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Unit Plan
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Galileo Project: The Galileo Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Rice University offers an impressive online project about Galileo Galilei, his life and work. Includes a glossary of terms, a timeline, maps, pictures, primary texts, family letters, and sketches.
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Interactive
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Rice University: Med Myst: Medical Mysteries on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Two problem-solving detective games, each with its own series of missions, involve players in microbiological investigations into the causes and spread of diseases. Concepts covered include disease pathology, Koch's principles, immune...
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Interactive
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Rice University: Web Adventures: Medmyst: Reloaded: Animal Alert

For Students 6th - 8th
In this online adventure game, players learn about a mysterious disease that is affecting people in a distant tropical region. Players can choose to role-play as an epidemiologist, microbiologist, or veterinarian to solve infectious...
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Interactive
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Rice University: Web Adventures: Reconstructors: Nothing to Rave About

For Students 9th - 10th
Online adventure game consisting of three consecutive episodes where you become a member of a team of scientists who investigate pain relieving drugs to see if they are safe. These virtual experiments cover concepts such as history of...
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Interactive
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Rice University: Web Adventures: Reconstructors: A Plaguing Problem

For Students 6th - 8th
Online adventure game consisting of five consecutive episodes where you become a member of a team of scientists who investigate pain relieving drugs to see if they are safe. Episodes should be played in order; however, they can be...
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Professional Doc
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Rice University: Web Adventures: Med Myst: Orientation at o.r.b

For Students 6th - 8th
In this online learning adventure game, students get an introduction to infectious diseases, pathogens and the immune system. They will conduct field and laboratory investigations to solve the problem they are given, while playing the...
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Interactive
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Rice University: Web Adventures: Med Myst: Peril in Prokaryon

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the second in a series of five missions in the MedMyst series adventure games. Students will conduct field and laboratory investigations to solve the problem they are given, while playing the role of detective, scientist, and...
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Rice University: Web Adventures: Medmyst: Nemesis in Neuropolis

For Students 6th - 8th
In this online learning adventure game, students will play the role of scientist, historian, and detective. By solving the problem presented in this smallpox case, they will learn how infectious diseases are spread, how the smallpox...
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Interactive
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Rice University: Web Adventures: Medmyst: Malady in Mabuufo

For Students 6th - 8th
This is the fourth in a series of five missions that deal with how infectious diseases are spread. In this interactive adventure game, students are part of a team of investigators conducting field and laboratory investigations to learn...
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Rice University: Web Adventures: Med Myst: Zero Hour Zoonoses

For Students 6th - 8th
This is the last in a series of five missions that deal with how infectious diseases are spread. In this interactive adventure game, students are part of a team of investigators conducting field and laboratory investigations to learn...
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Interactive
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Rice University: Web Adventures: N Squad: Alcohol in the Body

For Students 6th - 8th
Online interactive game consists of three consecutive episodes. The storyline addresses three different body systems and their functions while teaching about alcohol's interaction with each of them, misconceptions about alcohol, medical...
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Primary
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Community in History

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The citizens of Indpendence Heights near Houston, Texas were the subjects of this NEH-funded community history project, which is designed for students to gain a holistic sense of the role of history in understanding the world around...
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eBook
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Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook

For Students 9th - 10th
Many people cringe at the idea of studying statistics, but it doesn't have to be impossible! David M. Lane, Associate Professor of Psychology, Statistics, and Management at Rice University, offers a large collection of resources for the...
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Handout
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Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Trend Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A series of pages that help us understand testing one or more components of a trend using specific comparisons, a set of coefficients, error analysis of variance and the probability value.
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Handout
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Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Four Basic Statistics Variables

For Students 9th - 10th
The basic definitions of four statistics variables - quantitative, qualitative, dependent and independent - are provided here.
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Website
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James A. Baker Iii Institute for Public Policy:honorary Chair James A. Baker Iii

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of James A. Baker, III, with links to speeches and interviews, and to think tank reports on political and world issues.
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Handout
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Rice University: Loan Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An exhaustive and comprehensive resource on the definition, process, and uses of "loan words" in English. Includes several examples of words grouped by subject and language of origin. Excellent site.
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Activity
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Rice: Design Patterns for Parsing

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the design patterns that are common in software engineering.
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Handout
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Teach Java 2005

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of documents and software resources for the Java program developer.
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Interactive
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Rice University: Web Adventures: Csi: The Experience

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on the CSI television show, this series of four role-playing games helps students learn the scientific method and try their hand at solving crimes. Discover if you have what it takes to be a forensic scientist.
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Rice University: N Squad: Alcohol and Body Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
Three problem-solving detective games involve players in investigations of the effect of alcohol on the body's digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems.
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Website
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Rice University: Papers of Jefferson Davis

For Students 9th - 10th
Website presents a large collection of materials and documents from or about Jefferson Davis. Rice University has produced this site that provides many of his private letters and public speeches. Of particular interest is the chronology...
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Rice University: Web Adventures: Med Myst: Reloaded: Disease Defenders

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this online adventure game, become part of a team of experts investigating an infectious disease outbreak. Learn about the science of infectious disease and the medical careers of real scientists such as an epidemiologist,...
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Activity
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Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Rectangle Pattern Challenges

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students use rectangles to explore patterns. Once they understand the concept, students can create their own patterns for others to explore.