CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trigonometry: Resultant as Magnitude and Direction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Express vectors in magnitude and direction form.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Vectors and Projectiles: Vector Direction
Through a short informational reading piece and an animated visual, students learn that vectors represent both magnitude and direction.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Old Stories of the East
A scanned copy of the 1896 publication of Old Stories of the East, a nonfiction book for children.
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Exploring Ancient World Cultures: The Near East
Great site explores many legends and texts from the ancient Near East. Provides interesting focus on the common themes found in ancient world literature.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: A Move in the Right Direction
Students physically provide motion data that is collected by a CBL and then graph the data. They determine if they "moved in the right directions" by comparing their graph with those printed in the activity.
Forum Romanum
Outlines of Roman History: The Conquests in the East
Rome's power is challenged by kingdoms in the East, especially Philip V of Macedonia. After three wars against Macedonia and one against Antiochus of Syria, Rome shows her strength.
TES Global
Tes: Romeo & Juliet: Students Direct the Fight Scene
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a printable worksheet to help students think about how they would direct the fight scene in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Students answer questions about how and why four of the characters...
EL Education
El Education: East End Bird Cards
1st grade students at the East End Elementary School in Portland, Maine, created these note cards as part of a learning expedition on birds. To create these cards, students used a multi-step process: they created a watercolor background,...
PBS
Pbs: Global Connections, the Middle East
View a timeline of Middle Eastern history, explore events through themes, and make connections through the use of big-picture questions such as "What's the appeal of religious militancy?"
Grammar Tips
Using Commas With Direct Address
This resource offers a short, simple article to show how commas can be used correctly with direct address.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Location and Direction
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using latitude and longitude to find a location.
Starfall
Starfall: Teddy Bear Teddy Bear
This video is a song about Teddy Bear following directions such as touch your feet.
American Forum for Global Education
American Forum for Global Education: Spotlight on Muslim Identity [Pdf]
This downloadable booklet is a comprehensive teacher's guide you can use to help students' understand Muslims and their countries and cultures of origin. 100 pages include background information and teaching tips, activities and...
Other
Best Evidence Encyclopedia: K 12 Comprehensive School Reform
Research analysis of the overall effects of 29 widely implemented models of comprehensive school reform, or CSR. Models include direct instruction, accelerated schools, montessori, and America's Choice programs.
Randall Davis
Esl Cyber Listening Lab: Basic English Quiz: Directions Around Town 1
This site has an exercise designed for English language learners that tests map reading and survival listening skills. The exercise incorporates a small street map. Students listen to statements about the map, then, using the map for...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Unit Vectors
Find a unit vector in the direction of a given vector. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Israel
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Israel's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its Middle East location.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Calculus Iii: Partial Derivatives
The resource examines partial derivatives. Topics investigated are limits, higher order partial derivatives, chain rule, and directional derivatives. Class notes, definitions, and examples with detailed solutions are included. The notes...
Other
Tashkent: Samarkand: The Gem of the East
This review of the Central Asian city discusses its cultural influence and the influence of such rulers as Timur.
Other
Up to Ten: Make an Insect Kite
"Make a giant insect kite that you'll be able to fly around your garden or the local park."
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch: Iran
Human Rights Watch, with this accompanying web site , is one of the leading organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. International attention is focused where human rights are violated and oppressors are held...
BBC
Bbc: Arabic News
Written in Arabic, the BBC covers the latest news, issues and events in the Middle East. Content includes the top stories, business and financial news. Also available in several languages offered from the "Languages" link.
Curated OER
Web Gallery of Art: The Oostport (East Gate) at Delft
An image of "The Oostport (East Gate) at Delft", created by Simon De Vlieger, c. 1650 (Black chalk, brush and gray ink, 187 x 308 mm).
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Driving With Djikstra
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to one of the prominent algorithms in graph theory used to find shortest paths -- the Djikstra Algorithm. The lesson includes four graphs of increasing...
