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Ucmp: Introduction to Chondrostei

For Students 9th - 10th
Chondrostei is a mostly forgotten group of cartilaginous fish which deserves at least one page, and here it is. Good information on a cartilagnous fish.
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Ucmp: Lampreys

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California contains detailed information about lampreys. There are several pictures, including special links.
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Ucmp: Eutheria: Systematics, Part

For Students 9th - 10th
A cladogram that gives the evolutionary relationship between the different groups of mammals. Modern relationship drawing, somewhat difficult to interpret.
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Ucmp: Annelids

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what segmented worms are and gives a brief description of thier evolution through the use of their fossil record.
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Ucmp: Spirochetes

For Students 9th - 10th
A short look at the spirochetes and the diseases they cause.
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Ucmp: Paleozoic Era: Stratigraphy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a chart showing the progression of the Paleozoic Era. Each section of the chart leads to information about the geological, biological, and climatic elements of a specific period of the era.
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Ucmp: Birds Decendents of Dinosaurs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California, Berkeley contains general information and links to information about the fossil record of birds, the life history of birds, the systematics of birds, and the morphology of birds.
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Ucla: Complex Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from UCLA provides great information on the complex plane. The main feature of the site is an applet that illustrates the complex plane. It is a great learning tool in dealing with the features of the complex plane.
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University of California: Geometry in Action

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page collects various areas in which ideas from discrete and computational geometry (meaning mainly low-dimensional Euclidean geometry) meet some real-world applications.
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Ucmp: Monotremes, Egg Laying Mammals

For Students 9th - 10th
University of California Berkeley offers a short, concise description about egg-laying mammals with links to more in-depth information.
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Ucmp: Glossary of Natural History

For Students 3rd - 8th
A glossary of useful terms, including "abyssal plain" and related terms.
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Princeton University: Mary Styles Harris

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, from the Princeton University, gives a profile of biologist Mary Styles Harris which includes her work, her writing, and her research.
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University of California Berkeley: Millipedes and Centipedes

For Students 9th - 10th
Information on the diverse species of millipedes and centipedes that exist today. Includes information about morphology, habitat, life cycle, and more.
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Ucmp: The Biosphere: Life on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about different forms of life that coexist with us on Earth. This Berkeley article provides links to brief write-ups on the three domains of living organisms: Eukaryota, Bacteria, and Archaea.
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University of California: Sir Frederick Grant Banting

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California provides a bulleted list biography of his life. This site does not go into detail about the discovery of extracting insulin, but provides some basic information.
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University of California, Berkeley: Boston News Letter May 15, 1704

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The front page of "The Boston News-Letter," the first newspaper in the English colonies.
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Ucmp: Introduction to Trilobita

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the most famous fossil organisms, trilobites were once a complex group. Learn to tell them apart in this illustrated article that tells how they lived, their body structure, there place in evolution, and the like.
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University of California: History of Nubia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of California at Santa Barbara provides a concise history of Nubia from the Neolithic period to the present.
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Uc Irvine: Egyptian Fractions

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the way the ancient Egyptians wrote fractions, along with a more sophisticated look at the process of converting modern fractions to Egyptian form. Contains a very informative and interesting group of related links,...
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Polar Bear Capital of the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Churchill, Canada is known for its polar bear population before the bay freezes. Find out all about this incredible visitation every year. Read polar bear facts, lore, rules of bear safety, and wildlife management applied to polar bears.
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Ucla: Leonhard Euler

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of California site contains a biography of Leonhard Euler.
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U. Of California Berkeley: Can You Read a Quake?

For Students 9th - 10th
Eight seismograms and instructions are provided to assist in the learning of how to locate the epicenter of an earthquake.
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Ucmp: A History of Evolutionary Thought

For Students 9th - 10th
Museum site note on the history of evolutionary thought and includes scientists and thinkers who have contributed to our understanding of life on Earth. Links are provided for da Vinci, Linneaues, Erasmus Darwin, and others.
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Center for Science Education: Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
A gallery of astronomy images which depict galaxies, comets, the moon, planets, nebulae, supernovae as seen in various regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Each image in the gallery is described. Fascinating!