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Wisc Online: International Exchange Rates
This student-teacher resource discusses international exchange rate and shows how to calculate different currencies around the world.
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Wisc Online: Horn of Africa
This resource addresses the economies and geographic locations of African countries.
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Wisc Online: A Typical Animal Cell
Colorful, interactive image of an animal cell provides solid definitions of cell parts as the learner scrolls over each portion of the image or parts list. A short quiz follows the initial image to assess the learner's knowledge of cell...
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Wisc Online: Identifying Eukaryotic Animal Cell Organelles
This is a tutorial slideshow showing the internal structure of an animal eukaryotic cell. Each slide has excellent labeled drawings accompanied by descriptive text explaining the function of each part.
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Wisc Online: Lewis Dot Structures of Covalent Compounds
Short slide show provides basic information about drawing Lewis dot structures for covalent compounds. Starts with anatomy of the atom, and then shows the relationship between atomic particles and the Periodic Table of Elements. Offers...
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Wisc Online: The Fungi Kingdom
What are some of the common characteristics of fungi? How do they differ from plants and animals? You will find the answers to these questions and more on this brief but informative site.
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Wisc Online: Identifying the Main Idea
This resource defines main ideas and is an interactive way to assess a student's ability to correctly find main ideas from paragraphs.
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Wisc Online: Balancing Chemical Equations
Match the balanced chemical equations with the appropriate compound abbreviations.
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Wisc Online: Practice With Suffixes (Nouns)
Interactively increase students understanding and use of vocabulary with an activity that highlights the concepts of suffixes and base words.
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Wisc Online: Writing the Ged Essay Using Transitional Words
A critical part of the writing process is using transitional words and phrases to let the reader know when a change is coming. Learn more about how to use transitions and acquaint yourself with examples of transitional words.
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Wisc Online: Mass vs. Weight
A tutorial exploring the relationship between mass and weight. The tutorial also explains the difference between the concepts through pictures and examples.
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Wisc Online: The Sense of Taste
In this interactive object, learners examine the structure and function of the sense of taste.
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Wisc Online: Lifecycles of Animals and Plants
This segment covers the lifecycles of various plants and animals. Illustrations begin with the production of a gamete and describe the processes that occur throughout the lifespan of living creatures.
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Wisc Online: Learning Activity: Red Blood Cells
Fun site that teaches users about what red blood cells are and what they do. Provides users with interactive pictures of terms mentioned.
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Wisc Online: Learning Activity: White Blood Cells
Site offers an interactive learning activity on white blood cells. Features a quiz at the end to assess learning.
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Wisc Online: Fruit: Triumph of the Angiosperms
This resource provides information about fruit and angiosperms.
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Wisc Online: The Sense of Smell
In this animated object, learners trace the olfactory pathway from the nasal cavity to the olfactory cortex.
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University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Academic and Professional Writing
The section on Common Types of Writing Assignments is a particularly helpful piece of this site. Learn how to approach a wide variety of writing tasks from lab reports to literary reviews. Then use the rest of the site to learn how to...
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Uw: Cooperative Children's Book Center(ccbc)
The CCBS is a valuable site for those interested in children's and young adults' literature. Search the universities collections, learn about upcoming events, "view archived videos of public lectures by authors, artists, and editors, or...
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University of Wisconsin: 5 Magnetism
From an online teacher demonstration book. Includes a description and explanation of five demonstrations on a variety of magnetism topics. Interesting and captivating demos.
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Wisconsin Electronic Reader: Carl Sandburg
This site is dedicated to "anyone . . . who has become identified with Wisconsin" (even though Sandburg was born in Illinois). Although this website offers some very brief biographical information, it really only provides the online text...
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University of Wisconsin: 5 Magnetism
From an online teacher demonstration book. Includes a description and explanation of five demonstrations on a variety of magnetism topics. Interesting and captivating demos.
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University of Wisconsin Madison: Italian Life Under Fascism
This virtual exhibit looks at the world of Italian Fascism during the 1920s, '30s, and early '40s, including its propaganda, fascist youth organizations, women and Fascism, and more.