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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Missing City

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students examine maps of a crime spree in order to figure out if any locations have been unreported. The lesson is not math-intensive and instead forces students to use...
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Latimer Clarke Corporation

Atlapedia Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides both physical and political maps of countries of the world in full color. Also contains key facts and statistics.
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Article
Mythweb

Mythweb: Hercules

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
How is Greek mythology relevant to you right now? This site gives you examples of the connections between ancient Greek myths and your world today, in terms of figures of speech. Ever perform a Herculean task? Been tantalized by...
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Information Technology Associates

Information Technology Associates: Quick Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
View countries of the world. Maps are quick and easy to read. Some are designed to be printed out for coloring and/or labeling.
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Website
Other

Guia Del Mundo

For Students 9th - 10th
A valuable resource to help students find information about countries. It also provides an interactive atlas.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable

For Students 9th - 10th
Bulfinch's collection of Greek and Roman myths is available here in full text format. A little known feature of this work is its sections on Eastern mythology, Northern mythology and a section on Druid religion.
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Handout
Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica: Greek Mythology

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Mythica offers a comprehensive resource on Greek mythology. Content includes a look at the principal gods, Zeus's consorts and offspring, the descendants of Prometheus, and much, much more. Click on "browse articles" for a...
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University of Richmond

Digital Scholarship Lab: Atlas of the Historical Geography of United States

For Students 9th - 10th
Review America's history with over 700 individual maps that address a broad range of issues with this atlas. This atlas maps a variety of historical topics: "exploration and settlement of the continent, the location of colleges and...
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Other

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
The collection of more than 150,000 maps focuses on rare 18th and 19th-century maps of North and South America, although it also has maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The collection includes atlases, wall maps,...
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Website
BBC

Bbc News: 'Big Bang' Experiment Starts Well

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch a narrated animation on the Large Hadron Collider, its experiments, structure, and computer system. Then, browse this site's sections to explore facts about and functions of CMS, ATLAS, ALICE, LHCb, the LHC Computing Grid, and the...
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Website
Nine Planets

The Nine Planets: An Overview of the Solar System

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in the solar system.
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Creating an Edible Map

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This imaginative lesson uses food products to demonstrate the physical characteristics of maps.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Difference Between Maps and Globes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage shares the difference between maps and globes. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
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Interactive
Arcademics

Arcademics: Toad Hop

For Students 1st - 6th
Toad Hop is a multiplayer geography game that allows students from anywhere in the world to race against each other while matching countries and capitals!
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Handout
Center for Educational Technologies

Cotf: Plate Tectonics

For Students 3rd - 8th
Plate Tectonics provides geology with a comprehensive theory that explains how the Earth works.
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Website
Other

Greek Mythology Today and Myth of the Month

For Students 9th - 10th
A large Greek mythology site focused on students and expressing a great love of Greek myth. Contains the Myth of the Month, as well as Homework Help concerning myths. Humorous and colorful.
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Website
Other

Cern: Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the six experiments at the Large Hadron Collider: ALICE (A Large Ion Collider Experiment), ATLAS (A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS), CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid), LHCb (Large Hadron Collider beauty), TOTEM (TOTal Elastic and...
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Other

Matthew White: Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive atlas of the world, The different maps show how the governments, populations, socio-economic trends, and religions have changed over time throughout the world.
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Handout
Other

Encyber Pedia: Atlas

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives several links to atlases online that contain information on capitals, cities, states, and countries.
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Handout
Other

National Atlas of the United States

For Students 9th - 10th
This National Atlas of the United States site gives maps and atlases online.
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EL Education

El Education: Springfield, Usa an Atlas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students from Springfield, Massachusetts learn about geography by creating maps and gathering information about the cities and towns named Springfield throughout the United States of America. Students gather information through book and...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Reference Sources

For Teachers 2nd - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart reviews different reference sources including, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses, almanacs, atlases, and periodicals.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Introduction to Continents

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart providing a simple introductory lesson to the study of continents prompting further map work away from the computer.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: A Village in India

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This presentation has been designed to assist with the teaching of a Geography Unit - A Village in India.