The WICHE serves the 15 Western state region of the United States through assisting students in getting affordable access to educational programs of study.

Click on the sliding bar and watch how the United States territory grew with the Louisiana Purchase, Florida Acquisitions, Texas Annexation, Oregon Country, and Mexican Cession.

This site provides a glimpse into the United States in the year 1846. James Polk was president and the Westward Expansion was in full force. The site has nice historical photographs.

A great resource for the history of the discovery of DNA! This website includes over 300 documents, photographs, audio clips, and video excerpts that documents how the double helix structure was discovered.

A look at graphs of rational expressions, finding properties of the graph by using calculus. Formulas included.

An explanation of the difficulties the Republic of Texas encountered when deciding whether to join the Union. Also discusses President James Polk's efforts to expand the territories held by the United States, which brought him into...

Experience America through its grassroots! Diverse populations lend cultural colorfulness to our country. Read about an International Food Fair in California, Annie Oakley Days in Ohio, and Wabanaki Basketry in Maine. Click on your...

A map of western North America between the opening of the Oregon Trail in 1832 to 1842, prior to the establishment of the Provisional Government of Oregon by American settlers in 1843. The map shows the boundary of the Oregon Country,...

A map from 1904 of Oregon showing the capital of Salem, principal cities and towns, railroads, stage lines, mountains, rivers, and coastal features. "Oregon - Organized as a Territory in 1848; became a state in 1859. Area, 96,030 square...

A list of volcanoes sorted by the nation where they are located. For more in-depth information and photos, click on the name of the volcano.

This site has links for those interested in agricultural careers. The site has links to the many degree possibilities, the links explain what kind of degree is needed and what kind of jobs such a degree will support.

Use random sampling to formulate, collect, and compare data from two populations. Written by Peter Banwarth of Oregon State University.

The Oregon Trail was the important route taken by settlers from the east migrating to build a new life in the western part of the United States covering over 2000 miles.

Online exhibit on the nuclear age, this section features book titles written about nuclear technology and society during the Atomic Era.

Article describes military power in an atomic age and perception at home and abroad during the 1950s.

See how James Polk's plan to claim the Oregon Territory, which had been shared with Great Britain since 1818, led him to victory with the slogan, Fifty-four forty or fight. Read about the settlers who traveled the Oregon Trail and why...

As a part of the online collaborative unit, Westward Ho!, students will work in cooperative groups of 4-5 students to decide what items they need to take on the Oregon Trail, determine the cost of the items, and complete a ledger to...

An excellent starting point. Get a good description of what the dichotomous key for tree identification is and then directions for using it to identify trees.

This site is from the Organic Chemistry Online Learning Center and provides useful information on both Alkanes and Cycloalkanes. The information is not too in-depth, but a background knowledge of the subject would definitely be helpful.

Defines differential equations and some of its properties including, linear, homogeneous and nonhomogeneous.

A map of the present day territory of the United States, showing the European claims to the land before 1763 and the end of the French and Indian Wars. The map shows the claims of the British, French, and Spanish, and shows the...

A map of the United States and Pacific Ocean showing the development of American interests in the Pacific from the early exploration of Oregon Country in 1791 to the formal annexation of the Midway Islands and the Panama Strip in 1903....

An image of the Oregon State Stone.

A map of the Oregon Territory between the time of exploration by George Vancouver (1792) and the Oregon Treaty of 1846. The map is color-coded to show the disputed claims of the British and United States, the Russian American line of...