From a Smithsonian exhibition entitled "From Smithson to Smithsonian," this document relates John Quincy Adams' role in getting the US government to accept and support the gift that became the Smithsonian Institution. A transcript of Adams' report to Congress is included.

Students will add acidity to a healthy lake to see what happens to plants and animals in this interactive activity adapted from EcoKids.

In this video segment, the ZOOM cast demonstrates how to use cabbage juice to find out if a solution is an acid or a base.

This lesson teaches elementary students new vocabulary terms through book discussion groups. Students use context clues, prior knowledge, and print and online resources for vocabulary understanding in their discussion.

Students learn to use manipulatives and calculators to explore what happens when they change one number at a time in an addition number sentence. They record and develop the pattern that develops.

A commentary on the pros and cons of multinational corporations as they expand throughout the marketplace and the world. (From: Religion & Liberty, Vol. 10, No. 6)

A career in Actuarial Science in profiled.Includes: Actuarial Science overview, Preparation, Day In The Life, Earnings, Employment, Career Path Forecast, Professional Organizations.

Finches on the Galapagos Islands have evolved to exploit almost every possible niche. This diagram shows the range of food sources available on the island and the different beak shapes adapted to exploit each of them. Includes background reading materials and some discussion questions.

Ibiblio.org offers the address of the Japanese Prime Minister on the opening of the Imperial Diet in 1942.

This is the text of an address Austin made to the people of Louisville, Kentucky explaining the conflict between Texas and Mexico, and asking for support.

Interactive lesson plan which allows for elementary students to learn the "Part of speech," concepts of adjectives as well as effective characterization techniques. Uses the story of Charlotte's Web.

In this video segment from Greater Boston, learn how a man with severe motor disabilities can operate a computer and move a prosthetic hand by simply thinking the commands, thanks to the combined efforts of bioengineers and neuroscientists.

This is a perfect website for the younger student to learn about Native Americans in general and the Caddo Indians in particular. Lots of clickable, colorful pictures on their homes, culture, way of life, and earthen mounds. Also lots of historical and contemporary photographs of these Native Americans.

A profile of aerospace engineering as a career,includes aeronautical and astronautical engineers as sub-categories in this field. Includes Aerospace Engineering Overview - Preparation - Day In The Life - Earnings - Employment - Career Path Forecast - Professional Organizations -Profiles of Aerospace Engineers - Overview PDF - PowerPoint - Podcast.

Here you will find a collection of maps of Afghanistan from the Perry-Castaneda Collection. There are political maps, relief maps, cultural maps, historical maps, and links to maps on other sites.

Historical documents trace how the abolitionists virulently decried slavery and denounced those who supported it.

This website from the Library of Congress has primary source documents and pictures concerning the development of Liberia as a country for freed slaves in Africa. There are links to other areas on the Library of Congress website.

Part of a virtual exhibit by the Library of Congress, this site details the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the newly freed slaves. It contains photographs of artwork and a map from the period.

From the Library of Congress, this resource documents the course of post-Civil War, post-slavery life for black Americans. Topics include education, constitutional amendments, voting rights and the many challenges African Americans faced as newly free citizens. Includes political cartoons, maps and legislative information along with other primary source documents and commentary.