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University of North Carolina

Transitions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Ideas don't naturally flow from one to another. They need transitions to help them connect. Part of a larger Writing the Paper series, the resource introduces writers to the concept of using transitions in their writing. Topics covered...
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University of North Carolina

Transitions (ESL)

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
When it comes to comparing and contrasting in an essay, looking at a chart and picking a random transition word may not do the trick. As explained in an informational writing handout, the words writers use to move from one idea to...
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ProCon

Cuba Embargo

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
President John F. Kennedy bought 1,200 Cuban cigars the night before he enacted the Cuban trade embargo in 1962. Should the United States maintain the embargo? Using the website, pupils explore the topic to prepare for a class debate or...
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University of North Carolina

Reading Aloud

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Warning: reading your paper aloud may cause bystanders to think you're talking to yourself. However, as the 14th installment of 24 in the Writing the Paper series from UNC explains, it is one of the best strategies for revision. Through...
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University of North Carolina

Dissertations

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Bring on the coffee—it's dissertation time! As a handout on dissertations explains, over 50 percent of PhD candidates never finish their dissertations. The handout, part of a larger series on specific writing styles, helps motivate...
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ProCon

Drone Strikes Overseas

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Should the United States continue the practice of using drone strikes abroad? Readers explore the top pro and con arguments in preparation for a debate or discussion about the topic. They read about the history of drone strikes, view a...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Transition Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces transition words and how they can improve writing in a video, and then provides a slide show which lists of transition words that show contrast, addition. illustration, and cause and effect. It also offers a link...
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NASA

Nasa: Predictions for the 2004 Transit of Venus

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA site provides detailed information on the 2004 transit of Venus across the sun. Also explores the modern value of Venus transits and how they aid in the study of astronomy.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries:chasing Venus: Observing the Transits of Venus 1631 2004

For Students 9th - 10th
An online website, from a historical perspective, of the study of the transit of Venus between the sun and the earth.
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Other

New York City Subway: Early Transit in New York City

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictures, primary source documents, and articles about the subway system and rapid transit in New York City at the end of the 19th century and early 20th century.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Elements: Post Transition, Poor, Other Metals

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the post-transition, poor, and other metals of the periodic table. Which elements are in this group. Properties, similarities, and other facts.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Elements Transition Metals

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the transition metals of the periodic table. Which elements are in this group. Properties, similarities, and other facts.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Hummingbird Species in the Transitional Zones

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" shows biologists Chris Schneider and Tom Smith studying hummingbirds and other animals in Ecuador. Their research is investigating the processes by which new species are formed.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Texas in Transition: Railroads, Oil, and the Rise of Urban Texas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A collection of lesson plans that explore the changes that have taken place in Texas as a result of the railroad and oil industries. There are case studies of the impact of urbanization on six Texas cities, as well as online exhibits on...
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NASA

Nasa: History of Venus Transit

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA site recounts the history of the Venus Transits that have occurred over the past centuries and the various descriptions astronomers have written about them.
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Other

National Center for Learning Disabilities: Transitioning to Life After...school

For Students 9th - 10th
Tips for students with disabilities for succeeding in college or the workplace after high school.
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Other

International Center for Transitional Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
This organization "assists countries pursuing accountability for past mass atrocity or human rights abuse." The site describes past and current programs in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
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Other

City of Vancouver: Engineering Services: Traffic and Transportation Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
The City of Vancouver's transportation plans can be found here. These involve cycling, public transit, pedestrian traffic, traffic management, etc.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: A Guide to Astronomy Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
A portal to resources on the sun, the Earth's neighboring planets, and the weather in space. Find out why Saturn is the "jewel of the Solar System" and explore what happens when Venus and Mercury make their rare transits across the sun.
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Albie Sachs

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Albie Sachs a champion of justice in Apartheid South Africa who spent time as a political prisoner and was gravely injured by a car bomb planted by South African security forces, exiled, and was finely reunited with his...
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US Senate

U.s. Senate Committee on Banking: Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs at this website. "The Committee has a broad jurisdiction over the operation of our nation's financial institutions, housing and mass transit programs." This site is...
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Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Topic Summaries: Markov Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
The topic summary outlines Markov systems. Some topics reviewed are expected number, distribution vectors, and transition probability. The resource consists of definitions, notes, and examples.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 12.1: Verbs and Sentence Types

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explanations and examples that teach how to distinguish between subjects, verbs, direct objects and indirect objects in sentences as well as how to identify be,...
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Other

New York Subway History: Beach Pneumatic Transit

For Students 9th - 10th
Not all inventions turn out to be good ideas! Read about Alfred Ely Beach's idea to build a pneumatic tube under the streets of New York City for subway trains to use.

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