University of North Carolina
Dissertations
Bring on the coffee—it's dissertation time! As a handout on dissertations explains, over 50 percent of PhD candidates never finish their dissertations. The handout, part of a larger series on specific writing styles, helps motivate...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Hummingbird Species in the Transitional Zones
This video segment from Evolution: "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" shows biologists Chris Schneider and Tom Smith studying hummingbirds and other animals in Ecuador. Their research is investigating the processes by which new species are formed.
Other
National Center for Learning Disabilities: Transitioning to Life After...school
Tips for students with disabilities for succeeding in college or the workplace after high school.
Wessels Living History Farm
Wessels Living History Farm
The Wessels Living History Farm of York County, Nebraska, offers a look at what it was like to live on a Great Plains farm in the 1920s. The farm's attractive and well organized website includes interviews with people who remember life...
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: The End of Europe's Middle Ages
This useful tutorial includes information about the economy, feudalism, the Holy Roman Empire and other important topics pertaining to Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, a time of transition in European history. Easy to...
Other
National Military Family Association
Website is the "Voice for Military Families" and provides help with topics such as "Deployment and You," "Education," "Family Life," and other emotional issues that military families must face.
Other
Usa.gov: Military Youth on the Move
Being a child in a military family can make you proud of your mother and father. It can also be stressful due to possible moves, deployments, and other changes to family life. Find some real help about these issues and more. Sometimes it...
Other
Quebec Ministry of Educ.: Functional Situations for Immigrant Literacy Stu [Pdf]
Adult immigrants to Canada often have no English and little or no education. This guide provides lesson units on basic life skills they need such as how to send money to another country, how to take public transit and how to plan a group...
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills at Home: Allowance and Work
This collection of activities focuses on strategies for teaching teens how to balance allowance, chores, school, and work. Also provided are practical tips for parents regarding signs to look for that may indicated earned money is being...
Other
Paper Plate Education: Serving the Universe on a Paper Plate
Excellent resource for "paper-plate" activities that help simplify various astronomy topics. Learn how to build a "Moon Finder" and "Planet Pointer," and create a paper-plate model that explains the Transit of Venus.
Other
Early Cultures: Pre European Peoples of Wisconsin: Mississippian and Oneota
The Mississippian and Oneota cultures were the first true farmers in the Mississippi Valley. Read about their transition from hunting and gathering, and see what differences in their life styles farming brought about. Find a chart that...
Mind Tools
Mind Tools: The Agile Leader: Adaptability
A quality vital to success in the 21st century is the ability to adapt. Discover how to become more willing to step out of your comfort zone and adapt to the changing world around you.