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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Maya Lin's Memorial
Find out about Maya Lin, and how it came to be that she desigend the Vietnam War Memorial Wall in Washington, DC.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Superconductors
Find out about the event and societal needs lead to the invention of superconductors.
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University of Houston: Science Lessons: Simple Machines Learning Site
Provides definitions of all 6 simple machines with examples and student drawing of them. Interactive "simple machines quiz" at the end.
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University of Houston: Mathematics Lessons: Counting on Coins
This lesson plan for coin identification is aimed at Kindergarten and First Grade. Lots of activities, suggestions and other resources are also available.
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University of Houston: Scholarly Journals Distributed via the World Wide Web
View an index of free online articles and journals which can be accessed without user registration at a website.
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University of Houston: Measurement Teacher Activities: Capacity Lessons
This lesson plan offers opportunities for students to gain experience working with cups, pints, quarts and gallons. It also provides many resources to use with students.
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University of Houston: Measurement Teacher Activities: Length Lessons
This lesson plan offers an opportunity for students to learn to measure length by fractions of an inch, inches, feet, yards and also change one unit of length to another.
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University of Houston: The Journalist's Desk
This site includes eleven brief newspaper stories. Students must identify the main idea of each short news story.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1252: Interchangeable Parts
A fun-to-read article on the history of interchangeable parts. Find out that Eli Whitney was not the first to have this manufacturing idea, but he capitalized on it. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Nevil Shute
Read this transcript or listen to the broadcast of a radio program about the books and characters created by Nevil Shute, who called himself "an engineer who wrote books."
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Count Rumford
A transcript, from a syndicated radio broadcast, that discusses the life and scientific accomplishments of Count Rumford. An anecdotal account of Rumford's contribution to our understanding of heat. Contains a good deal of biographical...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Rudolf Diesel
An interesting account of Rudolf Diesel and his invention of the diesel engine. The text is the actual transcript of a syndicated radio broadcast called "Engines of Ingenuity." Outstanding information on Diesel and his engine invention.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Hero(n) of Alexandria
Describes the life of Hero of Alexandria and discusses Hero's contribution to the development of the steam engine. Text is the actual radio transcript of a syndicated radio broadcast on invention and ingenuity.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Fulton's Submarine
Discusses the technological and political conditions which led to Robert Fulton's invention and development of the submarine. Includes some biographical information and some graphics of early submarine sketches. (Text is the actual radio...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Inventing the Riverboat
A discussion of Robert Fulton's and Henry Shreve's contribution to the evolution of the steamboat. Includes photos of early steamboats and some biographical information on Fulton. (Text is the actual radio transcript of a syndicated...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Big Diesel Engines
Traces the historical evolution of the diesel engine. Explains the distinction between gasoline engines and diesel engines. Discusses the uses of diesel engines. Interesting, anecdotal and well-written. (Text is the actual radio...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Franklin's Electricity
Some research puts Franklin's electrical work in the scientific and political context of his day. An interesting point of view, one not usually found in comments of Franklin and electrostatics. Done by a professor from University of...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 183: Robert Hooke
A brief look into the way Hooke fit into the scientific and intellectual community of his day. Contains references to other major thinkers, and to his own inventions.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Percy Julian
Brief profile of the life of African American chemist Percy Julian. Entry relates Julian's desire to achieve against the odds of early 20th century prejudice and discrimination.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 315: 1909 Sears Roebuck Catalog
An informative article on what Americans could have bought from the Sears-Roebuck catalog back in 1909. This is a transcript of an accompanying radio broadcast.
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University of Houston: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference
This comprehensive essay describing the history and effect of the SCLC is written by Cynthia P. Lewis of the King Center.
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University of Houston: What Is Romanticism?
Offers a definition of both Romanticism and Neoclassicism.
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 702: Trompe L'oeil
A short lecture on trompe l'oeil in art that introduces the concept of realism turned to visual deception in artwork. It explores the great divide in theory between Plato and Aristotle which serves as an epistemological backdrop to the...
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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 1758: Sinking the Bismarck
A new take on the sinking of the Bismarck. Due to finding the actual sunken ship, possible evidence was procured that may support the idea that the Bismarck was actually scuttled by the Germans. Regardless, the sinking of the Bismarck...