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Knight Digital Media Center: I Movie

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to edit with IMovie in this tutorial from graduate students at Cal State Berkeley.
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Knight Digital Media Center: Photoshop

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn Photoshop editing in this tutorial designed by graduate students from Cal State Berkeley.
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Knight Digital Media Center: Final Cut Pro

For Students 9th - 10th
The video editing program, FinalCut Pro, is featured in this online tutorial. Learn all of the basics in this advanced editing program.
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Knight Digital Resource Center: Standups and Voice Overs

For Students 9th - 10th
Creating voice over for video or still photo work is covered in detail in this resource. Learn all of the tricks in creating effective voice overs.
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Knight Digital Media Center: Video Techniques

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning the different types of shots in video is taught in this online tutorial.
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Uc Irvine: Distinguishing Between Primary & Secondary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has an online quiz to test your knowledge of primary and secondary sources.
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University of California Berkeley: Teaching Discussion [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A guide for instructors on how to engage students actively in discussions. SL.9-10.1 Discussion, SL.9-10.1b Group Rules, SL.9-10.1d Possitive Communication Stratagies, SL.11-12.1 Discussion, SL.11-12.1d Resolve/Synthesize
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University of California Museum of Paleontology: Stories From the Fossil Record

For Students 4th - 9th
This colorful, interactive site demonstrates how fossils can be used to discover a range of information about the past. Topics include Past Lives, Paleoecology, Geologic History, and Biodiversity.
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Ucmp: Island Biogeography and Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a lesson designed by a biology teacher. In it, students use maps and evidence of island age, molecular genetics, morphology, and distance apart to determine how the islands came to be occupied by different species of lizards. It...
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Uc Berkeley Library: Critical Evaluation of Resources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Questions to ask yourself when determining if a source is reliable. Discusses difference between primary and secondary source. List of reference sources and links to other sites that teach you how to evaluate sources....
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Organic Chemistry Page: A Brief Tutorial on Drawing Lewis Dot Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent lesson on writing Lewis structures. Examples shown include ammonium ion, carbon dioxide and the carbonate ion.
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University of California, Davis: The History Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The History Project is a growing collection of lesson plans, teaching tools, digitized images, and documents for the teaching of history. Includes assignments for having students apply analytical skills to primary sources.
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Ucla: What Makes a Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed essay defines planets and compares the characteristics to those of Pluto. Orbital graphs and background information clarify the change in Pluto's categorization. A copy of IAU's Resolution 5 is also contained in this essay.
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Fowler Museum of Cultural History: Passport to Paradise (Sufi Arts,urban Senegal)

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Fowler Museum of Cultural History in Los Angeles, this is the "Passport to Paradise (Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal)" exhibit web-site which contains images of selected art work in the exhibit as well as photos of and info on the...
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Berkeley: Teaching Discussion Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on group discussion-style teaching. It provides links to topics such as follows: Creating Discussion Guidelines, Classroom Activities, Group Work, Group Work: Techniques, Group Work: Design Guidelines, Encouraging...
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Ucla: Manas: British India

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the British presence in India, 1600-1947, from university professor Vinay Lal. Includes links to related topics, such as the British East India Company, and to biographical details of many key figures from this period in...
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Knight Digital Media Center: Adobe Premiere

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, you will learn the operation of the editing program Adobe Premiere.
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Ucmp: Grassland Biome

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all about the grassland biome including where located in the world, climate, flora and fauna, and soil. Good research site for middle years students.
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Ucmp: The Desert Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the four types of deserts: hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold with this key facts and information. Includes links to other biomes: aquatic, forest, grasslands, and tundra.
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Crew Worker Feelings About Piece Rate

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses opinions of farm crew workers regarding piece-rate pay and hourly wages. Recommendations are given for higher achievement to farm employers.
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Ucmp: Forest Biome

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn all about the forest biome including where located in the world, different kinds, climate, flora and fauna, and soil. Good research site for middle years students.
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University of California: Maximum/minimum Problems

For Students 10th - 12th
The following problems are maximum/minimum optimization problems. They illustrate one of the most important applications of the first derivative.
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World History for Us All: Getting Our Bearings: Maps of Time, Space, and History

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Understanding history requires students to be able to see the big picture. This teaching unit introduces students to tools they can use to investigate history. Topics covered include cartography, chronography, and maps of space, time and...
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Ucla Mathematics: Triple Integral

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed site explaining the triple integral from the UCLA Mathematics department. Includes equations and examples.