University of Florida
Fmnh: University of Florida Herbarium
This excellent site contains information on the University of Florida Herbarium located in Gainsville, Florida. The Herbarium offers five different collections of plants as well as an electronic library of plants.
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Abc's of Indiana Geology 4 [Pdf]
One of four sets of 26 ABC cards that have definitions and descriptions of geologic terms and earth science concepts. This set looks at significant geological locations in Indiana.
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University of Texas: Bahrain: Political Map
A political map of Bahrain from the Perry-Castaneda Collection showing the major cities and highways. A map inset shows where this island country is located in the Persian Gulf in relation to Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
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University of Texas: Saudi Arabia: Small Political Map
This map of Saudi Arabia is very easy to read. It shows the major cities and its location in relation to other countries in the Middle East. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection.
Other
The University of Southern Mississippi: Kate Greenaway Digital Collection
The Kate Greenaway Papers Digital Collection contains a selection of items from the Kate Greenaway Papers located at The University of Southern Mississippi. The majority of materials in this digital collection date from the turn of the...
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Reference Documents: Indiana Coal [Pdf]
A fact card describing the properties and characteristics of Indiana coal, how it formed, the volume of coal resources, their location in the state, and where this coal ranks on a coal scale.
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University of Texas: Grenada: Relief Map
A relief map of the island of Grenada showing the major cities and its mountainous terrain. An inset shows Grenada's location in the Grenadines. From the Perry-Castaneda collection.
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University of Texas: Map of Grenada
Although small, this map of Grenada shows some of the cities on the island and its location in the Grenadines. From the Perry-Castaneda collection.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Intersecting Planes
This site gives a description and picture of intersecting planes. Be sure to follow the "More Information," and "Interactive Challenge," links located in the left-hand column for more information about intersecting planes.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Orthocenter
This site from InterMath gives a description of the orthocenter of a triangle along with a visual representation. Be sure to follow the links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the...
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Coordinates
This site discusses coordinates in the Cartesian plane. The site gives some fundamental terms involving Cartesian coordinates and a graph with the origin and a point labeled. Be sure to follow the links to related terms, everyday...
University College London
University College London: Digital Egypt: Saqqara
A map showing the location of Saqqara, the main cemetery of Memphis. Clicking on the pictures will take you to some mastabas found at Saqqara. Not much commentary, but lots of examples and hyperlinks to other places in this complex site.
Utah State University
Utah State University: Optimization, an Important Stage of Engineering Design
Teaching middle and high school students how to weigh constraints and criteria against various design solutions in order to select the best possible solution is an important skill necessary for engineering, as well as for life. The...
Washington State University
Washington State University: Edith Wharton Society: A Life in Pictures and Text
This site, presented by a professor at Washington State University, provides information on Wharton's life and career and pictures of Wharton and locations important in her life and writings.
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University of Texas: Mauritius: Political Map
This map of Mauritius from the Perry-Castaneda Collection shows the island of Mauritius in isolation as well as a map inset showing its location east of the mainland of Africa and an inset of one of the smaller islands making up the...
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Cupcake Drilling [Pdf]
In this lesson, students will model geologic drilling using layered cupcakes to learn about rocks below the Earth's surface. Students will locate features on a geologic map and observe cupcake cores to evaluate the scientific techniques...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Maze Game
Learn about position, velocity, and acceleration in the "Arena of Pain." Use the green arrow to move the ball. Add more walls to the arena to make the game more difficult. Try to make a goal as fast as you can.
University of Alberta
University of Alberta: The Coal Branch
The early railways depended on coal to fire their locomotives. Vast deposits of coal were located along the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies. One of the richest mining areas on the main line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway,...
Other
Kumamoto University: Medicinal Plant Garden
This site provides information on the Medicinal Plant Garden located in Japan. The web page presents a list of all the plants the garden contains, and their pictures.
University of Nebraska
University of Nebraska State Museum: Ashfall Fossil Beds Resources
The Ashfall Fossil Beds are located in Nebraska, and this page highlights information about the fossil beds and some of the research being undertaken there.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Triangle Inequality
This site has a description of the triangle inequality theorem along with a visual representation, and animation explaining the triangle inequality rule with the radii of circles at the segment endpoints. Links to related terms, more...
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Interior Angle
This site gives a decription of interior angles along with a visual representation. Be sure to use the links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the interactive check point involving interior...
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Multiplicative Inverse
This site gives a description of a multiplicative inverse, along with examples. There are links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the interactive check point involving multiplicative inverse...
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Histogram
This site provides details about histograms. The site contains a link on the step by step procedure of creating a histogram. There are links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the interactive...