol: Week of 3 10 14: 32 Fotos Impactantes Que Fueron Noticia

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. Resource presents photos from the week's news along with captions that explain what they represent.
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Ggmap: Spatial Visualization With Ggplot2 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In spatial statistics the ability to visualize data and models super imposed with their basic social landmarks and geographic context is invaluable. ggmap is a new tool which enables such visualization by combining the spatial...
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Buddha Dharma Education Association

Buddha Net: Buddhism in Cambodia

For Students 9th - 10th
A short history of Buddhism in Cambodia. Includes graphics and details of the Angkor temple.

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