A career in Petroleum Engineering is profiled.Included: Petroleum Engineer overview, Preparation, Day In The Life, Earnings, Employment, Career Path Forecast, Professional Organizations.
This is the twelfth article in a series that is designed to help the new novel writer. This article focuses on how to effectively use descriptions in any writing.
This article by Jacob G. Hornberger is an essay in the book, The Case for Free Trade and Open Immigration, edited by Richard M. Ebeling and Jacob G. Hornberger. In it, Hornberger gives a hypothetical view of how life in the United States would be if free trade and unlimited immigration among states did not exist. He uses these hypothetical examples to argue for free trade and less restrictive immigration laws to improve economies and relations between countries.
This site provides a review of the book "The Castle in the Attic" by Elizabeth Winthrop. It also features ideas for activities and a list of related books.
This lesson plan incorporates art, drama, social studies, and language arts. Students use recycled paper and boxes to create a castle, then use it as inspiration to write and act out their own play. (To access this lesson plan, you must register with Crayola.com. Registration is free and takes only a few moments to complete.)
Site provides some different examples of categorical data and discusses the use of two-way tables.
Cross-curricular online resource on the book "Catherine Called Birdy," by Karen Cushman. Includes discussion questions and engaging learning activities.
Site provides extensive assistance in prepraring 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section helps students identify cause and effect in literature.
This Cause and Effect graphic organizer helps students organize information from a text they are reading.
This interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service presents the key concepts of cave and karst systems, including how and where they form, different types, and various cave environments.
A fun lesson plan incorporating language arts, science, and art. Students read myths and legends about the sun, moon, or stars, then create a sculpture, and write their own story about it. Also provides adaptations and a list of resources. (To access this lesson plan, you must register with Crayola.com. Registration is free and takes only a few moments to complete.)
The Cell Biology Project at the University of Arizona provides an explanation of mitosis, DNA basics, diagrams and a practice exercise.
Poses and answers the question, "What is (and is not) mitosis?" An overview with images of the phases of mitosis, plus a mitosis animation.
Superior site for information on cell signaling. Information provided as a tutorial with multiple choice questions to guide the learner. The site has lots of images and diagrams.
This resource provides all the directions and worksheets necessary to make a sundial and record data with it.
Read about America's Central Intelligence Agency and how it works to provide national security intelligence. The resource discusses careers with the CIA, how the organization is run and its history. Also view the "World Factbook" section, an excellent resource for learning about countries all over the world.
In this activity, students build numbers from zero to ten with cereal and connect the number name and numeral. Students also explore number sentences for numbers up to ten.
Learn about the Argentinian 1984 Nobel Prize winner in physiology or medicine Cesar Milstein in this autobiography provided by the Nobel foundation.
On September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland. Hours later, Neville Chamberlain spoke to the members of the House of Commons. The gist of the speech was preparing Britain for war.
A picture book about the final championship baseball game of the season. Includes audio narration in English, Spanish, and Turkish with text in English.