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National Institutes of Health - The primary NIH organization for research on Meningococcal Infections is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Meningococci are a type of bacteria that cause serious infections. The most common infection is meningitis, which is an inflammation of the thin tissue that ...
Many of you may have laughed at Zack tonight because he confused a picture of the Solar System with a model of the atom. But, building on that similarity a century ago won Niels Bohr a Nobel Prize. Is that represent a planetary system or an atom? A planet, left alone, would travel in a straight line, at a constant spee...
A piece of programming code that is usually hidden as something else and causes some unexpected and usually event is known as a “virus”. The design of a virus is to automatically spread and transmitted to the computer user from an attachment in an email, downloads, diskette or CD. Users are often unaware of there exist...
The Earth's accessible reserve of precious metals is the lucky, serendipitous result of a 200 million year old meteorite bombardment, a University of Bristol study has found. When the Earth was first formed some 4.5 billion years ago, molten iron sunk to the centre to form the planetary core. In the process, the iron t...
Yesterday we found some projectile points at the site. When we think of arrowheads, most of us think of Native Americans, but all of us had ancestors who made and used stone tools. You might be surprised to know that the sharp edge of a flake (a sharpened stone) is much sharper than anything we've been able to produce ...
- ABA Groups - Resources for Lawyers - About Us This edition of Human Rights magazine provides an opportunity to examine American history through the prism of the African American experience. Barack Obama’s election was a historic landmark, with Obama receiving more electoral college votes than any president in history...
From CreationWiki, the encyclopedia of creation science Bacteriophage is a virus that infects bacteria, which was originally discovered in 1913 but was not named until 1917 by a French-Canadian scientist Félix D'Hérelle. He discovered that there was an invisible "thing" that was killing bacteria and changing it, and he...
Elizabeth Gurney was born on May 21, 1780 in Norwich, England. She was the third of twelve children of John and Catherine Gurney. Her father was a wealthy banker and the family was active in the Society of Friends, commonly called the Quakers, although they did not follow the traditional teachings closely. As a child, ...
The vast majority of countries in the world have established a voting age. Most governments consider that those of an age lower than the chosen threshold lack the necessary capacity to independently decide how to cast a vote. The voting age is often of such importance that it is set by means of a constitutional provisi...
Picture courtesy of sciencedirect.com The parasite’s complicated life cycle begins with egg development in the host’s intestinal tract. The eggs are excreted into the water. In the water, fully developed miracidiae hatch from the eggs and penetrate aquatic snails, which are the intermediate hosts. The miracidiae gather...
Nereidum Montes, a chain of mountains over 1000 kilometres long, is part of the northern rim of Argyre Basin, the second largest impact basin on Mars. On 6 June 2012, the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, which is operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für ...
Two island-dwelling snake species under study by a University of Colorado at Boulder expert present contrasting challenges to researchers attempting to rectify growing ecological problems associated with the reptiles. One, the Aruba Island rattlesnake, is now so rare on the island north of Venezuela that there are roug...
Venus fly traps (Dionaea muscipula) are fascinating plants. Instead of obtaining all of the nutrients needed for growth from the soil and air like most plants do, these carnivorous plants trap and digest small insects to supplement their nutrient intake. This is due in part to the proclivity of Venus fly traps to live ...
The Brain Rules menu This interactive tutorial requires Flash Download Flash or View tutorial content in non-interactive format. BRAIN RULE RUNDOWN Rule #5: Repeat to remember. - The human brain can only hold about seven pieces of information for less than 30 seconds! Which means, your brain can only handle a 7-digit p...
Ice ages and sea levels along with many climatic fluctuations have occurred during the earth’s 4.6 billion year history. These effect environmental changes, and a number of ice ages have come and gone. In archaeology, the Pleistocene (1.8million – 10,000 years ago) is often known as the Ice Ages, a period when glaciers...
After years of seemingly endless research, scientists have completed a first draft of the Neanderthal genome. Nature reports that a team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany has sequenced 60 percent of the genome of a Neanderthal, the closest relative of modern humans. After analyzing more than a billio...
Desertion during the Civil War Desertion plagued Georgia regiments during the Civil War (1861-65) and, in addition to other factors, debilitated the Confederate war effort. Deserters were not merely cowards or ne'er-do-wells; some were seasoned veterans from battle-hardened regiments. The most significant wave of deser...
In a small patch of the Southern Ocean, the shells of sea snails are dissolving. The finding is the first evidence that marine life is already suffering as a result of man-made ocean acidification. "This is actually happening now," says Geraint Tarling of the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, UK. He and colleagues...
The Aztecs spent much of their time conquering neighbors. However, they did not exert supreme control over the conquered peoples, they merely expected them to pay tributes. Tributes were both monetary and respect based. The government was headed by an emperor and his royal family Because of the immense size of the Azte...
Symmetry breaking during flapping generates liftOctober 22nd, 2012 in Physics / General Physics A translucent sea slug called Clione Antarctica, or “sea angel,” moves by flapping its wings. Its cilia can either be motile or non-motile, but when they're non-motile they may still contribute to the animal’s locomotion thr...
A one page color illustrated fact sheet featuring five endangered birds of North America. Includes teacher's note, a page of 6 discussion questions for upper elementary and middle school students and a page of completion questions for elementary students. Part of an abcteach series of fact sheets on endangered species....
J. Fuller, 1996 The modern era of sports prototype racing began in 1953 with the implementation of the World Sports Car Championship. The World Sports Car Championship was an organized racing series and was overlooked by a governing body, the FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile-- International Automobile Fed...
A bacterium will group together with its neighbors to form a living colony, but what about non-living things? Researchers recently discovered crystals that form similar colonies when illuminated with a specific spotlight. But when this light goes off, the colony breaks apart!1 IT'S ALIVE! Well, not quite. New York Univ...
Written by tutor Trisha P. What is an apostrophe? The apostrophe is a punctuation mark. How an Apostrophe Is Used The apostrophe is used for three purposes: - To show possession or ownership - To indicate the omission of letters - To show the plural form or possessive of some letters and numbers Now, let’s look at each...
Notes and Scales Musical notes, like all sounds, are made of sound waves. The sound waves that make musical notes are very evenly spaced waves, and the qualities of these waves - for example how big they are or how far apart they are will affect the sound of the note. A note can be high or low depending how frequently ...
Aging is a process we all face, though some see signs faster than others. And while most people focus on their appearance, changes at the cellular level are critical to our health and are of particular interest to scientists tackling the question of why we age. One way researchers are learning about the process is by s...
A water desalination system using carbon nanotube-based membranes could significantly reduce the cost of purifying water from the ocean. The technology could potentially provide a solution to water shortages both in the United States, where populations are expected to soar in areas with few freshwater sources, and worl...
Percentiles Help (page 2) Percentiles in a Normal Distribution Percentiles divide a large data set into 100 intervals, each interval containing 1% of the elements in the set. There are 99 possible percentiles, not 100, because the percentiles represent the boundaries where the 100 intervals meet. Imagine an experiment ...
Share & Connect In 2009, NASA launched Kepler to search for planets outside the solar system – called extrasolar planets, or exoplanets – that are Earth-sized and have a chance of harboring life. As of December 2011, the spacecraft has discovered 2,326 exoplanets, over a hundred of which are likely candidates to meet t...
Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum Symmetry is perhaps most familiar as an artistic or aesthetic concept. Designs are said to be symmetric if they exhibit specific kinds of balance, repetition, and/or harmon...
Evaporative Cooling Limits Global Warming to Less Than 1-degree At present the energy flows at the earth's surface keep it at a global average temperature of around 15°C. The NASA schematic diagram below shows us that 48% of the solar energy that strikes planet earth is absorbed by and warms the surface. The other 52% ...
Start Your Visit WithHistorical Timelines General Interest Maps The stockholders' spirits were further dampened when they noticed that their chief rival, the Virginia Company of London, had established a settlement at Jamestown, where a lucrative tobacco economy began to develop in the late 1600s. Sir Edwin Sandys, a m...
NASA-funded researchers at the University of Washington will test a unique approach to nuclear fusion this summer, in the hopes that the technology will replace rocket fuel and power spacecraft that are faster and less expensive to operate. The research team has already confirmed that discrete sections of their method ...
The William Hood Dunwoody Fund In the Egyptian approach to life, art and religion were inseparable. All aspects of life were conditioned and guided by belief in the afterlife and immortality. Egyptian funerary art had the magical and vital function of ensuring that the dead person was fully equipped for life in the aft...
Compared to polgyny (in which males mate with more than one female per breeding season), polyandry is not as common. In birds, polyandry is divided into two main forms: 1) cooperative polyandry, in which several males defend a female’s territory and mate with her and 2) resource defense polyandry, in which females defe...
Being bullied not only has physical effects, it can take a toll on a child’s emotional health forever. “Bullying is repeated, intentional, aggressive behavior towards someone more vulnerable than the bully,” said Dr. John Fanton, staff psychiatrist, Baystate Behavioral Health Child Psychiatry. The Baystate Children’s H...
When you shrink wires down to nanometers in diameter, their resistivity normally grows exponentially—a trade-off which many have predicted will be Moore's Law's undoing soon. But a new, single-atom thick wire could change that. Over time the copper tracks on microchips have been shrinking, and the resulting massive inc...
This African map is a rare piece of artifact that should impress not only the geographers and cartographers amongst us. My feeling is that on one hand it really shouldn’t come as a surprise that Kâtip Çelebi, (1609, Istanbul – 1657 Istanbul) the Ottoman scholar who is credited with drawing this map could have achieved ...
MiniPage activities meet many state and national educational standards. This week's standards: Students demonstrate respectful and caring relationships in the family, workplace and community. (Family and Consumer Science: Interpersonal Relationships) Students demonstrate appreciation for diverse perspectives, needs and...
- Scientific Name: Perimyotis subflavus - Weight: 5-8 grams - Wingspan: 21-26centimeters - Distribution: Most of the eastern United States, southeastern Canada, and southward through eastern Mexico to Central America. - Ecology and Behavior: Caves, mines, and rock crevices are used as hibernation sites in winter and as...
What Is Ground-Level Ozone? Ozone is a colorless gas that is a variety of oxygen. Oxygen consists of two oxygen atoms; while ozone consists of three. Ground-level ozone is one of the main components of smog, which is formed by the interaction of hydrocarbons (unburned or evaporated gasoline) and nitrogen oxides in the ...
This is the third and final article in a series about the importance of teaching mathematical principles in a consistent manner. In the past two articles, I have claimed that certain math verbalizations (spoken explanations) are lies. By lies, I mean statements that are sometimes simply wrong or, more often, only true ...
Illinois snake species hibernate during the cold winter months, becoming active in spring as temperatures and day length increase. Snakes are cold-blooded and can be seen basking in the sun on logs or other objects. They are generally active during the day, but they can become nocturnal when summer temperatures rise. S...
The plot below shows the variability of the rotation of the earth and the challenge that it poses to time keepers who are tasked with keeping clocks set to agree with the ongoing count of days in a calendar. Note that the earth sometimes spins slower, and sometimes spins faster. The variations are basically due to weat...
- This article is about the lava field feature, for the tectonic feature, see Rift valley. A rift zone is a feature of some volcanoes, especially the shield volcanoes of Hawaii, in which a linear series of fissures in the volcanic edifice allows lava to be erupted from the volcano's flank instead of from its summit. Fo...
This is an image of Lassen Peak, in California, USA. Click on image for full size Image from: U.S. Geological Survey Lassen Peak is an example of what is called a "volcanic dome". Volcanism is thought to have begun at the center between about 600,000 and 350,000 years ago (the late Pleistocene and Holocene periods), an...
Copyright © University of Cambridge. All rights reserved. 'Robot Monsters' printed from http://nrich.maths.org/ Why do this problem? involves measurement that really focuses on number work - addition, ordering numbers and combinations. Manipulating the pictures can also help pupils to explore the different combinations...
After the Voyager encounters with Saturn in the early 80′s, the scientific consensus was that Saturn’s ring system was largely a transient phenomenon. Maybe a hundred million years old, and probably the result of a comet-satellite collision. The sense was that the rings would eventually fade, though likely on a scale o...
The passage of Public Law 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, changed the composition of public school classrooms. Special need students of varying abilities entered the classroom. Children with hearing impairments were among the mainstreamed students. Music education for students with hearing impai...
On July 10, 1962, Bell Labs partnered with NASA to launch Telstar 1—the world’s first active, direct-relay communications satellite. On July 10, 1962, Bell Labs partnered with NASA to launch Telstar 1—the world’s first active, direct-relay communications satellite. This move ushered in the era of modern communications,...
The moon doesn't get a lot of action. Unless humans come along to muck things up, the lunar surface remains pretty much as it has been for hundreds of millions of years. But this rock managed to leave a trail in the regolith as recently as 50 million years ago. How did it manage that? Trails have been made on the moon ...
The societal effects and dangers of monopolies can be seen through an examination of certain historical groups. The Grangers, an organization of farmers formed in the late 1860s, were being oppressed by the dominance and ubiquitous influence of the railroads. Since there was no regulation of big business, and the natur...
Problem Based Learning Guide for Educators Problem Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching and learning strategy used widely in HE as a means of engaging students with material, developing collaborative learning, building independent learning and encouraging deeper learning. Problem Based Learning may also be viewed as a wa...
Dec. 30, 2008 In a recently conducted study, a multidisciplinary French-American research team with expertise in archaeology, past climates, and ecology reported that Neanderthal extinction was principally a result of competition with Cro-Magnon populations, rather than the consequences of climate change. The study, re...
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began monitoring Martin Luther King, Jr., in December 1955, during his involvement with the Montgomery bus boycott, and engaged in covert operations against him throughout the 1960s. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover was personally hostile toward King, believing that the civil ...
"Water on Mars!" Headlines like this almost write themselves. The media jump at the opportunity to trumpet such reports — and what the implications may be for life on other worlds. It happens with Mars (frequently), Jupiter's moon Europa (often), and even Saturn's moon Enceladus (the latest entry in the water/life swee...
LIKE water draining from an unplugged bathtub, meltwater flowing through deep cracks in the Martian rock may explain the origins of the enormous Hebes Chasma canyon. About 100,000 cubic kilometres of material had to be removed to form the scar, which is five times the width and depth of the Grand Canyon. But where that...
How to Use Reading 3: Safeguarding Our Nation's Treasures One hundred years ago, the Antiquities Act of 1906 set basic standards for safeguarding and maintaining our country's historic and natural resources. Its goal was to protect important sites on public lands for their historic or scientific significance, as well a...
A tornado usually forms over land during a severe thunderstorm. They begin to form when an updraft, a current of warm, moist air rising through a thunderstorm, meets a mass of cold dry air. The rising warm air causes the cold air to be dragged down which creates instability in the atmosphere. As the updraft rises highe...
Confusables: Using the Correct Spelling of a Pair [Homophones] In this homophone worksheet, students read about homophones, then correct homophones on a sample email message, make up sentences with homophones, solve riddles, and complete a matching activity. 5 Views 44 Downloads Social Media Madness Tired of seeing u i...
The Online Teacher Resource Receive free lesson plans, printables, and worksheets by email: - Everything You Need! - Basic to Intermediate - Middle / High School - Instant Algebra Skills There are a lot of branches of mathematics that are known to man. Also known as the "language of numbers", it means many things to ma...
In food production, for example, they improve the properties of dough and prolong the shelf-life of bread; they ensure that pasta stays firm when boiled and that confectionery stores well, and they simplify the production of beer and spirits. Each enzyme is highly specific to a particular substrate or reaction. New enz...
6.6 Virtual Memory, Protection, and Paging In a modern operating system such as Linux or Windows, it is very common to have several different programs running concurrently in memory. This presents several problems. First, how do you keep the programs from interfering with one another? Second, if one program expects to ...
Using instruments aboard NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft, four post-doctoral fellows at UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory were able to track the comet as it approached the sun and estimate an approximate time and place of impact. STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory), launched in 2006, consists of identi...
The “cradle of humanity” is thought to be located in Sub-Saharan Africa–meaning below the Sahara, the largest hot desert on earth. So how was humanity able to breach such an intimidating barrier to spread out across the rest of the world? Until now, anthropologists typically argued that hominids could only have followe...
This is a great common core aligned lesson plan to introduce ANY book to your class! -This "Investigation" handout -Book you want to introduce-- e.g. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. -Any items that are related to the book for group work-- e.g. Peach, plastic insect toys (spiders, grasshoppers, ladybugs, etc.),...
Question: "What is Puritanism and what did the Puritans believe?" Answer: The Puritans were a widespread and diverse group of people who took a stand for religious purity in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries in Europe. Their rise was directly related to the increased knowledge that came to the common people in the Age...
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever is a serious disease that begins with influenza-like symptoms but can develop into a very serious condition with high mortality (30%). The disease occurs in Africa, Asia, and the Balkans but it has recently started to spread to new areas in southern Europe. It is caused by a virus that ...
Modular arithmetic, sometimes also called clock arithmetic, is a way of doing arithmetic with integers. Much like hours on a clock, which repeat every twelve hours, once the numbers reach a certain value, called the modulus, they go back to zero. People talked about modular arithmetic in many ancient cultures. For inst...
Trillions of microorganisms inhabit us—inside and out. Scientists are surveying these microbial metropolises to learn more about their role in health. Microbiologists Darren Sledjeski of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Andrew Goodman of Yale University share a few details of what researchers have learned so...
When last we checked in on Gliese 581d, a team from the University of Paris had suggested that the popular exoplanet, Gliese 581d may be habitable. This super-Earth found itself just on the edge of the Goldilocks zone which could make liquid water present on the surface under the right atmospheric conditions. However, ...
"Mathematics can indeed be defined as the general science of pattern and structure. Because art also involves patterns and structures, art and math relate to each other in many natural ways, which is the basis for this exploration". (Carla Farsi and Doug Craft, University of Colorado, Boulder and Lakewood, CO) Do you k...
An outbreak or epidemic refers to the local or regional spread of an illness while a pandemic refers to worldwide spread. The most pandemic-prone organism is the influenza virus. There have been four influenza pandemics in the last 100 years, including the most recent one in 2009, which was caused by the H1N1 influenza...
There are many different ways you can integrate math into a unit on weather. Try graphing temperature, conducting a survey, or tracking weather for a month. Freebie templates are included in this blogpost! Each day for a couple of weeks, have students check the temperature and graph the results. After the two week peri...
Our Solar System is a fascinating place. Between its eight planets and many dwarf planets, there are some serious differences in terms of orbit, composition, and temperature. Whereas conditions within the inner Solar System, where planets are terrestrial in nature, can get pretty hot, planets that orbit beyond the Fros...
by Tim Killough Music can make us feel strong emotion, but what is it about different sounds that cause us to feel one way or the other? Casady Bowman and Takashi Yamauchi have taken some steps to find out in their recent publication, Perceiving Categorical Emotion in Sound: The Role of Timbre. Musical notes can be dis...
Building the skills for reading and writing takes time just like any other learning experience. Each child's learning process is different, changes over time, and is greatly affected by mood. Trying different strategies to guide your child through the process will keep it fresh and exciting for both of you. Make Time f...
As students approach adulthood they start to reflect on the quality of their relationships (how effective are they and what guides them). Through the Respectful relationships education program students learn about the importance of ethics in relationships and how ethical relationships lead to positive and healthy inter...
Students watched a chemical reaction between an acid (vinegar) and a base (baking soda) blow up a balloon! While this station was "hands off" (due to the potential messiness of this demonstration) students were still able to practice making verbal predictions, observations, and drawing conclusions. Tie-Dye Sharpie Art ...
Polar Regions - page 5 The Devon Island AnalogIn the Canadian High Arctic, scientists have found a location where surface conditions are very similar to those on Mars. Although no place on Earth is exactly like Mars, due to differences in atmosphere, gravity, and temperature, planetary researchers look for Earth locati...
Consequences of Oppression Ninth graders are introduced to indigenous peoples around the world. Vocabulary words are introduced to help students gain a better understanding of the difficulties indigenous peoples face today. 3 Views 5 Downloads Get Your Mojo Workin': Part 1 Writing Your Very Own Blues Tune! Upper grader...
Earth from Space: San Benedicto Island The island of San Benedicto is featured in this Proba image. San Benedicto, located 370 km south of the tip of Baja California Peninsula, is the third largest of the four volcanic islands that make up the Revillagigedo Islands, which were discovered in 1533, in the Pacific Ocean. ...
“Hannukah”—the celebration of the (re-)dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem—goes back to the very first dedication—that of Solomon in the 10th century BCE. But the holiday Jews have long called Hannukah commemorates just one of the Temple’s re-dedications—that at the hand of the Maccabees in 164 BCE. This holiday has ...
How the EU Works The European Union is a unique economic and political union between 28 European countries that together cover much of the continent. The EU was created in the aftermath of the Second World War. The first steps were to foster economic cooperation: the idea being that countries that trade with one anothe...
The 14th century was an era of catastrophes. Some of them man-made, such as the Hundred Years' War, the Avignon Papacy, and the Great Schism. These were caused by human beings, and we shall consider them a bit later. There were two more or less natural disasters either of which one would think would have been sufficien...
Kid Zone Number Sentences 1 In this basic mathematics activity, students write a plus, minus, or multiplication sign in each circle to make the number sentence true. There are twenty problems to solve on the sheet. 3 Views 0 Downloads Transforming Word Problems into Number Sentences Transforming Word Problems into Numb...
The Golden Haggadah is one of the finest of the surviving Haggadah manuscripts from medieval Spain. The Haggadah, which literally means ‘narration’, is the Hebrew service-book used in Jewish households on Passover Eve at a festive meal to commemorate the Exodus from Egypt. The Golden Haggadah was probably made near Bar...
It is a long polymer composed of repeating units called DNA, and nucleotides. DNA properties are identified by the double helix structure of DNA was discovered by Francis Crick and James Watson and the first Friedrich Mischa over, DNA was isolated. The 34 angstroms and around the same axis (3.4 nm) The structure of DNA...
African Mathematics: History, Textbook and Study Guide aims to meet several objectives. Firstly, the book gives a historical overview of Africa and its contribution to Mathematics. Secondly, the book provides the teacher and the learner with study materials that can be used in the classroom. Thirdly, the book introduce...
The creation of Canada in 1867 was a result of several conferences. The first was held in Charlottetown in September 1864. The second was held in Quebec City in October 1864. The men who drew up with the plans for Canada were in a tough spot. The neighbors to the south were emerging from a messy Civil War , in which th...
This mapping American history project was conceived as part of a U.S. Department of Education “Teaching American History” grant awarded to SUNY CortlandandOCM BOCES. Our goal is to provide K-12 social studies teachers access to an archive of rich, engaging, and trusted primary sources in a format that encourages histor...
In February 1917 Russian workers toppled the hated emperor, beginning a process of mass revolt that would lead just eight months later to the overthrow of the entire state machinery. Esme Choonara explains how discontent turned into revolution. Thousands of workers in the streets, soldiers in mutiny, police stations bu...
The exposure of an image determines how light or dark an image will appear. This is determined by three camera settings: - Shutter Speed These are also known as the exposure triangle. Each setting controls exposure differently. In a camera’s lens there’s a hole which allows light through, which allows what the camera s...
There Tracing Practice In this early childhood tracing and word recognition worksheet, students practice their printing skills as they trace the word there on 6 lines. 3 Views 1 Download Short Vowel “A” Activity Worksheets 24 activities make up this phonics activity book that focuses on the short vowel /a/. Early reade...
Asperger’s syndrome is a developmental disorder that affects a person’s ability to socialize and communicate effectively with others. Children with Asperger’s syndrome typically exhibit social awkwardness and an all-absorbing interest in specific topics. Doctors group Asperger’s syndrome with other conditions that are ...
Sum and Difference Identities Lesson 13 of 16 Objective: SWBAT apply the sum and difference identities to find the exact values of trigonometric ratios of angles that are not derived from special triangles. At the start of today's lesson, I ask students to work on simplifying the expression on page 2 of Sum and Differe...
Many people are intimidated by poetry, but we are actually surrounded by poetry every day. There is so much more to poetry than just what we see on greeting cards. In this course, you will learn the basic tools in every poet's toolbox and how to use those tools to write your own poems. This course includes videos and e...
Root words and suffixes are essential components of the English language. It is important for kids to learn these concepts early in grade school in order to become more advanced readers, writers and speakers. In Turtle Diary's suffix game, kids will have an opportunity to learn about split suffixes and root words. This...
One way African Americans were deprived of their right to vote was through the use of poll taxes. A poll tax was a payment a person would have to make in order to vote. African Americans were the poorest members of society so many could not afford this tax. Another way African Americans were deprived of their right to ...
In this graphing chart learning exercise, students use the blank grid as direction by their classroom teachers. This template may be used for a variety of classroom activities. 3 Views 14 Downloads Camouflage!: Collecting Data and Concealing Color Help young scholars see the important role camouflage plays in the survi...