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Animal Adaptations Lessons, Printables, & Activities Highlights Videos Interested in using different types of media in your classroom? We have a growing collection of videos, with related activities, for holidays and events, including: Thanksgiving, slavery & the Civil War, American History, U.S. Presidents, handwashing awareness, the Common Core, women's history, Memorial Day, the American Revolution, and the environment. Enjoy! ThanksgivingThanksgiving is just around the corner! November Calendar of Events November is full of events that you can incorporate into your standard curriculum. Hour of Code Introduce your students to basic coding and computer science! Cylinder Recordings Early Recording Artists Recording Artists Visit this Cyberbee researched page to learn more about early artists who recorded for the major record comapnies like Edison, Columbia, and Victor. Foreign Language Instruction Cylinders Foreign Language Instruction Cylinders Language laboratories were made possible by Thomas Edison's invention of the tin foil phonograph in 1877. Native American Cylinders Native American Cylinders A number of ethnographers recorded the stories, music, and traditions of Native Americans. Websites for Learning and Listening Belfer Cylinder Digital Collection The Belfer Cylinders Digital Connection provides online access to digital audio files of cylinders in the Belfer Audio Archive. Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the UCSB Libraries have created a digital collection of nearly 8,000 cylinder recordings held by the Department of Special Collections. Edison National Historical Park
Your Sky by John Walker Welcome to Your Sky, the interactive planetarium of the Web. You can produce maps in the forms described below for any time and date, viewpoint, and observing location. Your Sky provides three ways to view the sky with links, where appropriate, among the various presentations. Sky Map The sky map shows the entire sky as viewed from a given location at a specified time and date. To make a sky map, enter the latitude and longitude of your observing site in the boxes below (be sure to check the correct “North/South” and “East/West” settings) and press the “Make Sky Map” button below the form. Horizon Views Horizon Views, showing the stars above the horizon as seen from a specified observing site at a given date and time. The Virtual Telescope Your Sky's Virtual Telescope is your Humble Soft Telescope of the Web. To launch the virtual telescope, enter the coordinates at which it should be aimed in the boxes below and push the “Aim Virtual Telescope” button. Your Sky help
Mars to Get Closer than Ever in Recorded History in 2003 Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Befitting the red planet's bloody color, the Romans named it after their god of war. The Romans copied the ancient Greeks, who also named the planet after their god of war, Ares. Other civilizations also typically gave the planet names based on its color — for example, the Egyptians named it "Her Desher," meaning "the red one," while ancient Chinese astronomers dubbed it "the fire star." Physical characteristics Regolith The bright rust color Mars is known for is due to iron-rich minerals in its regolith — the loose dust and rock covering its surface. Geology The cold, thin atmosphere means liquid water currently cannot exist on the Martian surface for any length of time. The red planet is home to both the highest mountain and the deepest, longest valley in the solar system. Space.com Exclusive T-shirt. Scientists think the Valles Marineris formed mostly by rifting of the crust as it got stretched. Many regions of Mars are flat, low-lying plains.
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