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Miami Dade College: Vic 1000 Visual Comm Lecture Notes Ch. 14, 17, 18 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
These are the lecture notes from a course on visual communication that uses Herbert Zettl's book "Sight Sound Motion." This PowerPoint outline (in PDF format) identifies the key points in chapters 14, 17, and 18. These chapters are about...
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Mathematics Archives

Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Integration by Parts

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains Integration by Parts and then has several examples that you can work out on your own. You may check your answers when your finish!
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Mathematics Archives

Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Integration by Parts

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent site explaining how and why the Integration by Parts works. Go through the formula step-by-step.
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Smith College: Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of photographs, artwork, and architecture of Spanish America from pre-1500 through the 1900s.
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Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Visualizing an Infinite Series

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the infinite series through visualization.
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Mathematics Archives

Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Antiderivatives / Integration by Parts

For Students 9th - 10th
Good site with an example that is solved step by step for the student
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PBS

Pbs: Arts

For Students 9th - 10th
The home on the web for arts-related content that airs on PBS stations. You can link to the program sites of long-running arts broadcasts, sample special exhibitions, and investigate what the network is airing or has recently aired on...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Proof Without Words Completing the Square

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use this computer applet to visualize the concept of completing the square.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Halloween Activty: Pumpkin Matching

For Students 2nd - 4th
A game challenging students to match pumpkins by combining, categorizing, and visual spatial skills. Move quickly and make sure to keep the pumpkins from touching the sides.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Jelly Slice

For Students 3rd - 6th
Jelly Slice is a unique brain and puzzle game in which you use your fingers or mouse to slice the jelly and collect the stars through challenging levels. There is only one rule: Slice the jelly so that each slice contains only 1 star....
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Visual Elements: Berkelium

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice summary of the basic facts known about berkelium. Easy to follow.
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Cape Girardeau Schools: Inspiration Templates and Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This school site provides templates and ideas for using Inspiration Software, a visual thinking and learning tool, in your classroom.
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Visual Elements: Dysprosium

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief summary of uses and lack of uses for this element.
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Concord Consortium

Biologica: Web Lab, Mendel's Peas

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site see an online visual of meiosis, fertilization, and inheritance and play a game.
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University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Immunology: Introduction to Elisa Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on the principle of antibody-antibody interaction, this ELISA test for HIV detection allows for easy visualization of results and can be completed without the additional concern of radioactive materials use.
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PBS

Pbs: The Roman Empire in the First Century

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS series companion for The Roman Empire: Ancient Voices, The Social Order, and Life in Roman Times features a text and visual narrative about life in first century Rome.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Rhetoric of 9 11

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent online resource that contains a large collection of links to speeches and rhetorical artifacts all pertaining to September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America. Presented in a timeline of events with material in audio,...
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Prokaryote v. Eukaryote Cell Division

For Students 9th - 10th
Visual representation of prokaryotic cell division compared to eukaryotic cell division.
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War, Literature & the Arts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This international journal covers film, literature, and visual art. Click on current issue to see what's available. Back issues are not hyperlinked to text. The journal is indexed in the American Humanities Index, Literary Criticism...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Fibonacci Sequence & Robots

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using the LEGO NXT robotics kit, students construct and program robots to illustrate and explore the Fibonacci sequence. Within teams, students are assigned roles: group leader, chassis builder, arm builder, chief programmer, and...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Balancing Act

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are given the opportunity to visualize and interact with concepts they have already learned, specifically algebraic equations and solving for unknown variables. Students construct a balancing seesaw system (LEGO Balance Scale)...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Parallel and Intersecting Lines: A Collision Course?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students act as civil engineers developing safe railways as a way to strengthen their understanding of parallel and intersecting lines. Using pieces of yarn to visually represent line segments, students lay down "train tracks" on a...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Robo Clock

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students learn various topics associated with the circle through studying a clock. Topics include reading analog time, understanding the concept of rotation (clockwise vs. counter-clockwise), and identifying right angles and straight...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Solving With Seesaws

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a simple seesaw to visualize solving a two- or three-step mathematics equation, while solving a basic structural engineering weight balance problem in the process. They solve two-step equations on a worksheet and attempt to...