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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Gigantic Triangles: Measuring Altitude (Inclinometer)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
If you've ever wondered how tall that bridge is, or how high your kite was, then this could be a good project for you. You'll learn how you can use the mathematics of right triangles to measure the height of an object with two...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Tiling With Spidrons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
If art and math are both passions of yours, this project is meant for you! Spidrons are geometric forms made from alternating sequences of equilateral and isosceles (30 degrees, 30 degrees, 120 degrees) triangles. Spidrons were...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Effects of Card Counting on a Simple Card Game

For Students 9th - 10th
If you enjoy playing cards, this project will get you thinking about strategy in card games and help you become a better card player. Explore probability using computer simulations and the practice of counting cards.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Do Baseball Stadium Dimensions Affect Batting Statistics?

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a fun project that combines baseball and math. Major League baseball is played in ballparks that have their own individual quirks when it comes to the exact layout of the field. Fenway Park in Boston has the famous "Green Monster"...
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Elements, Compounds, Substances and Mixtures

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about the classification of matter based on whether the chemical composition is pure or a mixture. Understand the definitions of elements, compounds, substances, and mixtures, and what the differences are between them. Five types...
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University of Toronto (Canada)

U. Of Toronto: Does the Number E Have Real Physical Meaning?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains why the number e does have meaning outside of its purely mathematical applications. Gives an example of this using compound interest. Also explains the number e as a limit and its role in calculus.
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Other

Eurographics: European Association for Computer Graphics

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the home site of an international organization purely devoted to the needs of professionals in computer graphics, and includes membership, event and publication information.
eBook
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Lewis Carroll: Symbolic Logic

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of a book "discussing the area of mathematics which studies the purely formal properties of strings of symbols." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Robert Millikan

For Students 9th - 10th
Robert Andrews Millikan was a prominent American physicist who made lasting contributions to both pure science and science education. He is particularly well known for his highly accurate determination of the charge of an electron via...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Oxidation Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will use the oxidation number rules to determine the oxidation number of an atom of any element in a pure substance. They...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Stay in Shape

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will learn that math is important in navigation and engineering. Ancient land and sea navigators started with the most basic of navigation equations (Speed x Time = Distance). Today, navigational satellites use...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Element, Mixture, Compound

For Teachers 10th - 12th
This hands-on activity will help the students have a better understanding of different types of materials as pure substances and mixtures and distinguishes the homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures by discussing some material they use...
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Electrolysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Copper can be extracted from its ore by heating it with carbon. Impure copper is purified by electrolysis in which the anode is impure copper, the cathode is pure copper and the electrolyte is copper sulfate solution. It provides links...
Article
New York Times

New York Times: An in Depth History of Group F.64

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is based on a book by Mary Street Alinder, who had worked with Anselm Adams. Group f.64 was a group of photographers in the 1930s who advocated for a pure style of photography.
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Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments: See if a Ring Is Pure Gold

For Students 9th - 10th
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This one...
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Other

Pure texan.com: Texas Horned Lizard

For Students 9th - 10th
Named the Texas state reptile in 1992, this horned toad is really a lizard. You can read all about it here, including its names, types, habitat, and efforts to ensure its survival as a species.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Topics in the History of Philosophy: Kant

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, undergraduate level online course from MIT.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Dna From the Beginning: Genes Come in Pairs

For Students 9th - 10th
This animated lesson will explain how genes are inherited in pairs, one from the mother and one from the father.
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Friesian School

Friesian.com: Immanuel Kant (1724 1804)

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive site chronicles modern philosophy and the role of Kant in the movement. Excellent resource.
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Theodore Roosevelt: The Making of a Progressive Reformer

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This essay on Theodore Roosevelt explains how he evolved into a leader who put forth and supported progressive ideas as president and later in life. Read about his political experience as a reformer...
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C-SPAN

C Span American Writers: Upton Sinclair and Muckrakers

For Students 9th - 10th
A companion to C-SPAN's series, this site features a brief biography of Upton Sinclair, the text of his influential book, "The Jungle," and links to information about the Chicago Stockyards, as well as to other sites about Sinclair and...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Classification of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will use the physical and chemical properties of matter to categorize the various forms of matter.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Progressive Movement 1890 1920: Progressivism in the White House

For Students 11th - 12th
Looks at the Square Deal of Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive goals of William Taft, and at legislation enacted under the New Freedom agenda of Woodrow Wilson.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Properties of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial, students will begin to understand a substance according to its physical properties. Learn to distinguish between extensive and intensive...

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