John Ambrose Fleming was an electronics pioneer who invented the oscillation valve, or vacuum tube, a device that would help make radios, televisions, telephones and even early electronic computers possible. A brilliant innovator,...

This chart summarizes communication facts of Peru including data on telephones, televisions, radios and internet usage.

Students will act as a radio/TV reporter informing the public of the hysteria of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Within partners/groups, students will create a podcast/vodcast connecting Puritan life and culture with the events in Salem.

SCU uses StoryCorps' tested interviewing techniques-combined with outstanding radio broadcasts and animated shorts-to support high school students in the development of identity and in drawing connections between their unique strengths...

NPR presents a slide show on the life of chess sensation Bobby Fischer who "became a cold war hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion" Boris Spassky in 1972. Fischer was the first U.S. born world chess champion.

NPR offers a photographic slide show on the status of Greenland's ice glaciers as they start to melt and the consequences of the melting for the future.

Join Jumanda Gakelobone and Roy Sesana in their quest for help in their fight to live on their ancestral lands in Botswana. The Bushman of Kalahari have a dispute with the government of Botswana that centers on the dilemma of modernism...

The federal welfare reform act has been in existence from 1996. This article, dated 3/2004, looks at how we are doing. What is the state of welfare reform -- has it helped or hurt the situation.

An article and a quiz for parents on technology use by parents and kids. Includes a short interview with author Anya Kamenetz who wrote "The Art of Screen Time: How Your Family Can Balance Digital Media and Real Life." [5 min.]

Learn how Oprah became successful by reading her biography. Organized into several sections: "Television Pioneer," "Magazine Founder & Editorial Director," "Producer/Actress," "Philanthropist," "Television Programming Creator,"...

Ultraviolet (UV) light has shorter wavelengths than visible light. Though these waves are invisible to the human eye, some insects can see them. The specific wavelength values are given. Uses and applications of these waves are explained.

Read the article or listen to the story of remembrances of the Apollo program, especially Apollo 11. Explains some of the challenges of sending astronauts to Mars.

This site is about the microbiologist turned artist, Kendall Buster turns what she sees under the microscope into oversized sculptures.

A short radio story on the fate of lemurs in Madagascar. Click on the audio links to hear what lemurs sound like as they protect their treetop territory.

This site from the SkyServer offers information as to what quasars are as well as provides links to strange objects, radio astronomy and research. This is a great sit to check out the brief but factual information on the subject.

Learn how Oprah became successful by reading her biography. Organized into several sections: "Television Pioneer," "Magazine Founder & Editorial Director," "Producer/Actress," "Philanthropist," "Television Programming Creator,"...