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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: New Orleans Churches

For Students 9th - 10th
This April, 2006, report explores the plight of many churches that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and their importance to the communities of New Orleans. Audio, video, and a transcript are available.
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Other

Programming Art: Photoshop Wood Texture Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial shows you how to make great wood textures for your 3D models and drawings using the tools Photoshop has to offer.
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Other

Amos Web: Pumping Up the Economic Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
What is economic growth? This site not only gives a definition, but also provides a great overview of various characteristics of how economies can grow. Discusses different types of resources, possible negative effects of growth, and...
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Other

Comforts of Home, a Site Dedicated to Flannery O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Containing "Links to biographical information about Flannery O'Connor, critical analysis of her work, and general praise of her abilities as a writer and as a human being," this site is well organized and easily navigated. What you find...
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Virginia Tech

Types of Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
After learning about and reviewing the types of chemical equations and rules for balancing, students can practice balancing equations on interactive quizzes.
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Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Archimedes' Buoyancy Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
Adjust the ratio of the masses of different particles to see how buoyancy is affected.
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Handout
Travel Document Systems

Tds: Uganda: Government

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of the current governmental officials and branches of government. You can also find out about the government's fight against the Lord's Resistance Army. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Resultants

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial that describes what a resultant is and how a resultant is determined.
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Other

Irsa: Immigration and Refugee Services of America

For Students 9th - 10th
The IRSA (Immigration and Refugee Services of America) offers help to immigrants and refugees in America take the steps necessary to become citizens and offers many other resources to help. You can link to news and updates on these...
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Council of Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations: Darfur's Peace Process

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives insight into and a review of the ongoing tragedy in Darfur and the attempts to solve it. You can click on "Related Materials" to get more information.
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Read Works

Read Works: Children of the Storm

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how children were affected by Hurricane Katrina. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.
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PBS

News Hour: Military Orders Added National Guard Presence

For Students 9th - 10th
Thousands of National Guard troops will be deployed to areas hit by Hurricane Katrina, as crime, evacuation, and chaos have hit the area as they recover from this catastrophe. Article is from September, 2005.
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Article
NBC

Msnbc: u.n. Body Rebukes u.s. Over Katrina Response

For Students 9th - 10th
The United Nations human rights panel chastised the United States for its poor response to Hurricane Katrina. It found that there was a disproportionate number of poor and African-Americans who were not protected by the United States...
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University of Maryland

Thinking Problems in Oscillations and Waves: Pendulum

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of thought-intensive, multichoice questions concerning pendulums and provided for by the University of Maryland. A downloadable software program on pendulums is also included.
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Handout
Other

Canada's Immigration Museum: Fun Facts: Pier 21

For Students 3rd - 8th
Did you know that one in five Canadians have a connection to Pier 21? This is just one of the nine interesting facts you will learn about this important part of the Canadian immigrant experience.
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Article
Michigan Technological University

Up Seis: What Are Earthquake Hazards?

For Students 9th - 10th
Earthquakes really pose little direct danger to a person. People can't be shaken to death by an earthquake. Some movies show scenes with the ground suddenly opening up and people falling into fiery pits, but this just doesn't happen in...
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PBS

News Hour: Coming Home to New Orleans

For Students 9th - 10th
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was criticized by many federal officials for what seemed to be an early reopening of New Orleans in September, 2005. However, as Tropical Storm Rita approached the Gulf Coast, Mayor Nagin reverses his decision...
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Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics: Describing Motion Distance & Displa [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of high-school level physics problems with an emphasis on kinematics where learners practice describing an object's motion.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Relative Motion on Elevator Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What would happen if you played with a yo-yo in a moving elevator? This simulated exercise lets users observe what happens from two perspectives, one being the person playing with the toy and the other being on the outside of a glass...
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Vectors Motion and Forces in Two Dimensions: Resultants

For Students 9th - 10th
This physics tutorial illustrates problems that show the vector sum of two or more vectors is the resultant.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Working of an Infrared Thermometer

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how an infrared thermometer works and what each of its parts does. A chart lists the different applications of infrared thermometers by the wavelength each emits.
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eBook
McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Companies: Origins of the Quantum Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
An indexing page for Chapter 27 (Origins of the Quantum Theory) of the companion web site for McGraw Hill's Contemporary College Physics textbook. Includes several worthy pages with chapter notes, simple definitions, online computer...
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US Department of State

U.s. Dept. Of State: Trafficking in Persons 2006 Report

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete report in which the practice of human trafficking is reviewed both here in this country and around the world. The report acknowledges that progress is being made in ending human slavery but that is still continues.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Vector Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Apply what you've learned about vectors to solve some word problems! Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

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