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Pondering Poetry and Playing with Words
First-year High school scholars explore the world of poetry with an 11-lesson unit that examines a range of poetry forms and tries their hand at crafting their own poems. Young poets then collect their work in a portfolio that they...
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The Outsiders: Identity, the Individual, and the Group
S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders is the anchor text in a unit that asks readers to reflect on their own identity, their place in their family, in groups with which they identify, and in school.
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University of British Columbia: Mercator's Projection
The Mathematics of the Mercator Projection. Site provides an illustration of Gerardus Mercator's famous world map of 1569 and the formulas he used.
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Ubc Library: The Chung Collection
This is a fabulous collection of artifacts related to Chinese immigration to British Columbia. Although most of the artifacts are not online, there is a lengthy video interview with Dr. Wallace Chung, the collector, and detailed...
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Living Mathematics Project: The Flow of Vector Fields
This site provides an interactive graphic representation of the flow of vectors under different coordinates.
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Ubc: Completing a Purchase Requisition Form
This site gives instructions for completing a purchase requisition form in a real-life purchases system. You may also click on the underlined words "Purchase Requisition Form" to see an actual illustration of a purchase requisition form.
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University of British Columbia: Soil Components
Use this interactive website to learn everything you wanted to know about the four components of soil: minerals, organic, water, and air. Many links along the way assist with comprehension by allowing you to view photographs, charts, and...
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University of British Columbia: Single Slit Diffraction Pattern of Light
Explains single slit diffraction and models how to calculate different characteristics of the light waves.
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University of Bc: Digital Tatoo: Privacy and Surveillance: Online Presence
How can you take control of your digital identity? Learn about privacy in the cloud, managing your online profile, and digital dossiers. Resources include videos, quizzes, and ideas to discuss and explore.
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University of British Columbia: Guy of Warwick
Provided by the University of British Columbia, this is a collection of images and links related to Guy of Warwick used as supplemental material in a class about printing the Middle Ages. Contains many pictures of early texts depicting...
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University of British Columbia: Heron's Criterion
This site from the University of British Columbia describes and provides examples of Heron's Formula.
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Ubc Calculus: Linear Approximations
Good site on linear approximations. Examples and problems to aid the student in understanding the concepts
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Skeleton: The Joints
This is an extremely in depth look at the various different joints and their range of motion. Labeled diagrams are provided for each type. Illustrated quizes and x-rays can be accessed for each joint classification.
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Ubc: The Definite Integral
This site is a tutorial on the definite integral.
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Ubc: What Is Gis?
This is a university-level introduction to GIS. It provides a comprehensive outline of important topics in this field of study.
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University of British Columbia: Digital Tatoo: Academic Honesty
This video is a story about students who cheat in college. It looks at the many reasons why students commit academic dishonesty. [2:42] The module includes questions to think about and discuss and links for further research.
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University of British Columbia: Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
A geometric model that proves the Pythagorean Theorem in a step-by-step diagram that students can advance at their own pace. Requires Java.