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A History of Chemistry: Avogadro's Law
While working with compounds, Amedeo Avogadro developed his theory that all gases with the same volume, at the same temperature and...
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All About Atoms for Middle School Science
Atoms make up everything around us. Over the last 200 years, we have gone from discovering that atoms exist to identifying the quarks...
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Work, Power, and Simple Machines for Middle School Science
Work, power, and simple machines are all related to force. If you haven't checked out our force page yet, you may want to read it before...
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A History of Chemistry: Atomic Numbers
In 1911, a Dutch physicist, Antonius van den Broek, published his hypothesis that the atomic number of each element should represent the...
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A History of Chemistry: Ancient Times
Matter is all around us. Everything we can see, and even things we can’t see, is made up of matter. Ancient people learned to work with...
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A History of Chemistry: Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece began as disconnected groups of people living in small communities. As the communities grew, they formed city-states....
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A History of Chemistry: Alchemy
Modern chemistry has its roots in alchemy. In Europe, alchemy was closely related to Christianity. By the fourth century, Rome had become...
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A History of Chemistry
Ever wondered how we got from trying to turn lead into gold to understanding the tiny particles that make up everything around us? That's...
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Newton's Three Laws of Motion for Middle School Science
How are Issac Newton, the three laws of motion, and a pandemic related? This pandemic didn't happen in 2020. It was all the way back in...
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Phonics Resources for the Short U Sound
If you are teaching young readers, then phonics is a vital part of your reading instruction. Introducing the Short U Sound You will want...
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Phonics Resources for the Short O Sound
If you are teaching young readers, then phonics is a vital part of your reading instruction. Introducing the Short O Sound You will want...
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Phonics Resources for the Short I Sound
If you are teaching young readers, then phonics is a vital part of your reading instruction. Introducing the Short I Sound You will want...
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Phonics Resources for the Short A Sound
If you are teaching young readers, then phonics is a vital part of your reading instruction. Introducing the Short A Sound You will want...
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Phonics Resources for the Short E Sound
If you are teaching young readers, then phonics is a vital part of your reading instruction. Introducing the Short E Sound You will want...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker VCE Long U
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker VCE Long O
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker VCE Long I
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker VCE Long A
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker Games
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker Short U
How We Learn to Read Our brains learn to read using a consistent process. The speed at which people learn how to read may differ, but the...
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