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Virginia Apgar Personal and Professional

For Students 9th - 10th
This web page provides a detailed description of the APGAR newborn scoring system as well as links to photos and documents from the life and other work of Dr. Virginia Apgar. The site was created and maintained by Doctors Henry and Eric...
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Soylent Communications

Elizabeth Blackwell, m.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life and accomplishments of Elizabeth Blackwell, educated at Geneva Medical College and the first woman doctor in the U.S.
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National Archives of Australia: Documenting a Democracy

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent site for primary source materials on the history of Australia. From the Australian government's National Archives.
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NASA

Nasa: Re Living the Wright Way

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the many inventions credited to Orville and Wilbur Wright! Lesson plans, activities, simulations, individual biographies, and links to related sites are all included in this expansive site from NASA.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: James F. Cooper

For Students 9th - 10th
This excerpt from Carl Van Doren's The American Novel (1921) provides a biography of James Fenimore Cooper. Includes interesting details about Cooper's "accidental" introduction to writing. Summarizes his major works and describes his...
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The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: The Case Files: Early History of Computing

For Students 9th - 10th
Computers are ubiquitous today. Step back in time and meet some of the early inventors of precursors to computers, and of the first computers.
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University of Calgary

European Voyages of Exploration: 15th & 16th Centuries

For Students 9th - 10th
This award-winning website from the University of Calgary's History Department is both impressive and extensive. It focuses on Portuguese and Spanish expeditions of the 15th and 16th centuries (the sitemap provides a good outline of...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: The Black Wings Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This online story tells of how African Americans overcame enormous obstacles to break into aviation. Besides tracing the story there are primary sources, classroom activities, and teaching resources are included.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: As Precious as Gold

For Students 9th - 10th
"As Precious as Gold," is an online exhibit from the National Postal Museum which explores the rich history of the Alaskan/Klondike gold rushes. Find stories on extraordinary women, the trails, the Palm Sunday avalanche, the U.S. Postal...
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Glenbow Museum

Glenbow Museum: Mavericks: An Incorrigible History of Alberta

For Students 9th - 10th
The Glenbow Museum presents the stories of almost 40 different mavericks who shaped the history of Alberta. The website breaks down the province's history into the following nine areas: Uninvited Guests, Mounties, Railway, Ranching,...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Mary Ann Adams Maverick

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Mary Maverick, who lived along the Texas frontier after the Texas Revolution. Her diaries of her life as a frontier woman provide firsthand accounts of historic events from that time.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Succession

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Take a look at primary and secondary ecological succession and explore climax communities.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Moving West

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Postal Museum provides an intimate look at how America's postal service expanded to meet the needs of westward-moving settlers during the nineteenth century. Content includes a selection of letters written at the time, a...
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NASA

Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Photo Gallery: Venus

For Students 9th - 10th
Photos of Venus' surface and cloud tops. Includes 3-D surface views. Thumbnail images load quickly and link to larger files for more detail.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Milestones of Flight

For Students 9th - 10th
This Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum site tells the history of fight with an easy to use timeline. Also, find out about specific flights in the list of links.
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An Exploration of Historic Prejudice: The Chinese

For Students 9th - 10th
The Chinese began coming to British Columbia in the mid-1800's. They suffered terrible abuse during their voyages to get there and much discrimination afterwards, often forced to work in dangerous conditions. Many of them sought gold...
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A Web of Understanding: Sikhs

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is part of a 2001 display on prejudice created by the museum. Here you can read original documents and letters that highlight racial prejudice faced by Sikh immigrants in British Columbia in the Victorian era.
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Edward Teller, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of Edward Teller teaches us about his early life which began in Budapest, Hungary, his interest in physics and his subsequent contributions in the development of the atomic bomb.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Colonization of Utah

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a detailed discussion of the colonization of Utah.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Salt Lake City

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a discussion of the history of Salt Lake City, from its Mormon past through its changes through time.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1930

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can learn about Lars Olof Nathan (Jonathan) Soderblom (1866-1931 CE), the 1930 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech,"...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Air and Space Museum: Black Wings

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource to celebrate early black American aviators. Students will find thrilling tales of true courage concerning black Americans and the "Quest for Equal Opportunity."
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Space Probes to Venus

For Students 3rd - 8th
A brief discussion of the space probes that have reached the planet Venus.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Whose Land Is This? Webisode 8

For Students 9th - 10th
From Joy Hakim's marvelous set of books, A History of US, this webisode offers narrative, pictures, and teaching guides for the settling of the West after the Civil War.

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