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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Atomic Theory and Structure: Quantum Numbers and Orbitals

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of advanced atomic theory using The Schrodinger equation.
Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Atomic Theory: Wave Particle Duality and the Electron

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of advanced atomic theory based on developed concepts from earlier scientific experimentation.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Origins of Modern Humans: Multiregional or Out of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Two migration theories are on the table for consideration. Weigh the evidence of each one in this article by Donald Johanson of Lucy fame.
Unit Plan
Indiana University

Ensi: Introduction to Evolution Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit plan presented by the Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes is one way to introduce evolution. The authors have created a Pre-test about what evolution is/is not to address misconceptions. There are handouts and...
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Science, Optics & You: Albert Einstein

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Albert Einstein (1879-1955), one of the most famous physicists of the last century, best known for his theory of relativity.
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Other

Sacred Sites: Easter Island

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed report on one of the world's most famous, yet least visited archaeological sites, Easter Island. This site covers many of the theories surrounding the island, ancient and recent history and has some great pictures.
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: James Clerk Maxwell

For Students 9th - 10th
James Clerk Maxwell was one of the most influential scientists of the nineteenth century. His theoretical work on electromagnetism and light largely determined the direction that physics would take in the early twentieth century. Indeed,...
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Other

Lebensraum: Living Space for the German Race

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides a discussion of the concept of "Lebensraum," or "living space" for the German people. This was one of Hitler's main justifications for his military conquests.
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A&E Television

History.com: What Happened to Twa Flight 800?

For Students 9th - 10th
Minutes after its take off from New York's Kennedy International Airport, a Boeing 747 headed for Paris exploded midair over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Long Island on July 17, 1996, leaving all 230 people aboard dead. The...
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Mathigon

Mathigon: Graphs and Networks: Euler's Formula

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Euler's Equation. Any (finite) graph can be constructed by starting with one vertex and adding more vertices one by one. We have shown that, whichever way we add new vertices, Euler's equation is valid. Therefore...
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University of Alaska

Alaska Science Forum: Evidence Piling Up for Coastal Migration Route

For Students 9th - 10th
One knife pulled from the sea may shed more light on the mysteries of the first Americans. Archaeologists are still shaping the new Coastal Migration Route theory one artifact at a time.