PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Writing History: From Students to Scholars Lesson Plan
Recent incidents of plagiarism, or suspected plagiarism by former academics and by news reporters, make this a hot topic. This lesson, based on a NewsHour story on the topic could lead to lively discussion and inquiry in the classroom. A...
Wyzant
Wyzant: Polynomial Exponents
WyzAnt shows the difference in taking the powers of products, quotients, and sums. An online worksheet is provided for extra practice.
Other
The Science House: Floating Candles
In this experiment students observe a combustion reaction and deduce the components necessary for the reaction to occur. They also see the relationship between pressure, volume, and number of molecules for gases.
Other
Homewood City Schools: Classification of Matter
This Homewood City Schools site has an outline form and contains lots of information about the classification and composition of matter. Some of the topics covered are matter and temperature, changes in state, composition of matter, and...
Museum of Science
The Atoms Family
Let this classic family of monsters guide you as you learn about energy. Interactive exercises, experiments, and demonstrations help to build knowledge and raise questions.
Wyzant
Wyzant: Negative Exponents Worksheet
At this site from WyzAnt, students are given twenty questions to solve, each involving a number base raised to a negative number exponent. A space for the students answer is provided before having the site grade the worksheet. Questions...
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Wyzant: Variables With Negative Exponents Worksheet
At this site from WyzAnt, students are to simplify ten questions where variable bases are raised to negative exponents. An answer sheet is provided so that students can check their solutions once they have finished.
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Wyzant: Negative Exponents of Variables
WyzAnt shows how to simplify variables that have negative exponents and then lets you practice with an online worksheet.
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Wyzant: Fractions With Negative Exponents Worksheet
Ten examples are provided from WyzAnt (along with an answer sheet) for the students to practice simplifying problems with negative exponents. The first five examples have bases which are not fractions while the last half of the examples...
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Wyzant: Simplifying Negative Exponents
WyzAnt provides a simple tutorial to demonstrate how negative exponents are simplified. An online worksheet is provided for extra practice.
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Wyzant: Negative Exponents of Fractions
WyzAnt reviews how to simplify fractional expressions that contain negative exponents and then lets you practice using the online worksheet.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Bone Mineral Density and Logarithms
Students examine an image produced by a cabinet x-ray system to determine if it is a quality bone mineral density image. Students write in their journals about what they need to know to be able to make this judgment. Students learn about...
Other
The Center for the Study of Technology and Society
This online magazine offers the latest news and information concerning the relationship between society and available technologies.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Car Collision Testing & Tradeoffs: Don't Crack Humpty
Student groups are provided with a generic car base on which to design a device/enclosure to protect an egg as it rolls down a ramp at increasing slopes. During this activity, student teams design, build and test their prototype...
Other
Justia: u.s. Supreme Court Center: Cases and Opinions: Search and Seizure
A comprehensive overview of the Fourth Amendment, on the legality of searches and seizures of persons or property, makes note of Supreme Court rulings on the subject of unreasonable searches and searches.
Other
Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization
The web page for this copyright administrator for a variety of entertainment intellectual properties. In addition to comprehensive theatre library, site provides detailed biography and discography of artist and properties represented.
University of Sydney (Australia)
Equations for Thermodynamics
An exhaustive list of equations and formulas which are commonly used in thermal physics (including equations for triple point). Equations are organized according to category. Meaning of the symbols is clearly stated.
Digital History
Digital History: Feminism Reborn
This comprehensive survey of the women's movement during the 1960s and 1970s documents women and politics, women's wages, legal discrimination against women, stereotypes of women, women's rights legislation, and women's rights...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Obtuse Triangles
MathWorld.com offers information on obtuse triangles and links to related terms and formulas.
FNO Press
Fno: Keeping It Legal Education Web Sites Management
A must have for any teacher using the internet in the classroom! Questions are answered about what may be used legally by the teacher and students. Links to other sites also provided.
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: Logarithms and Exponential Functions
This tutorial contains 13 lessons on logarithms and exponential functions including exponential shortcuts and rules, graphs and rules of logarithms, and many more.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: The Black Hole
This site examines the black hole as an object in astrophysics. Delve into this comprehensive resource that covers this concept from its history, to qualitative physics, the reality of black holes, mathematical physics and more.
Other
Cpsr: Cyber Rights
CPSR offers an informative discussion of current legal and policy topics hosted by group working for rights of assembly and speech for online communities.