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Open Stax: The Missouri Crisis

For Students 11th - 12th
This section of a chapter on "Westward Expansion" explains why the North and South differed over the admission of Missouri as a state and how the admission of new states to the Union threatened to upset the balance between free and slave...
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Open Stax: New Worlds in the Americas: Labor, Commerce and the Columbian Exchange

For Students 11th - 12th
By reading this section of a chapter on "The Atlantic World," students will be able to describe how Europeans solved their labor problems, explain the theory of mercantilism and the process of commodification, and analyze the effects of...
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Open Stax: u.s. History: Watergate: Nixon's Domestic Nightmare

For Students 9th - 10th
From a chapter in a history textbook. This section looks at the election of 1972, which Richard Nixon won, and the subsequent Watergate crisis. Includes review questions.
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Open Stax: u.s. History: The Westward Spirit

For Students 9th - 10th
From a chapter on America's expansion westward in a history textbook. This section looks at how Americans felt about westward expansion in the mid-1800s, and ways that the federal government promoted migration. Includes review questions.
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Open Stax: Post War Prosperity and Cold War Fears 1945 1960: The American Dream

For Students 11th - 12th
Looks at the policies of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, both at home and abroad. Also examines changing gender roles in the 1950s, and the impact of suburbanization on America.
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Open Stax: Phase Change and Latent Heat

For Students 11th - 12th
In this section of the textbook, find information about phase changes. Section will explore how to calculate the heat required to change the phase of an object by knowing the mass and latent heat of fusion or latent heat of vaporization....
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Open Stax: u.s. History: 29.4 Challenging the Status Quo

For Students 9th - 10th
Page form U.S. History e-book focusses on the culture of the 1960s and the rise of protest organizations challenging the status quo during that decade. Site contains questions for review, critical thinking, and glossary.
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Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Ear Training

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed site explaining about ear training for musicians. Included are many links to other relevant articles that go more in depth about the various aspects of developing ear training. There is also a downloadable ear training game to...
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Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Counterpoint for Everyone

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Introducing your students to counterpoint is what this lesson is all about. This well written and well organized plan will enable you to teach this musical concept to your class.
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Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Clef

For Students 3rd - 8th
If you are looking for an easy to understand explanation of the clef signs, then look no more. Covering the treble, bass and movable c clef, this tutorial covers it all. Check your knowledge with the questions and instantly check your...
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Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Duration: Notes Lengths in Written Music

For Students 9th - 10th
Read everything there is to know about the basics of notes. From their durations, their shapes and their stems, you will learn how notes are used in music.
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Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Harmonic Series

For Students 9th - 10th
Dealing with the harmonic series, this website goes into come detail concerning pitch, frequency and color. Test your knowledge with several self checking problems.
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Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Music Conducting: Classroom Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An excellent lesson plan that helps students learn the role of a music conductor. Students will engage in various activities that allow them to have a hands on approach to conducting their classmates.
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Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Interval

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about simple intervals and compound intervals in this well writtern lesson. You will also learn how an interval is classified. Included are several self checking problems.
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Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Key Signature

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about key signatures with this well written tutorial. You can test what you have learned near the bottom of the page with a key signature problem. The solution is available with just a click of the mouse.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Water Balance

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how water levels in the body influence the thirst cycle and body fluid regulation. Find out about dehydration and identify common causes of dehydration.
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Open Stax: Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of the role of energy in chemical reactions.
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Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: Types of Tissues

For Students 9th - 10th
The term tissue is used to describe a group of cells found together in the body. Although there are many types of cells in the human body, they are organized into four broad categories of tissues: epithelial, connective, muscle, and...
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Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: Connective Tissue

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the major functions of connective tissue is to connect tissues and organs. Learn all about connective tissue here.
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Open Stax: Exercise, Nutrition, Hormones, and Bone Tissue

For Students 9th - 10th
All of the organ systems of your body are interdependent, and the skeletal system is no exception. The food you take in via your digestive system and the hormones secreted by your endocrine system affect your bones. Even using your...
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Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: Nervous Tissue

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn here about nervous tissue, tissue that is composed of two types of cells - neurons and glial cells.
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Open Stax: Anatomy and Physiology: The Function of Nervous Tissue

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn here about how nervous tissue is capable of communicating within the nervous system.
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Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Body Fluids and Fluid Compartments

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the chemical and physical characteristics of the fluids that make up the human body.
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Open Stax: Work, Energy, and Power in Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
In the following interactive students will begin to explain the human body's consumption of energy when at rest vs. when engaged in activities that do useful work. They will also calculate the conversion of chemical energy in food into...