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University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Womanhood"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes encouraging students to become more aware of the role of women in society, and promoting appreciation for the contributions of women.
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University of Illinois Extension: Character Ed "Not What It Seems"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes enhancing students understanding of metaphors, creative writing, and using life experiences to create poems and writing pieces.
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University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "What If?"
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson includes promoting student interest in history and helping students understand how the past influences the present.
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University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Feelings"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This activity focuses on a student's feelings in providing them with a sense of self-discovery and understanding of their value. Good resource.
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University of Illinois Extension: Character Education: My Name Is Me
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. The purpose of this activity is to build students' awareness and appreciation of who they are through enhancement of their skills. Good resource.
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University of Illinois Extension: Forever Friends: Traveling to Asia
Take a virtual trip to several countries in Asia, guided by knowledgeable young people who will help you understand the culture and special allures of each country. Short videos are included. A map and activities relating to the...
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University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Clouds and Moisture: Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail
Animated resource teaches young researchers about the different forms of precipitation.
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University of Illinois Extension: Great Plant Escape: Flower Parts
Peruse this colorful site and discover the various part of a flower.
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University of Illinois Extension: Knowing Your World: Acid Precipitation
A brief article defining "acid precipitation," followed by directions for a hands-on demonstration which "show[s] the direct effect of acid water on plant growth."
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion: Collections
The Krannert Art Museum provides a great collection of artwork from all over the world. Click on "collections" to access images of African, Egyptian, America-Pre-Columbian, USA, Ancient Gandhara, China, India, Japan, Thailand, Greece,...
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University of Illinois: Academics @ Aces: Careers in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Find out about a handful of occupations in the field of environmental sciences or natural resources.
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University of Illinois: Mste: The Binary Calculator Applet
The binary number system is used to represent data in digital form. This site provides a binary calculator that will convert between binary, octal, decimal and hexadecimal, perform simple addition and subtraction, and do compliment and...
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University of Illinois: Mste: Block Perimeter Applet
The interactive applet explores perimeter. Students count the number of free edges to determine the perimeter of boxes.
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University of Illinois: The Grammar Handbook: Adverbs
A resourceful and professional look at adverbs. Provides definitions, examples, and additional information concerning the three classes of adverbs: simple, interrogative, and conjunctive. A great resource from the Writing Center at the...
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Relative Humidity
Describes what relative humidity is, shows how it is calculated, and how it is related to evaporation and condensation.
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University of Illinois Extension: Schools Online: Knowing Your World: Natural Resources
This brief article emphasizing the importance of renewable and non-renewable resources urges readers to appreciate and not waste the earth's natural resources. Following the article, there is an activity, a "Mineral Search," through...
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University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Seasons and Temperature: Greenhouse Effect
Animated resource helps young researchers understand what global warming and the greenhouse effect mean.
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University of Illinois: Illinois State Water Survey: Nitrogen Cycle: Human Impact on the Nitrogen Cycle
An overview of the impact of human activities on the environment and how those actions effect the nitrogen cycle.
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: About Antarctica: Plate Tectonics
Explanation of why Antarctica has fossils of ferns, amphibians, and reptiles. Gondwanaland is discussed and shown in an interactive map.
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University of Illinois: Illinois Natural History Survey: The Tallgrass Prairie
This site from the Illinois Natural History Survey provides a large list of grassland plants of the Illinois Tallgrass Prairie - some 851 species. You can find out the common name, scientific name, habitat, flowering period, fruits, and...
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University of Illinois: Illinois Natural History Survey: Biospeleology: Cave Life
From cave critters to cave research. Lots of photos and examples of cave biology-- biospeleology. Links to other cave sites.
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University of Illinois Extension: Credit Rating Basics
This site describes how credit ratings are figured and how they are important. It puts particular emphasis on married women and their need to obtain their own credit.
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University of Illinois: Chi Square
A lesson giving problems that explains how to use chi-square statistics. Lesson includes several key problems that ensure student's understanding of statistical terms.
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University of Illinois: Math, Science & Tech Ed: Can the Geometric Mean Be Nice?
This resource details the geometric mean, giving workable examples for the reader to attempt.