Article
Other

Webster's World of Cultural Policy: New Deal Cultural Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed explanation of the cultural programs provided by the New Deal and the Second New Deal, including such things as the Works Progress Administration, the Federal Art Project, the Federal Music Project, the Federal Theatre project,...
Article
Savvas Learning

Concepts of Program Debugging

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter from an online book on the concepts of C++ program debugging. Includes steps in debugging a system, with illustration, common debugging situations, with illustration, debugging tools, and the debugging environment.
Article
Other

Nuclear Weapon Archive: Iraq's Nuclear Weapons Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the development of Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Program from its inception in the late 1950s to the emergence of Saddam Hussein and the implementation of his nuclear weapon policy. (2001)
Website
NASA

Hsf: The Apollo Program

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has links to many NASA resources about the Apollo program. Detailed information on each of the Apollo missions as well as a large number of images are available from this site.
Activity
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: The Cobol Programming Language

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the COBOL programming language, including history and sample programs.
Article
American Academy of Family Physicians

Aafp: A Comparison of Voice Recognition Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
An article that presents information about voice recognition software programs, and compares 3 programs.
Unknown Type
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Review Exercises: Linear Programming

For Students 9th - 10th
Students review linear programming. The resource consists of review exercises on the mathematics concepts.
Professional Doc
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Paraprofessionals in Inclusive Education Programs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Well-documented abstract addresses the role of the paraprofessional in special education. Such topics as the ways in which special educators support paraprofessionals, the ways in which paraprofessionals can be recruited, and the impact...
Professional Doc
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Paraprofessionals in Inclusive Education Programs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Well-documented abstract addresses the role of the paraprofessional in special education. Such topics as the ways in which special educators support paraprofessionals, the ways in which paraprofessionals can be recruited, and the impact...
Lesson Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Art: Activity 2: Animation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A set of eight activities that teach students basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class. This...
Lesson Plan
Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Gumball's Coding Adventure

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Teaches basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. In this activity, learners use characters from Cartoon Network's "The Amazing World of Gumball" to create an animated story.
Website
NASA

Nasa: Space Shuttle Mission Archives: Sts 95

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of the mission in which John Glenn returned to space 36 years after his 3-orbit Mercury program mission in 1962. A description of the mission is provided. Information on the other six members of the crew is included.
Handout
US Department of State

U.s. Department of State: Decades of Change: 1960 1980

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary of the rise of cultural and ethnic pluralism that took place in America between 1960 -1980 causing major social change. Included were such movements as civil rights, women, Latino, Native-American, counterculture,...
Article
Cornell University

Cornell University: School Ergonomics Programs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on the hazards of keyboarding and ways to improve the situation. Illustrations of correct seating arrangements are included.
Article
Other

Antitrust Report: Department of Justice Amnesty Program Takes Another Turn

For Students 9th - 10th
This article looks at whether, once a company or individual has been offered amnesty in cases such as price fixing or collusion, can the Justice Department reverse their offer of amnesty? (4/1/2005)
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Other

Woodland Indian Educational Programs: Coloring Pages

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A collection of coloring pages depicting various Woodland native peoples in their daily lives growing and gathering food, building shelter, etc. Good illustrations of their clothing as well.
Primary
US National Archives

Nara: A New Deal for the Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
Some of the New Deal programs during the Great Depression were designed to support artists and the arts. This National Archives and Records Administration site explores the products of the time period.
Article
Other

Washington Monthly: What Was Really Great About the Great Society

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an article from the "Washington Monthly" in which Joseph Califano, Jr. disputes the claims of conservative pundits that Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs constituted a failed social experiment that wasted the...
Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Climate and Civilization: The Maya Example

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use geophysical and geochemical data collected by the Ocean Drilling Program to examine climate in Central America during the recent past. They also have the opportunity to investigate the link between climate change and...
Website
Other

Heriot Watt University: High Level Languages

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of high-level programming languages and a comparison with the low-level assembly language.
Primary
University of California

Program in Bioscience and Biotechnology Studies: Wendell Meredith Stanley

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of California, Berkeley provides a good biography of Nobel Prize winner, Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904-1971). This site gives information on his research on the crystallization of viruses.
Activity
Hofstra University

Hofstra University: Linear Programming

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson is a review of problems with systems of inequalities. Many of the questions involve real world scenarios as word problems which the reader must decipher and resolve.
Activity
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University

Npac Reu Program: A Practical Application

For Students 9th - 10th
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center of Syracuse University explains the idea of changing between an absolute value and an interval can be applied to keeping answers within a specific range which can be used in industry.
Website
Other

Landscape Change Program: History and Impact of the Interstate Highway System

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the reasons behind Federal Highway Act, which resulted in the interstate highway system. Find out about the contruction of the highways, and the cultural impact caused by such highways bypassing so many towns throughout the...