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Ucla: Manas: Ajanta

For Students 9th - 10th
Description of Ajanta and the cave temples which have been excavated there.
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Ucla: Manas: Nataraja

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a comprehensive description of the dancing Shiva, known as Nataraja, that was popularized during the Chola Dynasty. Contains an image of a Chola bronze Nataraja.
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Ucla Manas: Siraj Ud Daulah

For Students 9th - 10th
Short history of Siraj ud Daulah, Nawab of Bengal provided for by UCLA. Introduced in a very objective way with portrait included.
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Ucla: Student Nutrition and Body Image Awareness Campaign

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about food, nutrition, fitness, and how to balance health and college activities. Topics included are weight, fitness, diet, nutrition, and body image. The resource consists of information on workshops, classes,...
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The Neolithic Period in Nubia

For Students 9th - 10th
Not only describes the time period, but also shows artifacts with descriptions. Great for those researching Ancient Nubia.
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Uc Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Science Conceptual Framework

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This website is a resource for teachers to guide their instruction by giving them a list of conceptual understandings or students regarding the nature and process of science according to grade level.
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Uc Museum of Paleontology: A Guide to Understanding Science 101

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Improve your science teaching by taking this multi-part course that gives in-depth information about what science is, how it works, and how it is intertwined with our lives and with society more broadly. The course is broken up into...
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Uc Museum of Paleontology: Understanding Science

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A site that contains a resource database for how science really works. This is a good place for teachers to start as they start to plan for lessons in their classroom.
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Ucla Mathematics Department:average Value of a Function

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
UCLA Mathematics Department provides specific example of the average value of a function.
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Ucla Mathematics Department : Midpoint Rule

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from UCLA Mathematics Department explains the Midpoint Rule and how it relates to a double integral and finding surface area.
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History Project: Fdr and Courtpacking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson provides the background for the decision by President Roosevelt to attempt to expand the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to twelve. Students are to use sections from provided primary source documents to analyze the...
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Uc Berkeley: Citation Styles, Plagiarism & Style Manuals

For Students 9th - 10th
The necessity of citing sources used in academic research is discussed as well as ways to identify and avoid plagiarism. Different style manuals for print and electronic sources are surveyed.
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Understanding Evolution: Refuges of Genetic Variation

For Students 9th - 10th
Pests evolve resistance to our pesticides at an alarming rate. However, evolutionary theory tells us how we can slow the rate at which genes for pesticide resistance spread: by providing refuges where non-resistant insects thrive....
Article
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Greater Good Science Center: What Makes Technology Good or Bad for Us?

For Students 9th - 10th
How technology affects our well-being partly depends on whether it strengthens our relationships. This article provides a brief academic look at how technology use may be impacting our relationships with one another.
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Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: Africa [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
View a digital image of a colored shaded relief map of Africa.
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Earthguide: Tide Pool Zones (Diagram)

For Students 9th - 10th
Look at the twenety-two marine life species in the Southern California Tidepool. An image library lets you see where the specific species live.
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Louis Pasteur/biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief paragraph of information is about Louis Pasteur and includes picture and bibliography.
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Ucmp: Introduction to the Hydrozoa

For Students 9th - 10th
This California State University Berkeley site offers a brief introduction to the hydrozoa.
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Cog Web: Can Matter Store Active Information?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a timeline of historical events in regards to discovery and research on genetics.
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Geometry Junkyard: Randomness and Geometric Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains information on the randomness and geometric probability. It includes several links for information, includes real life examples.
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Geometry Junkyard: Dissection Tiling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great and very informative article about dissection tiling or tessellation.
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Ucmp: Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon

For Students 9th - 10th
University of California provides a brief biography of the mathematician, Buffon.
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Well Known Canadians: Mordecai Richler

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick biography, a picture, and a list of Richler's works.
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Ucmp: Chondrichthyes

For Students 9th - 10th
Site gives a quick but decent description of the anatomy of the skin and fins.