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Secrets They Keep Poster
A colorful, thought-provoking infographic identifies 12 harmful chemicals found in cigarette smoke. It provides a sober warning for smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Collections Online: French Oil Sketches
A collection of 19 images of French oil sketches painted during the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries that are part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's collections. Click on each title to see an enlarged image and...
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Slide Player: Industry in Texas: Railroad, Lumber, Coal, and Oil
A narrated slideshow that is a summary of two chapters in a history text. It outlines the factors that led to the industrialization and urbanization of Texas, away from an agrarian economy. These included the growth of the railroad,...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Pictures to Inspire Your Descriptive Writing [Pdf]
This is a four-page PDF of six photos to inspire descriptive writing: Children playing on a slide in Brazil, Factory Sunset, Family Dinner, Oil Spill, Red Palace Room, and War Prayer. A list of picture credits with web links is provided...
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art: "Maine Coast, 1907"
Oil painting on canvas by Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971).
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art: "On the Beach, No. 3"
"On the Beach, No. 3, 1915" in an oil painting on canvas by Post-Impressionist Maurice Prendergast (American, 1858-1924).
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art: "Stag at Sharkey's"
"Stag at Sharkey's, 1909" in an oil painting on canvas by George Bellows (American, 1882-1925).
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art: "View of Schroon Mountain After a Storm"
"View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm, 1838" in an oil painting on canvis by Thomas Cole (American, 1801-1848), founder of the art movement known as the Hudson River School
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Metrocosm: 7 Maps to Help Make Sense of the Middle East
Keep up to date with the everchanging Middle East Region. The Middle East has been a tangled web of alliances since WWI. These maps attempt to make sense out of the this often confusing area. The 7 maps show the relationships among...
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Oil price.net: Gulf Oil Spill: The Aftermath
Comments on the Gulf Oil Spill provide author's thoughts on the chemical dispersants being used. Are these dispersants helping? Do they cause more of a threat than the oil itself? What will the impact be on human and wildlife? Also,...
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Oil Extraction at Alberta Oil Sands, Canada
A short slide show describing the process of extracting oil from the tar sands. The huge amounts of money ($20 million for a 'shovel') and the huge machines are sure to amaze.
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Web Exhibits: Pigments Through the Ages: Pigments in Oil: Still Life With Flowers
Oil painting of flowers.
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Pbs News Hour Extra: Gulf Oil Spill Could Be Most Damaging in History
Discussed is the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the attempts to clean up the oil, animals and industries threatened, policies questioned and a comparison made to the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Includes instructional resources. (4 May...
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Trucks on the Oil Fields Outside Alberta, Canada
News article from Oct. 20, 2007. It discusses the impact of Alberta's oil industry on the town of Fort McMurray. As the cost of a barrel of oil has risen, it has become financially feasible to extract oil from Alberta's tar sands, a more...
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Bbc: Bp Oil Disaster
Up to the minute news on the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil spill of 2010. The BBC reports on the impact on the environment and provides an interactive guide to stopping the leak itself. In addition, find maps that clearly define the...
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Eternal Egypt: Round Oil Lamp
A round oil lamp with one mouthpiece, it has an opening in the middle to fill in the oil. On its shaft there are oblong protrusions and on the mouthpiece are grape designs.
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Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp in Shape of a Horse
This lamp has a round base, the oil tank is pear-shaped; the opening for the wick has a slight inward turned rim. The bulbous lid is topped by a knob and is held to the oil tank by a hinge.
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Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp Decorated With a Goat
The oil lamp has a solid handle and two openings for oil. It is decorated with a goat, which appears to be in motion, and with flowers and hearts on the sides.
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Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp Made of Black Pottery
An oil lamp made of black clay; it is a large oil lamp, which gives plenty of light. The lamp has a handle by which it could be carried.
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Eternal Egypt: Oil Lamp Shaped as a Royal Bust
Oil lamp of baked clay, shaped like a bust. It is surmounted by the horns of a cow with the sun disk between them. On the upper part there is the headdress "Nemes" and a pendant on the breast, while below there is a small oil lamp with...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania: Drake Oil Well
Edwin L. Drake struck oil here, the site of the world's first successful oil well.
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The New York Times: The Learning Network: The Gulf Oil Spill in the Classroom
The Deepwater Horizon fire in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Oil Spill Cleanup Job
After flooding and oil contamination from a local refinery destroyed much of a nearby town, a contractor works hard to continue the oil spill cleanup job.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Motor Oil
A glass jar is filled to near capacity with motor oil. The photo looks down from slightly above as the jar of motor oil sits on the table.
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