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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Paramecium Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the characteristics of Paramecia, their locomotion, and method of reproduction.
Activity
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Our Story: All Aboard the Train!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Activities and resources, built around a reading of Jingle the Brass by Patricia Newman, for teaching young learners about the importance of railroads in American history.
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Other

Look D: How Fish Swim

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, which is provided for by LookD.com, gives brief but factual information on the way in which fish swim.
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Other

Wilderness Classroom Organization: Spider Monkey

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief site provides general information (physical characteristics, diet, way it travels through the forest) and several interesting spider monkey pictures.
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Britain Express

Britain Express: Richard Trevithick Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site by Britain Express gives a biography of inventor Richard Trevithink (1771-1833 CE).
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Britain Express

Britain Express: George Stephenson Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Britain Express provides a biography of George Stephenson (1781-1848 CE), inventor of the the railway system in Europe.
Website
Other

Kentucky State Symbols

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover all of the Kentucky state symbols here, including a picture and the year of adoption.
Unit Plan
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: America on the Move [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how transportation has helped people immigrate and migrate over the years.
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Curated OER

Australopithecus Afarensis

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discusses the importance of Lucy to the theory of evolution and her bipedalism form of locomotion.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George Stephenson

For Students 9th - 10th
(1781-1848) Railway engineer who constructed the first locomotive.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Ericcson

For Students 9th - 10th
John Ericsson was born in Sweden, July 31, 1803. He early showed great inventive skill and was employed as an engineer in the Swedish service. He resigned in 1826 and went to England to introduce an engine he had invented. In 1829 he won...
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Other

Monkey Zone: Spider Monkeys

For Students 2nd - 6th
This brief site discusses the physical characteristics, range/habitat, adaptations, and diet of the spider monkey.
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Curated OER

Stamps

For Students 9th - 10th
An extraordinarily rich collection of photos, stereographs, engravings, maps, and documents. Many 19th century accounts of building and traveling on the railroad, plus travel guides and government documents.
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University of California

Ucmp: Inferring the Possible Speed of Dinosaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay detailing the evidence used to determine how quickly dinosaurs moved. Includes pictures of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

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