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History of Rock 'N' Roll: Alan Freed

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains a biography on Alan Freed, the first rock 'n' roll disc jockey.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Apollo With the Solar Disc

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Apollo with the Solar Disc", created by Albrecht Durer, c. 1504 (Pen, 285 x 202 mm).
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sickle Versus Normal Cell

For Students 6th - 8th
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.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Hovercraft

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Primary Subtractive Colors

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate "pigmented" color discs to see how mixing subtractive colors affect the overall color.
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PC Technology Guide

Pc Tech Guide: Cd Rw

For Students 9th - 10th
The PC Technology Guide offers in-depth information about the CD-RW rewritable disc, including format, how it is made, and an illustration.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg Ice Cream Cone

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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PC Technology Guide

Pc Tech Guide: Dvd

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents detailed information and illustrations on the DVD technology.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Estimating the Storage Capacity of a Cd/dvd

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students estimate the storage capacity of CDs and DVDs by assessing diffraction patterns of green and red laser beams.
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Other

Mac Windows: Tutorials for Macintosh Windows Integration

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Other

Dvd Guides

For Students 9th - 10th
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

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Scientific American

Scientific American: What's a Dvd and How Does It Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Applications of Integrals

For Students 9th - 10th
Hotmath provides 24 practice problems dealing with integral applications. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving their application.
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Other

History of Recording Technology: Edison's Invention of the Phonograph

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Other

Motion Picture Association of America: Respect Copyrights

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains piracy information as it relates to internet copyright infringement.
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Ancient Scripts: Writing Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Error Correction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Electrophorus 1764

For Students 9th - 10th
A very primitive capacitor, this early device allowed scientists to give discs of metal a specific charge.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: American Inventors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Jade Ornament for the Top of an Axe Shaft (Neolithic China)

For Students 9th - 10th
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"

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an extensive biography on Alan Freed as well as several audio clips.

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