American Association for the Advancement of Science
Eureka Alert: Fear of 'Foreigners' May Slow Scientific Progress
Science is a very important part of social progress. But since 9/11, foreign students, many of whom study science and technology in the United States, have had more difficult times of obtaining and renewing visas. This could lead to a...
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Pocket Lint: Life in the Future: Tech That Will Change the Way We Live
Technology has the power to do many things, and changing the world is one of them. We're privileged to be living in a time where science and technology can assist us, make our lives easier, and rethink the ways we go about our daily...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: So, This Is Alberta
As a part of celebrating Alberta's 100 years of being a province in Canada, The Heritage Community Foundation has created "So, this is Alberta", a website that thoroughly captures who Alberta is. From History to Innovation, from Natural...
PBS
Pbs: First Successful Kidney Transplant Performed
Discusses the first successful kidney transplant performed in 1954.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Places on the Planet: Latitude and Longitude
Students learn how citizen scientists involved in the Geological Society of America's EarthCaching project use GPS technology and latitude and longitude coordinates to find special places on the Earth.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Japanese Politics and Society
Presenting an overview of the history of Japan explore the optional enhancements provided by MIT.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Japanese Politics and Society
Presenting an overview of the history of Japan explore the optional enhancements provided by MIT.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Pulse: Striding Into the Future: Clinical Trials
An interdisciplinary unit teaching the topic of scientific research performed on human subjects for a skin cancer study. The physics principles behind imaging techniques, the biological implications of UV radiation on the skin, the...
Physics Central
American Physical Society: A Century of Physics
This site presents year-by-year timeline of physics discoveries during the twentieth century. Just click on "Timeline," for a complete summary of physics history since 1896.
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London Grid for Learning: History of Computing: A Brave New World
This resource aims to teach the history of computing and the effect of landmark moments in computing history on today's world. Crosses different curriculum areas. Explanations of many of the world's significant computers were provided by...
Stanford University
Stanford: Bioengineering Boot Camp Draws Young and 'Fearless' Talent
Learn about the cutting edge inventions being brought about by teens at Stanford University's bioengineering boot camp for high school students.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: There Is No Cure for Polio
This collection uses primary sources to explore the polio epidemic and vaccine.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Famous Scientists
Pupils learn about scientific discoveries and contributions made by significant men and women in history, where and when they were born and died.
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Kwasi: 7 Futuristic Predictions From 1968 That Came True
In 1968, a science fiction writer named James R. Berry wrote an article entitled '40 Years in the Future' for the magazine Mechanix Illustrated. It was his futuristic vision of the 21st Century. Berry's predictions of a world featuring...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: What Is a Scientist
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What exactly makes a person a scientist and what is their role in society? Students develop an understanding of the interrelationships among individuals, cultures,...
OpenStax
Open Stax: New Century, Old Disputes
As the United States entered the twenty-first century, old disputes continued to rear their heads. Some revolved around what it meant to be American and the rights to full citizenship. Others arose from religious conservatism and the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: To Herb or Not to Herb
This unit allows students to research some common herbal supplements to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the herb. Students will compare the herbal supplements to pharmaceutical medicines to judge which is the better choice....
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Drugs, Politics, and Culture
From mind-altering drugs for pleasure to the push for pharmaceutical drugs, while examining this course of history and its effects on the world, take advantage of these resources. Includes PDFs (require Adobe Reader).
Curated OER
Smithsonian Institution Archives: Helen Kemp Archbold Porter (1899 1987)
Plant physiologist Helen Kemp Archbold Porter (1899-1987) had just become the first woman to hold a chair at the Imperial College of Science and Technology when the British Information Services distributed this photograph. The press...