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Ucla: Manas: Ajanta
Description of Ajanta and the cave temples which have been excavated there.
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Ucla: Manas: Nataraja
Provides a comprehensive description of the dancing Shiva, known as Nataraja, that was popularized during the Chola Dynasty. Contains an image of a Chola bronze Nataraja.
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Ucla Manas: Siraj Ud Daulah
Short history of Siraj ud Daulah, Nawab of Bengal provided for by UCLA. Introduced in a very objective way with portrait included.
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Ucla: Student Nutrition and Body Image Awareness Campaign
Students learn about food, nutrition, fitness, and how to balance health and college activities. Topics included are weight, fitness, diet, nutrition, and body image. The resource consists of information on workshops, classes,...
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The Neolithic Period in Nubia
Not only describes the time period, but also shows artifacts with descriptions. Great for those researching Ancient Nubia.
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Uc Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Science Conceptual Framework
This website is a resource for teachers to guide their instruction by giving them a list of conceptual understandings or students regarding the nature and process of science according to grade level.
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Uc Museum of Paleontology: A Guide to Understanding Science 101
Improve your science teaching by taking this multi-part course that gives in-depth information about what science is, how it works, and how it is intertwined with our lives and with society more broadly. The course is broken up into...
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Uc Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Science
A site that contains a resource database for how science really works. This is a good place for teachers to start as they start to plan for lessons in their classroom.
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Ucla Mathematics Department:average Value of a Function
UCLA Mathematics Department provides specific example of the average value of a function.
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Ucla Mathematics Department : Midpoint Rule
This site from UCLA Mathematics Department explains the Midpoint Rule and how it relates to a double integral and finding surface area.
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History Project: Fdr and Courtpacking
This lesson provides the background for the decision by President Roosevelt to attempt to expand the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to twelve. Students are to use sections from provided primary source documents to analyze the...
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Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: Africa [Pdf]
View a digital image of a colored shaded relief map of Africa.
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Uc Berkeley: Citation Styles, Plagiarism & Style Manuals
The necessity of citing sources used in academic research is discussed as well as ways to identify and avoid plagiarism. Different style manuals for print and electronic sources are surveyed.
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Understanding Evolution: Refuges of Genetic Variation
Pests evolve resistance to our pesticides at an alarming rate. However, evolutionary theory tells us how we can slow the rate at which genes for pesticide resistance spread: by providing refuges where non-resistant insects thrive....
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Greater Good Science Center: What Makes Technology Good or Bad for Us?
How technology affects our well-being partly depends on whether it strengthens our relationships. This article provides a brief academic look at how technology use may be impacting our relationships with one another.
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Ucmp: Georges Cuvier
This site from the University of California, Berkeley offers a biography of George Cuvier. Scientific ideas of George Cuvier are presented, such as those related to comparative anatomy, fossils, the idea of extinction, and others....
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Ucmp: Aves Life History and Ecolog
University of California Berkeley offers a good discussion of the natural role that birds play and the importance of this role to man.
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Ucmp: Flatworms, Life in Two Dimensions
A discussion of the fossilized Platyhelminthes that have been found, and offers several different strategies as to how they evolved.
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Ucmp: Learning From the Fossil Record
Fossils provide scientists with clues about Earth's past. This site from the University of California's Museum of Paleontology is great for exploring lots of information on fossils.
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Ucmp: Phylogenetic Systematics: Evolutionary Trees
This page provides an introduction to phylogenetic systematics, the way that biologists reconstruct the pattern of events that have led to the distribution and diversity of life. A tutorial "journey" into the Introduction, Methodology,...
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Interactive Extreme Ultraviolet Skymap
A map showing a view of the night sky is given; sources of extreme ultraviolet light are marked. Visitors analyze the spectrum from these parts of the sky and attempt to determine which star type the spectrum most closely resembles.
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Ucmp: Are Birds Really Dinosaurs?
A great essay that illustrates how science is done as well as the relationship between dinosaurs and modern birds. Includes a picture to illustrate this concept, and contains many links to related sites.
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University of California: Roman Legal Tradition and the Compilation of Justinian
Discover all you can about the history of the Roman legal system. Sections include law in early Rome, the Twelve Tables, the evolution of the Roman legal system and Classical Roman law, and then read an entire section regarding the...
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Earthguide: Tide Pool Zones (Diagram)
Look at the twenety-two marine life species in the Southern California Tidepool. An image library lets you see where the specific species live.