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Canadian Wildlife Federation: Be Bat Friendly, Build a Bat House
Bats have been maligned for centuries, miscast as the familiars of witches, associated with Hallowe'en, and feared for the false belief that they will get caught in hair. Bats have been unfairly burdened with these myths, often reviled...
US Government Publishing Office
U.s. Government Publishing Office: Congressional Hearings
Massive directory of the transcripts of all Senate and House committee and subcommittee hearings from the 105th Congress to the 109th Congress. Hearings are typcially open to the public and done for the purpose of attaining information...
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Dwarf Cuttlefish
A behind the scenes peek at the Dwarf Cuttlefish (Sepia bandensis) a native to the Indo-Pacific region of the ocean around Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines. Watch as crabs get dropped into the tank, and the cuttlefish move...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fable Vison
[Free Registration/Login Required] Introducing FableVision: This flipchart is designed to spark your interest in using FableVision. Check out the incredible resources for promoting creative thinking, writing and storytelling within the...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Night
Night is the story of Elie Wiesel surviving a Nazi concentration camp as a teenager. This site provides comprehensive information about the characters and their incredible situations.
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Global Issues: War, Propaganda, and the Media
This resource has an incredible amount of information regarding propaganda. Includes links to numerous topics with propaganda analysis. Offers unique perspectives that challenge the reader to question commonly held beliefs.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Michael Phelps: Olympic Swimmer
Learn about Michael Phelps incredible Olympic swimming records.
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Viking Ship House Museum in Oslo
Great pictures of a Viking ship housed in a museum in Oslo, Norway. Incredible work of art!
Grammar Tips
Problematic Word Pairs: Part Iii
Use this list to help you find the correct usage of nine different pairs of commonly misused words.
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American Memory: Voices From the Days of Slavery
A truly incredible site from American Memory provides text and audio from former slaves. Listen to men and women, some people over 100 years old, describe their days during and after slavery.
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Chemistry Lectures/regelation
An incredibly informative graphic depicting ice regelation. Explains the phenomenon using LeChatelier's principle. Identifies application of regelation.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Corliss Steam Engine
This essay from the University of Virginia provides an incredible graphic of the Corliss steam engine as shown at the America's Centennial Exposition, held in Philadelphia in 1876. Includes some descriptive text.
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History of the Steam Engine
From the Engines of Ingenuity web site. A lengthy page discussing ingenuity and invention as it pertains to steam engine history. Very anecdotal and interesting. Includes biographical information and interesting details about Hero of...
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History of the Steam Engine
From the Engines of Ingenuity web site. A lengthy page discussing ingenuity and invention as it pertains to steam engine history. Very anecdotal and interesting. Includes biographical information and interesting details about Hero of...
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Science World: Karl Friedrich Gauss (1777 1855)
A comprehensive summary of Gauss work, primarily mathematical. An incredible number of hotwords, along with many links to other scientist and mathematicians.
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Bubbles
"What is so fascinating about bubbles? The precise spherical shape, the incredibly fragile nature of the microscopically thin soap film, the beautiful colors that swirl and shimmer, or most likely, a combination of all these phenomena?...
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Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Comet Hale Bopp Images
This site contains 5,161 images of the Hale-Bopp comet from 1995 to 2000. This incredible photo archive is definitely worth a visit.
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Star Birth
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the world with incredible information that has helped formulate our knowledge of the universe. This telescope will soon be retired and replaced by a newer, more powerful telescope. Read about the...
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White House Tapes: The President Calling
Incredibly interesting secret phone tapes from Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Read and listen to excerpts from the Mississippi Crisis, the Vietnam Dilemma, bombing for peace, and Watergate firings.
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Wasp Pilots
A story about a story. A Radio Diaries documentary records personal stories from the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II. Great information about these incredible women.
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Detail of Ngs Map of Greece
The Olympics are back where they started - Greece. This is a fascinating site about finding the sites of those ancient games. You can also view an interactive map of the original Marathon run. Incredible pictures of rebuilt ruins as well...
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Columns Mark All That's Left of the Temple of Zeus in Nemea.
The Olympics are back where they started - Greece. This is a fascinating site about finding the sites of those ancient games. You can also view an interactive map of the original Marathon run. Incredible pictures of rebuilt ruins as well...
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Ancient Stadium in Nemea.
The Olympics are back where they started - Greece. This is a fascinating site about finding the sites of those ancient games. You can also view an interactive map of the original Marathon run. Incredible pictures of rebuilt ruins as well...
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Tunnel Leading to Nemea Stadium
The Olympics are back where they started - Greece. This is a fascinating site about finding the sites of those ancient games. You can also view an interactive map of the original Marathon run. Incredible pictures of rebuilt ruins as well...