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American Museum of Natural History

Earthquakes Tremors From Below

For Students 6th - 12th
Earthquakes are really no one's fault. A thorough lesson explains the different types of earthquakes how they happen. Learners interact with the online lesson to simulate earthquakes and examine their results. The lesson is appropriate...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Cezanne to Picasso (Slideshow of Masterworks)

For Students 9th - 10th
An NPR-produced slideshow set to the music of Claude Debussy showcases dozens of post-impressionist masterworks by Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Bonnard, Derain, Degas, and Picasso. The slideshow coincides with an exhibition that opened at...
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University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Kid Pix Slide Shows on the Web

For Students 3rd - 8th
This article shows how to convert a KidPix SlideShow created on a Macintosh into HTML format for publication on the Web. Using this method, each slide is shown full-size on a separate page, along with navigation buttons for moving...
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BBC

Bbc: The Industrial Revolution

For Students 4th - 6th
The Industrial Revolution brought the United Kingdom into an era of technology and productivity. It created wealth for many but social problems and poverty for others. It includes a slideshow of some of the most famous inventions and...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Portraits of Sandra Day O' Connor

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute presents a slideshow of seven portraits of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Revising Thesis and Topic Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on revising the thesis and topic sentences using two videos and two slideshows. The first video discusses a 3-step revising process for making sure the thesis fits the paper; the second video focuses on what...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Modifiers

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial provides a slideshow focusing on modifiers; it defines them, explains dangling and misplaced modifiers, gives examples, and tells how to prevent them. There is also a short automated slideshow of a practice example and its...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Paper: Citations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on research paper citations using MLA and APA styles; it provides information in a variety of media including 5 YouTube videos and 2 slideshows. The two slideshows offer comprehensive looks at each of the two major...
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Other

The Amazing World of Science With Mr. Green: Introduction to the Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
This teacher website provides a comprehensive lesson unit on the structure of Earth's atmosphere and how it sustains and impacts life on Earth and its ecosystems. Includes labeled diagrams, student worksheets, a slideshow, flashcards,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Chestnut Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
This annotated slideshow adapted from KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest illustrates how blight decimated the American chestnut tree and the methods scientists use to identify and pollinate the remaining trees to create...
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US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: Propaganda

For Students 9th - 10th
Exhibit documents the critical role of propaganda in the Nazi effort to turn Germany into a totalitarian state driven to annihilate its enemies. Includes a gallery of primary source documents and artifacts, such as posters, books,...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Magazine: Eco Center: The Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore the potential problems and fascinating phenomena of the oceans. Some topics investigated are climate change, nutrient pollution, and fishing. The resource consists of a quiz, slideshows, articles, and video clips.
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Mythweb

Mythweb: The Labors of Hercules (Heracles)

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of the twelve labors of Hercules, delightfully told with comic illustrations in slideshow format.
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The World Bank

World Bank Group: Vietnam Coastal Wetlands Protection and Development Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Understanding the culture of an area before giving aid is crucial. A slideshow and written explanation of mangrove replanting and other schemes designed to prevent severe coastal erosion in the Mekong provinces of Vietnam demonstrate the...
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Other

Western Oregon University: Intermolecular Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
A presentation on intermolecular forces. Click the desired topic to view a PowerPoint slideshow.
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Art of the Ancient Greek Theater

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore an exhibition of art (sculptures and painted vases) that takes Greek drama as its subject shows the many different ways that Greek visual artists interpreted the dramatic arts in their work. Find a click-through slideshow of art...
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J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: Imagining the Past in France: 1250 1500

For Students 9th - 10th
View highlights from an exhibition of medieval French manuscripts, whose subjects range from the religious, to the courtly, to the historical. See a slideshow (with narration) of featured works from the exhibition and sample three...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Water Recycling

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS and the Online NewsHour have created this multimedia website about water recycling. You can see how this process is different than other waste water treatments by reading interviews, watching a slideshow or investigating a map of...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Total Solar Eclipse July 22, 2009

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch webcast coverage of a total eclipse of the sun. Slideshows and animations explain how this exceptional space event takes place.
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Other

City of Miami Beach: History of Miami Beach and South Florida

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of Miami Beach on the city's official website. A link at the end of the text, Historical Photographs, takes you to a collection of one hundred sixty-nine photos, going back to the late 1880s, that can be viewed as a...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: Temple of Invention

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderful click-through slideshow of one of America's most-graceful examples of Gothic Revival architecture. The U.S. Patent Office Building, which dates from 1836, is now home to the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Philately

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the basics of philately (the study and collection of postage stamps). You can view slideshows of American and international stamps that have special value for collectors and sample the imagery used over the decades in the design of...
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Other

Seattle Times: A Village of the Klallam People

For Students 9th - 10th
A vast collection of stories is presented in this excellent special report by the Seattle Times to showcase the culture and history of Tse-whit-zen, "the largest ancient Indian village ever unearthed in Washington". Listen to talk about...
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Other

Mary Cassatt the Complete Works

For Students 9th - 10th
View over 300 of Cassatt's paintings. You can conduct searches, watch slideshows, or view page by page. Also includes an extensive biography and many features that make finding and bookmarking your favorite works very easy.

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