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Ties Magazine: Safe Design Takes on Risk

For Students 9th - 10th
A printable article that reviews an art exhibit at the MoMA in New York. The article highlights a few of the product designs from the exhibit that each deal with the idea of safety. There is also a link to the online exhibit if you'd...
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Agham Scientific Magazine: Kidneys and Survival

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the Agham Scientific Magazine provides an indepth description of the kidneys their function as well as other uses of the kidneys. Links to an article entitled, "The Body's Own Sanitation Facility" with additional...
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Entrepreneur Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking for articles or information about entrepreneurship? Entrepreneur Magazine offers an online edition that has a wide variety of helpful resources.
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Youth Time Magazine: Does Over Reliance on Tech Affect Our Ability to Spell?

For Students 9th - 10th
Technology can bring a lot of convenience into our lives. But it can also make us rely a little too much on our phones, tablets, laptops, and smart watches. Spelling and grammar is something that seems to suffer due to our over-reliance...
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Ties Magazine: Model Bridges

For Teachers 9th - 10th
One high school's curriculum tackles the challenge of bridge construction. In this article, you will read one student's thought and design processes as well as some of the leading questions he was asked to consider.
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Science Magazine: Reading the Signs of Ancient Animal Domestication

For Students 9th - 10th
An article which discusses the size of the first animals domesticated by humans about 10,000 years ago. The author reviewed a study in which it was suggested that size reduction evidence may not be the first sign of domestication....
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Maclean's Magazine: Why Being a Grandparent Is More Complicated Than Ever

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article describes the experiences of grandparents who take on the role of caring for grandchildren and the expectations the parents usually have of them. (Published June 4, 2016)
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Ties Magazine: Petronas Towers

For Students 9th - 10th
A great introduction to one of the world's tallest buildings. The article was written in 2002 when it was the tallest building. Since then others have surpassed it. At the end of the article there is a great building challenge for students.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: True Everest: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer [Pdf]

For Students 10th - 12th
This 29-page PDF article "True Everest: Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer published in September 1996 in Outside Magazine focuses on his experience in climbing Mount Everest and the impact on him after the deaths of his fellow climbers.
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University of Washington

Pacific Northwest Regional Newspaper & Periodical Index

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Covering newspapers, magazines, monographs, theses, dissertations and other material, this index goes back as far as the mid-nineteenth century. Very useful for locating primary source material on the Pacific Northwest region.
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Green Teacher: Articles and Teaching Activities

For Students 9th - 10th
Green Teacher is an excellent Canadian environmental magazine that is directed at educators. A variety of its articles and lessons are available at this link.
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Fas: Strategic Assessment: The Internet

For Students 9th - 10th
A strategic assessment of the role that the Internet is playing in the political process of America. The article looks at trends and makes predictions. Although geared toward the Department of Defense, the article is very comprehensible...
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Archaeology Southwest Magazine: The Mimbres [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Download the entire Fall 2003 issue of the Archaeology Southwest Magazine to read several articles relating to the Mimbres culture and pottery. The Mimbres were a subgroup of the larger Mogollon culture inhabiting the Southwest until...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Trekking the Treetops

For Students 9th - 10th
Terry Dunn's article, "Trekking the Treetops," focuses on the range of plant and animal life to be found in the canopies of the forests. The article centers on the canopy of tropical rainforests.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Magazine: Eco Center: The Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore the potential problems and fascinating phenomena of the oceans. Some topics investigated are climate change, nutrient pollution, and fishing. The resource consists of a quiz, slideshows, articles, and video clips.
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John Hopkins Magazine: The Story That Doesn't Compute

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an article contending that John Mauchly deserves the honor as being known as the inventor of the computer. Includes photos from John Mauchly's archives.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Struggling Against the Current

For Students 9th - 10th
Robin Meadows's article, "Struggling Against the Current," focuses on the Pacific Salmon and covers a variety of subjects including Ecological Importance of Salmon, No Easy Fixes for Wild Salmon, Hatcheries, Habitat Loss and Degradation,...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: Manatees

For Students 9th - 10th
This article covers a variety of topics related to Manatees including Agile Underwater Behemoths, Danger in the Water, The Power of Moving Teeth, The Florida Manatee, and more.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: The Marvelous Majority

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines a range of invertebrates. Among the invertebrates discussed included are jellyfish, coral, termites, gypsy moths, octopus, crayfish, and more.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian National Zoo: Zoogoer Magazine: At the Zoo the Snorting Gazelle

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, published by Zoogoer (January/February 1997), offers an intimate look at Speke's Gazelles found at the Smithsonian National Zoo. Find out where this gazelle gets its name, as well as some odd and distinctive traits of this...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Magazine Migrant Madonna

For Students 9th - 10th
An article by Rebecca Maksel that delves into the mystery of the woman in the famous photograph by Dorothea Lange. The history of the photograph is revealed as is the woman's identity.
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History Magazine: Step Right Up!

For Students 9th - 10th
History Magazine examines the America's love affair with the circus. Outstanding article about the history of the circus. Find links to other sources.
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National Institutes of Health

Ncbi: Pub Med

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This free index provides citations for biomedical articles from scholarly journals. For the actual article, library resources will have to be consulted.
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Symmetry Magazine

Symmetry Magazine: Explain It in 60 Seconds: The Higgs Boson

For Students 9th - 10th
The Higgs boson, a particle hypothesized by Peter Higgs, is described in this article. "Explain It In 60 Seconds" is an article series that aims to summarize in a few paragraphs the meaning of different concepts in particle physics.

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