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The University of Southern Mississippi: Mc Loughlin Brothers Digital

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The McLoughlin Brothers Papers Digital Collection contains a selection of items from the McLoughlin Brothers Papers located at The University of Southern Mississippi. McLoughlin Brothers, Inc. was a New York publishing firm which...
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Other

The University of Southern Mississippi: Kate Greenaway Digital Collection

For Students Pre-K - 1st
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...
Handout
Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington: Reference Documents: Indiana Coal [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Curated OER

University of Texas: Grenada: Relief Map

For Students 9th - 10th
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

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Wesleyan University: The Ice Age in Connecticut

For Students 9th - 10th
A general site about the effects of the Ice Age on Connecticut's landscape; includes a section located in the middle of the page on glacial grooves.
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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Inter Math: Box and Whisker Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Description of box-and-whisker plots and their uses, along with a visual representation. There are links to related terms, everyday examples, more information, and the interactive checkpoint involving box and whisker plots located in the...
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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Inter Math: Intersecting Planes

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Inter Math: Orthocenter

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Inter Math: Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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University of Washington

University of Washington: Hoovervilles in Seattle: Map and Photos

For Students 9th - 10th
Shack towns, known as Hoovervilles, housed the homeless during the Great Depression. Use the following pictures and map to visualize what these Hoovervilles looked like and where they were located throughout the state of Washington.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Finding Periodicals and Periodical Articles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource offers a good look at periodicals as a source of information, and offers help for finding articles in a variety of situations.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Earth Orbits

For Students 9th - 10th
An equation for the law of universal gravitation is stated. The weight equation (W=m*g) is related to the law. An interactive JavaScript form allows the user to practice determining the force of gravity and the acceleration of gravity...
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University of Idaho: Principles of Sustainability

For Students 9th - 10th
This online open course is a digital walkabout on the primary concepts, principles, and issues of sustainability. Rather than lectures, the course has eight Chapters, each with several Parts that detail the Chapter topic area. The course...
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University College London

University College London: Digital Egypt: Saqqara

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears: Reader of the Rocks

For Teachers K - 1st
A nonfiction article where students read about Julie Codispoti, assistant curator at the United States Polar Rock Repository, located at Ohio State University's Byrd Polar Research Center. The article provides an overview of Antarctic...
Article
Utah State University

Utah State University: Optimization, an Important Stage of Engineering Design

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
Interactive
Washington State University

Washington State University: Edith Wharton Society: A Life in Pictures and Text

For Students 9th - 10th
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 Illinois

University of Illinois: Guide to Finding Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Locate links to thousands of lesson plans and curriculum guides in all disciplines.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Real? Virtual: Representing Architectural Time and Space

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of architecture from this college-level introduction to the subject, which uses visually rich interactive panoramas and floor plans of important buildings to communicate the essential qualities of the architecture...
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Curated OER

University of Texas: Mauritius: Political Map

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Stony Brook University: Sennacherib's Palace Without Rival at Nineveh

For Students 9th - 10th
This book by John Malcolm Russell, a professor at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, was published in 1991. Written from the perspective of an art historian, he presents his ideas about the function of the Palace without Rival by...
Lesson Plan
Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington: Cupcake Drilling [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
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...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Maze Game

For Students 9th - 10th
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.