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Visionlearning: Statistics: Using Mean, Median, and Standard Deviation
An introduction to recognizing trends and relationships in data through descriptive statistics.
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Visionlearning: Earth Science: Rocks and Minerals: Defining Minerals
Instructional module focusing on minerals. Discussion includes chemical composition, chemical structure, and the formation process. The site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links relating to the topic.
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Visionlearning: Cell Biology: Mitosis
Overview of mitosis and the cell structures that are critical to the process.
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Visionlearning: Atomic Theory and Structure: The Periodic Table
A description of the arrangement of elements on The Periodic Table based on electron configuration.
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Visionlearning: Atmosphere and Oceans: The Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen
An explanation of the Earth's atmosphere and how it has evolved over geologic time.
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Visionlearning: Exponential Equations in Science: Growth and Decay
Definition of exponential equations and an explanation of how they relate to science.
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Visionlearning: Linear Equations in Science: Relationships With Two Variables
An introduction to the history of linear equations and how they relate to science.
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Visionlearning: Scientific Communication: The How and Why of Scientific Meetings
Explanation of what a scientific meeting is and why they are an integral part of scientific research.
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Visionlearning: Evolutionary Biology: Origins of Life: Early Ideas
An explanation of how life came into existence from early beliefs, such as panspermia, to more recent ideas like abiogenesis.
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Visionlearning: Physical States and Properties: Diffusion
Information about how matter can moves from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration.
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Visionlearning: Culture of Science: Scientific Institutions and Societies
An explanation on the importance of institutions and professional societies which have led to a great deal of progress in science.
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Visionlearning: Data: Statistics in Science
An explanation of how statistics allows scientist to explore the degree of uncertainty that accompanies conclusions that are based on data collected during experimentation and research.
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Visionlearning: Earth Science: The Carbon Cycle: What Goes Around Comes Around
Instructional module focusing on the carbon cycle. Discussion includes the biological and geological components of how carbon moves through the atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and...
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Visionlearning: Mechanics: Gravity: Newtonian Relationships
Explanation of how astronomers and scientist developed the current theories of gravity.
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Visionlearning: Food Chemistry: Carbohydrates
Read about carbohydrates, which make up one of the three "Major classes of macronutrients that are essential to living organisms." In addition to defining several terms, including carbohydrate, simple sugars, complex carbohydrates,...
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Uniformitarianism and Recycling
This site explains the historical development of James Hutton's principle of uniformitarianism. It contrasts nonscientific explanations with Hutton's ideas.
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Visionlearning: Carbon Chemistry: An Introduction
A nice introduction to why carbon is the key to organic chemistry. Explains the role of valence electrons in the bonding of carbon and gives lots of "stick figures" models of simple hydrocarbons.
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Visionlearning: Biology: Charles Darwin I: The Origin of Species
Instructional module focusing on the early work of Charles Darwin. Discusses Darwin's key role in supporting and describing the theory of evolution as driven by natural selection. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links...
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Visionlearning: Biology: Adaptation: The Case of Penguins
Instructional module focusing on why species change over time through behavioral and physical adaptations. Discusses how environmental mechanisms influence adaptive evolution. Site also includes an interactive practice quiz and links...
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Visionlearning: Structure of Animal Cells
Interactive illustration displays the organelles of an animal cell and their functions.