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Website
MadSci Network

The Mad Scientist Network: Bouncing Rubber Ball

For Students 9th - 10th
A question and answer format is used to relate elastic potential energy to the bounce of a rubber ball. Explanation of this simple phenomenon is thorough, complete, and free of trite statements.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Physics I: Classical Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a classic mechanics course taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course teaches modern physics, thermal physics, fluid mechanics, solids mechanics, celestial mechanics, momentum,...
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Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Principles

For Students 3rd - 5th
Provides a basic explanation of what energy is, how the laws of thermodynamics apply, and how energy differs from work.
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Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Examples

For Students 3rd - 5th
Explains the definition of energy and gives some examples.
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Handout
Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Work

For Students 3rd - 5th
Defines what work is, presents the formula for calculating the amount of work, explains what conservation of energy means to a scientist, and discusses energy efficiency.
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Activity
Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Commonwealth Univ.: Work Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Virginia Commonwealth University gives good information on the definition of work using nice graphics and interactive questions. Immediate feedback on student answers is provided.
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eBook
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Works of Matthew Arnold

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Victorian Web includes a complete list of the works of Matthew Arnold, with links to related essays and sometimes to the texts themselves.
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Website
Luminarium

Luminarium: John Skelton: To Mistress Margaret Hussey

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of John Skelton's "To Mistress Margaret Hussey." Links to other poems.
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Website
Other

Dickenson College: Blake on Nature

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Dickenson College provides a look at William Blake's philosohy on nature as evident in his writings. Provides links to other criticisms as well.
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Website
Other

Self knowlege.com: Lyrical Poems of Robert Herrick

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Website from SelfKnowlege.com attempts to connect the content of Robert Herrick poems to the expression, description, and meaning of human reality. Included is Herrick's poetry, biographical information, and links to other search tools...
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Website
Other

Applied Thermodynamics: Heat Engines

For Students 9th - 10th
Forward and reverse heat engines are discussed and explained at this site from Applied Thermodynamics. Diagrams are provided. Efficiency equations are given and discussed.
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Website
Other

Applied Thermodynamics: Steam Turbine

For Students 9th - 10th
A steam turbine is defined at Applied Thermodynamics. The individual steps of a steam turbine engine are illustrated and explained.
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Article
Other

C. P. Snow, "The Two Cultures"/ Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the reviewer considers Snow's thinking a bit outdated (Spender's "somewhat naive assumption of the ability of science to solve the world's problems"), he nonetheless recommends the book and provides a few ueful comments on...
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Other

Doris Lessing: Portraits

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs of novelist Doris Lessing from 1949 to 2002.
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Article
Other

Engine Science: Volumetric Efficiency

For Students 9th - 10th
This page discusses the science and mechanics involved in the operation of a basic four stroke engine.
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Website
Sonnet Central

Sonnet Central: Robert Burns, "A Sonnet Upon Sonnets"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides a sonnet from Robert Burns entitled, "A Sonnet Upon Sonnets." Burns' less-than-serious look at what constitutes a sonnet.
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eBook
Other

Poems for the People: The Retreat by Henry Vaughan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the text of "The Retreat" by Henry Vaughan in its entirety.
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eBook
Other

Rice University: The Jungle Husband

For Students 9th - 10th
Smith's poetry's "irreverence and whimsy" are evident here. A brief comment follows it.
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Handout
Other

Ed informatics.com: What Is Work, Energy and Power?

For Students 6th - 8th
Defines work, energy, and power. Explains the work-energy principle, types and forms of energy, and presents some exercises to try.
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Lesson Plan
NASA

Nasa: Simple Machines

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson plan site that contains activities designed to give grades 3 and 4 experiences in using simple machines.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Sir John Suckling's Plays

For Students 9th - 10th
Very brief and breezy excerpt about Sir John Suckling's plays. While he is better known for his poems, his plays do have some merit and deserve their status in the canon.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Ben Jonson's Masques

For Students 9th - 10th
This website takes a look at Ben Jonson's masques that he composed. It provides a couple as examples and dissects them to try to give better insight to Jonson's writing.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Cavalier Lyrists Influence of Jonson

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explores Ben Jonson's influence on other poets and dramatists.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Oxford Book of English Verse: Selected Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to 13 poems written by Percy Shelley are offered at this site. It also has links to other 17th and 18th century writers.