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University of California, Berkeley: Boston News Letter May 15, 1704
The front page of "The Boston News-Letter," the first newspaper in the English colonies.
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Ucmp: Introduction to Trilobita
One of the most famous fossil organisms, trilobites were once a complex group. Learn to tell them apart in this illustrated article that tells how they lived, their body structure, there place in evolution, and the like.
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University of California: History of Nubia
This site from the University of California at Santa Barbara provides a concise history of Nubia from the Neolithic period to the present.
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Uc Irvine: Egyptian Fractions
An introduction to the way the ancient Egyptians wrote fractions, along with a more sophisticated look at the process of converting modern fractions to Egyptian form. Contains a very informative and interesting group of related links,...
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Polar Bear Capital of the World
Churchill, Canada is known for its polar bear population before the bay freezes. Find out all about this incredible visitation every year. Read polar bear facts, lore, rules of bear safety, and wildlife management applied to polar bears.
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Ucla: Leonhard Euler
This University of California site contains a biography of Leonhard Euler.
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U. Of California Berkeley: Can You Read a Quake?
Eight seismograms and instructions are provided to assist in the learning of how to locate the epicenter of an earthquake.
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Ucmp: A History of Evolutionary Thought
Museum site note on the history of evolutionary thought and includes scientists and thinkers who have contributed to our understanding of life on Earth. Links are provided for da Vinci, Linneaues, Erasmus Darwin, and others.
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Center for Science Education: Gallery
A gallery of astronomy images which depict galaxies, comets, the moon, planets, nebulae, supernovae as seen in various regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Each image in the gallery is described. Fascinating!
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Ucmp: Welcome to the Dinobuzz
Site details with the current topics concerning dinosaurs. Site covers dinosaur speeds, dinosaur extinction, warm-blooded dinosaurs and more.
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U of Ca, Davis: Graphing Functions Using Derivatives
Learn about the graphing of functions through useage of the first and second derivatives.
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University of California, Davis:trig Derivatives
Use this site from the University of California, Davis to practice taking derivatives of trigonometric functions. The site begins with a list of the derivatives of each of the trig functions and then offers related problems with solutions.
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Ucmp: More on Morphology
A concise site that describes the four basic features that all chordates share.
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University of California, Davis: Well Known Canadians: Authors
List of writers from Canada, with brief biographical facts, photographs, works, and awards.
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Ucsd: Hypatia
A very brief biography of Hypatia (370-415 BCE) is given, along with an image of the famous mathematician and philosopher.
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Uc Berkeley: At Home Astronomy: The Size and Distance of Planets
In this activity, "You will investigate the concepts of relative size and distance by creating a basic model of our solar system." Planet printouts are provided and this site contains related links.
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Uc Davis: Differentiation Using the Product Rule
This site from the University of California, Davis offers the formula for finding the derivative of a product (the product rule) and then provides problems that have detailed answers as links.
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Ucla: Drawing Lewis Structures
A step-by-step explanation on how to draw Lewis structures. An example problem is worked through to accompany the steps. There is also a list of the exceptions and a short explanation of resonance.
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Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: South America [Pdf]
View a digital image of a colored shaded relief map of South America.
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Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: Eurasia [Pdf]
View a digital image of a colored shaded relief map of Eurasia.
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Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: Australia [Pdf]
View a digital image of a colored shaded relief map of Australia.
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Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: Antarctica [Pdf]
View a digital image of a colored shaded relief map of Antarctica.
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Earthguide: Maps: Shaded Relief: Europe [Pdf]
View a digital image of a colored shaded relief map of Europe.
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Roho: 1990 1992 Early 1990s Recession
A brief description of the recession at the end of George H.W. Bush's presidency, its causes, and results.