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Michigan State University: Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology: Microbe Zoo: Poo Corner

For Students 9th - 10th
A light-hearted and informative section about the role of microorganisms in decomposing human waste. It has a colorful, clickable graphic aiding in navigation of the site. Fun and informative.
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Activity
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology: Microbe Zoo

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the "many worlds of hidden microbes" in different areas of the Microbe Zoo: DirtLand, Animal Pavilion, Snack Bar, Space Adventure, and WaterWorld. A fun and informative resource that sheds light on the role of microbes in our...
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Michigan State University: Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology: Microbe Zoo: Ag Acres

For Students 3rd - 8th
A simple overview of the important roles microbes play in agriculture. You'll learn how some microbes can be hazardous to plants while others help fertilize and build soil, and kill insects.
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Primary
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Michigan State University: Letter From Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This site will let you hear from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in his own words in a letter written from a Birmingham jail cell in April of 1963. In this letter, Dr. King defends himself against accusations that he is an "outsider" and...
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Michigan State University: Isomers

For Students 9th - 10th
This in depth article on isomers has sections that range from basic information to stereoisomers. A section with diagrams is also included.
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Primary
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Michigan State University: Port Huron Statement: Students for a Democratic Society

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of the Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society, 1962.
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Article
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Michigan State University: American Revolution: Supply Problems Plague Continental Army

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the Continental Army's struggles with supply shortages throughout the Revolutionary War. Explains the reasons for the shortages, and includes some of George Washington's correspondence from the period.
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Article
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Michigan State University: American Revolution: Rediscovering Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on colonial attitudes toward Britain and their own political and cultural identity.
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Article
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Michigan State University: American Revolution: American Revolution as a Constitutional Controversy

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center provides an essay on the issue, circumstances and explanations for the growing radicalism of the Colonists in the years leading up to the constitution.
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Article
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Michigan State University: American Revolution: The Wars of the American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay contends that the American Revolution was not just one war, but several. Mr. Carp from Pacific Lutheran University supports his ideas in a very clear manner.
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Article
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Michigan State University: American Revolution: The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
In a nutshell, you can find out the problems the new nation had under the Articles of Confederation and the process resulted in a new constitution.
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Article
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Michigan State University: America Revolution: The First Rhode Island Regiment

For Students 9th - 10th
Information not only about the First Rhode Island Regiment, a group made up almost entirely of freed slaves, but also a look at the change in the attitude of enlisting African Americans into the Continental Army as the Revolutionary War...
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Website
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Michigan State University: Condensed Matter Physics/cluster Science Collaboration

For Students 9th - 10th
Molecular dynamics simulations are performed on aggregates or groups of atoms. A large number of movies of these computer simulations are contained in this website.
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Website
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Michigan State University: Cluster Science Collaboration: The Nanotube Site

For Students 9th - 10th
Very complete information on carbon nanotubes, a type of fullerene. Several videos and movies give excellent background on the subject.
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Website
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Michigan State University: Cluster Science Collaboration: Use of Carbon Nanotubes in Space

For Students 9th - 10th
A very complete overview of research into carbon nanotubes and a description of what they are, how to make them, and their potential uses.
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Website
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Michigan State University: Earliest Voices: Samuel Gompers

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage offers a 1917 historic voice recording of labor leader Samuel Gompers on changes that were taking place in the labor movement as a result of World War I. A biography and downloadable images included.
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Website
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Michigan State University: Biometrics Research

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a site on the use of biometrics in personal identification. Includes a summary of some of the many types of biometric methods under development.
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Website
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Michigan State University: The Julian Samora Research Institute

For Students 9th - 10th
The Julian Samora Research Institute was established in honor of Julian Samora, a leading Mexican-American sociologist. Its mandate is to promote academic research and to disseminate its findings to the public, the government, academia,...
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Detroit Institute of Arts: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
The Detroit Institute of Arts is the fifth-largest fine arts museum in the United States, with over 60,000 works. Individual artworks may be viewed in "Collections". Areas include Asian art, African, Oceanic, and New World art, ancient...
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Other

Upper Eastern Peninsula Intermediate School District: Unit 2: Where Am I?

For Students K
This unit plan from the Upper Eastern Peninsula Intermediate School District provides focus questions, content expectations, and resources to support social studies units. During Unit 2, students will learn about their "local" and...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1821

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States and territories in 1821 after the Missouri Compromise, showing the Free States and territories, the Slave States and territories, and the transitional territories at the time. The map is color-coded to show the...
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Graphic
Curated OER

The u.s. At the Close of the Revolution, Showing Land Claims of States, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of the United States at the close of the American Revolution showing the western land claims extending to the Mississippi River by the individual states after the Treaty of 1783 with Britain. The map shows the frontiers with the...
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Lesson Plan
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: Ellis Island Unit

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Ellis Island Unit focuses on immigration, ethnicity, and cultural backgrounds. It will provide students opportunity to explore their individual heritage through primary and secondary research techniques and share the results of their...
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Lesson Plan
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Michigan State University: Lets Net: Dinosaurs and Us Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The focus of this lesson unit is on adaptation - how dinosaurs adapted to their habitat in order to survive. Learners will explore online dinosaur exhibits and record information they find. This leads to a discussion of adaptation and...

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