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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Technicolor Shadows: Lessons in Light and Color

For Students 9th - 10th
Is that right side of your brain yearning to express its artistic side? This is a project that blends art with science. Learn about light and colorful shadows in these experiments where you mix and match various colors of light to create...
Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Joseph Conrad the Shadow Line

For Students 9th - 10th
Read Joseph Conrad's "The Shadow Line." This text is 61 pages long.
eBook
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: The Shadow of the Glen

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of Jonathan Synge's play, "The Shadow of the Glen."
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Lights and Shadows of African History

For Students 6th - 8th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Lights and Shadows of African History by Samuel Griswold Goodrich, a nonfiction book for children.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Shadow of the Rope by E. W. Hornung

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel The Shadow of the Rope by E. W. Hornung. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Lesson Plan
Other

Ohio Resource Center: Shadows

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This applet helps students visualize the shapes of shadows cast by a cube with a light coming from different angles. This helps students visualize shapes from different angles and to identify, sketch and classify the cross-sections of...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Shadow of the Greenback" by Robert Barr

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "The Shadow of the Greenback" by Robert Barr. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Shadows From a Clouded Brow" by Mary Roberts Rinehart

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the short story "Shadows from a Clouded Brow" by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Observe the relationship among volcanoes, earthquakes and lithospheric plates by collecting data and creating maps. This activity was created to be used with the NOVA program, "Deadly Shadow of Vesuvius" but the video is not necessary...
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Other

Shadow Poetry: Emily Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
What type of poetry did Emily Dickinson (1830-1886 CE) write? Explore this informative website to learn more about this famous author. Includes text of twelve of her poems.
Activity
Other

Socialism Today: Stalin's Shadow

For Students 9th - 10th
A thought-provoking article offers reflections on the 50th anniversary of Stalin's death. The writer considers the impact that Stalin had on the world perception of socialism and the population of the Soviet Union.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Sara Teasdale

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features poet Sara Teasdale and provides links to two poetry collections: Flame and the Shadow and Love Songs.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Measuring the Earth's Core With Seismic Waves

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When an earthquake occurs, seismic shock waves travel out through the earth from the source of the event. The shock waves travel through the earth (body waves), or along the Earth's surface (surface waves), and can be recorded at remote...
Lesson Plan
ACT360 Media

Act Den: In Living Color Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Add color to black and white photograph using this Paint Shop Pro lesson plan. Explore the colorize functions to make your pictures and graphics unique.
Handout
University of Pennsylvania

A Celebration of Women Writers: E. Pauline Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduce yourself to Pauline Johnson, a Mohawk poet and recitalist whose best-known poem is "The Song My Paddle Sings." Also, read her poems "In the Shadows," "As Red Men Die," "The Lost Lagoon," "The Pilot of the Plains," and "The...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Plato's Allegory of the Cave

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty four hundred years ago, Plato, said life is like being chained up in a cave forced to watch shadows flitting across a stone wall. Alex Gendler unravels Plato's Allegory of the Cave, found in Book VII of The Republic. [4:33]
Website
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

Jfk Presidential Library and Museum: The Cold War in Berlin

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explores the division of Germany and Berlin into two zones, East and West, and delves into President Kennedy's relationship with the Soviets during the Cold War. On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy delivered an explosive speech...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Classroom Phenology: The Environment a Source of Data and Observations

For Teachers 1st - 5th
A unit where students record daily temperatures, precipitation amounts, observations of weather patterns, shadow length of a set object, and other observations. In addition, they will complete a season-long weekly observation of a...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Trb 3:1 Investigation 5 Making a Sundial

For Teachers 3rd
Make a sundial and learn how to use it.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Super Scientists

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Grab your science tools and explore with PBS KIDS. Through hands-on activities and exciting media that transports you to space and in the Earth, this collection will bring science to life in your classroom. These resources help students...
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Ratios

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Explains the basic terminology and formatting of ratios, and demonstrates how to solve typical exercises.
Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Maria Cosway

For Students 9th - 10th
This is one of few articles that focuses on Maria Cosway solely. Typically she is discussed in the shadow of her husband, Richard. This is the biography of Maria Cosway, one of the fine miniature painters of the 18th century. Please note...
Activity
Harvard University

Eyes on the Sky, Feet on the Ground: The Earth's Orbit

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students perform many inquiry activities related to Earth's orbit. Included are recording daily temperatures, observing the sun's path over several weeks, tracking sunrise and sunset times, and angle of sunlight. Diagrams make lessons...
Handout
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Hidden Children: Discovered

For Students 9th - 10th
During the war, the Gestapo tried many means to locate Jews in hiding, even recruiting other Jews as informers. Sometimes hidden Jews were discovered accidentally during a raid.

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