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NASA

Nasa: Imagine the Universe: Got Calcium?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has an article on, "The Milky Way galaxy doesn't contain any milk, but it sure does have a lot of calcium. There's enough calcium floating between the stars to fortify trillions about trillions of stars."
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: The Hottest Soup in New York

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes scientific research completed at the highest temperature ever recorded, 4 trillion degrees Celsius. This research could further understanding of the origin of the universe.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Why Don't Ants Get Stuck in Traffic?

For Students 9th - 10th
Last year Americans wasted nearly 1 million collective years staring at each others' tailpipes. But there is another species on earth whose population numbers in the trillions, but who doesn't get stuck in traffic - how? It's Ok to be...
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Afghanistan Contains Treasure Trove of Valuable Minerals

For Students 9th - 10th
Report confirms that a potential value of nearly $1 trillion in mineral deposits of copper, cobalt, iron, and lithium may be found in the mountain ranges of Afghanistan. However, potential wealth may be a double-edged sword in many...
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Center for Educational Technologies

Nasa: Classroom of the Future: Spheres: Hydrosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about the millions and trillions of gallons of water that covers the earth, known as the hydrosphere.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is the Biggest Single Celled Organism?

For Students 9th - 10th
The elephant is a creature of epic proportions- and yet, it owes its enormity to more than 1,000 trillion microscopic cells. And on the epically small end of things, there are likely millions of unicellular species, yet there are very...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Prayer Wheel

For Students 9th - 10th
Prayer wheels are an example of Buddhist technology. This technology allowed the faithful to multiply the number of prayers they expressed by millions. This is because prayer wheels are filled with copies of mantras (sacred spells...
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Other

Kokogiak Media: The Mega Penny Project

For Students 9th - 10th
What does one quintillion pennies look like? Would it cover the Earth or Mt. Everest? Use this site to visualize the value of money.
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Metrocosm: Mapping the Flow of International Trade

For Students 9th - 10th
According to the UN, the global market for imported goods is $15.6 trillion as of 2015. Use this unique global map to see how trade flows between countries. Select a country to see imports and exports from that specific country.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Prime Factorization Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this prime numbers calculator to find all prime factors of a given integer number up to 1 trillion. This calculator presents prime factors of a number, prime decomposition in exponential form, CSV (comma separated values) list of...
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Curated OER

Pbs Newshour Extra: Afghanistan Contains Treasure Trove of Valuable Minerals

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Report confirms that a potential value of nearly $1 trillion in mineral deposits of copper, cobalt, iron, and lithium may be found in the mountain ranges of Afghanistan. However, potential wealth may be a double-edged sword in many...

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