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Ny Times: Probability and Behavior in Gambling Lesson

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will explore the mathematical probabilities involved in gambling and how these factors affect people's behavior.
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Building the Pacific Railroad, Probably Uprr in Nebraska

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains excerpts from Albert D. Richarson's "Beyond the Mississippi" about the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad and his trip on the train.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Erechtheum Restored

For Students 9th - 10th
The building of the new Erechtheum was not commenced till the Parthenon and Propylea were finished, and probably not before the year preceding the breaking out of the Peloponnesian war. Its progress was no doubt delayed by that event,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Persona

For Students 9th - 10th
A mask. Masks were worn by Greek and Roman actors in nearly all dramatic representations. This custom arose undoubtedly from the practice of smearing the face with certain juices and colours, and of appearing in disguise, at the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Persona

For Students 9th - 10th
A mask. Masks were worn by Greek and Roman actors in nearly all dramatic representations. This custom arose undoubtedly from the practice of smearing the face with certain juices and colours, and of appearing in disguise, at the...
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Florida Keys History Museum: An Early Gulf Stream Map

For Students 9th - 10th
This is one of the earliest maps of the Gulf Stream, probably after 1744.
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Photo of Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive site on Henry James that includes links to texts of his work, reviews, resources, and much, much more. Probably the most comprehensive collection of web sites on James.
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Vinland, From Accounts Contained in Old Northern Maps, Eleventh Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod showing the area of early Norse exploration in America. "In 986 A.D. a Norseman named Herjulfson, who was voyaging from Iceland to Greenland, was driven by a gale far out of his reckoning to the W....
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Norse America, 861 1285

For Students 9th - 10th
A facsimile of a map from the works of Carl Christian Rafn (1837) showing Iceland, Greenland, and the eastern portion of North America. The map shows the probable areas of pre-Columbian migration and exploration of the Norse from Iceland...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Migrations of Early Native Peoples, 1889

For Students 9th - 10th
A sketch map of North America from 1888 showing the probable lines of migration and distribution of the American Tribes, including the Esquimaux (Eskimo), West Coast Tribes, Tinne, Algonquin Tribes, and the Alleghans and Toltecans, based...
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Ed Tech Clearinghouse: Koppen Climate Classification of North America, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 of the climate regions of North America using the classification system developed by Wladimir Koppen, based on the concept that native vegetation is the best expression of climate. The major groups are (A)...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Preglacial Drainage of Western Pennsylvania, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 showing the probable preglacial drainage of western Pennsylvania. The limit of glaciation is shown by the broken crossed line.
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Etc: Plan of St Paul's Cathedral, London, 1675 1710

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a plan of the St Paul's Cathedral in London, England. It is an example of English Renaissance architecture. The construction lasted from 1675 to 1710. Sir Christopher Wren designed the cathedral. "In plan, Wren's design was in...
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Unesco: Nigeria: Osun Osogbo Sacred Grove

For Students 9th - 10th
The dense forest of the Osun Sacred Grove, on the outskirts of the city of Osogbo, is one of the last remnants of primary high forest in southern Nigeria. Regarded as the abode of the goddess of fertility Osun, one of the pantheon of...
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Unesco: United States of America: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

For Students 9th - 10th
Stretching over more than 200,000 ha, this exceptionally beautiful park is home to more than 3,500 plant species, including almost as many trees (130 natural species) as in all of Europe. Many endangered animal species are also found...
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Unesco: Spain: Old Town of Segovia and Its Aqueduct

For Students 9th - 10th
The Roman aqueduct of Segovia, probably built c. A.D. 50, is remarkably well preserved. This impressive construction, with its two tiers of arches, forms part of the setting of the magnificent historic city of Segovia. Other important...
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Unesco: Morocco: Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: A Shared Heritage

For Students 9th - 10th
Located on the Atlantic coast in the north-west of Morocco, the site is the product of a fertile exchange between the Arabo-Muslim past and Western modernism. The inscribed city encompasses the new town conceived and built under the...
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Raymond Frederick Maier, Nathan M. Glaser, and Barbara Jean Sherburne (Stewart)

For Students 9th - 10th
Left to right: Psychologists Norman R. F. (Raymond Frederick) Maier (1900-1977), Nathan M. Glaser (d. 2011), and Barbara Jean Sherburne (Stewart) (b. 1914). Maier is holding one of the rats used in their experiments; Sherburne is holding...
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Chien Shiung Wu (1912 1997), Dr. Brode, and Science Talent Search Winners

For Students 9th - 10th
Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), professor of physics at Columbia University, shown with a "Dr. Brode" (probably Wallace Brode) and a group of Science Talent Search winners, 1958
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Helen Miles Davis (1895 1957) and Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868 1947)

For Students 9th - 10th
Helen Miles Davis (1895-1957), chemist and wife of Science Service director Watson Davis, is shown (at left) with Canadian botanist and McGill University professor Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868-1947). They are probably standing in front of...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Chien Shiung Wu (1912 1997) and Dr. Brode

For Students 9th - 10th
Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), professor of physics at Columbia University, with "Dr. Brode" (probably Wallace Brode)
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Flora Wambaugh Patterson (1847 1928) Unconfirmed

For Students 9th - 10th
This is probably the plant pathologist Flora Wambaugh Patterson (1847-1928), the first woman mycologist at U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Chien Shiung Wu (1912 1997)

For Students 9th - 10th
Chien-shiung Wu (1912-1997), professor of physics at Columbia University, shown with a "Dr. Brode" (probably Wallace Brode) and a group of Science Talent Search winners, 1958. Most of the other people are cropped out
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Ruth Winkley

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1921, the Marine Biological Laboratory's Biological Bulletin listed Ruth Winkley as a clerk in the laboratory supply department; she graduated from University of Michigan in 1925, where she studied invertebrate zoology. This is...

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