Department of Defense
Do Dea: Web Design: Module 2: Web Authoring / Intro to Html
In Module 2 of this course on web design, students learn how to begin creating a web page using a text editor, how to use tags and attributes, how to format text, and how to use lists. The last section covers accessibility issues and how...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Journey Into Dna
Travel deep into the human body to see exactly where your DNA resides. From the NOVA: Cracking the Code of Life Web site.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Transcription Translation: Central Dogma of Biology
This animation shows how the DNA genetic code leads to proteins that help us develop and function. [2:51]
PBS
Pbs Nova Teachers: Building on Ground Zero
Discover how knowledge gained from disasters has influenced changes in safety features and building codes. Describe how codes have been used to try to prevent future loss of property or lives.
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Gazetteer Files
The U.S. Gazetteer Files provide a listing of all geographic areas for selected geographic area types. The files include geographic identifier codes, names, area measurements, and representative latitude and longitude coordinates. There...
University of Auckland School of Computer Science
Morris: Radix Sorting
A detailed description of the Radix sort algorithm, including a code solution written in the C programming language and an interactive animation / visualization of the sort at work.
Google
Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Curriculum for Ages 9 14
Activities that teach young scholars basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Art Appreciation: Unit 5: 3 D Art
This fifth unit of a course on Art Appreciation looks at different forms of three-dimensional art. Students learn about sculpture and its history, government-funded art works, and controversy in art. They look at other types of 3-D...
Google
Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Friends Theme
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Dolan Dna Learning Center: Transcription & Translation: Rna Splicing
See how DNA is transcribed into RNA and spliced to remove non-coding regions, leaving only the protein-coding regions, called exons. [1:37]
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: Protein Synthesis
A look at protein synthesis in words and pictures. This website discusses the processes of replication, transcription, and translation. Also covered is Beadle and Tatum research that explains that one gene codes for one polypeptide....
Other
Who's Who in Shakespeare's History Plays
Here is a color-coded family tree to help you understand how the historical characters in Shakespeare's series of history plays are connected. As a bonus, you also get a brief synopsis of each of the plays.
Other
Programming Art: Director Card Game Tutorial
This tutorial will show you how to get started making a card game in Director using the Lingo programming language. You will also get some experience with objects, behaviors, and other Director basics by downloading the free source code...
Other
Clemson University: Soil Acidity and Liming
Covers the composition and uses of liming materials in agriculture, as well as the lime codes of several states. Good definitions of terms: lime, calcitic limestone, calcite, dolomite, dolomitic limestone, aragonite, hi-cal lime, and more.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Songs and Oaths: The Pledge of Allegiance (3 5)
Includes the words to the Pledge of Allegiance with accompanying facts about its history and code of rules that is appropriate for younger students.
Other
Uni Learning: Strategies for Reading Journal Articles
Clear explanation of how journal articles tend to be structured, as well as tips for extracting information from each part. Includes sample, color-coded exercises.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Spotlight Biography Inventors
This site provides information on American inventors Benjamin Franklin, Robert Fulton, Eli Whitney, Thomas Jefferson, Isaac Singer, Wilbur Wright, Thomas Alva Edison, Elias Howe, and Alexander Graham Bell. It offers pictures from and...
Sam Houston State University
Shsu: Native Americans in World War Ii
Information about the roles of Native Americans in World War II and their service in the armed forces and defense industries.
Other
Prism Magazine: Student Plagiarism in an Online World
Prism Magazine offers an essay on student plagiarism and how to track down if the paper is plagiarized.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Binary Digits
Learn about the two binary digits, 0 and 1, and how they are combined to make numbers that correspond to our standard number system. Looks also at the relationship between binary and hexadecimal digits.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Binary Number System
Learn all about the binary number system and how to count in binary. Includes a set of practice questions.
History of Computing Science
History of Computing Science: Binary Representation
The binary number system is a perfect fit for the dual-state technologies used in digital computing devices. This lecture series presents a brief description of how the two fit together.
Digital History
Digital History: America's Reconstruction: A Visual Timeline of Reconstruction
This resource provides a timeline of the Reconstruction era in the South.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:build a Family Tree (Men Only)
Understand DNA sequences and the Y chromosome. Solve a genealogical puzzle using the power of reasoning and understanding of DNA, and complete the a male family tree using DNA information from the Y chromosome of three fictitious...