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Galileo Project: The Medici Family
This site from the Rice University contains information about the Medici Family of Florence. Gained their wealth through banking and commerce - wealthiest family in Italy. Discusses family throughout the Italian Renaissance.
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Rice University: The Galileo Project: Giordano Bruno
This is a brief but helpful biography. It contains an extensive list of sources and a few links to key words.
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Northern Renaissance: Its in the Details
This website provides an outline that contains stylistic differences between Northern Renaissance painters and their Italian counterparts. Images are offered.
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Rice University: Galileo's Pendulum Experiments
This site from The Galileo Project of the Rice University provides a great look into the pendulum experimens of Galileo. Contains first-hand writings and examples of experiments along with links to additional information.
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Rice University: The Galileo Project
This site from The Galileo Project by Rice University provides an excellent center for studies on Galileo. Includes links and information on all major areas of interest, and this is a great site to check out on the subject.
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Rice University: Intro. To Heart Rate Monitors
This article, entitled "Intro. to Heart Rate Monitors," discusses how your heart rate is maintained by your body, and how heart rate monitors work.
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Galileo Project: Thomas Hobbes
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University presents Hobbes' life in an outline, giving easy access to the critical information. This is a great site to check out for information on the subject.
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Galileo Project: John Locke
At this site from the Galileo Project of Rice University, you can view factual information about Locke's life. Written in lists; easy to read. Includes categories such as nationality, education, religion, scientific disciplines, and...
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Galileo Project: Christopher Clavius
This site from The Galileo Project of the Rice University provides a biography of Clavius including an excerpt from his writings. A picture is provided in this article along with links to additional information.
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Galileo Project: Christopher Clavius
This site from the Galileo Project of the Rice University provides a biography of Christopher Clavius in list format. The information is medium in length and worth checking out for information on the subject.
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Galileo Project: Johann Bernoulli
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides a brief profile of Johann Bernoulli. The information is set up in a list format, covering topics such as: dates, father, nationality, education, religion, and scientific...
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Galileo Project: Tycho Brahe
This site from the Rice University contains information about his life, his father, eduction, religion, nationality, scientific discipline, means of support, patronage, technical involvement, scientific societies, and a bibloigraphy on...
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Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics: Sampling Distributions
This Java Applet lets you explore various aspects of sampling distributions.
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Galileo Project: The Telescope
This site from The Galileo Project of the Rice University provides an in depth history of the telescope and it's invention and growth over time. Too detailed for an Elementary student, but a great resource for an Elementary teacher.
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Galileo Project: The Ptolemaic System
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides this discourse on the Ptolemic System that attempted to explain the motion of heavenly bodies. Pictures, charts, and links are all provided for additional information.
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Galileo Project: Inquisition
The Galileo Project provides a broad overview of the Inquisition, a legal institution in the Catholic Church charged with the eradication of heresies.
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Galileo Project: Procedure of the Roman Inquisition
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides a medium length article describing the prosecution of the Roman Inquisition. The information is very interesting and worth checking out on the subject.
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Galileo Project: Evangelista Torricelli
The Galileo Project fact sheet profiles the life and work of Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), the Italian scientist and inventor.
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Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Polyominoes Fun With Dominoes
For students who have ever played dominoes and Tetris, polyominoes will strike them as a great deal of fun. Teachers will see the educational benefits of working with similar and congruent shapes and rotating them in a plane. Exploration...
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Galileo Project: Ole Christensen Roemer
Factsheet and chronology of Ole Christensen Roemer, who first measured the speed of light.
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Fraction Addition: Who Wants Pizza?
Who wants pizza? Even better, who wants to add fractions? This website gives colorful examples to guide the viewer through fraction addition problems.
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Galileo Project: Galileo's Biography
This engaging biography is complete with pictures to help illustrate the information they are giving. It deals with his early life, his devices, and his encounter with the inquisition.
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Rice University: The Heights Remembers: World War Ii
An oral history project done by Rice University and a middle school who recorded the memories of WWII that members of their neighborhood had.
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Independence Heights: Portrait of Historic Neighborhood
An oral history project recording the memories of long-time neighborhood residents of this black community near Houston, Texas.