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It Wouldn’t be Easter without Eggs – Tim Birkhead Explains it All…
When I started to write about birds’ eggs I wondered whether anyone had established which of the different shapes was most common. Obviously when we talk about something being egg shaped we are usually thinking of a hen’s egg, which is ‘oval’, but with ... |
Allied Occupation of Germany and Austria
Continental Europe emerged from German domination in 1945, shattered and transformed. After the German surrender, Great Britain, the United States, France, and the Soviet Union divided Germany and Austria into four occupation zones, each to be administered by one of the victorio... |
All pupils in Key Stage 2 are participating in the Accelerated Reading Programme. As part of Accelerated Reading students do reading quizzes.
What is Accelerated Reading?
AR is a computer program that helps teachers manage and monitor children’s independent reading practice. Your child picks a book at his/her own level... |
In a recent study conducted on a class of six students in the third grade, a group of four had given their students a “classifying triangle” worksheet. After receiving feedback from these four students, it was determined that one of them did not understand the purpose of the worksheets. However, when he received feedba... |
Section 1: The Plant Kingdom
Plants are virtually everywhere – on land, in the ocean, and in freshwater. They supply food for other living things and habitats for insects and animals. Plants have three distinct characteristics. First, they are multicellular, meaning they are made up of more than one cell. Secondly, the... |
Radioactive decay occurs when an unstable atomic nucleus emits particles or light waves.
Isotopes are atoms of the same element (thereby having the same number of protons) which differ in the number of neutrons in their nucleus. Some isotopes of a given element are more unstable than others, causing a nuclear reaction ... |
Jamestown was the first colony in America and it was the first glipse of what America would become U.S. history began with the first settlement in Jamestown because it was the first time people began to identify as American.At the most difficult times, the American people were motivated by their desire to create an ide... |
The Bacterial Chromosome and Plasmid
While eukaryotes have two or more chromosomes, prokaryotes such as bacteria possess a single chromosome composed of double‐stranded DNA in a loop. The DNA is located in the nucleoid of the cell and is not associated with protein. In Escherichia coli, the length of the chromosome, wh... |
By Maddie Pribanova, CEI Intern
When we think of discipline, we think of authority, control and rigid rules. To be disciplined is often associated with thoughts or even memories of punishment as a way to correct disobedience and reinforce acceptable behavior. However, discipline plays a fundamental role in establishing... |
What Are Linear Equations?
In mathematical terms, a linear equation is defined as any pattern of numbers that increases or decreases the same amount at every step. To define a linear equation, we need two; the point from where the pattern starts and the by the factor the pattern moves. Some of the properties that a lin... |
Equation of a Line Worksheets
What Can You Do with the Equation of a Line? Every line, dot, or curve that is drawn on the coordinate grid system has an equation. Even graphical diagrams as simple as a dot have equations and coordinates of their variables. The equation of a line can be beneficial in many aspects. The eq... |
Neuroplasticity, or brain plasticity, is the brain’s nervous system growing, changing, or reorganizing its neural networks in response to stimuli so that it can learn or experience. There are two main types of neuroplasticity: functional plasticity (the brain’s ability to relocate brain functions from damaged to undama... |
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- Long and Short Vowel Sounds
Long and Short Vowel Sounds Worksheets
Pay a glowing tribute to the world of vowels with our printable long and short vowel sounds worksheets for grade 1 and grade 2! When a vowel says its name like in "cake", it's called a long vowel. When it makes a short sound as in "za... |
To complete the objectives of this lesson, complete the following tasks:
- Review past lessons on adjectives.
- Study the lesson for mastery.
- Memorize the rules in bold print.
- Complete the lesson assessment.
53. Adjectives are not declined in the English language.
In Latin, we learn that adjectives are declined and... |
- The rule of law
- Individual liberty
- Mutual respect
- Tolerance to those with different faiths and beliefs
The ability to communicate is a vital skill and at Delabole Primary School we ensure that children are given a ‘voice’ to communicate; this may be using words, objects, pictures, eye pointing or body language ... |
For such a tiny planet, Mercury is a pretty big puzzle for researchers. NASA’s MESSENGER probe already has revealed that the planet is surprisingly rich in elements that easily evaporate from the surface, such as sulphur, chlorine, sodium and potassium. This is incredibly odd as these kind of substances most likely wou... |
Stepping Out is a Year 6-10 literacy resource that includes practical guidance for schools implementing whole school literacy approaches, and accessible, classroom-tested ideas and activities that primary and secondary learning for students of all abilities.
When students’ literacy skills improve, they process informat... |
What is a Muscle and How do they work?
For many of us, the main goal of working out is to build muscle. But what actually occurs for the size of your biceps or personal deadlift record to increase?
In this series, we are going to walk through the entire process starting with the basics - what is a muscle and how do the... |
In July 1942, the Germans began the mass deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto. By mid-September, more than 300,000 had been forcibly removed; most were murdered at the Treblinka death camp. In response to these deportations and to reports of mass murder in the east, some members of the ghetto’s Jewish underground... |
The most violent single event in the universe is the death of a massive star, a supernova. We have seen several different types, though the common element is a massive explosion, taking a star hiding amongst the background into an eruption that outshines it’s entire host galaxy. We have seen the brightness grow and fad... |
Climate Change is a multifaceted issue, which is due to the fact that there is no single consequence that takes precedence over the others. However, one undeniable consequence is the effect rising sea levels will have, thanks to rising temperatures and melting polar ice caps. Unfortunately, a new paper from Eric Rignot... |
Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, is a common disease that affects adults and children, and about 20% of the U.S. population, according to the National Institute of Health.
Occasional acid reflux (also known as GER or gastroesophageal reflux) is a very common problem where gastric contents flow back into the es... |
Hydrogen derived from water and exploited for its potentially huge energy payload is a substance of interest for those researching post-oil fuels and their uses. Some researchers and inventors conclude that hydrogen is the clean, green solution to humanity’s consistent need for power. The last few years alone have seen... |
Are you wishing for a secular US History program that covers Native Americans and Indigenous People? We’ve got you covered! This program was written to cover what other history programs don’t, in a kid friendly way. Your child will hear stories of people across North America, from Mexico to Canada and hop over and lear... |
What is the cornea?
The cornea is often described as the “window of the eye”, the cornea is a clear, round surface at the front of the eye. The cornea looks simple, but is actually a delicate piece of tissue made of complex layers and systems. It is also extremely important to healthy vision. The cornea, while resilien... |
Rocks and rain interact to absorb carbon dioxide through a process called rock weathering that also eventually delivers carbon dioxide to the ocean.
Here’s how rock weathering works: some of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere combines with water and falls to the surface of the earth in rain. The rain contains an acid... |
Let’s talk about poop. Every day, we ingest food. Whether it’s from your favorite taco truck or your own kitchen, we need to eat to survive. So, how does this meal transform into energy?
The enzymes of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) act as biological catalysts to aid in the breakdown of food until they are small enou... |
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- St. Jean de Brébeuf
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- Northeast Indian
Huron, also called Wyandot, Wyandotte, or Wendat, Iroquoian-speaking North American Indians who were living along the St. Lawrence River when contacted by F... |
Cutting skills take time for children to develop. Being able to use scissors to cut well is important for many school activities including art and craft. Children may have the skills to use small scissors by three to four years of age, but scissor skills are not fully developed until 5-6 years of age.
When is my child ... |
Why do we use opossums in research?
The Crick is home to one of northern Europe’s very few colonies of opossums used in scientific research. Much smaller than their possum relative, grey short tailed opossums have unique features that make them useful for research. But what makes them so special, and how do we work wit... |
Governor-General of India
The Governor-General of India was the head of the British administration in British India. He was known as the Viceroy because he was the representative of the monarch, who for many years was Queen Victoria.
The position was created in 1773, with the title of "Governor-General of the Presidenc... |
By Dr. Kashef Ijaz, Vice President, Health Programs, The Carter Center
Only one human disease has ever been eradicated; that was smallpox, in 1980 — a tremendous victory for humanity. The term “eradication” is defined as permanent reduction to zero of the worldwide occurrence of infection caused by a specific pathogen,... |
The major functions of the Constitution: Learn more about the roles and functions of a constitution in any country.
The Constitution plays a major role in a country as it is the basic norm. It is worthy of note that the Constitution is the primary determinant of the things obtainable in a state. The Constitution functi... |
Kindergarten is a fantastic year of both social and academic growth. They will learn to be scientists and explore the world around them in new ways using 21st century skills. They will be map makers and historians with knowledge of what it means to be a good citizen and learn about many of the people who have contribut... |
At the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Rice University's Andrea Isella began his talk with words that can start a brawl among astronomy fans: "Everybody knows we have these eight beautiful planets in our Solar System." But he continued with words we can all agree on: we'd like to kno... |
Tinnitus: Definition, Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Tinnitus is generally described as the ringing of the ears. The sound does not come from a source outside the body but is a condition of the ears. While some may think of it as a disease, it is actually a symptom of another underlying problem.
The ringing sound is o... |
Ancient Indian Women Life: India, being a heterogeneous society, has always faced scores of social diversities. Women were treated as slaves at one point of time in Indian history. The low status of women in India was the result of a patriarchal form of family. Patriarchy is very strong and rigid in India.
The early Ve... |
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Kindergarten Mathematics explores fundamental concepts of numbers, helping students to make connections between concrete objects and numbers. For the numbers 1-20, students learn to recognize word forms, identify and write numerical values, and compare numbers using symbols (<, >, =).... |
Read Willa Cather’s O Pioneers! (1913)
In this work we will examine the American Dream with an eye to gender. Do women dare to dream too, and what are those dreams? How do they compare with those of men? In this country, women have achieved a measure of equality not common in many parts of the world. How unusual was Al... |
Floating-Point Data Types in Java
Floating-point numbers are numbers that have fractional parts (usually expressed with a decimal point). You should use a floating-point type in Java programs whenever you need a number with a decimal, such as 19.95 or 3.1415.
Java has two primitive types for floating-point numbers:
flo... |
A glacier is a large, permanent (non-seasonal) mass of ice that is formed on land and moves under the force of gravity. Glaciers may form anywhere that snow accumulation exceed seasonal melt.
Alpine glaciers form in the mountains.
Continental glaciers may cover large sections of continents as in Greenland and Antarctic... |
Democracy is the process by which citizens participate in the formation of government. It is a term that originated from two Greek words: demos (people) and kratos (power).
Although it is sometimes used to describe the political system of the United States, the word “democracy” is also rooted in the ideas and ideals of... |
Ever since humans came to be, they have done many things to ensure their survival. It’s the reason why we humans have evolved as much as we have. Humans have invented devices, accomplished many challenges, and have even relied on nothing but willpower to survive.
The severely cruel conditions of concentration camps had... |
An exponent is a number that tells how many times the base number is
used as a factor. For example, 34 indicates that the base number 3
is used as a factor 4 times. To determine the value of 34, multiply
3*3*3*3 which would give the result 81.
Exponents are written as a superscript number (e.g. 34) or preceded
by the c... |
Ammonites lived during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, from about 400 million years ago to 65 million years ago. Along with other fossilized creatures, their presence in layers of rock shows where ancient seas covered the earth. Because they were so widespread and evolved so many different forms rather rapidly, ammoni... |
International Environmental Law
Protecting the environment and preventing or mitigating climate change are goals that nations cannot fully achieve on their own. Environmental law thus requires a certain degree of international cooperation. While global institutions did not address environmental issues with any consiste... |
This appendix describes how to calculate normal vectors for surfaces. You need to define normals to use the OpenGL lighting facility, which is described in Chapter 5. "Normal Vectors" in Chapter 2 introduces normals and the OpenGL command for specifying them. This appendix goes through the details of calculating them. ... |
Although the Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not a perfect circle today, at times it has been even more elliptical – making the seasons more eccentric – and a new study has found this has impacted biological evolution.
Scientists have been able to spot the impact thanks to microscopic algae known as coccolithophores wh... |
- General Economics
So you think you can’t teach economics to your young students?
You think: there is no way they will understand these complex concepts, and besides they should be focusing on subjects like basic reading, writing and math, correct?
Certainly, reading, writing and math are very important, but what if y... |
A nanometer (also "nanometre") is a unit of measurement used to measure length. One nanometer is one billionth of a meter, so nanometers are certainly not used to measure long distances. Instead, they serve to measure extremely small objects, such as atomic structures or transistors found in modern CPUs.
A single nanom... |
As students learn about the art produced by people of a different or earlier society, they discover that it tells them many things about what these people did, knew, and believed. Examining the geometric patterns that characterize so much of Islamic art can provide students with important insights into the technology, ... |
What is the Quaternary?
2.6 million years of climate change - peaks represent a warm earth, troughs a cold earth
The Quaternary is a subdivision of geological time (the Quaternary Period) which covers approximately the last two million years up to the present day. (The exact duration has been debated: the onset of the ... |
Many beginning teachers and parents confuse phonemic awareness and phonics. They often feel that they are one in the same. However, while the two are closely connected, they are different.
When teaching phonics there are many different programs and approaches that can be used. Several of the approaches overlap and inte... |
History of Yom Kippur
The biblical account of Yom Kippur describes a day dedicated to atonement and abstinence. Leviticus 23:27 tells us that on the 10th day of the month of Tishrei, “You should do no work throughout that day. For it is a Day of Atonement ("Yom Kippurim") on which expiation is made on your behalf befor... |
Having survived for over 200 million years, some turtle species are now threatened with extinction because they get caught in fishing nets. Martin Lenhardt at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science has worked with turtles accidentally netted in Chesapeake Bay, and found a way to save them (WO 01/17119). Turtles have ... |
For thousands of years, families put their children to work on their farms or in whatever labor was necessary for survival — only children of the wealthy and powerful escaped this fate. Until the last one hundred years or so, children were considered by most societies to be the property of their parents. They had littl... |
Sunrise at Stonehenge on the Winter Solstice, 2003.
[Today is the Winter Solstice, one of the most venerated days throughout recorded history. Here, I’ve selected several paragraphs of interest from the relatively lengthy Winter Solstice write-up on Wikipedia.]
The Winter Solstice occurs when the earth's axial tilt is ... |
Chromosomes are thread-like molecules that carry hereditary information for everything from height to eye color. They are made of protein and one molecule of DNA, which contains an organism’s genetic instructions, passed down from parents. In humans, animals, and plants, most chromosomes are arranged in pairs within th... |
Michelangelo, Pieta, c. 1498-1500, marble
Michelangelo carved a number of works in Florence during his time with the Medici, but in the 1490s he left Florence and briefly went to Venice, Bologna, and then to Rome, where he lived from 1496-1501. In 1497, a cardinal named Jean de Billheres commissioned Michelangelo to cr... |
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In cultural anthropology and sociology, reciprocity is a way of defining people's informal exchange of goods and labour; that is, people's informal economic systems. It is the basis of most non-market economies. Since v... |
December 25 is celebrated in parts of the world as Christmas Day, as a religious holiday (commemorating the birth of Jesus) and a secular holiday. It’s also a big day for other events in American history.
Globally, December 25 was the day that Charlemagne and William the Conqueror were crowned; opposing sides called a ... |
This page explains what electronegativity is, and how and why it varies around the Periodic Table. It looks at the way that electronegativity differences affect bond type and explains what is meant by polar bonds and polar molecules.
If you are interested in electronegativity in an organic chemistry context, you will f... |
Drawing executed with a pencil, an instrument made of graphite enclosed in a wood casing. Though graphite was mined in the 16th century, its use by artists is not known before the 17th century. In the 17th–18th century, graphite was used primarily to make preliminary sketches for more elaborate work in another medium, ... |
A Brief History of Marine Geology & Geophysics at Lamont
What was the state of knowledge about our planet as the Second World War drew to a close? The three quarters of the Earth covered by seas were virtually unknown. Until that time very little effort had been put towards discovering what lay beneath the oceans. And ... |
Common questions about Common Core
Examples of Common Core standardsFollowing are some examples of Common Core State Standards. The full range of standards can be read at www.corestandards.org.
According to Heather Gage, director of the Division of Instruction and chief of staff for the New Hampshire Department of Educ... |
As the effort to find Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 moves inexorably towards the recovery stage, the challenge of finding the plane's flight recorder (called the "black box" even though it's actually bright orange) on the ocean floor will become a game of blind man's bluff spread over thousands of kilometres.
The ina... |
In the figure, QRS is a straight line. QR=PR. Are TR and PQ parallel?
1) Length PQ = Length PR
2) Line TR bisects angle PRS
From the prompt, we know that triangle QPR is isosceles, with QR = PR. By the Isosceles Triangle theorem
, we know that angle Q = angle P. Statement #1
PQ = PR.
This is enough to guarantee that tr... |
How did the rise of the middle class improve the economy during the time of the Crusades?
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The rise of the middle class improved the economy in the time of the Crusades (also known as the “High Middle Ages”) because it was people of the middle class who allowed a boom in trade to occur during this t... |
What is Eczema?
Eczema is a disease in a form of dermatitis or inflammation of the epidermis. The term Eczema is broadly applied to a range of persistent skin conditions. These include dryness and recurring skin rashes which are characterized by one or more of these symptoms: redness, skin edema (swelling), itching and... |
Lewis and Clark in Kansas
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson asked Congress for funds to send an expedition from the Missouri River to the Pacific Northwest. This was in anticipation of the acquisition of Louisiana Territory. France sold the 828,000 square miles in this territory to the United States for 60 million fra... |
The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire in human history. But its meteoric rise and remarkable run might not have happened if it weren't for an uncharacteristic change in weather that brought sustained rainfall and mild warmth for a short period of time.
At its peak, the Mongol Empire claimed an area that's... |
For centuries, the concept of mind readers was strictly the domain of folklore and science fiction. But according to new research published today in the journal Science, scientists are closer to knowing how specific thoughts activate our brains. The findings demonstrate the power of computational modeling to improve ou... |
An Overview of the Solar System
The solar system consists of the Sun; the eight official planets, at least three "dwarf planets", more than 130 satellites of the planets, a large number of small bodies (the comets and asteroids), and the interplanetary medium. (There are probably also many more planetary satellites tha... |
Exactly four water molecules and one hydrogen chloride molecule are necessary to form the smallest droplet of acid. This was the result of work by the groups of Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith (physical chemistry) and Prof. Dr. Dominik Marx (theoretical chemistry) within the research group FOR 618. They have carried out exp... |
Rages are usually a result of unresolved anger. If anger is not expressed effectively and everything is kept inside it is often only a matter of time before we get so frustrated that we lose our temper. This is very much the same for children and young people, though they are sometimes more likely to lose their temper ... |
The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to i... |
Economics For Dummies
People have to make choices because of scarcity, the fact that they don’t have enough resources to satisfy all their wants. Economics studies how people allocate resources among alternative uses. Macroeconomics studies national economies, and microeconomics studies the behavior of individual peopl... |
Exhibits: People and the Land
End of One Era, Beginning of Another
By 1885 experienced ranchers and cattlemen were greatly worried. The range was seriously overgrazed. Pasturage became poorer each year and herds could no longer be driven to fresh feeding grounds because there was none left. Ranchers began to fence in t... |
Climate change impacts on seabed dwellers
The diversity of seabed-dwelling animals means that this group includes animals with low, moderate, and high vulnerability to climate change. Benthic invertebrates (animals that live on the seabed) share a high sensitivity to increasing sea temperature. Particular types also ha... |
It helps to think of Japanese particles and a sort of glue that bonds the different parts of the sentence together. Each particle has a different meaning and a different way of putting each word in context with the other words.
Here is a very simple sentence that contains a few Japanese particles (particles are in bold... |
Heat is not temperature - it is possible for hot objects to have a small amount of heat and vice versa. It just depends on what the object is made of.
Heat and Temperature
Heat is measured in calories (joules in the SI system), temperature in degrees Kelvin.
For each type of material, there is a constant - called Speci... |
Researchers had already developed computational and theoretical models to demonstrate how vortices affect sound production, but no one had seen the process at work. In 2007, Khosla, Gutmark and the UC team -- communication sciences and disorders professor Suzanne Boyce, research associate professor Jun Ying and Liran O... |
For the activity, the students will develop an image of Cassiopeia A (Cas A), the first astronomical object detected by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The following information provides more information on Cas A obtained from the Chandra web site (http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/0237/index.html).
In 1680, the British ... |
Searching for the Best Black Hole Recipe
In this holiday season of home cooking and carefully-honed recipes, some astronomers are asking: what is the best mix of ingredients for stars to make the largest number of plump black holes?
They are tackling this problem by studying the number of black holes in galaxies with d... |
1) Before you begin, you will need a clear idea of a diary or
journal entry and what is expected of you-- you will need 4 to 6 of
them. Here are a few examples of journal entries
2) Next you will need to familiarize yourself with the Civil Rights Era. Everyone needs to read these:
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
3) Now that you a... |
Although turbines have generated power at hydroelectric dams for many years, not much is known about how water flowing through the turbines may harm fish. In efforts to design more "fish-friendly" turbines, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers conducted laboratory experiments to examine the relationship be... |
Asking the right questions is an art that
is cultivated over a period of time by all educators. As
our students are learning, we are also learning to ask questions
that lead to inquiry and understanding of the critical content.
Our students are led to Higher Order Thinking Skills
as we develop strategies in questioning... |
Fossils are the remains of organisms from the distant past embedded and preserved in the earth's crust. Fossils may be any sort of organism, from a single-celled bacteria to a tree leaf to a dinosaur, and may be anywhere from ten thousand to several billion years old. They usually consist of parts of the organism which... |
Queen Anne's War
Queen Anne's War, known in Europe as the War of Spanish Succession, was another attempt by King Louis XIV of France at territorial expansion in Europe. The majority of military activity in the American colonies took place in the New England area, but with the French occupation of the Lower Mississippi ... |
World's first operation in zero gravity
French doctors this week carried out the world's first operation on a human in zero gravity, using a specially adapted aircraft to simulate conditions in space.
During a three-hour flight from Bordeaux in southwest France, the team of surgeons and anaesthetists successfully remov... |
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Diapsida : Archosauromorpha
The earliest rhynchosaurs were small, less than a meter long, and had narrow, wedge-shaped skulls and a few small, blunt teeth for eating plants. Some other early archosauromorphs, such as trilophosaurs,... |
It can be calculated for a series of discrete values or for a continuously varying function. The name comes from the fact that it is the square root of the mean of the squares of the values. It is a special case of the power mean with the exponent p = 2.
The RMS of a collection of values is
The corresponding formula fo... |
Aaah!...The Baby is Crying
Rationale: An important step in becoming a fluent reader is learning how to recognize phonemes. To read and spell words, children need to learn that letters stand for phonemes and spellings map out the phonemes in spoken words. Children are not able to match letters to phonemes until they rec... |
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Plot an Equation in an Excel Chart
A common question new users ask is "How can I plot an equation?" I think people expect that charts have a magical ability to accept an equation and spit out a graph of X vs. Y. Excel charts aren't that smart, though: they can only plot data values that you assign. ... |
Equality, Property and Marriage
Most American treated married women according to the concept of coverture, a concept inherited from English common law. Under the doctrine of coverture, a woman was legally considered the chattel of her husband, his possession. Any property she might hold before her marriage became her h... |
Relations With Native Americans
Before permanently settling the western territories, the United States had to consider the presence of Native Americans already living on these lands. Great Britain may have agreed to give the United States the land, but no one had consulted with the Indian people concerning this change.... |
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Equations of Straight Lines
This page is a quick review of equations of straight lines. It contains a summary of the different ways of arriving at the equation of a straight line. Consult your favourite Calculus book for more details. As mentioned in the discussion of lines on the pre... |
The Candy Campaign, Part One
- Grades: 1–2, 3–5
Let’s face it. Keeping students engaged during the last few days of October can be a difficult task. Why not take advantage of the holiday excitement AND learn about elections at the same time?
I’m all about simulations of the real world. It makes a lesson richer and more... |
The pursuit of equality
by Krista Reisdorf
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 53 million Americans have one or more physical or mental disabilities. About 32 million people12 percent of the total populationhave a severe disability. In addition, 11 percent of children ages 6 to 14 and 72 percent of adults age 80... |
Exhibition - 'Plague! Rats in the Realm'
Currently on display
Download the exhibition PDF (3.3MB)
"Plague – also known as ‘Black Death’, ‘the pest’, and ‘oriental plague’ – is one of the most deadly diseases to have affected humans over the centuries. Caused by infection with the organism Yersinia pestis (Y. pestis), p... |
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