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Quia

Quia: Analogy Battleship

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This game will increase the player's understanding of different types of analogies. It has three difficulty levels.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Electricity Meter

For Students 9th - 10th
When electricity became available to the masses, utilities needed meters to record customer usage. This early 20th century model resembles many in use today. (Java tutorial)
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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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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Stanley Transformer 1886

For Students 9th - 10th
Applying discoveries Michael Faraday had made a few decades earlier, William Stanley designed the first commercial transformer for Westinghouse in 1886.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Wimshurst Machine 1880

For Students 9th - 10th
In the modern world, virtually everyone is familiar with electricity as an accessible, essential form of energy. In electricity's earlier days, scientists used the buildup and release of static electricity.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Lenz's Law

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Lenz's law is explained and demonstrated. It states that a magnetic field is produced in opposition to an induced current.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Biological Foundations/scientific Method Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over biology concepts and the scientific method, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
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University of Florida

Chem. 2041 Lecture Notes: The Forces Between Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the variety of forces which hold molecules together. The relative strengths of these forces for the various states of matter is discussed. The effect of such forces on the boiling points and other phase change...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Critical Reading: Logic and Structure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on structure and logic including types and purposes of essays, organizational patterns, argumentative writing, and logic and fallacies.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Calculating Reactance

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how the current in a circuit can be impeded by three types of circuit components.
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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: John Stuart Mill

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed discussion from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Mill's thought including biographical summary. Although it chiefly addresses his achievements in logic, Mill's opinion on religion are also presented in closing.
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Other

Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
See a list of Hall of Famers and get basic facts -- when they were inducted, year of birth, home town and high school -- or read about recent Hall of Fame happenings like induction ceremonies for new members. You can also dowload the...
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Myra Bradwell

For Students 9th - 10th
Inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in 1994, Myra Bradwell was one of our first woman lawyers.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Mary Barret Dyer

For Students 9th - 10th
Inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in 2000, Mary Barret Dyer was hung in 1660 for preaching Quakerism.
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National Women's Hall of Fame

Women of the Hall: Geraldine Ferraro

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of the first woman to be nominated by a major political party for the candidacy of Vice President of the United States. Inducted into the Woman's Hall of Fame in 1994.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Similes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will help students construct knowledge of similes and how the use of similes makes language more vivid. Beginning pages has plenty opportunities for an inductive lesson plan. There is...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Hank Ballard

For Students 9th - 10th
Best known for one of the greatest dance crazes of all time, 'The Twist', which he first recorded in 1960. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, Ballard "helped define the sound of rock and roll".
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Clash

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a biography of the band, The Clash, and a list of their top recordings. They were inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003 for their contributions to the punk-rock movement.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Martha and the Vandellas

For Students 9th - 10th
Features an overview of the career of Martha (Reeves) and the Vandellas, popular female vocal group of the 1960s that was part of the Motown sound. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Satchel Paige

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2000 to commemorate Satchel Paige, the first African-American to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Roberto Clemente

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2000 to commemorate Roberto Clemente, the first Hispanic inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. With a short biographical passage.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Alan Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Alan Page, an American gridiron football player who in 1971 became the first defensive player to win the Most Valuable Player award of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Barry Sanders

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Barry Sanders, an American professional gridiron football player. In his 10 seasons with the Detroit Lions (1989-98), Sanders led the National Football League (NFL) in rushing four times...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Marion Motley

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Marion Motley, an African American gridiron football player who helped desegregate professional football in the 1940s during a career that earned him induction into the Pro Football Hall...

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