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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 435: Hedy Lamarr, Inventor
Read about the remarkable actress Hedy Lamarr who, together with composer George Antheil, invented a technology that used frequency hopping to improve the effectiveness of Allied torpedoes during WWII. Their invention was not put into...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 423: Terman and Silicon Valley
Read about Frederick Terman, a Stanford University professor, who was largely responsible for the growth of Silicon Valley in California. This is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1532: Typewriters
Read about the history of the lowly typewriter in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Atlantis: Main Idea Story 1
An exercise in finding the main idea. Read a short nonfiction paragraph about Texas, and click on the correct main idea.
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University of Houston: Atlantis: Main Idea Story 2
An exercise in finding the main idea. Read a short nonfiction paragraph about pollution, and click on the correct main idea.
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University of Houston: Atlantis: Main Idea Story 3
An exercise in finding the main idea. Read a short nonfiction paragraph about the solar system, and click on the correct main idea.
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University of Houston: Atlantis: Main Idea Story 4
An exercise in finding the main idea. Read a short nonfiction paragraph about where different animals live, and click on the correct main idea.
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University of Houston: Atlantis: Main Idea Story 7
An exercise in finding the main idea. Read a short nonfiction paragraph about computers, and click on the correct main idea.
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University of Houston: Lesson Plan: Famous Mathematicians
This lesson plan is aimed at 7th and 8th grade young scholars and involves researching famous mathematicians and the import of their contributions.
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University of Houston: An American Industrial Revolution Unit: Rise of Labor
Students learn about the history of the labor movement in Industrial America, including some of the major unions that emerged and the most well-known strikes. Next, they make connections to the role of unions today. They then work in...
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University of Houston: Simple Machines Learning Site
This resource provides information about simple machines.
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University of Houston: Todd Kranz: Simple Machine Quiz
A short quiz on simple machines.
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University of Houston: Simple Machines Learning Site: Wedge
Several examples, along with a definition and explanation of the simple machine, the wedge.
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University of Houston: Simple Machines Learning Site
Simple descriptions and drawings of simple machines. Click on each image for a further explanation and examples.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 383: Wooden Clocks
Read about the impact of the humble wooden clock on life for a frontier farming family in this article, which is a transcript of a radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 43: Amerigo Vespucci
Why aren't we called Columbians instead of Americans? Here's an easy-to-read explanation of how America got its name from the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Steam Engines in England
An interesting historical account of the development of the steam engine. Provides pictures of the earliest of steam engines.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Fulton's Battery Catamaran
A description of Fulton's steamboat and its influence on subsequent military warships. Interesting, anecdotal and well-written. Includes some biographical information. (Text is the actual radio transcript of a syndicated radio broadcast...