Curated OER
The Lepidoptera Project
Students are introduced to Scientific Inquiry and discover how to design an experiment that answers critical questions using butterflies as the topic. They design experiments that compare the number of species of butterflies in a vacant,...
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Week of 4 8 13: Happy Birthday, Florida!
In 2013, Florida turned 500 years old. Read about its discovery and early history.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Inductance
This article surveys inductance and its different forms. It discusses numerous topics associated with inductance such as Faraday's Law, self and mutual inductance, inductors, and magnetic field lines.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Juan Ponce De Leon Explorer
This resource provides an overview of the life, explorations, and discoveries of Juan Ponce de Leon.
A&E Television
Biography: Juan Ponce De Leon
A biography of Juan Ponce de Leon, a Spanish explorer from the 15th and 16th centuries. He was at one point the governor of Puerto Rico, and is credited with discovering Florida. Ponce de Leon is also remembered for having searched the...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Scientific Knowledge Changes
A slideshow tutorial will explain how scientific knowledge can change when new evidence is discovered or new ideas are developed. Take a step back in science history to see some great examples of how scientific knowledge has changed when...
Florida State University
Florida State University: Magnet Lab: Discovery of Electromagnetism
Two scientists share the credit for discovering, and then interpreting, the phenomenon of electromagnetism.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Magnet Lab: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1750 1774
With his famous kite experiment and other forays into science, Benjamin Franklin advances knowledge of electricity, inspiring his English friend Joseph Priestley to do the same.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Nobelium
Information on the discovery and properties of nobelium, including facts about its isotopes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Deeds Worth Telling by Edward A. Rand
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Deeds Worth Telling by Edward A. Rand (1890), a collection of twenty-six children's stories of heroism, discovery, and invention in all lands and climes.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Zigzag Journeys on the Mississippi by Hezekiah Butterworth
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Zigzag Journeys on the Mississippi by Hezekiah Butterworth (1892). This is a book from the Zigzag Series; it features illustrated stories about the Great World's...
NASA
Nasa: Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Image of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) as seen at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April, 2012. The aircraft was assigned to shuttle Discovery.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: New World: Part Ii, American Beginnings: 1492 1690
Two European maps of Florida and Roanoke, and a British and a French account-with associated engravings of these settlements-that promote a European interpretation of and claim over these areas.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Tales About Travellers by Thomas Bingley
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Tales about Travellers by Thomas Bingley (1861), a collection of stories about the perils, adventures, and discoveries of travelers.
Curated OER
Etc: Territorial Growth of the United States , 1783 1867
A map from 1897 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the...
Curated OER
Etc: Territorial Growth of the United States, 1783 1867
A map from 1897 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the...
Curated OER
Etc: The Territorial Growth of the United States , 1783 1853
A map from 1894 of the United States showing the territorial growth from the original States and the Northwest Territory in 1783 to the Russian cession of Alaska in 1867. The map is color-coded to show the progression from the original...