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Grand Prize - Upper Division
Of Mind and Matter - The Mystery of the Human Brain
Of Mind and Matter - The Mystery of the Human Brain aims to promote awareness about the marvel of the human brain in an environment that is simple, enticing, and interactive. This Internet resource includes information about the anatomical, functional, and psychological aspects of this neurological organ along with details about disorders and ongoing research. These topics are also enforced by a broad range of fascinating applications to provide increased understanding of the material presented. So go ahead, and let your brain begin its journey to understand itself!
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The Inside Scoop on Farms
Looking for Farm information for a school report? Or just love farms, and things that mooooo? You have come to the right place!
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The German Tutor
The German Tutor is a site dedicated to learning the basics of the German language through easy-to-follow lessons in both English and Spanish. You can start by reading our Introduction or you can learn more about the lesson structure by reading the Preface.
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Peacemakers & Breakers
From ancient Rome to modern day, world leaders have set the direction for peace and prosperity or for war and hardship. Just who are these people and what influence have they had on our world? What qualities make a person a world leader? You'll find the answers to these questions and more at our site.
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Physics Master
Mechanics is the study of motion. It is used widely and is generally taught as the core of an introduction to physics course. This web page will explain the true meaning of various physics terms, such as force, acceleration and velocity.
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Educate the Gods
Learn all about the Greek gods and famous scientists throughout history.
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Nature of Sleep
Welcome to Nature of Sleep. Our site is designed to give students important information about this topic that impacts our lives each day. We hope you find the site useful and enjoyable!
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Hawaii - A Mixing Pot of Colors
Hawaii is one of the few places on Earth where a diverse mix of cultures and ethnicities blend together peacefully. People who live in Hawaii are said to have the "Aloha Spirit." They share a mutual respect for one another in which caring and openness are practiced.
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The Presidential Facts Page
This site is full of information about U.S. Presidents and all aspects of the government.
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Revolutionary War Voices
Voices of the American Revolution expresses the main focus of our website. Traitors, Seamstresses, and Generals were real people who were important figures during the time of the American Revolution.
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Rockets: Soar and Explore
Welcome to the amazing world of rockets! We hope you enjoy our site. Fasten your seatbelts as you soar and explore these spectacular innovations!
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Spacequest
Our entry does have "space" as its subject. We try to give a compact and understnadeble overview of our solar system and the different objects in it. The sun, the nine planets, comets, meteorites are mentioned and explained. Because the vastnes of it all, we tried to give an impression of the distances and sizes in the solar system. we did place this in the context of the much, much wider dimensions of the Milky Way galaxy and the total universe. We think that it could be an easy guide for a first acquantance with these subjects.
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The Deep Sleep
Our web team was very interested in what happens during hibernation. In our research, we found that some facts were different depending on the source we used. The facts in this site are a combination of the many sources that we used.
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William Wallace
William Wallace was a great warrior and leader that led the Scottish army as they tried to free themselves from English rule. Enter this site to learn more about William Wallace.
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Ancient Egyptian Mummification
Experience the mystery behind Egypt's past. Travel across sand dunes to discover ruins created over 5000 years ago. You will discover the key to ancient Egypt's past that lies within the mummies and the artifacts that they left behind!
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the Art in cARTooning
The goal of this site is to educate individuals about cartoons and the many aspects that make up cartooning.
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A Look at LOGO: Microworlds Pro
A Look at Logo: MicroWorlds Pro has dedicated its text to explaining the complicated process of MicroWorlds Pro. MicroWorlds Pro has been a project at our school ever since our fourth grade teacher moved down to the tech lab, and we wanted to share our project with the world. We have included teachers' lesson plans, activities for students, and information about real turtles for animal lovers.
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Blueprint
Blueprint offers different types of web design tutorials including HTML, JavaScript, Photoshop, and Flash. We have everything you may need for creating websites.
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Of Mind and Matter - The Mystery of the Human Brain
Of Mind and Matter - The Mystery of the Human Brain aims to promote awareness about the marvel of the human brain in an environment that is simple, enticing, and interactive. This Internet resource includes information about the anatomical, functional, and psychological aspects of this neurological organ along with details about disorders and ongoing research. These topics are also enforced by a broad range of fascinating applications to provide increased understanding of the material presented. So go ahead, and let your brain begin its journey to understand itself!
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The German Tutor
The German Tutor is a site dedicated to learning the basics of the German language through easy-to-follow lessons in both English and Spanish. You can start by reading our Introduction or you can learn more about the lesson structure by reading the Preface.
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Hawaii - A Mixing Pot of Colors
Hawaii is one of the few places on Earth where a diverse mix of cultures and ethnicities blend together peacefully. People who live in Hawaii are said to have the "Aloha Spirit." They share a mutual respect for one another in which caring and openness are practiced.
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Revolutionary War Voices
Voices of the American Revolution expresses the main focus of our website. Traitors, Seamstresses, and Generals were real people who were important figures during the time of the American Revolution.
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Making Tracks Towards Area
Need help calculating the area of a shape? Then this site is for you!
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Dance
Dance has played a large part in life. We used to and still do dance in many different ways. People perform dances to entertain, express feelings, tell stories, and much more.
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Exploring Forensics
Forensic science is any science used for the purposes of the law, and therefore provides impartial scientific evidence for use in the courts of law, and in a criminal investigation and trial. Forensic science is a multidisciplinary subject, drawing principally from chemistry and biology, but also from physics, geology, psychology, social science, etc.
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The Black Pearl
This is a student review of the book "The Black Pearl" by Scott O'Dell. There is also background information on the life of the author along with teaching resources that can be used with this book.
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The War Server
The objective of this website is to inform people about past foreign relations. Recently there has been a lot of controversy about war. Part of the ongoing disagreement is related to the fact that most of us know little about past wars. So many things have happened that its hard to keep track of who has done what to whom. To meet this objective, the War Server maintains a collection of entries about nations, confrontations, and events.
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The Magic of Witches: A Journey Through Time
This site is full of information on the history of witchcraft, the Salem Witch Trials and Wicca.
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Elk River History pre-1920
Our goal in this project is to create a web site that will help the second graders in our school learn about the history of Elk River as they study it. We hoped to make it more exciting and real for them with lots of pictures and stories.
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To Infinity and Beyond
This site is dedicated to the Space Shuttle Columbia.
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The Artificial Intelligence Project
The Artificial Intelligence Project provides a web environment where school children of a wide range of ages can access information relevant to understanding Artificial Intelligence.
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Dedicated Peacemakers
We would like to share some of the historical events, individual accomplishments, symbols, music and some powerful words that carry on the patriotism of our country, the United States of America.
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Yucca Mountain: Potential for Disaster?
In 2010, the Federal government will begin storing nuclear waste at the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada, about 100 miles from Las Vegas. This website's purpose is to educate and inform it's users about this growing issue, and help them make informed decisions concerning this topic.
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The Inside Scoop on Farms
Looking for Farm information for a school report? Or just love farms, and things that mooooo? You have come to the right place!
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Wolf Life
Wolves are not as evil as people think. A good way to understand wolves is to learn more about them, and here you can.
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SSA: Understanding Genetics
Have you ever wondered about the mysteries of life? About why you are you? Do you ever go deep inside yourself and try to discover what life really is? This site will give you the information on genetics that you are looking for.
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Hatchet
This gives some information on the book "Hatchet" by Gary Paulson.
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Roller Coaster
This site has information on what a roller coaster is and the different types of roller coasters.
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Rockets: Soar and Explore
Welcome to the amazing world of rockets! We hope you enjoy our site. Fasten your seatbelts as you soar and explore these spectacular innovations!
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Run for Your Life
Everyone should run for his life! It could literally mean life or death! So, running is a universal sport that people all over the world take part in. It has no boundaries. It does not see race or religion or gender. Anyone can find a reason to get out there and run! Some people run for physical fitness. Some for competitiveness. Some even because they simply enjoy running. So what are you waiting for? Go!
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Amazing Amphibians
This site is loaded with information about different amphibians. Enter to learn more about frogs, salamanders, newts and toads.
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Walk Like an Egyptian through Ancient Egypt
Welcome to our site! We have information about many things. Some subjects we have information about are hieroglyphics, mummification, and the pyramids. We also have a review of the book "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatly Snyder. Several games will be found on our site, as well. It is very exciting in the land of ancient Egypt!
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Snack Foods
Have you ever wondered who invented junk food? Or even why? Well, our website will have information that will tell you the answer. You can also learn about the health of junkfood. Or you can have fun by playing our games, taking our polls and solving our wordsearch and other fun games.
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Cinderella Around the World
This site gives a history of the different version of the story Cinderella from the many countries that it is told in.
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Solve This!
Enter this site to try and solve many challenging mathematical puzzles.
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The Mayan Mystery
The Maya were one of the best known civilizations of Mesoamerica. Starting in the Yucatan from around 2600 BC to 250 AD they expanded their boundaries around southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern Belize, and Western Honduras.
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