Florida State University
Florida State University: Magnet Lab: Team Tesla: How We Keep the World's Most Powerful Magnets in Shape
Our magnets are like world-class athletes - Team Tesla, if you will. They have an awful lot of power, but to stay in that kind of shape, they need to eat and drink - a lot.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Creating 3 D Shapes
Creating arrays of numbers that describe shapes in 3D shape--arrays that describe nodes and edges.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Drawing 3 D Shapes
Components of drawing a 3D shape are explained: setting things up, drawing nodes, and drawing edges.
Seeker
Seeker: Week of 10 28 13: Face Shape Secrets May Lie in 'Junk' Dna
Article reports that the secret to differences in face-shape may be found in the non-coding sequences of DNA, also known as "junk" DNA.
Investopedia
Investopedia: 4 Factors That Shape Market Trends
Learn about the four factors that shape market trends: government, international transactions, speculation and expectation and supply and demand.
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Health: Shape Your Family's Habits
With family help, kids can learn to develop healthy eating and physical activity habits that last throughout their lives. This article looks at studies that prove the family's influence on kid's health is crucial, and tips to help kids...
Story Behind the Science
Story Behind the Science: Pendulum Motion, Time, and Shape of Earth [Pdf]
Article outlining the scientific history behind the evolution of theories about measuring time based on the movement of a pendulum, and about how gravity would impact a pendulum's movement depending on one's proximity to the Earth's...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are 3 D Shapes?
This Khan article explains how to write your own 3D graphics engine with some trigonometry!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Generating 3 D Shapes
Creating a cuboid with specific position and dimensions entails a function that maps a position and dimensions into an array of nodes and an array of edges.
University of Groningen
American History: Essays: The Iron Horse: Towns Shapes
From a lengthy essay on the history of the railroad in the United States. This section describes the town layouts that were commonplace for railroad towns.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Camelid Sacrum in the Shape of a Canine
This fascinating and unique prehistoric sculpture of a dog-like animal was discovered accidentally in 1870 in Tequixquiac, Mexicocan. Anthropologists are not certain of this object's original meaning for either the artist or the people...
Creative Science Centre
Creative Science Centre: Shapes Platonic and Archimedean Solids
The 'Platonic solids' are three-dimensional shapes formed by putting together identical regular faces. Every corner and every edge is identical to every other corner and edge. There are five such 'solids': the tetrahedron, cube,...
Other
Constructing the Past: Shaping the American Women
This article from a history periodical looks at advertising aimed at women in the 1950s. After refuting conclusions made in a study in the 1970s that claimed that women in the 1950s were little more than domestic workers in their home,...
Other
Cis: Shaping Texas: The Effects of Immigration, 1970 2020
Examines trends in immigration to Texas in the decades from 1970 on, and the impact on the population of various regions and cities in Texas. Written in 1995, the projections it offers are for 1995-2020. The article also looks at how...
Other
Stay at Home Educator: Colors and Shapes Sorting Activities for Preschoolers
Sorting activities are the perfect way to help children learn to classify their world from the start. This article explains why this skill is so important in the "real world" and contains a list of sorting activities for preschoolers.
A&E Television
History.com: How Colin Powell's Service in Vietnam Shaped His Leadership
Colin Powell served two combat tours in the Vietnam conflict and earned three medals for his service. Although Powell broke his ankle in a helicopter crash, he rushed back into the wreckage again and again to save the lives of Gettys,...
Creative Science Centre
Creative Science Centre: Drawing the Football
This article explores the shape, symmetry and surface structure of a football (or soccer ball, depending on your nationality) to see how this understanding can help one draw these sorts of complex shapes.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: The Voice and the Sax
A new study shows that controlling throat shape helps professional players hit the high notes that elude amateurs.
Smithsonian Institution
Tween Tribune: Week of 8 8 16: How Photography Shaped America's National Parks
Have you ever gotten a postcard from a national park? Chances are the picture that comes to mind is the powerful eruption of Old Faithful spouting up in Yellowstone or the rocky depths of the Grand Canyon.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Melody
Learn about one of the basic elements in music, melody. Discover the ideas of melodic shapes and phrases as well as motifs and themes, and how to present these topics to children.
wikiHow
Wiki How: How to Draw Basic Human Figures
Get a start on drawing human bodies by using simple shapes and then adding details later. This shows good visual examples including a simple guide to proportions.
Text Project
Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Bats in Sports: [Pdf]
This article discusses the uses, shapes, and materials to make bats used in sports including baseball, cricket, and table tennis. FYI for Kids: volume 3, issue 3. PDF.
Other
Live strong.com: The Physics of Throwing a Football
Discussions on the subject of throwing a football are as common as chalk lines on a football field. Coaches and players talk about the proper grip, footwork and throwing motion, but few discussions mention the physics involved. Prolific...
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