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Food Helped Make the Difference
Food Helped Make the Difference
These x-rays from the 1920s demonstrate the differences between children developing normally and those who develop rickets. The title of the black and white image is “Food Helped to Make the Difference.” There are four x-rays. The top set shows...
Format: image/article
Marbles Kids Museum
Marbles Kids Museum is a hands-on, interactive destination that inspires children to be creative thinkers, active learners and confident individuals in today's world. With five galleries and two outdoor escapes, there is no shortage of activity for kids birth to 12 and their families.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Civil War army hospitals
In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 5.9
A description of medicine, hospitals, and the work of army doctors and nurses in the U.S. Civil War.
Format: article

Resources on the web

MicroWorlds: Exploring the Structure of Materials
Interactive tour of current research in the materials sciences at Berkeley Lab's Advanced Light Source. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Berkeley Lab
Chandra X-Ray Observatory News
A rich resource, both for teaching and learning about space, that includes photos, interactive maps, videos, tutorials, and quite a lot more to take students on a tour of the universe. (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
WebExhibits
Studying connections between art and science through interactive arts activities and informative pages. (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: IDEA
Physics 2000
An interactive journey through modern physics and high-tech devices. Learn how Einstein's revolution in physics has led to X-rays, microwave ovens, lasers, and many other modern devices. See experiments that demonstrate some of the more bizarre aspects of... (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: University of Colorado
Make a conjecture
In this lesson, students explore rates of change and accumulation in context and study the mathematics involved in determining the amount of blood being pumped by a heart. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)
Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics