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Unit Plan
NC State University

Nc State University: Carolina Coastal Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Carolina coast with this innovative science site. You'll be asked to investigate issues concerning the fate of a resort threatened by coastal erosion, to judge whether or not it is worth the time and effort to save a...
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Handout
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Inventors & Inventions From the 1700s

For Students 3rd - 6th
Use this site to learn more about early inventors and inventions from the 18th century. This web page offers text and images on various inventors and their inventions. You can also access information about inventors and inventions from...
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Website
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Science World: International Date Line

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a good general definition of the International Date Line.
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Wind

For Students 3rd - 8th
Wind is air moving from a place that has higher pressure to one that has lower pressure. Sometimes wind is just a light breeze and other times it is strong enough to blow the roofs off buildings.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: National Geographic Survey

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] How much do you know about the world around us? Questions provided by National Geographic Survey. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/roper2006/findings.html
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Other

Wild About Gardening: Encyclopedia

For Students 9th - 10th
Get information on 575 different plant species using the WILD About Gardening Encyclopedia. Information is provided and can be searched under the following categories: Scientific Name,Common Name, Plant Type, Native Province, Zone,...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Railroads in United States, 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1910 of the United States showing the railway network and connecting steamship lines. This map distinguishes the transcontinental railroads and secondary lines, and shows the standardized time zones used in 1910. The clock...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Rhode Island, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1872 of Rhode Island, with map inserts of Providence, Newport, and Block Island. The map shows counties and county seats, principal cities, ports, and towns, railroads, terrain and coastal features, and rivers. Clock symbols...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Commercial Map of the United States, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A commercial map from 1872 of the United States showing the principal railroad and steamship routes in the region at the time. The map shows state boundaries and capitals, major cities and ports, submarine telegraph cables to Europe,...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: The Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland , 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland (Newfoundland and Labrador were not part of the Canadian Confederation until 1949), showing the provinces at the time, provincial capitals, major cities, towns, and settlements,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland (Newfoundland and Labrador were not part of the Canadian Confederation until 1949), showing the provinces at the time, provincial capitals, major cities, towns, and settlements,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: The Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of the Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland (Newfoundland and Labrador were not part of the Canadian Confederation until 1949), showing the provinces at the time, provincial capitals, major cities, towns, and settlements,...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: The Dominion of Canada and Newfoundland, 1902

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1902 of the Dominion of Canada, showing provinces, province capitals and major cities, railroads, canals, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. Symbols on the map indicate the head of navigable rivers (anchor...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Commercial Map: United States, Canada, Mexico, 1904

For Students 9th - 10th
North American commercial activities including: major agricultural crops (barley, corn, wheat, coffee, tobacco, et cetera) and secondary agricultural crops (oranges, lumber, wine); primary mining extraction (coal, gold, silver,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mexico, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1872 of Mexico, showing states and state capitals, major cities, towns, and ports, railroads, lakes and rivers, mountain systems, terrain, and coastal features. Steamship routes to major ports are shown, with distances marked...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South America, 1872

For Students 9th - 10th
Physical map of South America with map inserts of the Isthmus of Panama and principal products and sea ports of South America. Included are water currents and routes, railroads, select land elevations, time zones, as well as latitude and...
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Activity
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Our Story: All Aboard the Train!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Activities and resources, built around a reading of Jingle the Brass by Patricia Newman, for teaching young learners about the importance of railroads in American history.
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Handout
Alberta Online Encyclopedia

Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alex Decoteau Edukit: Students

For Students 9th - 10th
Through a timeline, photographs, history, biography page and game zone, students will enhance learning and understanding of the life and times of Alex Decoteau.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Can You Run as Fast as a Car?

For Students 5th - 8th
During the 100 meter dash in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Florence Griffth-Joyner was timed at 0.91 seconds for 10 meters. At that speed, could she pass a car traveling 15 miles per hour in a school zone?
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Etc: Maps Etc: Africa Before the Berlin Conference, 1882

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of Africa as it was known in 1882 before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the islands of Jamaica...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1922

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1922 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the islands of Jamaica...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Central America, 1909

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1909 of Central America showing political boundaries at the time, capitals and major cities, railroads, submarine telegraph cables, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, coastal features, banks or reefs, and the islands of Jamaica...

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