Ten new resources at FREE

The website that makes teaching resources from federal
agencies easier to find: http://www.ed.gov/free

NATIVE AMERICAN heritage teaching resources are featured at
FREE this month in honor of National American Indian Heritage
Month: http://www.ed.gov/free/past/2005/111.html

"THANKSGIVING in American Memory" features a timeline of
historical events (since 1541) that have produced the
Thanksgiving holiday we celebrate today. (Library of Congress)
http://www.ed.gov/free

History

"America Supports You"
highlights what Americans across the country are doing to
support our troops. Learn about ways to let our servicemen
and servicewomen know how much we appreciate them. Send
messages of appreciation and read responses. See photo
essays, newsletters, and a list of non-profit organizations
dedicated to helping our troops and their families. (DOD)
http://americasupportsyou.mil/americasupportsyou/index.aspx

"An American Success Story: The Pope House of Raleigh, NC"
tells the story of Manassa Pope, the first black man to
receive a medical license in North Carolina (1886). After
practicing medicine and helping establish a drug store and
insurance company in Charlotte, Pope moved his family to
Raleigh. There he continued his medical practice, built an
elegant house (equipped with the latest technologies) located
in the best place allowed for a black family in a segregated
city. He later ran for mayor. (NPS,TwHP,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/124popehouse/

"At a Crossroads: The King of Prussia Inn"
recounts the history of this inn, built originally as a
farmhouse in 1719 at an intersection of two roads northwest of
Philadelphia, not far from Valley Forge. The inn provided
hospitality to travelers when the colony was just a scattering
of farms. In part because of its location, it became a
prosperous tavern, inn, and social center for the evolving
community of the same name. (NPS,TwHP,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/119king/

"The Old Mormon Fort: Birthplace of Las Vegas, Nevada"
recalls the individuals and events leading to the creation of
Las Vegas. In 1855, Brigham Young sent 30 men to farm,
convert Indians, and build a settlement along a trail to the
Pacific. After the mission closed, a miner established a
ranch, which grew to be the largest property in the county
under later owner Helen Stewart. With the coming of the
railroad, Las Vegas became a town. Railroad officials laid
out a grid for the new city in 1905. (NPS,TwHP,NRHP)
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/122fort/

Science

"Exploring the Extreme"
provides lessons (K-8) on key concepts in the design of F-15
fighter planes: center of gravity; its relationship to thrust
vectoring, pitch, and yaw; how thrust is created in a jet
engine; how vectoring (directing the thrust from a jet engine)
affects movement of a plane; and fuel efficiency and drag.
(NASA)
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/
listbytype/Exploring.the.Extreme.Guide.html

"Investigating the Climate System: Energy"
offers lessons that focus on questions: Does ground surface
influence temperature? How important is water evaporation to
the cooling of a surface? If my town grows, will it affect
the area's temperature? Why are summer temperatures in the
desert southwest so much higher than at the same latitude in
the southeast? (NASA)
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/
listbytype/ICS_Energy.html

"Learning to Fly: The Wright Brothers' Adventure"
sends students undercover to Dayton and Kitty Hawk to report
secretly on the activities of two brothers who are making a
big glider in their bicycle shop. Students prepare by
researching aviation history and then, posing as news
reporters, interview the brothers (and neighbors).
Instructions are included for building the Wright brothers'
gliders and first plane. (NASA)
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/
listbytype/Learning.to.Fly-The.Wright.Brothers.Adventure.html

"NASA Educator Guides"
offer lessons and activities for learning about aeronautics,
clouds, energy, the electromagnetic spectrum, the
International Space Station, Mars, microgravity, the moon and
the Apollo missions, ocean winds, optics (light and color),
planetary geology, rainfall, rockets, sun-earth connections,
weather, the Wright brothers, and the brain in space. (NASA)
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/
listbytype/By_Type_Guides_landingpage.html

"National Middle School Science Bowl 2006"
is two competitions: an academic competition in which middle
school students answer fast-paced questions about math and
science and a model fuel cell car competition that challenges
students to design, build, and race model cars. In 2005, more
than 2,000 students participated in 24 regional competitions.
(DOE)
http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/nmsb/default.htm

"Space Science Education Resource Directory"
helps find NASA space science resources for learning.
Hundreds of resources can be sorted by science type (earth,
physical, or space) or by grade range. Topics include
algebra, atoms, big bang, black holes, comets, cosmic
distances, energy, force and motion, geometry, graphing,
gravity, heat, light and color, measurement and estimation,
planets, satellites, solar energy, solar system, space
missions, stars, telescopes, and waves. (NASA)
http://teachspacescience.org/cgi-bin/ssrtop.plex