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Pbs Nova: Secrets of the Parthenon: Scenes From a Marble Quarry
Learn about the tools and technologies that Greek stonemasons used to cut and shape blocks of marble destined for the Parthenon. Also learn about how the stone was transported to the building site and set into place.
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Try Nano: Applications: Applications of Nanotechnology
Article discusses promising applications of nanotechnology to computing and processing technologies and to the consumer goods, materials and manufacturing, energy, and transportation industries.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northeast China, 1971
"Northeast China - the provinces of Heilungkiang, Kirin, and Liaoning - is the most important region of the country and a nationally significant and still-developing center of agricultural production. Most of the Northeast remained...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1872
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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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South China, 1971
"South China comprises the drainage basins of the middle and lower Yangtze River, the basin of the His Chiang (West River) in Kwangtung and Kwangsi; and the mountainous coastal provinces of Fukien and Chekiang. The division between the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North German Waterways, 1916
A map showing the canals and navigable rivers of north Germany in 1916. This map illustrates the importance of water transport to the major inland German cities of Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Breslau, Dresden, Dusseldorf, and Cologne.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Products of India (I), 1912
A map from 1912 of India, showing the major agricultural production regions for millets and pulses (grain crops), cotton, coffee, opium and tobacco. The map shows major cities, rivers, and terrain that effect cultivation and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ireland Communications, 1920
A map of Ireland in 1920 showing primary and secondary railway routes with the line names, transportation canals, and steamship routes with distances between ports shown in nautical miles. The map shows major cities, ports, rivers, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: North America, 1903
A map from 1903 of North America. The focus of this map is the Dominions of Canada, showing the transportation network in from Montreal east to Quebec and Nova Scotia, and west to Vancouver, British Columbia. The map shows the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Norfolk, 1903
A map of the English county of Norfolk showing cities and the transportation network.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Northumberland, 1903
A map of the English county of Northumberland from 1903, which was once the Kingdom of Northumberland or Northumbria. This map shows cities, mountains, rivers, and the transportation network.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Silas Talbot
Silas Talbot (11 January 1751 - 30 June 1813) was an officer in the Continental Army and in the Continental Navy. Talbot is most famous for commanding the USS Constitution from 1798 to 1801. Talbot was born in Dighton, Massachusetts. He...
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Faa: Education
Are you looking to explore the world of aviation? The FAA has created an educational resource page with aviation curriculum and career guides. Lots of great activities!
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Railroads, 1898
Railroads in the contiguous 48 states as of 1898.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Railroad Lines, 1850 1860
Railroad lines in actual operation in October of 1860.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Early Highways, 1840
Notable battles and districts connected with famous authors and their books: Early highways expanding westward.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Navigable Rivers, 1820
Navigable rivers in the United States in about 1820.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Means of Transit, March 4, 1861
Means of transit in the eastern United States in 1861.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Rail Routes in the West, 1906
Rail routes competing with the future isthmian canal (1906).
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States Railroads, 1901
A map from 1901 showing the railroad network in the United States at the time.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Railroads in United States, 1910
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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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Chariot Wheel
A wheel from an Ancient Egyptian chariot.