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Graduating Engineer and Computer Careers Magazine: Structural Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
Structural engineering is a branch of civil engineering, and its applications are extremely diverse. A career as a structural engineer is profiled .. education, salary, job description .. are included.
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Graduating Engineer and Computer Careers Magazine: Aeronautical Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
A career as an aeronautical engineer is profiled. Included are education, salary, job opportunities, plus two career biographies.
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Entrepreneur Magazine: The Legal Ins and Outs of Forming a Partnership

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of general and limited partnerships, advantages and disadvantages of each, and questions that need to be answered as a partnership is formed.
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Aces: The American Copy Editors Society

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This newsletter-style home page for The American Copy Editors Society offers everything from articles and advice to surveys and seminars. Tidy layout and solid organization make this a pleasure to navigate.
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Quill and Quire: Author Profile: Timothy Findley's Public Face and Price Space

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting look at the personal life and writing projects of Canadian author, Timothy Findley. Includes an area where you can search for reviews of Findley's books.
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Stanford University

Stanford University: The Contender: Alejandro Toledo

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy article on the life of Alejandro Toledo, who at the time of the publication of the article (2001) was running for president of Peru. It also provides details on Elaine Karp, his wife. The article appeared in the Stanford...
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Seaborgium

For Students 9th - 10th
Article summarizing the naming of this element.
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National Wildlife Federation

National Wildlife Federation: North American Mystery Cat

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, published by the National Wildlife Federation, explores the rare and elusive Canada lynx. The article primarily focuses on how wildlife researchers have been able to survey such a "Wide-ranging, mobile carnivore across so...
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Scholastic

Scholastic News: Quake Shakes Italy

For Students 3rd - 8th
A powerful earthquake shattered the city of Pescara del Tronto near the eastern coast of Italy in August 2016. Find details and images in this article.
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Automotive Engineering on Line

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the online magazine for the Society of Automotive Engineers. Allows the student to look up information on the field of automotive engineering.
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Scientific American

Scientific American: What Is an Exothermic Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientific American magazine, in the person of Dr. Gerald R. Van Hecke, gives a wonderfully complete answer to this question. Complete with very many hot words for additional background. And a wonderful NASA launch photo.
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Learning for Justice: Brown v. Board: An American Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
An article celebrating the 50th anniversary of the famous Brown v. Board Supreme Court decision. Features background information, a timeline of integration of schools, interviews, and links to many other activities and resources covering...
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National Wildlife Federation

National Wildlife Federation: Shining a Light on Glass Frogs

For Students 9th - 10th
Article about naturalist Brian Kubicki and his long-term study of glass frogs and other amphibians in Costa Rica.
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PBS

Pbs Nova: A Conversation With Neil De Grasse Tyson

For Students 9th - 10th
Nova offers an enlightening conversation with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Topics include origins of the universe, multidisciplinary approaches to science, exciting recent discoveries, his position as director of the Hayden...
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National Wildlife Federation

National Wildlife: The Incredible Shrinking Polar Bears

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, published by National Wildlife Magazine (February/March 2004 issue), offers an insightful look into the life of the polar bears of Canada's Hudson Bay. The article looks at why these bears are losing weight and bearing...
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: The Fruitful & Inventive Mind of Scientist Luis Alvarez

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, reprinted from the fall 1979 LBL News Magazine, was written about Dr. Luis Alvarez and his part in the study of geological sediments and the great extinctions.
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Quality Digest: Self Directed Work Teams: A Competitive Advantage

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Article describes self-directed work teams as an innovative way to approach employee management. Designed around "whole" projects, these teams manage their own work and handle obstacles themselves, fostering independent thinking and a...
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Bard College: Conjunctions: 45 Calibrations of Raymond Chandler

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the literary magazine from Bard College offers forty-five facts about Raymond Chandler's life and works.
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BBC

Bbc News: Week of 3 11 13: The Children Going Hungry in America

For Students 9th - 10th
This article about child hunger in the United States features the story of two young children in Iowa who often do not have enough to eat. The article includes a link to charity that helps those in need of food and a brief video. [1:59]
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Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: All Good Slides Are Slippery

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article from Poetry Magazine by Lemony Snicket, aka Daniel Handler, presents a portfolio of poetry from authors of many different times and places. In addition to the poems themselves, he discusses why he chose certain poems for this...
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Re:fiction: Making Ends Meet: How to Write a Good Ending to a Story

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
This article from Re:Fiction magazine offers tips on different ways to end a piece of narrative writing.
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Gartner: 10 Ways Technology Will Change What It Means to Be Human

For Students 9th - 10th
An article from Campus Technology magazine that discusses how technology is changing the human condition and many of these changes are driven by the wants, needs, and interests of people. For example, artificial emotional intelligence...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: A White House Garden Harvest

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Michelle Obama started a garden on the grounds of the White House in 2009. This article features her invitation to children to join her while to conduct her final harvest since they will be leaving the White House during the winter of 2016.
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Info World: The Real Difference Between Sql Server and Oracle

For Students 9th - 10th
InfoWorld Magazine compares and contrasts Oracle's and SQL Server's database management system--and provides students with a technical writing that provides database terms in an accessible context.

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