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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Science: A Work in Progress

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The scientific method is more than just a series of steps to be followed like a recipe. It is a fluid, ever-changing process. This video discusses student's perception of the scientific method and how to make learning science in the...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Sending "Learning Styles" Out of Style

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Studies have found that there is no benefit to matching teaching styles to individual learning styles. Mulitple representations of a topic are more helpful to a learner than just one regardless of preferred learning style. This is...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Conceptual Change: How New Ideas Take Root

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Develop a more nuanced understanding of how student ideas are formed both in and outside of the classroom. By understanding the student's misconceptions on scientific ideas, you can better structure your lesson to be more effective. This...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Scopes Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the 1925 Scopes Trial.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Fifteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Fifteenth Amendment.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: There Is No Cure for Polio

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the polio epidemic and vaccine.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Attack the Knack

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Science is more than "eureka" moments. Science is about trying, asking good questions, failing, and learning from mistakes. Learn how to help motivate those students who believe science isn't their "thing"!
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science of Baseball: Biological Baseball

For Students 3rd - 9th
Younger students learn that hitting a baseball requires the use of various brain to body reaction activities and how those compare to the instincts and actions of animals.
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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Turning the Pages Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the history of science at this wonderful resource that provides virtual books in the biomedical sciences field for viewing at home. These are books and manuscripts that are hundreds of years old and would not be accessible...
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NOAA

Noaa: Geophysicist

For Students 9th - 10th
How would you like to study undersea volcanos along the Ring of Fire? That's the job description for geophysicist Dr. Bob Embly. Listen to a video taped interview with him and learn more about the job.
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Two Treatisies on Government

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides selections from John Locke's "Two Treatisies on Government." It contains evaluations on the sections 'Of the State of Nature' and 'Of Political of Civil Society.'
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Engines of Our Imagination: Tyndall on Parallel Roads

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about John Tyndall's belief in the importance of observation in answering questions posed by science.

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