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Physics Games

Physics Games: De Construction 2

For Students 3rd - 8th
Buy bombs and detonators, and then use them to demolish each structure so that the rubble ends up below the marked height. Take care not to get hit by the rubble.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Self Assembly: The Power of Organizing the Unorganized

For Students 9th - 10th
From something as familiar as our bodies to things vast as the formation of galaxies, we can observe the process of self-assembly, or when unordered parts come together in an organized structure. Skylar Tibbits explains how we see...
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Other

University of Wisconsin: Cycloalkane Conformation

For Students 9th - 10th
Comparison of straight chained and cycloalkanes. Bond angles of a variety of structures presented. Equatorial and axial positions shown. Plug-ins required for interactive illustrations.
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Other

Orthonet Online Grammar Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
Submit questions relative to grammar, usage/orthography, and receive reply by e-mail.
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Website
Other

Institute of Chemistry: Amino Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
Clickable list of links to descriptions and models of 20 amino acids, including classification and structure.
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Other

Writing About Holidays

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Discover how to write about the holidays when you explore this lesson plan. Students will have an opportunity to identify their audience.
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Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Dna Molecule Two Views

For Students 9th - 10th
Access Excellence provides an excellent graphic showing the structure of the DNA molecule and its components.
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Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Structure of the Dna Molecule

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a history of the discovery and study of DNA and its structure. Links to a graphic, other references, and classroom activities.
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Handout
Other

Eureka Science: Dna Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site for information on DNA structure that we can all grasp. Fun animations make the topic less threatening.
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Other

Be Succinct! Writing for the Web

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article gives helpful information on how to write effectively for the web. Gives information on short texts, scannability, and hypertext structure.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Squeeze Is On

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will learn about the force of compression and how it acts on structural components through a hands-on group project. Using everyday products such as paper, toothpicks, and tape they will construct a structure that will support...
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Article
Caro Clarke

Rewriting

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the 17th article in a series that helps the new fiction author with the final step--revision.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Music Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a fun and interactive way to learn all about the elements of music. It offers links to information, definitions, assessments, and examples of melody, harmony and tonality, structure, tempo, metre and rhythm,...
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Other

Le Conjugueur: The Conjugator

For Students 9th - 10th
Great resource that provides full French conjugations of verbs as well as a feature that allows input of an already conjugated verb form and returns the infinitive.
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Handout
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London

University of London: Nomenclature of Carbohydrates

For Students 9th - 10th
An advanced site with the proper rules for naming carbohydrates.
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eBook
Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Carbohydrates

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a rather advanced site outlining carbohydrates, and their various forms.
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Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Dna Sequencing (Dry Lab Activity)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an advanced level hands-on activity to explain the Di-deoxy sequencing of DNA.
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Handout
University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: Planning the Overall Structure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource discusses the steps in planning the structure of a student's argumentative essay. Page 4 of this article focuses on Thesis statement.
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Other

Seeing stars.com: Images

For Students 9th - 10th
This gallery offers six detailed images of the Crystal Cathedral.
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Website
Other

The Crystal Cathedral

For Students 9th - 10th
A mix of commercial and historical facts regarding the cathedral. Includes interior and exterior images.
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Unit Plan
University of Virginia

University of Virgina: Structural Behavior and Design Approaches

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Introduction to Structural Design web site. A page of well-written lecture notes on the various structural qualities of building materials. A comparison is made of the strength, stiffness, stability and ductility of materials,...
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Handout
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
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Handout
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: The Chemistry of Amino Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site for understanding Amino Acids, the building blocks for protein. Besides a very complete summary, the site includes a complete list of amino acids, a link to basic amino acid structure, a list if atoms in amino acids, and...
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Interactive
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Web Japan: Japan Atlas Architecture

For Students 9th - 10th
An image and detailed description of the bridge and its construction.