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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Antibacterial Agents

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists the different antibiotics, tells how they disrupt the life cycle of the bacteria, and give examples of where in nature the antibiotic is from- i.e., penicillin -> bread mold.
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Muscles

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough discussion of the skeletal muscle, smooth muscle and the cardiac muscle. Muscular diseases are highlighted in this site as well.
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Phenylketonuria (Pku)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about phenylketonuria and the tests used to diagnose it in those who might have inherited this recessive trait.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Build and Test a Model Solar House

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning unit with instructions on how to build a cardboard model house, and explore the effectiveness of a furnace vs. solar heating. The unit is in PDF format.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Gas Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module with built-in interactive features where students can read background information on each gas law, then explore the interrelationships of pressure, temperature, and volume. Covers Boyle's Law, Charles's Law,...
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Quantum Tunneling

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module with built-in interactive features where students can explore the fascinating topic of matter tunneling through a barrier. They will learn how electron waves can sometimes manage this, devices that use this concept, and...
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A clear, concise explanation of adjectives, including some tricky usages, how to order adjectives in a sentence, and some idiomatic uses of prepositions with -ed participles. The emphasis is on HOW adjectives are used more than on WHY...
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Primary
Mechon Mamre

Hebrew English Bible: Lamentations

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of the Book of Lamentations, presented side-by-side in Hebrew and English.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Stomach Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of stomach cancer. Provides information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and much more.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Dysuria

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of dysuria. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Food Allergies

For Students 9th - 10th
Informative overview of the facts associated with food allergies. Provides information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Preventing Allergic Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives information on how to prevent an allergic reaction--anaphylaxis, rhinitis, skin conditions, etc.-- from happening. Also gives information on how to prepare for a reaction.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Swallowed Foreign Object

For Students 9th - 10th
Swallowed objects that are sharp, contain corrosive materials, and/or stuck for a long time can cause problems to the digestive tract. This overview includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Gas (Flatulence)

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that every human being passes gas at least 14 times daily? Use this site to learn about the symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, etc. of this phenomenon by following this link.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Borderline Personality Disorder

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of this mental disorder. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Myositis

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of myositis. It includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Ankylosing Spindylitis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a thorough overview of this less common form of arthritis that primarily affects the back. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Behcet's Syndrome

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of this less common form of arthritis that affects blood vessels. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Polymyalgia Rheumatica

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of this less common form of arthritis. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Psoriatic Arthritis

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of this less common form of arthritis. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Article
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Takayasu's Arteritis

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough overview of Takayasu's arteritis. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
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Unit Plan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Ecology: Communities and Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of courses on communities and ecosystems. Some topics explored are productivity, food webs, and ecology. The courses offer video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam...
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Website
Harvard University

The Chaucer Page: Giovanni Boccaccio

For Students 9th - 10th
From Harvard's Chaucer Page, a brief sketch on Boccaccio mainly focusing on his influence on Chaucer.
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Article
Curated OER

History Matters:"rock Springs Is Killed":white Reaction to the Rock Springs Riot

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an article from the Rock Springs Independent railng against the return of the Chinese coal miners the day after the Rock Springs Massacre that resulted in the death of several Chinese laborers.