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The transformer room

In A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate, page 11

Interpreting the transformer room Wires come through the wall from the Generator Room which originally carried the power from the Dynamo Room to the Transformer Room. This room first was used to house a series of large Gould storage batteries,...

By Sue Clark McKendree.

Union attack on Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865

Map shows area surrounding forts Fisher, Buchanan and Anderson near Smithville, N.C. Fort Fisher, located on the peninsula formed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Cape Fear River, was the primary target of the Union assault. Details include locations of Confederate...

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Amazing liquid conductor

Students will mix a variety of liquid solutions together to see if they will light a light bulb in a electrical circuit. They will be able to identify liquid electrical conductors and nonconductors. Also they will be able to identify that liquid solutions that contain a noticeable amount of acid or salt are good conductors of electricity. Each group of students will make a closed circuit to test their solutions.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science)

By Martha Martin.

Organization of Civil War armies

Article describes the levels of organization of northern and southern armies and the officers who commanded at each level.

Format: article

Odd organelles

In this lesson, students are given a set of odd objects that they must use to represent cell organelles. Students creatively draw analogies between either the structure and/or function of an object with that of an organelle.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

By MaryBeth Knight Greene.

Technological inspirations for Biltmore House

In A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate, page 2

Architect Richard Morris Hunt and George Vanderbilt first met in 1885, when Vanderbilt was just twenty-two years old. These first meetings between George Vanderbilt and Hunt to complete work in the Vanderbilt family mausoleum began an association that would...

A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate

This tour of “America's Castle” explains the technological features George Vanderbilt incorporated into his turn-of-the-century home.

Format: series (multiple pages)

Making rubber: Dumping and scraping pans

The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...

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Making rubber: Pressing out the water

The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...

Format: audio

Making rubber: Loading press

The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...

Format: audio

Making rubber: Separating and hanging

The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...

Format: audio

Making rubber: Pressing with feet

The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...

Format: audio

Making rubber: Sound of feet

The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...

Format: audio

Electroplating: When is a penny worth less than one cent?

In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.8

In this lesson, students understand the chemical differences between pennies made before and after 1982, and gain an understanding of the process of electroplating.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.

Remembering the Revolution

An analysis of the painting The Apotheosis of Washington in the U.S. Capitol rotunda, and a discussion of how it reflected the values of Americans on the eve of the Civil War.

Format: article

Fort Sumter

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 1.3

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Federal troops refused to leave the fort after South Carolina seceded, and South Carolina's forces fired on the fort on the morning of April 12, 1861.

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North Carolina as a Civil War battlefield, November 1864–May 1865

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 7.2

Article describes major events and battles in North Carolina during the last year of the Civil War, including Sherman's Carolinas Campaign.

Format: article

A record of school desegregation: Conduct your own oral history project

In this unit for grade 8, students will research the history of school desegregation, and will use their knowledge to conduct oral history interviews with community members. Students will reflect on the experience through writing.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Dayna Durbin Gleaves.

Science students get their hands dirty

Enter Carol Swink's classroom where students become scientists by conducting hands-on, inquiry-based investigations. By saving the textbook reading and lectures for last and doing experiments first, students master not only science content but math content too.

Format: article/best practice

By Waverly Harrell.

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Bacterial batteries

In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about how one group of scientists has found a way to put bacteria to work. (Learn more)

Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science