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Understanding Object Oriented Programming

For Students 9th - 10th
This site compares procedural programming and design with object oriented programming and design, contrasting the pros and cons of both approaches when trying to solve a sample problem.
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University of Chicago

Oriental Institute: Nubia: The Land and the People

For Students 9th - 10th
Read all about Nubia and the people that live there. Includes photos of artifacts, maps, and a timeline.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Given Info: Basic Orientation Quick Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource from Khan Academy explains how to use its study tools to prepare for the LSAT. This portion discusses the "Analytic Reasoning" section.
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Looklex: Encyclopedia of the Orient: Mu'ammar Gadhafi

For Students 9th - 10th
An analytical biography of Muammar Qaddafi with a timeline of his life events. Also includes information on his relations with other countries.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Tail Wagging and Brain Lateralization

For Students 9th - 10th
The left brain is supposed to be better at language, and organizing sequential actions, the right brain is supposed to be better at visualizing orientations in space, making and listening to music, and deciphering the emotions of others....
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Diets Affect Earthworms and the Soil They Enrich

For Students 6th - 8th
In this environment-oriented experiment, you will mix it up with earthworms, soil, and various types of organic kitchen scraps. The basic idea is to set up small earthworm colonies to compost different types of food waste. You test the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Light Your Way

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
When there is a power failure, or when we go outside at night, we grab a flashlight so we can find our way. What happens inside a flashlight that makes the bulb light up? Why do we need a switch to turn on a flashlight? Have you ever...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Stations of Light

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student groups rotate through four stations to examine light energy behavior: refraction, magnification, prisms and polarization. They see how a beam of light is refracted (bent) through various transparent mediums. While learning how a...
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Encyclopaedia of the Orient: Sahara

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the world's largest desert, the Sahara, including size, location, people, climate, physical features, and animal life. Includes a chart of temperatures (in Celsius) and rainfall (in millimeters) by month and by yearly...
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Encyclopedia of the Orient: Zoroastrianism

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn specifics about Zoroastrianism, the non-pantheistic religion of the Persian Empire.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Era and Political Backlash

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this instructional activity, students analyze the text of the Equal Rights Amendment, trace the amendment process taken to get the ERA passed, analyze the reasons for opposition to ERA, and the methods used to stop its ratification....
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Do Large Mammals Align Themselves With Earth's Magnetic Field?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science fair project, use Google Earth to determine if large mammals align themselves in respect to the earth's magnetic field. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and...
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The Human Right to Freedom From Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the "human right to freedom from any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, language, religion, political or other opinion, age, or any other status,...
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Learn to Program (With Ruby)

For Students 9th - 10th
A beginner's guide to computer programming using the Ruby programming language.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Ensuring Left to Right Reading Daily

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Left to right progression is an important focus skill for kindergarteners; we really need to help our students get used to working from left to right every time! This lesson is something easy you can do to remind your students to start...
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Matthew Shepard Murder (Mc Kinney and Henderson) Trials (1999)

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the murder of Matthew Shepard. Matthew Shepard was gay. Tied to the fence as we was, the sheriff allowed that it did look a bit like a crucifixion. With little more than that, a consensus quickly emerged that...
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Falkland Islands Tourist Board

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents tourist-oriented information about the Falkland Islands including reasons to visit, wildlife, places to stay, and getting around. Also contains pictures and video.
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Davidson College

Davidson College: Visualization of Atomic Orbitals: S Orbitals

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the geometry of the s orbitals and presents exercises for exploring their shape and orientations. Requires Java.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fundamentally Fish

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The science portion of this lesson plan provides opportunities for students to recognize that structure and function are directly related to specific animals and to their survival. The body shape and the position and size of the mouth of...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Get to Know Your Library Media Center

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will provide students with an orientation to the Library Media Center and the Dewey Decimal Classification System. The students will access the Alabama Virtual Library and will participate in a library scavenger hunt as a...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Tremendous Triangles!

For Teachers K Standards
Students will be able to practice working with triangles in different orientations, students will illustrate a "real world" triangular object, & build craft stick triangles.
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Zilker Botanical Gardens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information on the Zilker Botanical Gardens located in Austin, Texas. If you click on "Main Features, there will be descriptions of all the small gardens within the large garden. You can also check out pictures of the...
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Cape Verde: Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
Although Cape Verde has limited natural resources, read about the great strides it has made in developing a functional economy. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Topo Map Mania!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Maps are designed to allow people to travel to a new location without a guide to show the way. They tell us information about areas to which we may or may not have ever been. There are many types of maps available for both recreational...

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