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World Health Organization: What Is Malaria?

For Students 9th - 10th
The World Health Organization provides some factual and statistical information regarding malaria. The article tells the causes, the four types of human malaria, symptoms, and up-to-date prevention and treatment methods.
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Paraguay: National Profile

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief but factual national profile of the South American country of Paraguay.
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American Battlefield Trust

American Battlefield Trust: Civil War Biography: Susie (Baker) King Taylor

For Students 6th - 8th
This is a PowerPoint resource that gives factual account of Susie King Taylor's life and involvement in the Civil War.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Monsters of the Deep

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation explains the uses and effects of an octopus's poison. The information that is presented is somewhat brief, but factual, and worth checking out on the subject.
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Other

Math Pages: Bernoulli Numbers and Harmonic Series

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Math Pages contains information explaining harmonic series. The information is very in-depth and mathematic, but good factual information is provided. A good overall site.
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Other

Mbari: Rhodophyta, Red Algae

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute defines red algae, habitat, orders and genera, and methods. The information that is presented is somewhat brief, but factual, and riddled with links to additional information.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Peace of Lodi

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Britannica Encyclopedia provides very brief but factual information on the peace of Lodi between Venice and Milan in 1454. Includes a link to a related person.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: The Holocaust Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Important dates and details of events of the Holocaust leading up to the establishment of the death camps and the Final Solution told in a factual timeline sequence.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Lo Que Necesitas Saber Sobre Las Drogas

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this article to understand the addiction process and factual information concerning various classes of drugs. The article contains links to similar sites as well. In Spanish.
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Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Vietnam War Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
Vietnam War factual timeline featuring important dates, famous people involved in the war, and significant events that provide the history of the Vietnam War (November 1, 1955 - April 30, 1975) and its repercussions in the United States.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Invention of the Week: Whitcomb Judson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology provides a brief but factual account of the role Whitcomb Judson played in the development of the zipper.
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US Department of Agriculture

Us Department of Agriculture: Sci4 Kids: Build a Mite Construction Site

For Students 3rd - 8th
This interesting site provides not only factual information about mites and but also fascinating electron microscope photos. You can also create your own 3-D box photo of a female mite.
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Arlington Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery Website: Abner Doubleday

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the privately owned site, The Arlington National Cemetery Website, contains factual information on Abner Doubleday, Major General, U.S. Army. Although he has a fascinating history, his claim to fame of inventing baseball...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: "Letter From Spain"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Modern American Poetry provides a review of the famous poem by Langston Hughes. The information that is provided is somewhat brief, but factual, and worth checking out.
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Luther Seminary

Bible Tutor: 1 Esdras

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Bible Tutor provides a very brief but factual background to the apocryphal book of 1 Esdras. Links are provided throughout this paragraph long entry for additional information on related subjects.
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Luther Seminary

Bible Tutor: 1 Maccabees

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Bible Tutor briefly discusses the contents of 1 Maccabees. The information is very short but factual and is worth checking out for a background on the subject.
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Luther Seminary

Bible Tutor: Psalm 151

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Bible tutor provides very brief but factual information on Psalm 151, the ancient Hebrew manuscript.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Lazzaro Spallanzani

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Science World provides very brief but factual information on the life of the Italian biologist, Lazzaro Spallanzani. A link is provided for information on John Needham.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Menaechmus (Ca. 380 Bc ?)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ScienceWorld provides brief but factual biographical information on the Greek mathematician Menaechmus. It contains a quote of his to one of his students when asked for a shortcut to geometry.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Gustav Kirchhoff

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ScienceWorld provides a short but factual biographical sketch of the German physicist, Gustav Kirchhoff and describes his most notable discoveries and contributions to the realm of science.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Structural Isomer

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ScienceWorld provides a brief but factual definition on a structural isomer. Includes a link for additional information, and the definition has a scientific style to it.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Alkyne

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ScienceWorld provides a very brief but factual description of alkynes, and describes the differences between alkynes and alkenes.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: Young, Thomas

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ScienceWorld provides a very short but factual biographical sketch of Thomas Young (1773-1829 CE) and describes his most notable scientific discoveries and contributions. Links are also provided throughout for additional...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Polypropylene

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, provides brief but factual information on the function of Polypropylene. A good site to get a short overview on the subject, with a few links to additional information.

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