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University of Notre Dame

University Counseling Center: Relaxation Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes a variety of techniques you can try that will help you release stress while studying, including deep breathing, muscle relaxation, and meditation.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Muscle Fiber Contraction and Relaxation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides young learners with information regarding muscle fiber contraction and relaxation.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Chemical Hair Relaxing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity we will be exploring the world of chemical relaxing. This instructional activity will serve as a basic guide to the process of using chemicals to permanently straighten the hair. Upon completion of this...
Article
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Flight Gadget Rules to Be Relaxed

For Students 1st - 5th
Article reports on new rules in Europe relaxing restrictions on the use of electronic devices during air travel.
Handout
American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Chaotic Electric Circuit Explorer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulation investigating the characteristics of two electrical circuits that exhibit chaotic behavior, Chua's circuit and an autonomous relaxation oscillator (ARO), by adjusting the settings.
Graphic
Curated OER

A View on Cities: New York: Relaxing at the High Line

For Students 9th - 10th
Relaxing at the High Line (New York)
Interactive
Knowledge Share

Super Kids: Games of Logic and Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th
Have your students completed their work? If so, allow them to enjoy some mind relaxing, yet challenging, games at this site. I'm sure you'll get caught up in the fun too.
Graphic
Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Relaxing in the Country

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Relaxing in the Country", created by Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater from 1730-35 (Oil on canvas).
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Viscoelasticity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to the concept of viscoelasticity and some of the material behaviors of viscoelastic materials, including strain rate dependence, stress relaxation, creep, hysteresis and preconditioning. Viscoelastic material...
Website
Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: Stress Management

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains 7 chapters dealing with stress and ways to deal with it along with links to related materials.
Website
Other

Museum of Web Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating site devoted to art and graphics used on the world wide web. Explore the best in buttons, banners, counters, and more.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Preconditioning Balloons

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use balloons (a polymer) to explore preconditioning a viscoelastic material behavior that is important to understand when designing biomedical devices. They improve their understanding of preconditioning by measuring the force...
Professional Doc
Other

Sage Publishing: Play and the Learning Environment

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Play is an important vehicle for developing self-regulation as well as promoting language, cognition, and social competence. This chapter discusses the definition of the physical environment and play, the defining characteristics of...
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Get Up and Go!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
PBS Wisconsin Education and the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison worked together to create this series of videos that focuses on the well-being of young children.
Website
University of Chicago

Cara Virtual Tour: Welcome to Antarctica!

For Students 9th - 10th
The Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica takes you on a tour of New Zealand, McMurdo Station, and the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Station, all part of a virtual tour of Antarctica. Lots of pictures and a relaxed style...
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: Lineum

For Students 1st - 6th
Lineum is a relaxing puzzle game where the goal is to turn the entire gameboard green by drawing a continuous line to flip the non-green tiles.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Standing Crowned Buddha With Four Scenes of His Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an image of a crowned and bejeweled Buddha, standing on a lotus pedestal, surrounded by four other figures representing four famous scenes from the life of the historical Buddha. It dates from approximately 1050-1100 C.E. The...
Article
WebMD

Web Md: The Mysterious 'Medication' of Meditation

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMD features an article on the medical uses of meditation.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Beach

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Jessica who enjoys the calm and quiet of the beach. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Handout
BBC

Bbc: Cuba and Russia Sign Trade Deals

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the easing of trade restrictions between Cuba and Russia. (November 10, 2008)
Website
Other

College of Saint Benedict: Health Advocates: Time Management

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains techniques for time management.
Website
Other

Nys Society of Medical Massage Therapists

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is part of the New York State Society of Medical Massage Therapists, the oldest organization of professional massage therapists in the US. This page gives information about what to look for in a massage therapist, and a link to...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: The Mariel Boatlift: How Cold War Politics Drove Thousands of Cubans to Florida in 1980

For Students 9th - 10th
After Fidel Castro loosened emigration policies, some 125,000 Cubans landed on U.S. shores over a span of five months. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 was a mass emigration of Cubans to the United States. The exodus was driven by a stagnant...
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Other

Spacefem.com: What Kind of Engineer Should You Be?

For Students 9th - 10th
Engineering is one of the coolest jobs in the world, but there are so many disciplines it can be a little daunting to choose one for yourself! I wasn't happy with the existing quizzes, they were mostly way too direct (do you like bridges...

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