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University of Illinois: From Alchemy to Chemistry: Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
This resource provides information on the periodic table constructed by Dmitri Mendeleev.
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University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: What Causes the Season?
Explore what causes the change of seasons on the Earth.
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University of Illinois Extension: Plant Parts: Stems
Resource contains very brief information on the stems of a plant. The information is set up in a very easy to understand format. Great for younger ages.
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University of Illinois: "I Love This Game"
Resource on statistics has a link to ESPN's women's and men's basketball webpages. Students retrieve stats from these pages and practice figuring the median and mode. There are discussion questions included.
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University of Illinois: Ncaa Basketball Finals Bar Graphs
Site from University of Illinois contains a lesson plan that utilizes the NCAA Basketball Final Scores from 1939-1994. Students are instructed to analyze and interpret data displayed in bar graphs.
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University of Illinois Extension: In Search of Green Life
A very simple introduction to the various types of growth and reproductive styles of common plants.
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University of Illinois Extension: Great Plant Escape: Plant Parts: Roots
Site provides a brief explanation of how roots help support a plant.
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University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape: What Are the Parts of Plants?
Activity where the correct labels must be matched to the different parts of a flowering plant.
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University of Illinois Extension: Nibbles: Teaching Children About the Five Senses
Some activities to help young children learn about their five senses.
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University of Illinois Extension: Schools Online:knowing Your World: Water Rich Water Poor
"Water Rich Water Poor" emphasizes the importance of water conservation and provides suggestions for conserving water.
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University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Carl Sandburg
Designed as an online companion to the "Anthology of Modern American Poetry," this website focuses on specific areas of Sandburg's life: "Sandburg on Race," "Radical Sandburg," "Sandburg on WWI," and "Sandburg's Journalism." Also...
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University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Sandra Cisneros' Career
This essay offers a look at Cisneros' career and impact on American literature.
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University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: "Letter From Spain"
This site from Modern American Poetry provides a review of the famous poem by Langston Hughes. The information that is provided is somewhat brief, but factual, and worth checking out.
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Torus Math: Spherical Geometry Demo
A java applet on this site illustrates the principles or spherical geometry.
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University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: Yusef Komunyakaa
This is a link to two interviews of Komunyakaa: on poetry and on the heritage of jazz for African American poets. There is a commentary on "Tu Do Street". There are several links to other Komunyakaa sites.
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University of Illinois: The Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois: Formation of Prairies
A brief description of the tallgrass prairies of Illinois and how they formed.
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University of Illinois Extension: Energy and Ecosystems Use Some Lose Some
Life on Earth is possible because energy flows one way through ecosystems, while matter cycles endlessly. Water and elements, such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulfur are examples of matter that cycles through ecosystems.
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University of Illinois: Bar Graphs
Two bar graph examples are shown and explained at this website. You can learn what kind of data is best represented using a bar graph.
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University of Illinois: Modern Poetry: Gwendolyn Brooks on We Real Cool
This site offers an review of the poem WE REAL COOL, by seven different people.