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History of Rock 'N' Roll: Alan Freed
This website contains a biography on Alan Freed, the first rock 'n' roll disc jockey.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: Apollo With the Solar Disc
An image of "Apollo with the Solar Disc", created by Albrecht Durer, c. 1504 (Pen, 285 x 202 mm).
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sickle Versus Normal Cell
Background image of normal disc-shaped red blood cells from the University of Utah. Inset shows sickled red blood cells, curved and rigid, from the Virginia Medical College.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Hovercraft
Make discs hover on the table and play air hockey or other games. Just gather materials including balloons, Cds or DVDs, straws, foam packing, and barbeque skewers and follow the directions.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Primary Subtractive Colors
Manipulate "pigmented" color discs to see how mixing subtractive colors affect the overall color.
PC Technology Guide
Pc Tech Guide: Cd Rw
The PC Technology Guide offers in-depth information about the CD-RW rewritable disc, including format, how it is made, and an illustration.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg Ice Cream Cone
You have been hired by the owner of a local ice cream parlor to assist in his company's new venture. The company will soon sell its ice cream cones in the freezer section of local grocery stores. The manufacturing process requires that...
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Afro Disc: Africa Music Reviews
A radio host talks about new music from West Africa. While profiling four popular artists, the substance in this site describes the flavor of the popular music.
PC Technology Guide
Pc Tech Guide: Dvd
This resource presents detailed information and illustrations on the DVD technology.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Estimating the Storage Capacity of a Cd/dvd
Students estimate the storage capacity of CDs and DVDs by assessing diffraction patterns of green and red laser beams.
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Mac Windows: Tutorials for Macintosh Windows Integration
This site provides numerous tutorials on how to use Mac OS and Windows together. Content includes information on Windows capability features in Macs, sharing disks between operating systems, working with foreign files, running foreign...
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Dvd Guides
A technical site for advanced DVD enthusiasts to learn the latest techniques in DVD technology. Included is how to copy or "burn" DVDs, how to convert DVDs / Videos to view in your iPod, or how to rip audio from a DVD to Audio CD.
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Lens Shopper: Anatomy of the Eye
Learn about the human body's own "camera" as you explore the inner workings of the human eye. This resource is displayed as a three-dimensional, interactive animation.
Scientific American
Scientific American: What's a Dvd and How Does It Work?
This "Ask the Expert" article answers the question "What's a DVD and how does it work?" clearly and thoroughly. Compares the DVD to other data storage units, and to itself! Did you know there are more types of DVDs other than what you...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Applications of Integrals
Hotmath provides 24 practice problems dealing with integral applications. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving their application.
Other
History of Recording Technology: Edison's Invention of the Phonograph
Click through the pages on this site to read about Edison's development of the phonograph as well as a discussion of Edison's rivals who were seeking to develop a similar product. Read about the changes in the ways to record sound as the...
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Motion Picture Association of America: Respect Copyrights
This site contains piracy information as it relates to internet copyright infringement.
Other
Ancient Scripts: Writing Systems
History and definition of writing, plus extensive information on the types, families, and regions of written languages. For each language, you'll find information on when and where it was used, the people who used it, and what it looked...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Error Correction
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students explore Hamming Codes, an error correction technique used on slightly unreadable or damaged compact discs. Students see how the Hamming Codes allow a CD player to...
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Electrophorus 1764
A very primitive capacitor, this early device allowed scientists to give discs of metal a specific charge.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: American Inventors
Students will learn about 8 American inventors from the 1800's. They will use the internet of encyclopedia disc to research and print pictures and information about these people.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
The main image in this painting is Avalokiteshvara (1), the Bodhisattva of Compassion. He is the principle patron deity of Tibet. He sits on a lotus throne upon a lunar disc. This god takes many forms, such as the Dalai Lamas of Tibet,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Jade Ornament for the Top of an Axe Shaft (Neolithic China)
Graves of the Hongshan culture (about 3800-2700 B.C.E.) might have held as many as 20 jade artifacts while those of the Liangzhu culture (about 3000--2000 B.C.E.) had as many as 300. These included bead necklaces and other decorative...
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Rhof: A Tribute to Alan Freed, Mr. "Rock 'N' Roll"
Contains an extensive biography on Alan Freed as well as several audio clips.
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