Teachers find resources connected to the minerals industry of British Columbia, including comprehensive units for all grade levels, with specific curriculum links to provincial curriculum, and integrated science kits.
A fantastic resource for music teachers and students learning to play the piano. This online quiz can be customized to test students on specific keys. Students can click "Toggle helpers," to check answers along the way.
PBS site invites users to watch a video segment on "longevity genes." Will they help us to live longer lives?
Identify places in a typical room where "creepy crawlies" like dust mites, ants, lice and silverfish might live. Then check out places on the human body that dust mites may inhabit, and learn about the disease and other problems dust mites can cause.
Use this site to trade traditional stocks and learn how trading stocks in the market can increase your wealth (or decrease it too!)
Students practice a procedural skill -- knot tying -- to investigate if and in what way sleep affects learning and memory in relation to a learning a procedural skill. Sleeping is a behavior that is natural and essential for our health and well-being. In fact, it is a biological necessity -- we would die without it. Still, sleep is not yet well understood. It is known that sleep is not a time for all body systems to shut down and rest. Some brain activity actually elevates during sleep, and some hormone secretions increase too. Studies show that sleep affects energy, reaction rate, coordination, concentration, and focus. Lack of sleep often results in costly and even deadly consequences.
Official home page of the National Archives. Contains information about the National Archives, archive locations around the U.S., overview of how archivists work and electronic access to national records.
This resource provides infromation about careers in marine mammal biology.
An intensive look at sea ice, its characteristics, how it is formed, where it occurs, why it is so important, scientific research, its impact on early explorers' voyages, and so on. Antarctic and Arctic sea ice are compared for similarities and differences.
This resource is a place for learning all about the Earth--the Earth's layers, its history, rocks and minerals, and interesting Earth science facts and discoveries. Explore, ask questions, find information, and meet American Museum of Natural History scientists, who share their views on dozens of Earth-related topics.
William Morey offers a description of the brief reign of Titus in his textbook of 1901.
Interesting reading material about Henry Luce, founder of 'Time', 'Fortune', 'Sports Illustrated', and 'Life' magazines, who became one of America's leading mass communicators. Includes a career timeline, video clips, and a personal interview.
Presented is biographical information, a career timeline, interviews with people who knew her, and film clip of the remarkable career of comedian Lucille Ball.
At this site, families can work together to create a unique family tree. Its special design allows you not only to record names of your family members but also to describe their likes and dislikes, how they used their leisure time, where they spent their youth, and other important aspects of their personal stories. You'll need to register with PBS to be able to set up and save your tree, but it takes only a few seconds. A wonderful way to collaborate with persons in your family, whether close by or far flung, and produce a lasting record of your family's history.
From the PBS series "Wonders of the African World," comes this description of ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Includes some reasons why the city may have collapsed.
Explore why objects drawn on a plane are two dimensional in this video tutorial. [4:57] Take a quiz to assess learning.
This lesson goes over pronoun case, including the subjective case, the objective case, and the possessive case. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast [05:20] and provides review questions over the lesson's content.
Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.Senior Contributing AuthorsRose M. Spielman, Formerly of Quinnipiac UniversityContributing AuthorsKathryn Dumper, Bainbridge State CollegeWilliam Jenkins, Mercer UniversityArlene Lacombe, Saint Joseph's UniversityMarilyn Lovett, Livingstone CollegeMarion Perlmutter, University of Michigan
