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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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Expanding Reading and Spelling Using Word Families: Word Maker Short 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 Short 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 Short E

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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