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Florida State University: Color Code Resistor
This resistor color code activity allows you to change the resistance value with a slider and then determine the third digit, multiplier, and tolerance, providing the final resistance in ohms. It allows you to view how the passing...
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Florida State University: Marcello Malpighi
Read about the accomplishments of Marcello Malpighi, a seventeenth century Italian physiologist. Includes a black and white portrait.
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Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Ac Generator Action
Molecular Expressions at Florida State University offers a java applet to show the a working AC generator.
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Florida State University: Biotin (Vitamin H)
This site from Flordia State University contains very brief but factual information on biotin (vitamin H). A paragraph long summary and a picture are both included.
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Florida State University: Powers of Ten
This webpage from the Florida State University offers an applet with succeeding images, each "10 times bigger or smaller than the one preceding or following it," as a demonstration of exponential notation.
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Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Secret Worlds: The Universe Within
Animation going from the Milky Way all the way down to inside an atom by powers of ten. This animation helps illustrate and quantify the powers of ten.
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Florida State University: Aquatic Snail Movie #1
In this short video, you will see the rippling and pulsing of a snail along with a view of the circulatory system. This site also provides background information on the aquatic snail.
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Florida State University: Aquatic Snail Movie #2
In this succinct video, the aquatic snail uses the sliding action of its pseudopod to move about. Background information on the aquatic snail is also provided in this site.
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Florida State University: Collotheca (Rotifera) Movies
Select from one of two movies which depict a rotifer feeding while traveling slowly in pond environment. Background information is provided on rotifers in this interesting site.
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Florida State University: Lenz's Law
Lenz's Law is defined and demonstrated with an interactive Java applet that shows the relationship between field lines of a magnetic and a conductor ring.
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Florida State University: Atmospheric Composition
This page deals with the composition of the earth's first atmosphere and how it has changed. Also the elements and percentages that make up our current atmosphere are listed.
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Florida State University: Department of Oceanography
Explore and study the world of Oceanography at Florida State University
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Florida State University: Timbuktu: A Center for Trade [Pdf]
This map shows the route that Mansa Musa took to Mecca in 1324.
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Florida State University: Magnet Lab: Electric Meter 1872
The invention of the light bulb quickly created the need to track people's electricity usage. In 1872, Samuel Gardiner built the first simple power meter: a lamp with an attached clock that recorded the time the light was on.