Mary Nix on May 22nd, 2009

WWII: An American Scrapbook shares stories about WWII. Do you have a story or know someone that does? Then visit and share your story as well.
WWII: An American Scrapbook

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Mary Nix on May 20th, 2009

These games are designed to help children understand the basic number concepts.
Count Us In

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Mary Nix on May 18th, 2009

Shepherd Software offers many wonderful online learning games. World Geography is one of them. They also have a free, downloadable blank map of the world you can download.
World Geography Game

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Mary Nix on May 16th, 2009

The website states that there are thousands of archived events which happened to or affected the indigenous peoples of North America. For example, it states that on today’s date he reports that the following occured:
1677: Mugg, an Arosaguntacook Indian Chief, dies in Black Point, Maine. At the outset of King Philip’s war, Mugg [...]

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Mary Nix on May 13th, 2009

I love this game.  You can start out with a rectangle, triangle or hexagon.

Tessellate
–Mary Nix

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Mary Nix on May 11th, 2009

At the visible human site you can explore:

Cross-sectional Anatomy: Using 2D images to visualize 3D structures.

Planes of Section, with animations: An introduction to the three planes of section.

Transverse | Coronal | Sagittal | Organs labeled in the sagittal plane

Interactive Annotations: A clickable interface for learning about anatomical features.

Includes search engine to locate structures [...]

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