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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: An Edward Hopper Scrapbook

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth study of Hopper's art and life, with details about his friends, travels, exhibitions, and paintings, laid out like a scrapbook. Page through newspaper clippings, snapshots, letters, and many, many examples of his work.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Freedom Riders

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS collects and summarizes the stories of the freedom riders, who, in 1961, challenged segregation in the American South. Includes video clips from the documentary, interactive timeline of key locations and events, biographical...
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U.s. National Debt Clock: Real Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Presented to you in real time, discover the most accurate snapshot of our country's spending and debt. Numbers include individual debt per citizen, unemployment rates, Medicare spending, and the trade deficit. Watch and compare as the...
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NASA

Nasa: Mars Pathfinder Archives

For Students 9th - 10th
Snapshots and home video from our trip to Mars. High resolution images, 3-D pictures, and stereo pairs and related files.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Secret Life of the Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS special explores the brain from birth to old age. Take a look at snapshots of brain development at birth, as a child, as a teenager, as an adult, and in old age.
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George Eastman Museum: Photography Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete glossary of photography terminology. Variety of words ranging from "salted paper print" to "Kodak snapshot."
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spreadsheet Software: M4: L3: What's That Layout? Enhancing Charts

For Students 9th - 10th
In Module 4 Lesson 3 of this course on spreadsheets, students learn how to use advanced features of Excel to simplify analysis of their data, for example, to make predictions about future trends or to take mini-snapshots of data trends...
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Archives of Ontario

The Archives of Ontario Celebrates Our Agricultural Past

For Students 9th - 10th
The province of Ontario has a rich agricultural heritage. This virtual exhibit celebrates farming in the province. Explore everything from settling the land and the building of communities around farming. Get a snapshot of farming life...
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The World Bank

World Bank: What a Waste: Updated Look Into the Future of Solid Waste Management

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the global problem of waste and some of the sustainable waste management projects that the World Bank supports. Includes a link to a report called "What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Curriculum Introduction: In Defense of Food

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This section includes an overview of the curriculum, ideas for how to get started, and snapshots of the curriculum's key features. The "How to use this curriculum" section helps educators see how lessons are structured to be clear and...
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Sequence

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "sequence" mold, including a ranking table, continuum scale, cycle, bridging snapshots, series of events chain, and a problem/solution outline.
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National Press Photographers Association Online

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Press Photographers Association serves to promote photographic journalism. Members come from both still and electronic photographers, as well as editors, students and other associated organizations. Photographs play a major...
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Outside My Window

For Students 9th - 10th
Students at Evergreeen Valley High school in San Jose, CA invite others to send them photographs taken outside their windows to promote unity and friendship around the world.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today Breast Cancer Risks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The USA TODAY Snapshot? "Breast cancer risks" shows the percentage of women in several age categories that, statistically, develop breast cancer. Students will notice that the percentages increase as women get older. In this activity,...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti Navigator Usa Money in Circulation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will determine the approximate number of $20 bills in circulation as of December 31, 2001, using percent and total number of bills from the USA TODAY Snapshot "USA money in circulation." Students will write their answers in...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today: Red Meat Consumption Continues to Drop

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The USA TODAY Snapshot, "Red meat consumption continues to drop," will allow students to work with two sets of data over the same time period. This activity will show how a system of equations can be used to answer questions about the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today West Nile Killing More People

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After studying the USA TODAY Snapshot? "West Nile killing more people,"students will compare the number of West Nile cases in the United States over the past three years. From the data, percent increases and decreases from year to year...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti Navigator System More of u.s.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using the USA TODAY Snapshot, "More of U.S.," students will learn how to interpret data presented in a graphical form. Students will determine the rate of change (slope) and build a linear model (y = mx + b) from this data. The model...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today World Population in 2050

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The data in the USA TODAY Snapshot "World Population in 2050" is in a relative frequency form. students can use the percents to calculate the population for each of the continents shown and then display this data as a bar graph.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti Navigator System Cropland Value Grows

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will create a scatter plot for the data in the USA TODAY Snapshot, "Cropland value grows," and identify the independent and dependent variables for the data. The students will find the rate of change for the data and label this...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti Navigator System Super Ticket Sales

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will create two box-and-whisker plots of the data in the USA TODAY Snapshot, "Super ticket sales". Students will calculate central tendencies for both sets of data. Students will compare the two sets of data by analyzing the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today More of u.s.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the USA TODAY Snapshot "More of U.S.", construct a graph from the data, produce a mathematical model (linear) for the data, determine the rate of change for the data, and make predictions about future population levels.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today Growing Bigger by the Decade

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will examine the current and predicted population data from the countries included in the USA TODAY Snapshot "Growing bigger by the decade".
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti Navigator System Paying College Tuition

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will write exponential equations based on the percent of increase of college costs and will graph and interpret these equations. Students will then use an inflationary equation based on the USA TODAY Snapshot, "Paying college...

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