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NASA

Taking a Cold, Clear Look at the Universe

For Students 9th - 12th
Take a look with another perspective. Pupils read to find out what portion of the electromagnetic spectrum a space telescope sees and the difficulties of viewing infrared radiation from other objects in space. Individuals discover how...
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University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Andrew Jackson and the Bankwar: The Investigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the investigation that Andrew Jackson launched into the Second Bank of the United States after suggestions that it was meddling in politics, and Nicholas Biddle's response. Jackson took the issue to Congress, asking them to...
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BBC

Bbc Newsround: Investigation Begins Into Australia Wildfires

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Brief article explains that Australian authorities are launching an investigation into whether an Australian military exercise might have caused the massive wildfire that is causing damage in the country.
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Other

Crime Scene Investigation: Protecting the Crime Scene

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief but informative site examines how a crime scene should be protected with emphasis on the role of the first officer(s) to arrive. Points are made about the arrival of additional personnel, eating and drinking at the crime...
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Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Investigating [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a glimpse at the way normal brains work and about brain disorders. Learn how research and technology help us learn about the fundamental molecular workings of the brain.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Investigating Food Borne Illness

For Students 9th - 10th
Familiarize yourself with various food-bourne illnesses and the negative impacts they can have on consumers.
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Other

Crime Scene Investigator: Searching and Examining a Major Case Crime Scene

For Students 9th - 10th
An engrossing explanation of the appropriate behavior needed at a major crime scene. What should be done with the body? How is photography handled? What about fingerprinting? How are curious onlookers dealt with? The answers to the...
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Mendel's Investigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Students identify how Mendel's study of science and math was important to his success in research.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Investigating Nonfiction Part 3: Independent and Guided Reading

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
This article provides tips for using nonfiction with guided reading and independent reading. The following strategies are shared: ways to help kids select "just right" nonfiction books; lessons to use with nonfiction in guided reading...
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Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Investigations Into How to Prevent Deadly Bird Window Strikes

For Students 9th - 10th
Act a community advocate to help commercial properties embrace best practices for decreasing bird-strikes on their large, heavily-glassed buildings.
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FOX News

Fox News: Molten Aluminum Found on Columbia's Thermal Tiles

For Students 9th - 10th
In this March, 2003, article, the investigation board that was investigating the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster found more evident that hot gases was the cause of the disaster.
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A&E Television

History.com: What Happened to Twa Flight 800?

For Students 9th - 10th
Minutes after its take off from New York's Kennedy International Airport, a Boeing 747 headed for Paris exploded midair over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Long Island on July 17, 1996, leaving all 230 people aboard dead. The...
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Other

Crime Scene Investigator: Practical Methods for Processing a Vehicle

For Students 9th - 10th
Practical methods are suggested to secure and not contaminate any evidence found in a vehicle at a crime scene.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Approaches to Knowledge

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article addressing how knowledge is acquired from different media formats. The article also discusses how scholars from the past asked questions about knowledge and launched their own investigations.
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CNN

Cnn: Bush Welcomes Probe of Cia Leak

For Students 9th - 10th
February, 2004: CNN reports on the reaction to President George W. Bush to the announcement that the Justice Department would investigate the revealing of Valerie Plame's identity as a CIA operative. There is also some history of the...
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CNN

Cnn: Cheney's Top Aide Indicted

For Students 9th - 10th
Article dated 10/29/2005 states that the CIA Leak investigation now involves a top Cheney aide: Lewis Scooter Libby.
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FOX News

Fox News: Fast Facts: Dates in Columbia Probe

For Students 9th - 10th
Fox News provides a timeline of significant developments in the investigation of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster from February, 2003 to July, 2003.
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CBS

Cbs News: Ny Times Details Miller Testimony

For Students 9th - 10th
Judith Miller was jailed for not revealing her source for her articles about CIA agent Valerie Plame. This October, 2005, article discusses Miller, Scooter Libby, and the investigation. It also offers a video of today's CBS news.
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Wolters Kluwer

Business Owner's Toolkit: Should You Buy a Small Business Franchise?

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a great article covering all aspects to investigate before buying a franchise. It includes a link to download a checklist of basic terms that might be in a franchise agreement.
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Other

Investigations Belie Nato Claims of "Ethnic Genocide" in Kosovo

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses evidence of ethnic genocide found in Kosovo by troops from other countries. Gives accounts of mass grave sites and other key pieces of evidence. (9 November 1999)
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Other

Chicago Tribune: Timeline of the Blagojevich Investigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the events leading to the impeachment of Illinois Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich. Photos and links to additional information are included. (01/30/09)
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Amby Duncan-Carr

Amby: Career Changes Excercises

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking to help sort out your feelings on changing careers? The Amby career resources offer activities to explore identifying change and investigating your identity.
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National Institutes of Health

Pub Med: Extending Mertonian Norms: Scientist Subscription to Norms of Research

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a research study done to investigate to what extent scientists adhered to the four norms set out by Robert K. Merton, and what other principles scientists subscribed to. It explains Merton's four norms - communality,...
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Biotechnology Institute

Biotechnology Institute: Your World: Learning About Drugs and Alcohol Through Biotechnology [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what role genetics plays in why people become drug and alcohol abusers, and investigate how biotechnology can help shape the future of medications used for addicts.

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