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University of Kansas: Quarked!: Catcher

For Students 3rd - 5th
A simple game of catch where the player must judge, from the angle a ball will hit a shape, where to position the catcher.
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University of Kansas: Quarked!: Subatomic Match

For Students 3rd - 8th
Match the Quarkster characters by identifying which of six different traits and three colors they have in common.
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University of Kansas: Quarked!: Rummy

For Students 5th - 8th
A card game where you must combine different types of quarks in order to make baryon particles, or to make particle decay chains.
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University of Kansas: Quarked!: Ushi's Ruler Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
See how many times a paper ruler must be cut in half before it reaches the size of a quark.
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University of Kansas: Quarked!: Word Search

For Students 3rd - 5th
A word search with vocabulary related to the study of subatomic science.
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Kansas Barbed Wire Museum: Brief History of Barbed Wire

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the history of barbed wire and why it was such an advancement for farms on the prairie.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kansas: Shawnee Mission

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the Shawnee Mission.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kansas: Fort Larned

For Students 9th - 10th
From 1860 until 1878, this was the most important fort guarding the northern portion of the Santa Fe Trail. Abandoned, the fort became private property and the center of a large ranching operation. It has been restored to the 1860s...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kansas: Lower Cimarron Spring

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the Lower Cimarron Spring.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kansas: Haskell Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the Haskell Institute.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kansas: Fort Scott

For Students 9th - 10th
This fort, established in 1842 and abandoned in 1853, served first as a frontier outpost along the "Permanent Indian Frontier", then as a Civil War garrison. During the Civil War, the fort was a major focal point of black troop activity...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kansas: El Cuartelejo

For Students 9th - 10th
This archeological district consists of more than 20 sites, mostly associated with the Dismal River/Plains Apache culture, dating from c CE 1650 to 1750. The principal site is a pueblo ruin thought to have been built by Taos Indians who...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kansas: Parker Carousel

For Students 9th - 10th
One of three surviving carousels of the Abilene-based Charles W. Parker Carousel Company.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Kansas: Lecompton Constitution Hall

For Students 9th - 10th
An image of the Lecompton Constitution Hall.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Segregation: From Jim Crow to Linda Brown

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson from the Library of Congress on "the era of legal segregation in America, from Plessy v. Ferguson (1897) to Brown v. The Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas (1954)."
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Kansas State

The Laser Adventure

For Students 9th - 10th
Kansas State University site explaining all aspects of LASERS. The site is set up as an online book with clickable chapters.
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Loc: America's Story: State Websites

For Students 3rd - 8th
A great page for state reports! Find a special section for kids from each state as well as some extra sites of interest such as the Kansas State Historical Society for Kids.
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Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: President Barack Obama

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Activities and an easy to read biography on President Barack Obama for the elementary student. With printable activity pages; including cloze activities, synonym sheets, essay topics and more! Also includes links to information on the...
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PBS

Pbs: The Story of Jazz

For Students 9th - 10th
A supplement to a ten-part film series on jazz, this resource describes the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty streets of New Orleans to the Lincoln Gardens on Chicago's south side, where Louis Armstrong first won fame,...
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Center for Educational Technologies

Exploring the Environment: Global Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial looks at carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and how changes can impact wheat production in Kansas.
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University of Kansas Medical Center

University of Kansas: Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains numerous slides about the Nervous System. It includes information about the Spinal Cord, Central Canal, White Matter, Gray Matter, Dorsal Root Ganglion, Cerebellum, Astrocytes, Nerves, Node of Ranvier, and Pacinian...
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Kansas History: The Last Land Rush

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the land rush onto the Cherokee Strip, land sold by the Cherokees to the U.S. government in 1891.
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Photo Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site of the Kansas City Royals featuring news, stats, and more.
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Library of Congress

Loc: With an Even Hand, Brown vs. Board at Fifty

For Students 9th - 10th
A special exhibit at the Library of Congress to commemorate the Brown vs. Board of Education 50 year anniversary.

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