Theodore Boveri will describe his research with worms that helped him discover the principles of meiosis. The animations of meiosis are really good.
Find instructions, forms, and inspiration to help students to share their reading excitement with the class.
This site on the book "Dandelions" by Eve Bunting, includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.
At this website, read all twenty-two chapters of Daniel Defoe's "Moll Flanders." Included is a brief paragraph introducing the text and its main character.
At this website, read all eight chapters of Daniel Defoe's novel, "Robinson Crusoe." Also provided is a brief paragraph introducing the text, its context, it protagonist, and its reasons for its popularity.
This resource is an online companion of museum-mounted exhibition about Darwin and his revolutionary theory. It covers Darwin's upbringing, influences, and discoveries employing a rich mix of media: text, photographs, videos, sound files, primary source artifacts, and more.
This site from Palomar College contains a quiz that provides a nice review of the historyof Darwin's work and natural selection. Providesfor immediate feedback as soon as an answer is entered.
Carol Hurst provides this sample chapter from "Picturing Math." Gathering data is a frequent part of solving problems and satisfying curiosity, which includes working with graphs and using mathematical tools such as averaging and other computations.
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists search for carbonized remains of plants preserved in lava flows to find out how long it has taken rain forests on Hawaii to regenerate after a volcanic eruption.
This site presents the full text of Dickens' novel "David Copperfield." Content is supplemented with illustrations.
Site from Ibiblio.org on the exhibit at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Contains information on the history of the scrolls, an extensive explanation of each scroll, and pictures.
Don't let long words intimidate. Here students learn to break up long words into syllables.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provides an extensive overview of the Declaration of Independence. View the actual document, explore the history of the document as well as it's "stylistic artistry," and much more.
The Independence Hall Association provides an online image of the original document of the Declaration of Independence.
Describes the meeting of the Continental Congress during which the Declaration of Independence was adopted. Links to famous people present at the meeting.
Read the words for independence penned by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. Then link to a discussion of the document by Jefferson in his own autobiography.
On this National Archives and Records Administration web site, Stephen E. Lucas describes how the Declaration of Independence is a persuasive piece of literature. Lucus goes into details of the Declaration of Independence studying, at the level of the sentence, phrase, word, and syllable of the entire Declaration.
Text of the declaration of war which brought the United States into the War of 1812.
Full text of the declaration adopted by South Carolina as justification for its secession from the Union.
An online exhibit telling about the original creation of the Declaration of Independence and its many forms after. W.11-12.9b US Doc Analysis