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Poblacion De Costa Rica: Por Provincias Y Cantones

For Students 9th - 10th
This page lists the 7 provinces of Costa Rica and the major "cantones" (subdivisions) of each province, and give the population in 1998/99.
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Cientec: El Metodo Cientfico

For Students 3rd - 8th
A very nicely designed website that introduces the scientific method and, upon clicking on each process, provides more detailed information.
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Fractales en Su Aula

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson plans and activities available in Spanish dealing with fractals. Some are also available in English. Activities are step by step and easy to understand. Included topics are the Koch Snowflake, Sierpinski's triangle, and Pascal's...
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Cientec: Juegos Cooperativos

For Students 3rd - 8th
A small collection of 20 or so math brain teasers and word problems, in Spanish. Challenging for younger students -- they use math skills up to multiplication.
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Fundacion Cientec: Constelaciones Zodiacales

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides detailed history and star cluster location information for each zodiac constellation. Also includes links (mostly to Wikipedia pages) to additional information for keywords that appear in the articles.
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Trivia: 30 Preguntas! Ciencias

For Students 3rd - 8th
Thirty questions to test your knowledge of upper elementary / middle level science (in Spanish). Covers energy, health, physics, technology, biology, chemistry, history of science, and earth sciences. You can choose between a Flash or...
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Cientec: Pajaros De Costa Rica

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the phenomenon of bird migration.
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El Gato, Juego De Multiplicacion (Tic Tac Toe Times)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Directions, materials, and rules in Spanish of how to play " Tic Tac Toe Times." Taken from the book "Math Explorer: Games and Activities"
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Ecologia Y Matematica Entretejidas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Four lesson plans in Spanish for elementary math and science class. Students are required to classify animals and make observations. Offers explanations and detail of the lessons and methodology it is based in.
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Cientec: Tabla De Lluvias Mayores De Meteoros

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an annual calendar of meteors showers. It has an animation that shows the difference between meteors, meteorites and meteoroids.
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Cientec: Ano Nuevo Chino

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Chinese New Year and find out how to determine the date of a Chinese New Year.
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Modelos Matematicos Del Cosmos De Los Indigenas Mayas Precolombinos

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the Mathematical models used by the Mayan. You can see the traditional designs that Indians were using in their paintings and ceramic in the search for their calendars, their models of the cosmos and their mathematical...
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Cientec: Mujeres Premio Nobel

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the fourteen women from Europe, Africa, Australia, Middle East and United States who received Nobel Prizes in Science.
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Cientec: Maria Mitchell Sequidora De Eclipses

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Maria Mitchell who traveled more than 3,000 miles to follow the total eclipse of 1878.
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Cientec: Equinoccios Y Solsticios

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about equinoxes and solstices. You will also find a table with date and time of the future equinoxes and solstices in the coming years.
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Cientec: Mujer, Ciencia, Matematica E Ingenieria

For Students 9th - 10th
These are interview with women scientists and engineers. You will also find photo and a link to a video for each one.
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Cientec: Seres Que Nos Habitan

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is the relationship of our bodies with microbes and how we have evolved throughout history.
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Cientec: La Dama De La Lampara Florence Nightingale (1820 1910)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography of Florence Nightingale, the English leader in the reform of hospitals during the Victorian era.
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Cientec: El Sistema Solar

For Students 6th - 8th
Reinforce your knowledge about the solar system. Find out what does it take to be a planet, large empty spaces and the dwarf planet.
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Cientec: Somos Polvo De Estrellas

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the evolution of the stars, the elements of the solar system and the evolution of the Universe.
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Cientec: Eclipse Anular Total Anular

For Students 9th - 10th
What is an eclipse and why do they occur? How can we predict an eclipse and are the types of eclipses? You will find the answers to this question on this site.
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Handout
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Cientec: Las Mareas Y Su Relacion Con Fenomenos Astronomicos Y Meteorologicos

For Students 9th - 10th
On this site you can learn about the tides and their relationship with astronomical phenomena.
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Cientec: Que Son Las Leonidas?

For Students 9th - 10th
What are Leonids? Where do they come from? Read and learn about those meteor showers on this site.
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Cientec: Eclipses Anulares

For Students 9th - 10th
Here you will find a lot of information about eclipses. What are eclipses and what types? How do they occur? How can we predict an eclipse? These questions are answered on this site with illustrations.