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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Earth

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basic facts about planet Earth, and its unique position as the only known planet where life can survive. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Venus

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basic facts about the planet Venus. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Mercury

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all the basic facts about the planet Mercury. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Galaxies

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basic facts about galaxies. Brief, to the point text make this site most appropriate for younger students.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Galaxies: Milky Way

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basic facts about the Milky Way. Brief, to the point text make this site most suitable for younger students.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Nixon's Accomplishments and Defeats

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most controversial presidents since Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, learn more than just the basic facts in this article about Richard M. Nixon's presidency.
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Cosmos 4 kids

Cosmos4 Kids: Solar System: Pluto

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all about Pluto ..its discovery, basic facts, recognition as a planet, and most recently, its 'demotion' from a planet to a dwarf planet. The brief, to the point text makes this site most suitable for younger researchers.
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The Dirksen Congressional Center

Congress for Kids: Executive Branch: The President

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn the basic facts about what requirements a person needs in order to become the President of the United States.
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Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Giant Panda

For Students 9th - 10th
The Canadian Museum of Nature provides a concise introduction to the giant panda. Find out all the basic facts about this rare mammal, including where it lives, what it eats, and even learn about some of the controversy that surrounded...
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Read Works

Read Works: The Holocaust

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares basic facts about the Holocaust. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Hypertension?

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from Khan Academy provides information about hypertension, a circulatory system disease. Students will learn the basic facts about this disease.
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AAA Math

Aaa Math: Division by 1 Through 9

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This site gives practice problems for division by 1-9 and games to use this skill. The information is very brief, but factual, and worth checking out for helpful tools on the subject. CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.C.7 Fluently multiply and...
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Other

Basket Math: Multiplication Practice

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this interactive math site to practice multiplication problems.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fraction Facts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Shodor Education Foundation provides this lesson plan to introduce learners to the basics of fractions including fraction operations and converting fractions both to decimals and percents. NCTM Standards are listed for this activity....
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New York State Dept. of Health

New York State Dept. Of Health: Poliomyelitis Fact Sheet

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, basic questions about polio are answered in brief responses. Learn how polio is spread, what its symptoms are, and how it is treated and prevented.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Basic Science of Waves

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about waves in the science of physics including types such as mechanical, electromagnetic, transverse, and longitudinal. Facts and examples are included.
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Defenders of Wildlife

Defenders of Wildlife: Cheetah

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about cheetahs in this in-depth fact sheet.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Cpr

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website find answers to the following questions: "What Is CPR?" and "When is CPR Needed?" Learn the three basic parts of CPR (airway, breathing, and circulation), and learn about opportunities to take CPR courses.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Beyond the Milky Way

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
When we look at the night sky, we see stars and the nearby planets of our own solar system. Many of those stars are actually distant galaxies and glowing clouds of dust and gases called nebulae. The universe is an immense space with...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Clock Arithmetic and Cryptography

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson plan is designed to guide students in practicing their basic arithmetic skills by learning about clock arithmetic and cryptography. Linked resources include helpful applets.
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Canadian Wildlife Federation

Hinterland Who's Who: Wolf

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the habitats and habits of wolves, along with their feeding and breeding characteristics.
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US Department of Energy

Ippex: Fusion Power!

For Students 9th - 10th
Engaging site allows users to discover what fusion is all about by learning what it is, what the basic principles are behind it, how it works and more.
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Other

Siemens Science Day: Physical Science: Through the Looking Glass

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will make their own spectroscope, learn how light is bent by a diffraction grating, and explore how various forms of light differ.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Reducing Fractions

For Students 6th - 8th
Any number, divided by itself, is just 1. Use this fact when reducing fractions. This resource helps you learn about how to reduce fractions. It has few worked out examples with detailed explanations.