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April 8, 2008 Nanotechnology: The Power of Small is the companion website for a public television series on nanotechnology and the environment, health, and privacy. See video clips of expert panels as they wrestle with dilemmas: the promise, the consequences, and potential risks of ...   (National Science Foundation) March 28, 2008 Slaves and the Courts, 1740-1860 presents over 100 books and pamphlets on experiences of African and African-American slaves in American colonies and U.S. The documents, published between 1772 and 1889, include trial cases and proceedings, journals, and other documents ...   (Library of Congress) March 27, 2008 Drake's West Indian Voyage 1588-1589 is a lesson investigating maps of a voyage by Sir Francis Drake that involved attacks on Spanish settlements off the coasts of Africa (Santiago), South America (Cartagena), and North America (St. Augustine). Students examine various maps ...   (Library of Congress) March 26, 2008 Waldseemüller's Map: World 1507 is a lesson designed around one of the world's most important maps. The first to use the name "America," this map resulted from an effort to document geographic discoveries of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Students investigate ...   (Library of Congress) March 25, 2008 Looking Good, Feeling Good: From the Inside Out explores bone, muscle, and skin. Through seven lessons, students learn how the musculoskeletal and skin systems work, how cells contribute to each system, how the structure of bone relates to its function, how body systems interact, and ...   (National Institutes of Health) March 11, 2008 Using Technology to Study Cellular and Molecular Biology introduces students to the concepts of scale, resolution, and probe size in cellular and molecular biology. Students play the role of a medical team that has discovered a muscle-wasting disease. They must choose which technology to use ...   (National Institutes of Health) March 4, 2008 Louisiana: European Explorations features an essay accompanied by 119 documents and maps that tell the story of the Louisiana Purchase. Learn about Louisiana under French rule and later Spanish rule. Find out why Jefferson felt that "the future destinies of the republic" ...   (Library of Congress) February 19, 2008 National Environmental Education Week (April 13-19, 2008) aims to increase the impact of Earth Day by creating a full week of educational preparation, learning, and activities in K-12 classrooms, nature centers, zoos, museums, and aquariums. Sign up to participate. Use ...   (Multiple Agencies) February 6, 2008 Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists features photos, blogs, and webcasts of penguin biologists, glaciologists, cosmologists, geologists, and marine scientists working in Antarctica and the Arctic. They're documenting their adventures in real time, so that students can follow ...   (National Science Foundation) February 6, 2008 Museum of Underwater Archaeology introduces students to the work of underwater archaeologists and maritime historians. Explore shipwrecks, lost colonies, and underwater archaeological projects around the world. Follow the stories of the CSS Alabama, a Confederate ship ...   (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) February 6, 2008 Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations features collections of dozens of animations for teaching geoscience topics -- atmosphere, biosphere, climate, earth's surface, energy and material cycles, geology, human dimensions, hydrosphere and cryosphere, hydrology, ocean, solar ...   (National Science Foundation) February 5, 2008 African American History Month features more than 60 resources related to African American history. See photos and historic places from the civil rights movement. Learn about Frederick Douglass, the Harlem Renaissance, the 369th Infantry, Brown v. Board of Education ...   (Department of Education) February 5, 2008 Picturing America aims to introduce students to America's art treasures and promote American history and culture in schools and public libraries. This initiative invites K-12 schools, home school consortia, and public libraries to apply for a set of 20 ...   (National Endowment for the Humanities) February 4, 2008 Jamestown, Quebec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings commemorates the 400th anniversary of these three lasting settlements founded in North America between 1607-1609. See rare European and Native American artifacts. Learn about the settlements -- their economies and labor systems ...   (Smithsonian Institution) February 4, 2008 Periodic Table of the Elements displays the elements by atomic number and describes the history and sources of each element, as well as its properties and uses ...   (Department of Energy) February 3, 2008 Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits presents photos of 100 famous and influential African Americans, from with Frederick Douglass and to Wynton Marsalis. Each portrait includes a brief biography ...   (Smithsonian Institution) February 2, 2008 History Explorer is a timeline of stories from exhibits, collections, and programs of the National Museum of American History ...   (Smithsonian Institution) February 1, 2008 The Star-Spangled Banner recounts the story of the flag that inspired our national anthem. Learn about the design of the U.S. flag, how Francis Scott Key's song changed how Americans viewed the flag, and the flag code -- protocols for handling and displaying the ...   (Smithsonian Institution) January 7, 2008 NOAA Discovery Kits presents tutorials, lessons, and multimedia activities for learning about corals, estuaries, ocean currents, tides, and pollution from diffuse sources. Learn about corals and threats to them; causes of ocean currents and how currents ...   (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) January 7, 2008 Zora Neale Hurston Plays presents manuscripts of 10 plays written by author, anthropologist, and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960). The plays had been deposited in the U.S. Copyright Office between 1925 and 1944 but were unpublished and unproduced until ...   (Library of Congress)

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