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Texas A&M University

Texas a & M University: Nuclear Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the website for the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Texas A & M University. It focuses on the Nuclear Engineering program, and current news about the field.
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Website
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: How Did the Universe Begin?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Bite-size introduction to two scientists-Hubble and Lemaitre-who played key roles in formulating the theory of the origin of the universe known as the big bang. Includes an interactive timeline on which you can plot out the approximate...
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Online Course
Other

Montana State University: Extended University

For Students 9th - 10th
Located at Montana State University-Bozeman, find professional development, non-credit courses, video conferencing, and outreach to extend learning.
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Graphic
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Special & General Relativity

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Georgia State University provides an interesting chart form of the ideas of relativity. Column 1 - Idea, Column 2 - Experiment. Each item is linked to its own page of explanation, which is well done. A nice type of...
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Website
Other

University of Puget Sound: Tools for Understanding Math

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A detailed site from the University of Puget Sound incorporating secondary math skills in a wide variety of techniques. It is intended for educators who teach mathematics and are interested in integrating common technologies into their...
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Handout
Other

University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits

For Students 9th - 10th
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Exponential Graph

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Minnesota offers an animated calculus site showing how the graph changes as the base changes.
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Handout
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Insurance Law

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Cornell University School of Law provides a clear overview of Insurance Law. A great place to get the basics with links to more in depth resources and examples.
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Handout
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Professional Responsibility

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Cornell University School of Law provides an overview of professional responsibility, also called legal ethics. Provides links to recent decisions, commentary, and resources on the subject.
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Handout
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Non Profit Organizations

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Cornell University School of Law defines non-profit organizations and explains the organizational structure and statutes/regulations that control these entities.
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Graphic
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Marriage Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
This web page from Cornell University Law School contains information, in chart form, about the marriage laws of the fifty states. The chart gives information about the state to state differences when getting married.
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Handout
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Worker's Compensation

For Students 9th - 10th
This law site from the Cornell University School of Law features information regarding worker's compensation coverage. Information about congressional acts that provided workers compensation such as Longshoreman & Harbor's Workers...
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Handout
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Cornell University School of Law presents the citation method, taken from the sixteenth edition of the "Bluebook," for law documentation. In addition to general information, the site also provides links to related...
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Activity
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Constitutional Law Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Cornell University Law School provides an overview of constitutional law as it applies in the United States, with links to additional information.
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Handout
Other

Universal Prayer in the Musaf of Rosh Hashana

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the Musaf of Rosh Hashana. Describes the actual service and discusses it as an example of the "universal idea."
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Website
University of Oxford (UK)

Oxford University: Faq: Physics of Rowing

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Department of Atmospheric Physics at Oxford University, this page gives a scientific look at the techniques involved in the activity of rowing. Discusses the concepts of propulsion, resistance, kinetic energy, and much more...
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Article
Other

Stephen W. Hawking: Lectures: Life in the Universe

For Students 9th - 10th
This lecture covers the topic of life now and into the future, including the role genetic engineering will play.
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Handout
Arizona State University

Arizona State University: Chinese Nationalists

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Arizona State University offers information about the Chinese Nationalists who played a part in the history of China.
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eBook
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Virginia provides the full text of the Middle English narrative poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
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eBook
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Leo Tolstoy

For Students 9th - 10th
This e-text is provided for by the University of Virginia. G.K. Chesterton contributed the biographical sketch for this collaborative volume on Tolstoy's life and work. Includes some page images and many illustrations from the original...
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Primary
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: First Across the Continent: The Exploring Expedition

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1902 work is available here from the University of Virginia. It includes illustrations and, according to the author, is taken largely from the accounts written by the explorers themselves.
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Website
Other

Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives the reader insight into the mission and purpose of this Catholic Association; namely, to promote and encourage like-minded groups of the same religious persuasion to continue maintaining the high degree and standard of...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Circuit Construction Kit

For Students 9th - 10th
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: Alpha Decay

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch alpha particles escape from a polonium nucleus, causing radioactive alpha decay. See how random decay times relate to the half life. Java required.