Excellent pictures of domestic areas. Pollen analysis offers information on farming and socialization.
In this interactive activity from ChemThink, students will learn how ionic bonds are formed and how an ionic bond structure is represented by its formula.
A basic review of ionic bonding and nomenclature.
The Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas provides an outstanding collection of maps of the country of Iraq. Also links to maps from other online sources.
This site from The Nobel Foundation includes the speech that was given by Irene Curie in accepting the Nobel prize.
A story about winter weather and activities children can do inside on a cold day. Includes audio narration in 19 additional languages with text in English.
In this video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW, students will follow scientists in their quest to understand how stable elements are made and how to create the elusive element 114.
The Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas provides an outstanding collection of maps of the country of Israel. Also links to maps from other online sources.
Detailed information about the structure and activities of the Israeli government, as well as links to the basic laws which make up the Israeli constitution.
This activity is a review of iteration. There are three problems to check students' understanding of iteration.
Full text of Sir Walter Scott's medieval romance and swaschbuckler Ivanhoe (1819)
Read about Ivory Coast's recent history, the military coups, violence, and the encouraging agreement that has ushered in a transitional government. You can also find out about its history as a French colony. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
This National Archives and Records Administration government website that provides an extensive collection of quality documents and information regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can download and read Joseph John Thomson's Nobel Lecture, "Carriers of Negative Electricity" (in pdf format).
Download and read James Chadwick's Nobel Lecture, entitled "The neutron and its properties," which is available in pdf format.
Read James Dewey Watson's Nobel Lecture "The involvement of RNA in the synthesis of proteins." This lecture, originally given December 11, 1962, is provided in PDF format.
The full text of the State of the Union Address which was delivered in 1981 by former President Jimmy Carter .
Excellent biography of King James of England with a brief mention of his role in the translation of the King James Version of the Bible. Many links to important names and terms.
Scroll through this article to find an account of the election of 1812 in which James Madison was running as the first war president.
Text of James Madison's "Proposed Amendments to the Constitution," June 8, 1789. Madison states his reasons for the amendments in view of the anti-federalist feelings in many of the colonies. The proposal explains in Madison's own words the reasons for the widespread disapproval, especially the idea of a strong system of federalism. Madison does not propose to change the Constitution, but to amend it with the Bill of Rights.