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ibiblio

Ibiblio: The Ethics of Web Site Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
An article from Chris MacDonald on computer ethics of Web site engineering. Includes ethics, personal space, and administrave responsibility.
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Wizhat: How to Design a Great Web Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on Web designing. Includes learning HTML, write what you're good at, color and design are important, and using tables. Includes example pages of techniques.
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Adjective Lesson Plan for Kids

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
This article explains what adjectives do, the questions they answer, and provides examples. It also provides a list of links to websites where adjective lesson plans, worksheets, and activities can be found.
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Web Site of Rajiv Pant: My America by r.k. Narayan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an article written by R. K. Narayan about why many people from India immigrate into the United States. (First published October 1985)
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Diamonds: The Science Behind the Sparkle

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated essay from the NOVA Web site explains why the atomic structure of a diamond slows down light and produces a sparkle more brilliant than from any other colorless substance.
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Pbs Learning Media: The Beginnings of the Telescope

For Students 9th - 10th
This animated essay from the NOVA Web site examines the design of Galileo's refracting telescope and Sir Isaac Newton's reflecting telescope.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Relativity and the Cosmos

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated essay from the NOVA Web site introduces the basic concepts of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and what we know about cosmology as a result.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tidal Curiosities

For Students 9th - 10th
This illustrated essay from the NOVA Web site answers questions about irregularities in the tides.
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Pbs Learning Media: Aerodynamics: What Causes Lift?

For Students 9th - 10th
How does an airplane stay aloft when upside down? This media-rich essay from the NOVA Web site offers an explanation based on Newton's third law of motion.
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Pbs Learning Media: Free Falling and Weightlessness

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the difference between free-falling and weightlessness in this interactive activity from the NOVA: "Stationed in the Stars" Web site.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Astronauts in Hard Hats: Challenges of Working in Space

For Students 9th - 10th
This media-rich series of interviews from the NOVA: "Stationed in the Stars" Web site explores the unique challenges faced by astronauts doing construction work in outer space.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Atmospheric Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that air has weight? This illustrated essay from the NOVA Web site explores conditions that affect air density and atmospheric pressure.
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US National Archives

National Archives: Preservation and Archives Professionals

For Students 9th - 10th
From the web-site of the National Archives this is an article about who are preservation and archives professionals and what they do at the National Archives and beyond. With links to various related topics this is a good resource for...
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US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Population Change and Distribution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This U.S. Census Web site gives current and past information on population changes and distribution. Must have an Adobe Reader to access.
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Seattle Times: Fifty Year From Trinity

For Students 9th - 10th
Outstanding, very readable website that includes major sections on Trinity, Nevada Test Site, and Hanford (where plutonium for original bomb was made). Contains links to other related websites.
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US National Archives

Nara: Declaration of Independence Stylistic Artistry

For Students 9th - 10th
On this National Archives and Records Administration web site, Stephen E. Lucas describes how the Declaration of Independence is a persuasive piece of literature. Lucus goes into details of the Declaration of Independence studying, at...
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Wilson Center: Oasis in the Desert: Navigating Peace in the Okavango River Basin

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Woodrow Wilson Center tells about the cooperation among three African countries in managing the Okavango River Basin for the good of everyone. Links to other websites. (May 14, 2004)
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Youngzine

Youngzine: Yahoo: A Breach From the Past

For Students 9th - 10th
Everyday companies are being hacked. A recent hack was done to Yahoo! databases. Find out how easily hackers break into websites and ways we can protect ourselves from online theft.
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The Guardian

Guardian: Pope Benedict Xvi

For Students 9th - 10th
Section of the Guardian website devoted to Pope Benedict XVI. Contains news and opinion articles, videos, and links to other useful websites.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Einstein: How Smart Was He?

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay from the NOVA Web site explores the impact Einstein made on physics and most everything we know about the cosmos.
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PBS

Pbs Nova: Pyrotechnically Speaking

For Students 9th - 10th
Meet chemistry professor Dr. John Conkling in this interview from the NOVA Web site and learn why fireworks are his passion.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How Big Is the Universe?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this media-rich essay from the NOVA Web site, astronomer Brent Tully of the University of Hawaii walks you through the latest scientific theories about the size of the universe.
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Other

World Socialist Web Site: Canada and Nato War on Serbia

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an article which details Canada's transformation from a "Peacekeeper" to a "War hawk," due to its participation in a NATO war with Serbia. The article explains how Canada not only had few objections to NATO's bombing campaign on...
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Tech Target

Tech Target: Cookie

For Students 9th - 10th
This WhatIs.com site provides a definition of a Cookie, with two links with further information.

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