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Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Science & Nature: Robots

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about different kinds of robots as you build them in five interactive simulations.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Policies and Problems of the Confederation Government

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This teacher resource includes imagesand historical documents, alllowing readers to trace the creation of our government from the Continental Congress through the Articles of Confederation. An overview helps to clarify the policies and...
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Handout
BBC

Bbc Science and Nature: The Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC brings together a lot of useful information about the moon and related topics, such as the lunar landings, and publishes it in the form of a traveler's guide.
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Activity
Cleveland State University

The Autobiography of Louis B. Seltzer, Chapter 26

For Students 9th - 10th
This chapter of Mr. Seltzer's book deals directly with his role in the Sam Sheppard case. Mr. Seltzer was a writer with a newspaper in Cleveland and gives a look from a different point of view.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Child Abuse: Emotional

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the emotional abuse of a child, the forms it can take, causes, symptoms to watch for in a child, the impact it has, ways to prevent it happening, and how to get help.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Basics on Heart Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the different types of heart disease, their causes, how they are diagnosed, heart surgery treatments, and ways to prevent heart disease.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Molecular Workbench Database: Ionic Bonds

For Students 9th - 10th
In this simulation observe ionic bonds and how they affect the structure of the molecule.
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Graphic
University of Washington

University of Washington: Cranial Nerves

For Students 9th - 10th
Site entitled "Cranial Nerves." Links to other sites.
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Unit Plan
The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Polar Ice Caps Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the polar ice cap ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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Unit Plan
The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Coastal Ocean Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the coastal ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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Website
The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: The Deep Sea Biome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the abyssal ocean ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Battery Resistor Circuit

For Students 9th - 10th
Look inside a resistor to see how it works. Increase the battery voltage to make more electrons flow through the resistor. Increase the resistance to block the flow of electrons. Watch the current and resistor temperature change. Java...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Battery Voltage

For Students 9th - 10th
Look inside a battery to see how it works. Select the battery voltage and little stick figures move charges from one end of the battery to the other. A voltmeter tells you the resulting battery voltage. Java required.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Circuit Construction Kit (Dc Only)

For Students 9th - 10th
An electronics kit in your computer! Build circuits with resistors, light bulbs, batteries, and switches. Take measurements with the realistic ammeter and voltmeter. View the circuit as a schematic diagram, or switch to a life-like view....
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Electric Hockey

For Students 9th - 10th
Play hockey with electric charges. Place charges on the ice, then hit start to try to get the puck in the goal. View the electric field. Trace the puck's motion. Make the game harder by placing walls in front of the goal. This is a clone...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Slimey Likes It! Studying Chemotaxis in Physarum Polycephalum

For Students 6th - 9th
In this biology science fair project, test various amounts of glucose to see which ones attract and which repel (chemotaxis) growing Physarum polycephalum slime mold.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Jumping Distance

For Students 9th - 10th
With this Science Buddies experiment, you will see if you can jump farther if you increase the distance you run before you jump The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Exp: Primary Resources: Nixon's Checkers Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
Dwight Eisenhower's Vice President, Richard Nixon, came under fire for misusing political contributions for personal expenses. These are transcripts of Nixon's speech delivered in 1952.
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eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of "To the Last Man"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "To the Last Man."
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Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Showing Creative Problem Solving

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After reading excerpts in which Buck solves a problem in Jack London's The Call of the Wild, students write their own three-paragraph animal stories imitating London's style and word choice. Teacher and student instructions are provided...
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Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Personifying Abstractions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about personification and how to use it to when writing about abstract nouns. Finally, students write poems using the nouns they have chosen and personifications they have developed. Teacher and student instructions are...
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Website
Other

Robelle: How to Debug a Program

For Students 9th - 10th
Tips and suggestions for debugging software programs are offered for users of HP3000 and HP-UX.
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Website
Other

Introduction to Step by Step

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes a structured programming approach named "Step by Step", which is very similar to step-wise refinement. The introduction describes the pros and cons of this approach, while differentiating it from step-wise refinement.
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Activity
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial offers definitions, examples, and practice problems for looking at various components of terms and for simplifying algebraic expressions.