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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Cathedra

For Students 9th - 10th
A seat or chair, was more particularly applied to a soft seat used by women, whereas sella signified a seat common to both sexes. The cathedrae were, no doubt, of various forms and sizes; but they usually appear to have had backs to...
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Ar Kive: Lion (Panthera Leo)

For Students 9th - 10th
It seems that no animal has inspired the imagination of man more than the lion (Panthera leo). Characterized as fearsome, courageous and majestic, the lion's strength and ferocity has earned it the title of 'King of the Beasts' in many...
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Ar Kive: Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus Imperator)

For Students 9th - 10th
The largest of scorpions, but not the longest, the emperor scorpion (Pandinus imperator) has a dark body ranging from dark blue/green through brown to black. The large pincers are blackish-red and have a granular texture. The front part...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Patricia A. Mc Broom

For Students 9th - 10th
Journalist and anthropologist Patricia A. McBroom wrote for Science News from 1965-1969. She is the author of Behavioral Genetics (1980) and The Third Sex (1986)
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Finding Dulcinea: Billie Jean King: Photograph

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Photograph of Billie Jean King after winning the Battle of the Sexes tennis match.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Accubatio

For Students 9th - 10th
The act of reclining at meals. The Greeks and Romans were accustomed, in later times, to recline at their meals; but this practice could not have been od great antiquity in Greece, since Homer always describes persons as sitting at their...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Pileus

For Students 9th - 10th
Any piece of felt; more especially, a skull-cap of felt, a hat. These seems no reason to doubt that felting is a more ancient invention than weaving, not that both of these arts came into Europe from Asia. From the Greeks, who were...
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Espn: Billie Jean King

For Students 1st - 9th
Although she won numerous tennis championships, Billie Jean King will probably always be remembered for her victory against Bobby Riggs in the "Battle of the Sexes". Biographical facts and career statistics are included at this ESPN site.

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