This is an excellent biography from The Nobel Foundation on the 1926 co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
This is a lesson from Richland Community College on arithmetic sequences. This site provides theories and examples for working with different problems of arithmetic sequences such as calculating the Sum and Difference of an arithmetic sequence.
The online home of award-winning PBS television series "Art:21" opens a window into the world of contemporary art and artists. Includes a lessons library, downloadable educator guides, examples of student-created projects inspired by the series, artist interviews, videos, and amazing slideshows of the works of dozens of working artists.
This interactive site gives examples of how to write a letter, an email, a postcard, and a greeting card. It even explains how to address an envelope. As students roll their mouse over the letter it explains what each part is called and why it is there.
Read all ten sections of Article I of the Constitution, which lay out the powers of the legislative branch of the federal government.
A copy of the original Articles of Confederation presented by Yale Law School. Includes Thomas Jefferson's written discussion on the Articles of Confederation plus early drafts.
The Art of African Exploration is a catalog of primary sources that documents the impressions of Europeans who traveled to Africa in the late eighteenth and nineteenth century to explore and conquer. View the work of expedition artists who produced images of African landscapes, wildlife, and inhabitants. With special sections devoted to Livingstone and Stanley and to Victoria Falls.
This University of St. Andrews site contains information and accomplishments of the earliest Hindu mathematician, Aryabhata.
Click on a scene to read that part of the Shakespearean comedy, As You Like It. This full text of As You Like It was taken from The Oxford Shakespeare.
What is the commutative property? Why not ask Lois. She knows all about math "lingo." A site where kids can find math definitions explained in "kid friendly" language.
Cool Cosmos identifies kid's frequently asked questions about the tools we use in space. Click on the links to find the answer to questions about space stations, telescopes, spectrometers and more!
Resource compiles a list of most frequently asked questions about Mercury. Each question is linked to an astronomer's answer. Kids can explore many aspects of this wonderful planet.
Resource provides a deeper look at the planet Neptune. Just click on the frequently asked question link and dive into knowledge.
Visit this site and learn more about Pluto. Provides the answers to kids' most frequently asked questions.
Resource presents information about the solar system through a list of most frequently asked questions. Click on each question and be transported to a wealth of knowledge about our solar system and the planets within it.
What is a star? How many stars can you see at night? How far away are the stars? Find the answer to these questions and more as Cool Cosmos and NASA astronomers answer the most frequently asked questions about stars!
Cool Cosmos provides the answer to many questions about the sun! Just find your question and click on it.
Resource offers the answers to many frequently asked questions about Venus. Kids can click on the user-friendly question links to learn more about this amazing planet.
Want a realistic timeline for that research project? Use these tips and resources to get a handle on what to do and when to do it. It offers templates several types of research projects such as speech, media project, primary sources, research paper, lab report, poster (Powerpoint), etc.
This site has information about the atomic bomb which was dropped on Hiroshima. Pictures of Hiroshima after the bomb and the mushroom cloud are included.