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Inventors
Students identify two inventors from the time period 1880-1920. They include information detailing one product or technological advancement each inventor was responsible for. Students use specific language and detail to discuss how...
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Writing a Historical Poem
Students work together to research a historical event. They create their own poems based on their research. They share their poems with the class and discuss the historical event further.
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Sunken Treasure
Go on a treasure hunt with your language arts class! They read "Treasure Hunt" and "Exploring the Titanic," then create a final product by taking part in an unusual art activity.
Stanford University
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Georg Hegel
This encyclopedia article provides an extensive overview of Hegel's life, work, and influence in philosophy.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute: The Case Files: History of Cosmic Inquiry
A history of the science of cosmology, the study of the universe, and the scientists who did pioneering work in this field in the twentieth century.
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History of Science Society
Home page for a group dedicated to understanding science, technology, medicine, and their interactions with society in their historical context.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1820 1829
Hans Christian Orsted's accidental discovery that an electrical current moves a compass needle rocks the scientific world; a spate of experiments follows, immediately leading to the first electromagnet and electric motor.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Military Science: Battle of Monmouth
This page begins with a summary of the history behind the battle and goes on to discuss key events in detail with links to maps and leaders in the war along with the military strategy involved.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Early Photography: Niepce, Talbot and Muybridge
Photography is a controversial fine art medium, simply because it is difficult to classify-is it an art or a science? Nineteenth-century photographers struggled with this distinction, trying to reconcile aesthetics with improvements in...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Who Is Alexander Von Humboldt?
George Mehler details Alexander von Humboldt's major scientific accomplishments and why we should care about them today. [4:22]
University of California
University of California Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Evolution
This resource presents extensive information for learning about and teaching evolution including an in depth course "Evolution 101", teaching materials, and a resource library.
George Mason University
George Mason University: The Blackout History Project
A web-based research project on recent science and technology, this offers those you were part of the Blackouts of '65/'77/'03 to tell their story online and for others to read about them.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: George Biddell Airy (1801 1892)
A portrait of George Biddell Airy from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (1707 1788)
A portrait of Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: George Costard (1710 1782)
A portrait of George Costard from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Georges Cuvier (1769 1832)
A portrait of Georges Cuvier from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: George Howard Darwin (1845 1912)
A portrait of George Howard Darwin from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley Derby (1799 1869)
A portrait of Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley Derby from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: George Fownes (1815 1849)
A portrait of George Fownes from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 1799)
A portrait of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723 1788)
A portrait of Johann Georg Palitzsch from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: Balthazar Georges Sage (1740 1824)
A portrait of Balthazar Georges Sage from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: George Shaw (1751 1813)
A portrait of George Shaw from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Scientific Identity: George Stephenson (1781 1848)
A portrait of George Stephenson from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.