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Science Struck: Facts About Mesosphere That Highlight Its Importance

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn facts about the mesosphere, one of the five layers of the atmosphere.
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Science Struck: A Complete List of Landlocked Countries in the World

For Students 4th - 8th
Lists all the countries in the world that are landlocked. Gives area, population, capital, and bordering countries, as well as a map for each of the largest countries. This is followed by a list of other landlocked countries and their...
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Science Struck: A Complete List of All the Countries in Asia

For Students 4th - 8th
Lists the 49 countries in Asia and their capitals, organized by geographical region.
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Science Struck: Types of Landforms

For Students 4th - 8th
Describes different landform types and their features. includes many good quality photographs.
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Science Struck: Different Branches of Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the many specializations in the field of geography within its two branches of physical and human geography.
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Science Struck: Little Known Scientific Facts About the Stratosphere

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn facts about the stratosphere, one of the five layers of the atmosphere.
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Science Struck: The Theory of Environmental Determinism

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what is meant by the theory of environmental determinism, its origins and history, and its decline in popularity. Also presents examples of environmental determinism.
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Science Struck: Environmental Possibilism vs Environmental Determinism

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the difference between environmental possibilism and environmental determinism and presents a chart comparing the tenets of each theory.
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Science Struck: Branches of Philosophy, Role in Contemporary Affairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the different branches of Philosophy and what their relevance is to today's world.
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Science Struck: Meaning and Examples of Converse Statements

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the how a converse statement differs from an inverse statement, how to write a converse statement, and gives some examples of converse statements.
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Science Struck: Density of Water at Room Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses how to calculate the density of water and how density varies depending on the temperature and the salinity. Presents a chart showing the difference in the density of non-saline water for temperatures between 0 and 100 degrees...
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Science Struck: Rene Descartes: Facts, Achievements, Contributions

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents biographical information about Rene Descartes (1596-1650), his career, personal life, written works, and his legacy. Covers contributions to philosophy, mathematics, and science.
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Science Struck: Simple Ideas for Your Kid's Solar System Project

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Provides detailed instructions for how to help a student make a solar system model, and additional suggestions for making a constellation poster, making a model showing phases of the moon, and creating a solar system model to scale.
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Science Struck: How to Use a Protractor to Measure and Draw Angles

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Step-by-step instructions accompanied by illustrations that demonstrate how to use a protractor to draw angles and to measure angles.
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Science Struck: 62 Famous Quotes by Neil De Grasse Tyson

For Students 9th - 10th
Find inspiration to learn everything you can about science and space in these quotes from celebrity scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Science Struck: List of Different Types of Geometric Shapes

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A comprehensive list of 2D shapes and 3D solids with everything from a triangle to a dodecahedron. Includes illustrations and short descriptions of attributes for each.
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Science Struck: Guide on Interpolation vs. Extrapolation

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what interpolation and extrapolation are and methods used for them in statistics. Gives real-world examples of their applications in telecommunications, engineering, thermodynamics etc.
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Science Struck: Electromagnetic Waves: Origin and Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the history of the discovery and study of electromagnetism, the scientists who worked on it, the basic principle, how wavelength and frequency are related, and types of electromagnetic waves.
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Science Struck: Electromagnetic Energy and Why It Is Important

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what electromagnetic energy is, the history of its discovery, some terms used when talking about it, and gives some facts about it.
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Science Struck: Density of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what density is, how it is calculated, and how the density of water fluctuates depending on various conditions.
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Science Struck: Grassland Animal Adaptations

For Students 4th - 8th
Learn about the different animals that live in tropical and temperate grasslands and how they have adapted to their environment. Also discusses some plant adaptations.
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Science Struck: Versatile Uses of Calcium Carbonate

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn where calcium carbonate can be found and how it is used to support human health, in industry, agriculture, the environment, and in other ways.
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Science Struck: Paper Chromatography Uses

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what chromatography is, some of its applications, and how it works.
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Science Struck: Who Discovered Silver?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the element Silver, how it was discovered, its chemical properties, its long history, and how it is used by humans.