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Learning Together: Do You Know About Anatomy?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students can test their knowledge of the human body with these interactive games. Identify the parts of the body by dragging the terms to the appropriate boxes. Quizzes check knowledge on the skeleton, skull, digestive system,...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Finding the Shortest Path

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover the shortest distance light travels from an object to the human eye, as the light from the object reflects off a single mirror. In the process they learn about reflection in a line, congruent angles, angle bisectors,...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Visualizing Hidden Worlds Inside Your Body

For Students 9th - 10th
How do we see things too small to be detected by the human eye? What about things inside our own bodies? Dee Breger uses a scanning electron microscope to give us a glimpse of images including blood clots, thyroid glands, and lungs with...
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NASA

Nasa: A Meteoroid Hits the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
On May 2, 2006, a meteoroid hit the moon with a force equivalent to four tons of TNT. The event was captured on a 10-inch telescope equipped with a video camera. The video was then played in slow motion in order to be visible by the...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Do Animals See in the Dark?

For Students 9th - 10th
To human eyes, the world at night is a formless canvas of grey. Many nocturnal animals, on the other hand, experience a rich and varied world, bursting with details, shapes, and colors.Anna Stockl uncovers the science behind night...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Microscopes

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A microscope is a tool used to make things that are too small to be seen by the human eye look bigger. Before microscopes were invented in 1595, the smallest things...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Nova: Earth System Science Share Favorite: Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
NOVA's Earth system science collection highlights important Earth processes normally invisible to the human eye. The standards-based media resources below expose the intricate web of forces that sustain life on Earth, allowing educators...
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Curated OER

Altlas of European Values: Eyes of the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Special-effects photograph of a human face overlaid with a map of the world..
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Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Monsters: Cyclopes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the Cyclopes, mythological giants with only one round eye in their forehead. See why they only have one eye.
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PBS

Pbs Kids Design Squad: Take a Look

For Students 3rd - 8th
See how a new mobile phone technology is helping people receive basic eye exams.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Intimate Machine: Making Faces

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Investigate the scientific innovation of giving computers facial features and expressions to improve human-computer interactions. Construct model faces that communicate six emotions using facial features including the mouth, eyes, and...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Childhood Through the Looking Glass

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The objective of this site is to explore the visition of childhood through Lewis Caroll's eyes. This site features learning objectives and lesson plans. Don't miss out.
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University of Washington

The Senses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site has a collection of learning activities, games, experiments, and lesson plans on the five senses. Organized by grade level and topic, this site is packed with an assortment of interactive and engaging activities, that would...
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Read Works

Read Works: Double Vision

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how 3-D televisions work. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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NASA

Electromagnetic Spectrum: Ultraviolet Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Ultraviolet (UV) light has shorter wavelengths than visible light. Though these waves are invisible to the human eye, some insects can see them. The specific wavelength values are given. Uses and applications of these waves are explained.
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NOAA

Noaa: Seeing Things Differently Using Polarization [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how polarizing filters can make certain objects more visible to the human eye.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Blind Spot

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover the blind spot in the human eye with a simple experiment, then alter the experiment to discover the size and shape of your blind spot.
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University of Washington

Neuroscience for Kids: Reflexes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Site provides interactive activities to use in the classroom to test one's reflexes. Also includes more reaction time experiments as well as links to more fun activities.
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Marine Biological Laboratory: Why Study Marine Organisms for Biomedical Research

For Students 9th - 10th
Descriptions of various research projects using marine organisms that have direct impact on medical research. The resource has a perspective on how medicine makes progress.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: From Old World to New World

For Students 3rd - 8th
Plants have migrated around the world just like people. This site explains how several African plants and food crops made their way into American life.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: My Body

For Students 2nd - 7th
For elementary school children, this page presents information about lungs, muscles, digestive system, teeth, skin, tongue, hair, heart, and more.
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Curated OER

Image From the Human Face of War

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth look at World War I. Includes summaries of the war years; sound clips of eye-witness accounts; virtual tours of trenches on the Western Front; maps; articles and overviews; and similar resources.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Decoding Anglo Saxon Art

For Students 9th - 10th
In Anglo-Saxon art there is always more than meets the eye. The dense animal patterns that cover many Anglo-Saxon objects are not just pretty decoration; they have multi-layered symbolic meanings and tell stories. View examples of their...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Picturing the Body

For Students 9th - 10th
An online version of articles and activities from the Exploratorium Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 3. This issue looked at how we are able to examine the inside of the human body, what kinds of technology are used, and how each of them is used...

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