Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Build and Test a Model Solar House
A learning unit with instructions on how to build a cardboard model house, and explore the effectiveness of a furnace vs. solar heating. The unit is in PDF format.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Electrostatics
This web-based activity takes students through a series of pages in which they find out about the effects charged particles have on one another, discover how Coulomb's force works, and see some real-world examples. Multiple-choice and...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Gas Laws
A learning module with built-in interactive features where students can read background information on each gas law, then explore the interrelationships of pressure, temperature, and volume. Covers Boyle's Law, Charles's Law,...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Adjectives
A clear, concise explanation of adjectives, including some tricky usages, how to order adjectives in a sentence, and some idiomatic uses of prepositions with -ed participles. The emphasis is on HOW adjectives are used more than on WHY...
Curated OER
History Matters: "The World Was at Stake"
The House Un-American Activities Committee, a Congressional committee, sought to find Communist activity in the film industry. Read the transcript from hearings questioning Jack Warner, head of Warner Brothers film company, Louis B....
Mechon Mamre
Hebrew English Bible: Psalms
The test of the Book of Psalms, presented side-by-side in Hebrew and English.
Mechon Mamre
Hebrew English Bible: 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles
The text of the Books of 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles, presented side-by-side in Hebrew and English.
Mechon Mamre
Hebrew English Bible: Proverbs
The text of the Book of Proverbs, presented side-by-side in Hebrew and English.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Art Critiques Made Easy
A tipsheet giving ideas on how to encourage students to think and speak critically about visual arts, music, dance, and even literature.
Curated OER
History Matters: "Word Has Just Been Received:"truman Speaks on Railway Strike
Read the text and listen to President Truman's speech concerning his plans to address the railway strike that was affecting the post-World War II economy. (12 min.19 sec.)
American Presidency Project
American Presidency Project: President's Special News Conference on Coal Strike
In 1946, as the United States was recovering from World War II, coal miners struck. Read the transcript of a news conference President Harry Truman held to address this pressing economic issure.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Myositis
Thorough overview of myositis. It includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Ecology: Communities and Ecosystems
This is a collection of courses on communities and ecosystems. Some topics explored are productivity, food webs, and ecology. The courses offer video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam...
Curated OER
History Matters: "And We Shall Overcome": Johnson's Special Message to Congress
Read President Lyndon B. Johnson's speech before the the Congress in support of the Voting Rights Act. Feel the passion in his address and his desire to further racial equality.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Where Will Your Home Be in a Million Years?
Students will use the global velocities map to predict where their home will be in a million years.
Adventure Learning Foundation
Adventure Learning Foundation: Venezuela
Comprehensive reference tool with an abundance of country specific information about the South American country of Venezuela. Content covered includes photos, symbols, history, economy, geography, climate, population, culture, maps, and...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Leaving, 1960, Making of African American Identity: V. 3,
This exercise examines black migration from the South in the 1960's through the perspective of Alice Walker's "Roselily." A PDF accompanies this resource, reviewing the deeper meaning behind a passage from this text.
American Public Media
American Radio Works: Campaign '68
Take a look back at the historic presidential election of 1968 when the election of Richard Nixon ended the dominance of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party took over. Read about the key players in the campaign, see what the...
BBC
Bbc: Science & Nature: Robots
Learn about different kinds of robots as you build them in five interactive simulations.
BBC
Bbc: Science & Nature: Human Body and Mind: What Is Psychology?
This guide offers an overview of the field of psychology. Topics include human behavior, branches of psychology, and what psychology is. Archived.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: The Sweet Lure of Chocolate
Ah, chocolate. Read about its history, manufacture, and its health benefits. Also includes recipes.
Carnegie Mellon University
Chem Collective: Acid Mine Drainage
Students explore the chemistry behind the causes and effects of acid mine drainage on a modeled river. In this activity, students examine the chemistry of acidic mine runoff and its effects on river water.
Carnegie Mellon University
Chem Collective: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Food Dyes
An interactive tutorial to determine the amount of dyes present in a powdered beverage in order to examine the allegation that the manufacturer is exceeding the allowable amount of the artificial food dyes in the drinks it produces.he...
University of Groningen
American History: Presidents: James Earl Carter State of the Union 1978
Details the 1978 State of the Union Address delivered by Jimmy Carter.