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Scripps: Interview With Marine Biologist

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you wonder what the career of a marine biologist is really like? Use the career interview with marine biologist Dr. Michael Latz ti learn more.
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Well Known Canadians: Mario Lemieux (1965 )

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an outline summary of the career of ice hockey great Mario Lemieux. It has links to other resource information as well.
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Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: Asia [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
View a digital image of a colored shaded relief map of Asia.
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Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: Mediterranean [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
View a digital image of a colored shaded relief map of the Mediterranean.
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Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: Gulf of Mexico [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
View and/or print a colored shaded relief map of the Gulf of Mexico. PDF (requires Adobe Reader)
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Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: United States [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
View a digital image of a colored shaded relief map of the United States.
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Ucmp: Birds Decendents of Dinosaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California, Berkeley contains general information and links to information about the fossil record of birds, the life history of birds, the systematics of birds, and the morphology of birds.
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Ucmp: Introduction to Trilobita

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most famous fossil organisms, trilobites were once a complex group. Learn to tell them apart in this illustrated article that tells how they lived, their body structure, there place in evolution, and the like.
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Ucmp: A History of Evolutionary Thought

For Students 9th - 10th
Museum site note on the history of evolutionary thought and includes scientists and thinkers who have contributed to our understanding of life on Earth. Links are provided for da Vinci, Linneaues, Erasmus Darwin, and others.
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University of California Museum of Paleontology: What About Fitness?

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the concept of fitness and its relation to evolution and how inherited characteristics may change.
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University of California Museum of Paleontology: Genetic Shuffling

For Students 9th - 10th
An article describing how new heritable characteristics can result from the genetic shuffling that occurs during sexual reproduction.
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University of California Museum of Paleontology: Genetic Similarities

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the techniques scientist use to analyze DNA for genetic similarities.
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Ucmp: Early Dinosaur Discoveries in North America

For Students 9th - 10th
This survey of early dinosaur discoveries in North America discusses the first dinosaur specimens and the scientific debate that they inspired.
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University of California: Austria

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you will learn what Austria's Natural Resources are and how they're used.
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University of California, Irvine: Digital Dance and Choreography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses computer-generated music and the choreography of dance. Also provides information about the modeling of complex motion, digital productions and choreography.
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A Quick Guide to the Mathematical Jargon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This glossary has definitions of many terms used in calculus including absolute maximum.
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Back on the Chain Gang

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very short article but is an argument against the chain gang as a method of punishment, an idea that is regaining popularity.
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Ucla: Manas: Buddhist Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
A short history of Buddhist architecture in India. Describes how official patronage helped Buddhist architecture spread beyond India.