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Curated OER

Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Pony Express Terminal

For Students 9th - 10th
The Western end of the Pony Express, this bank building has also served as the first home of the Supreme Court of California. It is now part of the Old Sacramento State Historic Park, itself a National Historic Landmark District.
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University of Virginia

Uva: The Real World Air Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
A contrast of Galileo and Aristotle's view of inertia and motion. Describes air resistance force and how its reality seems to initially support Aristotle's view.
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Other

Lease Guide: Lease Contracts

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on lease contracts. It provides explanations of the following topics: insurance, excessive wear and tear, excessive mileage, early termination, and destroyed or lost vehicle.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Transcription Advanced

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A complete, illustrated article describing DNA transcription in detail from the preinitiation stage to termination.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Motion of an Object in a Viscous Fluid

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to calculate the Reynolds number for an object moving through a fluid, explain whether the Reynolds number indicates laminar or turbulent flow, and describe the conditions under which an...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing: Editing: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that teaches students about the rules of punctuation in six mini-lessons: Introduction, Terminal Punctuation, The Common Comma, Apostrophes and Quotation Marks, Semicolons, and Your Turn.
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OER Commons

Oer Commons: Understanding Rational Numbers

For Teachers 7th Standards
Seventh graders learn the definition of rational number, and they write rational numbers as ratios of integers and as repeating or terminating decimals.
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Other

Aim: Trail of Broken Treaties 20 Point Position Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
Original text of the plan for the reconstruction of Indian communities, developed by the American Indian Movement (AIM.)
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Other

Hospice Net

For Students 9th - 10th
Hospice Net is an excellent resource for death and dying. There are many articles concerning the patient, caregiver, and bereavement. They also provide answers to commonly asked questions about hospice care.
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Arizona State University

Alberto Rios, Arizona State U.: Glossary of Rhymes

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very extensive list of rhymes that "Occur frequently in discussions of poetry and critical writing, but not with absolute consistency." All have definitions, and many have examples. They are organized into five categories:...
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University of Washington

University of Washington: Modeling the Nervous System: Making a Neuron

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this site for lots of different ideas on how to make a model of a neuron.
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Other

University of Western Australia: Blue Histology

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent, in-depth examination of the integumentary system and its components. Includes many color microscopic images of these structures and more.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Transcription of Dna to Rna

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The process of transcription is defined and discussed in protein synthesis. Students will learn about mRNA processing and know the significance of polyadenylation.
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: James Cameron

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of James Cameron, a Canadian-born filmmaker whose movie The Titanic won an astounding eleven Academy Awards. More recently, he has explored the depths of the ocean in a specially designed submarine. Includes a profile,...
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Other

Salem Witch Museum: Welcome to 1692

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual tour from the Salem Witch Museum highlights the historical sites of the Salem Witch Trials and provides an overview and an FAQ concerning the events of 1692.
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Other

General Anzeiger Online (Bonn)

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive information about regional news, sports, culture, economy, education, weather, etc.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Neuron Action Potentials: The Creation of a Brain Signal

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how neurons work during the formation and transmission of brain signals.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
An electron traveling through the wires and loads of the external circuit encounters resistance. In this tutorial, the concept of resistance is introduced. For an electron, the journey from terminal to terminal is not a direct route....
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Library of Congress

Loc: Wise Guide: An Architecture of Plurality

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief biography is of Eero Saarinen who was the architect of several famous yet very different designs such as the St. Louis Gateway Arch and the main terminal at Dulles International Airport.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Salem Witch Trials: Governor William Phips

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch and portrait of Sir William Phips (1651-1695), governor of Massachusetts. Explains Phips role in setting up the Court of Oyer and Terminer in May of 1692 to hear witch trial evidence, and his actions in October 1692...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Calculating Air Resistance Using the Monte Carlo Method

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use Vernier motion detector and Logger Pro software to first discover if air resistance of an industrial size coffee filter is a vtm or vt2m relationship (vt = terminal velocity). Once this relationship is found it will be...
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Ed Koday

Web Archive: Earwigs

For Students 3rd - 8th
The name originates from the superstition that earwigs crawl into the ears of sleeping persons and bore into the brain. Although earwigs appear somewhat dangerous due to their forceps, they are practically harmless to man. Earwigs vary...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Fractions as Decimals Grade 7

For Students 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Write fractions and mixed numbers as terminating decimals
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: N Rn Sums of Rational and Irrational Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The goal of this task is to examine sums and products of rational and irrational numbers. One important property of rational numbers is that their decimals always terminate or repeat: using a slightly different formulation, a rational...