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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Tornadoes
Great photos of actual tornadoes. This page gives you general information about tornadoes.
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Effects of Cloud Cover on Forecasting
This site explores the "factors to consider when forecasting day and nightime temperatures," and how cloud cover will effect these predictions.
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University of Illinois: Mc Kinley Health Center: Hydration Needs for Exercise [Pdf]
This is a simple, yet useful, resource for anyone wanting information on how to stay hydrated and healthy during exercise and every day. Provides "Hydration tips," and a comparison of water and sports drinks.
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chemistry Learning Center: Electrolysis of Water Using an Electrical Current
From the Chemistry Learning Center at the University of Illinois, this page explains the chemical changes occurring during a water electrolysis lab. Textual information is accompanied by photographs which clearly illustrate the changes.
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Learning Musical Elements Through Listening
This is a site created for teaching children the art of listening to music. Includes sections on the elements of music, composers, and genres with more under construction.
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Greek Mythology: The Story of Arachne and Athena
This resource presents the tragic story of Arachne--whose name has been lent to the taxonomy of spiders--and how she arrogantly challenged the goddess Athena to a tapestry-weaving contest.
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University of Illinois Extension: Food for Thought: Vegetable Group
Here, you can read up on the nutritional values of vegetables and on various ways to prepare vegetables to "Help your child enjoy," eating them. Also, get children eager to eat their vegetables by involving them in the kitchen and food...
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University of Illinois: Quadratic Formula
This site from the University of Illinois offers an excellent simulation of the quadratic formula, where you can type in different values for a, b, and c, and then view the change in the answer for x.
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Venn Diagrams
An introduction to Venn Diagrams and their use. Gives examples of diagrams exhibiting relationships between two sets.
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Hail and Rain
Find out how hail is produced. You will discover the relationship between hail and thunderstorms.
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University of Illinois: Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
This resource is the beginning of a series of pages that demonstrates the diffference between the mean and median of a group of numbers. Uses bar graphs to display the data.
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Technology Studies in Education: Using Cause/effect Transitions: Exercise 1 A
Three sets of sentences that students can combine by using transitions that show the cause and effect relationship between the sentences. Feedback about correct and incorrect combinations is provided after each set.
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University of Illinois: Mste: Flash Card Applet
In this activity, students solve addition or subtraction of one- and two-digit numbers as their progress is checked.
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University of Illinois: Technology Center of Du Page: Body Mass Index Tutorial
An online calculator using your height and weight to calculate your body mass index. The index also gives health risks based on body mass index number.
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University of Illinois: Mste: Is There a Standard for All This Deviation?
Site contains information on the statistical term standard deviation. It gives a definition and shows how to calculate it. It has a link to information on the absolute value of a deviation and how the topics are related.
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University of Illinois: Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
This page from the University of Illinois is the beginning of a series that demonstrates the difference between the mean and median of a group of numbers. The sites use bar graphs to display the data.
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University of Illinois: Statistics a La Mode
Site from the University of Illinois gives examples using stem and leaf plots to find the mode. It also provides practice examples for students to try. It gives the correct answers and provides a definition of the word mode and where it...
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University of Illinois: Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
Site from the University of Illinois contains a dice activity students can participate in. Once they have their data they are instructed to find the mode.
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University of Illinois: Let's Put the Mode to the Test
Site from the University of Illinois contains an example of finding the mode of a group of test scores. There are follow-up discussion questions.
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University of Illinois: Keep Off the Median
Resource contains a problem involving a group of test scores. Students are instructed to find the median or middle score. There links to other sites also listed on this one.
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University of Illinois: Home, Home on the Range
This site from the University of Illinois contains an introduction and definition of the term range. It has a link to the National Weather Service so students can practice finding the range using the available weather data.
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University of Illinois: Spreading It Thick
Resource contains the definition for variance. It also shows students how to calculate the variance. There is a link to a bar graph that displays variance for the data example.
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University of Illinois: A "Vary" Nice Picture
Site from the University of Illinois contains a graphical representation of variance. A follow-up question for the user and a link to standard deviation - a related statistical topic - are also provided.
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University of Illinois: A Short Lesson in Probability
This site from the University of Illinois gives a simulation and then asks questions about it.