McGraw Hill
Glencoe Technology Education: Hybrid Electric Vehicles (He Vs)
What is an HEV and how can they help the environment? Follow this WebQuest and you will be able to answer those questions and more.
Curated OER
History Matters: Joe Rudiak Remembers the 1919 Strike
Read an interview with a former steelworker, who recalls the Great Steel Strike of 1919 when he was a young boy. Find out the ramifications for his family because his father was a union man who supported the strike. An audio of the...
BBC
Bbc Science and Nature: The Moon
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.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Child Abuse: Emotional
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.
eSchool Today
E School Today: Your Cool Basics on Heart Disease
Explains the different types of heart disease, their causes, how they are diagnosed, heart surgery treatments, and ways to prevent heart disease.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Traditions: Book of Wisdom Project [Pdf]
This is a one-page PDF outling a Book of Wisdom project which requires students to write two 300-500 word original fables with all of the characteristics of a fable including a moral or lesson. The second part requires students to find...
Concord Consortium
The Molecular Workbench Database: Models of the Atom's Electron Orbitals
Learn about atomic structure and the multiple theories of atomic structure in this simulation.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Capacitor Lab
Explore how a capacitor works! Change the size of the plates and add a dielectric to see how it affects capacitance. Change the voltage and see charges built up on the plates. Shows the electric field in the capacitor. Measure voltage...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Electric Hockey
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...
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "Desert Gold"
This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "Desert Gold."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Light of Western Stars"
This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "The Light of Western Stars."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "Riders of the Purple Sage"
This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "Riders Of the Purple Sage."
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Heart of the West"
This site provides the complete etext for O. Henry's story, "The Heart of the West."
Other
Introduction to Step by Step
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.
Carnegie Mellon University
Experimental Gameplay Project
Experience the Experimental Gameplay Project at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Call of the Canyon"
This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "The Call of the Canyon."
PBS
First Measured Century: The Children's Bureau
Read this informative essay to learn about early 1900's child welfare and what social reformers, including Julia Lathrop, did on behalf of children.
University of Chicago
The Founders' Constitution: John Tyler, Virginia Ratifying Convention
The original text of a statement by John Tyler, member of the Virginia Constitutional Ratifying Convention, on his opposition to the new Constitution.
Eduweb
Eduweb: Amazon Interactive
Games and activities help students explore the Ecuadorian Amazon. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home, and experiment with running a community-based ecotourism project along the Rio Napo.
Other
Project Gutenberg: Jennie Gerhardt by Theodore Dreiser [Full Text]
Dreiser's second book, much more popular than his first when published, is available here from Project Gutenberg Australia.
Other
Native Planet: Dangerous Sea Life
Learn about venomous fish and other animals with the ability to inject venom, such as jellyfish and other venomous invertebrates.
Other
Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Technology Education: Hurricanes Web Quest
Use this WebQuest to find out about hurricanes, how they are created and classified, and how to stay safe in a storm.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Technology Education: Mission to Mars Web Quest
This WebQuest lets you explore Mars through the missions sent there over the years. You can evaluate what you think about the benefits of space exploration.