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The Ancient Greek World
A virtual exhibit of artifacts from ancient Greece that depict the daily lives of the people from this civilization from the different types of coins they used for purchases to the grave-markers placed in their cemeteries. (Learn more)
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Provided by: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Ancient India
An interactive website that examines Ancient India in six categories: The Buddha, Geography, Early Hinduism, Indus Valley, Time, and Writing. (Learn more)
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Provided by: The British Museum
Ancient Observatories
Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos and find out about archaeoastronomy using maps, films, and animations. (Learn more)
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Provided by: Exploratorium
Ancient Scripts.com
Examines a wide variety of writing systems and their origins, phonetics, and historical linguists. (Learn more)
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Provided by: Lawrence K Lo
Ancient World Mapping Center
Free, downloable maps of the ancient world including ancient sites in and around the Aegean Sea, ancient Greece, ancient Italy, ancient Egypt, and Constantinople, as well as maps depicting the campaigns of such historical figures as Augustus, Caesar, Pompey,... (Learn more)
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Provided by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Andrei Sakharov: Soviet Physics, Nuclear Weapons, and Human Rights
Photos, primary resources, and audio recordings accompany biographical text that explores the major periods of this Soviet physicist's life. (Learn more)
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Provided by: American Institute of Physics
Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
Describes the Asian immigration experience during the 1800's through the mid-1900's and the history of the Angel Island station located in San Francisco Bay. (Learn more)
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Provided by: Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
Animal Diversity Web
An online database containing information about thousands of different animals and includes virtual reality movies, images, diagrams, photographs, and sounds of many of the creatures. (Learn more)
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Provided by: University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Animal Doc
This site offers a variety of learning opportunities to introduce students to veterinary science. (Learn more)
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Provided by: University of Georgia
Animaland
Resources and activities about pets and other animals, animal-related careers, and animal-connected current events. (Learn more)
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Provided by: ASPCA
Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation
Portrays large chapters of American history with animated maps and geographic features. Also find a free ten minute narrated movie about the political geographic history of the United States. (Learn more)
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Provided by: Peter Mayes Productions
Anne Frank Guide
Comprehensive guide focused on Anne Frank, her family, and the Holocaust. (Learn more)
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Provided by: Anne Frank House
Anne Frank the Writer
Explore an exhibition of primary sources, original manuscripts, interviews, and photographs that that examine Anne Frank as a writer. (Learn more)
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Provided by: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Annenberg Channel
Free, authoritative, and honored professional development videos for teachers, focusing on general teaching strategies and subject specific content. (Learn more)
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Provided by: Annenberg Media
Annenberg Media: Learner.org
This project provides immediate and FREE access to Annenberg Media productions for educational purposes. This site includes educational resources such as in class videos for viewing on demand or for purchase, teacher workshops and courses, and telecourses.... (Learn more)
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Provided by: Annenberg Media
Ansel Adams’s Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
Contains photographs taken during World War II by noted photographer Ansel Adams documenting life at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, a Japanese American internment camp, in California (Learn more)
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Provided by: Library of Congress
Antarctica: Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole
A multimedia website that uses such resources as webcasts, interactive maps, and video clips to document the journey of a team of explorers throughout Antarctica. (Learn more)
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Provided by: The Exploratorium
Antimatter Academy
A multimedia website that uses video clips, webcasts, cartoons, and graphics to teach children about antimatter, its history, and its uses. (Learn more)
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Provided by: CERN
APlusMath
Print out customized worksheets and flashcards and play interactive games...all to help you build your math skills. This site includes a homework helper that will allow you to input a homework problem and your answer. It will then figure out if your solution... (Learn more)
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Provided by: A Plus Math
Apollo: The Apollo Program
Includes a vast amount of multimedia resources including audio, video, imagery, and diagrams about the Apollo earth and lunar orbital missions and lunar landing missions. (Learn more)
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Provided by: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum