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ClassFlow

Class Flow: The Big Bang

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students often have a difficult time comprehending the timescale and distances of the universe. I have used this flipchart to start the discussion of the formation of our universe and how we know about...
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Formatting Science Reports

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site outlines the necessary elements of a scientific report. The site is broken down into the follow segments: title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion. Within each section is a contents section as well as a...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Annotated Bibliography Example

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This handout provides examples of an annotations for an annotated bibliography and an explanation. The one provided is in MLA style.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Hey Rock, How Old Are You?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the relative age of rocks by identifying sedimentary rock and observing its layers.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Weathering, Erosion, and the Rock Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about the processes involved throughout the creation of sedimentary rock.
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Pennsylvania State University

Penn State University: Embryology in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Come and learn more about how to incorporate embryology into your classroom. This site features tons of information about the embryology of chickens.
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Other

The Evidence for Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
These pages are part of a site called "Evolution," that accompanies a textbook by the same name. Mark Ridley is the author, and in this section he discusses the evidence for evolution.
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Yale University

Yale University: Open Yale Courses: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1845 77

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty-seven university-level lectures on the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War. Available in audio, video, or text format.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Gary Snyder

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Illinois contains great information on Gary Snyder. The information is presented in a link format with links to various topics, such as: biography, chronology, online interviews, online poems, and on...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Manipulatives for the Upper Elementary (Gr. 4 6)

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Many teachers find it more challenging to incorporate the use of manipulatives into their mathematics programs at the upper elementary or middle school grades. Activities using manipulatives are provided for grades four, five, and six...
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University of Waterloo (Canada)

University of Waterloo: Chemical Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on Chemical Energy. It includes concepts of chemical thermodynamics, including a lengthy section about the standard enthalpy of formation.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Modeling Petrified Wood [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
An experiment that models the natural process of petrification.
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Colorado State University

Colorado State University: How Thesis Is Related to Purpose

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This table shows the progression from topic to purpose to thesis, as well as explaining the role of the thesis statement. Use the links on the right to get to the specific information you are interested in including forms to fit purpose...
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Mla Citation Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This 10-page resource explains what a bibliography is and gives examples of MLA style in regards to citing, both in the bibliography and in-text, for works such as books, anthologies, encyclopedia articles, journals, magazines,...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Mla Overview and Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of MLA style by providing general information about what MLA is, who uses it, and reasons for its use. Then it provides links to both general and specific information about how to use MLA style to format...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Job Search Writing: Cover Letters

For Students 9th - 10th
The first in a series of guidelines about writing and formatting cover letters.
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Harvard University

Harvard University: Strategies for Essay Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website provides a series of links to detailed information about each segment of how to write an academic essay from how to read the assignment to the final edits. Use the links to the right. W.9-10.1a claims/intro/org, W.9-10.2a...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Mla Works Cited Page: Basic Format

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the rules for writing an MLA Works Cited page and provides examples of each type of entry.
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Indiana University

Indiana University Bloomington: Sedimentary Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource explains the depositional processes that occur in sedimentary rock formation to produce stratification, cross-bedding, graded bedding, rippled effects, and solidified mud cracks. Includes photographs of each type.
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Queens University: Social Media Accessibility

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource describes the problems related to social media accessibility for individuals with special needs and offers suggestions on how to work around some of them to make the content more accessible. The information is also...
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Other

Loyola Marymount University: Evaluating Sources: Using the Radar Framework

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The RADAR Framework can help you remember what kinds of questions you should be asking about an information source as you evaluate it for quality and usefulness in your research. The Framework can be downloaded in PDF format. Includes...
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Other

Okanagan University: Eolian Processes and Landforms

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderfully detailed introduction to the topic of wind erosion and landforms. Contains many illustrations and maps which show the concepts that are presented in the text.
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Harvard University

Harvard University: Mathematics in Movies

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of clips from movies where Math is highlighted. The clips can be accessed in a variety of formats.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Geo Physics: Minerals

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a resource for students to use in their study of minerals. It begins with a general description that includes the list of essential characteristics of a "mineral." Minerals are then grouped alphabetically. Selecting a name...