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Other

Mother Teresa in Memory of Mother Teresa

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes Mother Teresa's life and includes links to many other important sites about Mother Teresa on the Internet.
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Handout
Other

Journey to the Alcarria (Camilo Jose Cela)

For Students 9th - 10th
After a description of post-Civil War Spain and the fine arts, this essay focuses on the work of Cela.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Nobel Prize winner, Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Electrocardiograph 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
If TV medical dramas have taught us anything, it's how to recognize the heart's characteristic peaks and valleys crawling across monitors in emergency rooms. These images represent the electrical activity of the beating heart as recorded...
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Gerd Binnig

For Students 9th - 10th
Gerd Binnig co-developed the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) with Heinrich Rohrer. The STM allowed scientists entry into the atomic world in a new way and was a major advance in the field of nanotechnology. For their achievement,...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Georg Bednorz

For Students 9th - 10th
J. Georg Bednorz jointly revolutionized superconductivity research with K. Alex Muller by discovering an entirely new class of superconductors, often referred to as high-temperature superconductors. They managed to achieve...
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

For Students 9th - 10th
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist who first observed the phenomenon of superconductivity while carrying out pioneering work in the field of cryogenics. An important step on the way to this discovery was his success in...
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Desmond Tutu Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about 1984 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Desmond Mpilo Tutu through this multimedia website from The Nobel Foundation, which includes primary and secondary resources as well as video clips.
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Website
BBC

Bbc: Historic Figures: Winston Churchill (1874 1965)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief but detailed biography of Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister who inspired his country in World War Two.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Robert Koch and Tuberculosis

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1905 scientist Robert Koch gave a famous lecture on his discovery of the tuberculosis bacterium. He demonstrated and explained his work, bringing his entire laboratory equipment and tissue samples for the audience to examine, and left...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource features the 2005 Nobel Prize winners in Physics. A short biography can be accessed on each recipient through their personal sites.
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Other

Maria Goeppert Mayer, Nobelist in Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
The Supercomputer Center of the University of California at San Diego offers details of the life of Maria Goeppert-Mayer, third woman ever to be awarded the Nobel Prize for physics. Instructive in the obstacles to being a woman in a...
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Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Kurt Wuthrich

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief explanation of the work in nuclear magnetic resonance which earned Kurt Wuthrich the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2002.
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Article
Other

Produce News: Iowa Born Norman Ernest Borlaug Left His Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
An article describing Borlaug's work to provide ways for people all over the world to grow adequate food, and the inspiration his work has had on others who are searching for ways to provide food and water to a growing world population.
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Handout
Great Idea Finder

The Great Idea Finder: Biography of Guglielmo Marconi

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides some short biographical information on Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937 CE). Discusses Marconi's scientific accomplishments.
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Website
Other

Saul Bellow, Allan Bloom, and Abe Ravelstein

For Students 9th - 10th
Fulford muses about Bellow's career and his last book, Ravelstein.
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Graphic
Other

Walther Nernst Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
Walther Nernst (1846-1941) discovered the Third Law of Thermodynamics and won a Nobel Price in 1921 for his work in thermochemistry.
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Handout
Other

Finding Dulcinea: Gertrude B. Elion

For Students 3rd - 8th
Article on Gertrude B. Elion, who was a co-recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work in discovering a drug for treating leukemia.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Maria Goeppert Mayer Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This short biography concentrates on the life of Nobel winner Maria Goeppert-Mayer from her birth in Germany through her work as professor of physics in the U.S. in the 1960s.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Camilo Jose Cela Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nobel site contains a short biographical sketch of the nonfiction prize winner, along with a list of works.
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Activity
Other

Sinclair Lewis and His Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about Lewis's life, a timeline of important events and a quiz about Sinclair Lewis.
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Handout
Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Richard Feynman

For Students K - 1st
Brief biographical sketch of scientist Richard Feynman whose contributions include the Manhattan Project, quantum electrodynamics, and superfluidity.
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Handout
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Marie Curie Biography

For Students 2nd - 8th
Interesting biographical information, research and discoveries, and famous quotes about Marie Curie, the most famous female scientist of all time.
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Handout
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Nelson Mandela Facts

For Students 2nd - 8th
Discover interesting biographical details about Nelson Mandela, South Africa's 1st black president.