The Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas provides an outstanding collection of maps of the country of Jordan. Also links to maps from other online sources.
At this website, you can read all 45 chapters of Joseph Conrad's novel, "Lord Jim." Provided is a brief paragraph introducing the novel, its protagonist, and major events.
Read about Julia Robinson (1919-1985 CE) a contributor to the world of mathematics and learn the accomplishments and struggles that defined her life.
This University of St. Andrews site provides biographical information and accomplishments of Dedekind.
A great lesson for students to explore commercial advertising using Cass-Clay Museum Ads and ice cream. Great resource for teachers to get lesson plans about advertising.
Learn about the habits of different zoo animals and how they are like human children. Includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.
Specially prepared maps from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection.
Site gives the documents of the hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate Seventieth Congress on The General Pact for the Renunciation of War signed at Paris as well as the text of the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
An outstanding page describing Kepler's three laws of planetary motion.
The three laws of planetary motion as described by Kepler are stated and elaborated upon. Useful graphics and an easy-to-understand language are used to explain the nature of planetary motion. Both conceptual and mathematical. Includes a Check Your Understanding section.
In this video from Science City, Kerri-Ann Richard, an environmental engineer, describes how she became interested in the field and why it is important to clean up the environment by removing contaminants from soil and ground water.
Read a biography of Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of Kevlar.
Great learning exercises to check your understanding of the kidneys. Complete this problem set and if you miss an answer you are taken to a tutorial that is very useful. This is a good site to use for research as well as checking for understanding.
This resource provides information about ecology.
Learn all about marine mammals at this fun site from the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Explore different species, learn about migration, gather and graph marine data, and more.
Delightful and inspirational, this site will encourage any viewer to pitch in to help save the Earth. There are many suggestions for activities, worksheets, music, and video nestled into the Kids for Saving the Earth website.
This Bibliomania website features the full text of Rudyard Kipling's novel "Kim." A brief summary of the novel is also included as well as a link to Bibiomania's main Kipling page that features other full-text works by this nineteenth century British author.
This excellent high school physics tutorial from The Physics Classroom investigates motion formulas using several problem-solving strategies including diagrams, equations, and lists.
This site from Georgia State University Physics Department defines kinetic energy and compares and contrasts it with other forms of energy. Provides an equation and links to further, more-detailed information.
Ibiblio.org provides this brief article about the Kirov murder.