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High School Courses

Advanced Mathematics

Oak Meadow Lesson 8 (Textbook Lessons 29-32)

29: The Unit Circle, Very Large and Very Small Fractions, Quadrantal Angles
Instructional Video: Unit Circle Basics
Instructional Video: Quadrantal Angles

30: Adding Vectors, Overlapping Triangles
Instructional Video: Adding Vectors
Instructional Video: Proofs with Overlapping Triangles

31: Symmetry, Reflections, Translations
Instructional Video: Functional Symmetry
Instructional Video: Reflections of Functions
Instructional Video: Translations of Functions
Geogebra Investiga: Transformations of Functions

32: Inverse Functions, Four Quadrant Signs, Inverse Trigonometric Functions
Instructional Video: Intro to Inverse Functions
Instructional Video: Finding an Inverse Algebraically
Instructional Video: Four Quadrant Signs
Instructional Video: Intro to Inverse Sine
Instructional Video: Intro to Inverse Cosine
Instructional Video: Intro to Inverse Tangent
Instructional Video: Additional Inverse Trig Examples
Practice Set: Inverse Trig Functions

Oak Meadow Lesson 9 (Textbook Lesson 33-36)

33: Quadrilaterals, Properties of Parallelograms, Types of Parallelograms, Conditions for Parallelograms, Trapezoids
Instructional Video: Introduction to Quadrilaterals
Practice Set: Identifying Quadrilaterals
Instructional Video: Properties of Parallelograms
Geogebra Investigation: Properties of Parallelograms
Geogebra Investigation: Properties of Parallelograms 2
Instructional Video: Properties of Rectangles
Geogebra Demonstration: Rectangle Properties
Instructional Video: Properties of Squares
Geogebra Demonstration: Square Properties
Instructional Video: Properties of Rhombuses
Geogebra Demonstration: Rhombus Properties
Instructional Video: Showing a Quadrilateral is a Parallelogram
Reading Resource: Properties of Parallelograms
Instructional Video with Practice Set: Quadrilateral Hierarchy
Instructional Video: Properties of Isosceles Trapezoids
Instructional Video: Examples of Trapezoid Midsegment Theorem
Geogebra Investigation: Isosceles Trapezoid Properties

34: Summation Notation, Linear Regression, Decomposing Functions
Instructional Video: Summation Notation
Practice Set: Summation Notation
Instructional Video: Intro to Linear Regression
Instructional Video: Linear Regression
Instructional Video: Decomposing Functions

35: Change in Coordinates, The Name of a Number, The Distance Formula
Instructional Video: Directed Distance
Instructional Video: Using the Distance Formula

36: Angles Greater than 360, Sums of Trigonometric Functions, Boat in the River Problems
Instructional Video: Angles Greater than 360 Intro
Instructional Video: Finding Exact Values of Trig Functions
Instructional Video: Boat in the River Problems

Oak Meadow Lesson 10 (Textbook Lessons 37-40)

37: The Line as a Locus, The Midpoint Formula
Instructional Video: The Line as a Locus
Instructional Video with Practice Problems: Finding Midpoints

38: Fundamental Counting Principle and Permutations, Designated Roots, Overall Average Rate
Instructional Video: Fundamental Counting Principle and Permutations
Instructional Video: Designated Roots
Instructional Video: Overall Average Rate

39: Radian Measure of Angles, Forms of Linear Equations
Instructional Video: Intro to Radians
Instructional Video: Converting Between Degrees and Radians
Practice Set: Converting Radians and Degrees
Instructional Video: Radian Angles in Quadrants
Practice Set: Radians in the Unit Circle
Instructional Video: Forms of Linear Equations (Standard/General, slope-intercept, point-slope)
Instructional Video: Double Intercept Form of a Line
Practice Set: Linear Equations

40: The Argument in Mathematics, The Laws of Logarithms, Properties of Inverse Functions
Instructional Video: The Argument
Instructional Video: Properties of Logs
Instructional Video: Verifying Inverse Functions

Oak Meadow Lesson 11 (Textbook Lessons 41-44)

41: Reciprocal Trigonometric Functions, Permutation Notation
Instructional Video: Reciprocal Trig Functions
Instructional Video: Evaluating Reciprocal Trig Functions
Instructional Video: Permutation Notation

42: Conic Sections, Circles, Constants in Exponential Functions
Instructional Video: Intro to Conic Sections
Instructional Video: Writing an Equation of a Circle from a Graph
Instructional Video: Graphing a Circle from its Equation
Practice Set: Graph a Circle from its Equation
Geogebra Investigation: Relating a Circle and its Equation
Instructional Video: Graphing Exponential Functions

43: Periodic Functions, Graphs of sin and cos
Instructional Video: Intro to Periodic Functions
Instructional Video: Graphs of sin and cos
Instructional Video: Graphs of sin and cos with Amplitude and Period (focus on Amplitude)
Geogebra Investigation: Amplitude of Sine and Cosine

44: Abstract Rate Problems
Instructional Video: Rate Problems from Textbook

Oak Meadow Lesson 12 (Textbook Lessons 45-48)

45: Conditional Permutations, Two-Variable Analysis Using a Graphing Calculator
Instructional Video: Conditional Permutations
Instructional Video: Linear Regression on a TI84 Graphing Calculator

46: Complex Roots, Factoring Over the Complex Numbers
Instructional Video: Writing Equations Given Complex Roots
Instructional Video: Solving Quadratics with Complex Roots
Practice Set: Solving Quadratics with Complex Roots

47: Vertical Sinusoid Translations, Arctan
Instructional Video: Horizontal and Vertical Transformation of Sin and Cos (focus on vertical)
Instructional Video: Vertical Transformation of Sin and Cos
Geogebra Investigation: Amplitude and Vertical Translation of Sine and Cosine
Instructional Video: Arctan Example

48: Powers of Trigonometric Functions, Perpendicular Bisectors
Instructional Video: Powers of Trig Functions
Instructional Video: Perpendicular Bisector

Oak Meadow Lesson 13 (Textbook Lessons 49-52)

49: The Logarithmic Function, Development of the Rules for Logarithms
Instructional Video: Intro to Log Graphs
Instructional Video: Proofs of Log Properties

50: Trigonometric Equations
Instructional Video: Solving Trig Equations *Ignore the +2n part of the solution for now

51: Common Logarithms and Natural Logarithms
Instructional Video: Common vs. Natural Log

52: The Inviolable Argument, Arguments in Trigonometric Equations
Instructional Video: The Inviolable Argument
Instructional Video: Arguments in Trig Equations

Oak Meadow Lesson 14 (Textbook Lessons 53-56)

53: Review of Unit Multipliers, Angular Velocity
Instructional Video: Unit Multipliers
Instructional Video: Linear and Angular Velocity
Instructional Video: Angular Velocity Example

54: Parabolas
Instructional Video: Parabola Vertex and Axis of Symmetry
Practice Set: Properties of Parabolas
Instructional Video: Graphing by Completing the Square with Negative Coefficient
Instructional Video: Graphing by Completing the Square with a>1

55: Circular Permutations, Distinguishable Permutations
Instructional Video: Linear and Circular Permutations
Instructional Video: Distinguishable Permutations

56: Triangular Areas, Areas of Segments, Systems of Inequalities
Instructional Video: Area of Triangles
Instructional Video: Area of a Trapezoid
Practice Set: Finding Area of a Trapezoid
Instructional Video: Area of Sectors and Segments in Circles
Instructional Video: Systems of Linear and Quadratic Inequalities
Instructional Video: Systems of Linear and Circle Inequalities

Oak Meadow Lesson 15 (Textbook Lessons 57-60)

57: Phase Shifts in Sinusoids, Period of a Sinusoid
Instructional Video: Phase Shifts
Instructional Video: Period, Amplitude and Phase Shift
Geogebra Investigation: Transformations of a sine graph

58: Distance From a Point to a Line, Narrow and Wide Parabolas
Instructional Video: Distance Between a Point and a Line
Practice Set: Distance Between a Point and a Line
Instructional Video: How Leading Coefficient Affects Shape of Parabola
Instructional Video: Graphing Parabola with Leading Coefficient

59: Advanced Logarithm Problems, The Color of the White House
Instructional Video: Solving Log Equations
Instructional Video: Solving Log Equations 2
Instructional Video: “Color of the White House” Problems

60: Factorable Trigonometric Equations, Loss of Solutions Caused by Division
Instructional Video: Factoring Trig Equations GCF

Oak Meadow Lesson 16 (Textbook Lessons 61-64)

61: Single Variable Analysis, The Normal Distribution, Box and Whisker Plots
Instructional Video: Standard Deviation
Instructional Video: Into to Normal Distribution
Instructional Video: Constructing Box and Whisker Plots
Instructional Video: Reading Box and Whisker Plots
Instructional Video: Interpreting Box and Whisker Plots

62: Abstract Coefficients, Linear Variation
Instructional Video: Abstract Coefficients and Linear Variation

63: Circles and Completing the Square
Instructional Video: Circles and Completing the Square

64: The Complex Plane, Polar Form of a Complex Number, Sums and Products of Complex Numbers
Instructional Video: The Complex Plane
Instructional Video: Polar Form of a Complex Number
Instructional Video: Sums and Products of Complex Numbers (complete Saxon lesson)

Oak Meadow Lesson 17 (Textbook Lessons 65-68)

65: Radicals in Trigonometric Equations, Graphs of Logarithmic Functions
Instructional Video: Trig Equation with Radical
Instructional Video: Graphs of Log Functions

66: Formulas for Systems of Equations, Phase Shifts and Period Changes
Instructional Video: Formula for Systems of Equations with Phase Shifts and Period Changes

67: Antilogarithms
Instructional Video: Antilogarithm on a Graphing Calculator
Instruction Video: Antilogarithm on Scientific Calculator

68: Locus Definition of a Parabola, Translate Parabolas, Applications, Derivation
Instructional Video: Locus of a Parabola
Instructional Video: Finding Focus and Directrix from Equation
Instructional Video: Finding Equation of Parabola given Vertex and Focus

Oak Meadow Lesson 18 (Textbook Lessons 69-72)

69: Matrices, Determinants
Instructional Video: Intro to Matrices
Instructional Video: Determinants 2×2

70: Percentiles and Z Scores
Instructional Video: Percentiles and Z Scores

71: The Ellipse (1)
Instructional Video: Ellipses
Practice Set: Ellipses

72: One Side Plus Two Other Parts, Law of Sines
Instructional Video: Law of Sines Solving for a Side
Instructional Video: Law of Sines Solving for an Angle
Practice Set: Law of Sines

Oak Meadow Lesson 19 (Textbook Lessons 73-76)

73: Regular Polygons
Instructional Video: Perimeter and Area of Regular Polygons

74: Cramer’s Rule
Instructional Video: Cramer’s Rule

75: Combinations
Instructional Video: Intro to Combinations
Instructional Video: Combination Formula
Practice Set: Combinations

76: Functions of (-x), Functions of the Other Angle, Trigonometric Identities (1), Rules of the Game
Instructional Video: Even and Odd Functions (Trig)
Instructional Video: Complementary Angles (Trig)
Instructional Video: Verifying Trig Identities

Oak Meadow Lesson 20 (Textbook Lessons 77-80)

77: Binomial Expansions (1)
Instructional Video: Binomial Expansion

78: The Hyperbola
Instructional Video: Hyperbola

79: De Moivre’s Theorem, Roots of Complex Numbers
Instructional Video: De Moivre’s Theorem
Instructional Video: Roots of Complex Numbers

80: Trigonometric Identities (2)
Instructional Video: Pythagorean Trig Identities
Instructional Video: Verifying Trig Identities

Oak Meadow Lesson 21 (Textbook Lessons 81-84)

81: Law of Cosines
Instructional Video: Solving for a Side with the Law of Cosines
Instructional Video: Solving for an Angle with the Law of Cosines
Practice Set: Law of Cosines
Instructional Video: Some Examples Using Law of Sines and Cosines

82: Taking the Logarithm of, Exponential Equations
Instructional Video: Solving Exponential Equations with Logs

83: Simple Probability, Independent Events, Replacement
Instructional Video: Simple Probability
Instructional Video: Independent Events
Instructional Video: Examples with and without Replacement

84: Factorable Expressions, Sketching Sinusoidals
Instructional Video: Verifying Identities with Factoring 1
Instructional Video: Verifying Identities with Factoring 2
Instructional Video: Graphing Sine and Cosine

Oak Meadow Lesson 22 (Textbook Lessons 85-88)

85: Advanced Trigonometric Equations, Clock Problems
Instructional Video: Advanced Trig Equations
Instructional Video: Clock Problems

86: Arithmetic Progressions and Arithmetic Means
Instructional Video: Arithmetic Sequences
Instructional Video: Arithmetic Means

87: Sum and Difference Identities, Tangent Identities
Instructional Video: Sum and Difference of all Three Trig Functions with Examples

88: Exponential Functions (Growth and Decay)
Instructional Video: Exponential Decay
Instructional Video: Half-Life Applications

Oak Meadow Lesson 23 (Textbook Lessons 89-92)

89: The Ellipse (2)
Instructional Video: Write Equation Given Vertices and Foci
Instructional Video: Write Equation Given Axes and Center

90: Double Angle Identities, Half Angle Identities
Instructional Video: Half and Double Angle Identities
Instructional Video: Half and Double Angle Additional Examples

91: Geometric Progressions
Instructional Video: Geometric Sequences
Instructional Video: Finding Geometric Means
Practice Set: Geometric Sequences

92: Probability of Either, Notations for Permutations and Combinations
Instructional Video: Mutually Exclusive Events
Instructional Video: Permutations and Combinations

Oak Meadow Lesson 24 (Textbook Lessons 93-96)

93: Advanced Trigonometric Identities, Triangle Inequalities (2)
Instructional Video: Verifying Advanced Trig Identities
Instructional Video: Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem with Examples
Geogebra Investigation: Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem

94: Graphs of Secant and Cosecant, Graphs of Tangent and Cotangent
Instructional Video: Secant and Cosecant Graphs
Instructional Video: Graphs of Tangent and Cotangent

95: Advanced Complex Roots
Instructional Video: Advanced Complex Roots

96: More Double Angle Identities, Triangle Area Formula, Proof of the Law of Sines, Equal Angles Imply Proportional Sides
Instructional Video: Area of a Triangle Using Sine
Instructional Video: Proof of the Law of Sines

Oak Meadow Lesson 25 (Textbook Lessons 97-100)

97: The Ambiguous Case
Instructional Video: Law of Sines the Ambiguous Case

98: Change of Base, Contrived Logarithm Problems
Instructional Video: Change of Base Formula
Practice Set: Change of Base
Instructional Video: Contrived Log Problems

99: Sequence Notations, Advanced Sequence Problems, The Arithmetic and Geometric Means
Instructional Video: Sequence Notation and Sequence Problems
Instructional Video: Arithmetic and Geometric Means

100: Product Identities, More Sum and Difference Identities
Instructional Video: Product Identities
Instructional Video: More Sum and Difference Identities

Oak Meadow Lesson 26 (Textbook Lessons 101-104)

101: Zero Determinants, 3×3 Determinants, Determinant Solutions of 3×3 Systems, Independent Equations
Instructional Video: Zero Determinants
Instructional Video: 3×3 Determinants
Instructional Video: Determinant of a 3×3 Matrix (standard)
Instructional Video: Determinant of 3×3 Matrix (shortcut)
Practice Set: 3×3 Determinants

102: Binomial Expansions (2)
Instructional Video: More Examples of Binomial Expansion

103: Calculations with Logarithms, Power of the Hydrogen
Instructional Video: Expanding and Condensing Logarithms
Instructional Video: Power of Hydrogen

104: Arithmetic Series, Geometric Series
Instructional Video: Arithmetic Series
Instructional Video: Geometric Series

Oak Meadow Lesson 27 (Textbook Lessons 105-108)

105: Cofactors, Expansion by Cofactors
Instructional Video: Finding Cofactors
Instructional Video: Expansion by Cofactors

106: Translations of Conic Sections, Equations of the Ellipse, Equations of the Hyperbola
Instructional Video: Translations of Conic Sections
Instructional Video: Converting Ellipse from General Form to Standard Form
Instructional Video: Converting Hyperbola from General Form to Standard Form

107: Convergent Geometric Series
Instructional Video: Sum of an Infinite Geometric Series

108: Matrix Addition and Multiplication
Instructional Video: Adding and Subtracting Matrices
Instructional Video: Multiplying Matrices
Practice Set: Multiplying Matrices

Oak Meadow Lesson 28 (Textbook Lessons 109-112)

109: Rational Numbers
Instructional Video: Rational Numbers to Fractions Using Convergent Geometric Series

110: Graphs of Arcsin and Arccosine, Graphs of Arsecant and Arccosecant, Graphs of Arctangent and Arccotangent
Instructional Video: Graphs of Inverse Trig Functions
Instructional Video: Graphs of Inverse Trig Functions (Another Explantation)

111: Logarithmic Inequalities: Base Greater Than 1, Logarithmic Inequalities: Base Less Than 1
Instructional Video: Log Inequalities Base Greater Than 1

112: Binomial Theorem
Instructional Video: Finding a Specific Term in a Binomial Expansion

Oak Meadow Lesson 29 (Textbook Lessons 113-116)

113: Synthetic Division, Zeros and Roots
Instructional Video: Synthetic Division
Instructional Video: More Synthetic Division

114: Graphs of Factored Polynomial Functions
Instructional Video: Graphing Functions in Factored Form
Instructional Video: Additional Example

115: The Remainder Theorem
Instructional Video: Intro to the Remainder Theorem
Practice Set: Remainder Theorem

116: The Region of Interest
Instructional Video: Features of Polynomial Graphs

Oak Meadow Lesson 30 (Textbook Lessons 117-120)

117: Prime and Relatively Prime Numbers, Rational Roots Theorem
Instructional Video: Prime and Relatively Prime Numbers
Instructional Video: Rational Roots Theorem

118: Roots of Polynomial Equations
Instructional Video: Roots of Polynomials

119: Descartes’ Rule of Signs, Upper and Lower Bound Theorem, Irrational Roots
Instructional Video: Descartes’ Rule of Signs
Instructional Video: Upper and Lower Bound Theorem

120: Matrix Algebra, Finding Inverse Matrices
Instructional Video: Solving Systems of Equations with Matrices
Instructional Video: Finding the Inverse of a 2×2 Matrix

Oak Meadow Lesson 31 (Textbook Lessons 121-125)

121: Piecewise Functions, Greatest Integer Function
Instructional Video: Graphing Piecewise Functions 1
Instructional Video: Graphing Piecewise Functions 2
Instructional Video: Greatest Integer Function

122: Graphs of Rational Functions, Graphs That Contain Holes
Instructional Video: Graphs of Rational Functions
Instructional Video: Graphs that Contain Holes

123: The General Conic Equation
Instructional Video: Graphing Hyperbola

124: Point of Division Formulas
Instructional Video: Point of Division Formulas

Algebra I

Lesson 1: Part 2

Mathematical Treasure: Ishango Bone

Sexagesimal

Who Invented the Zero?

Maya Civilization

Math: Calculating Percentages

Lesson 2: Part 2

Math: Loan Repayments Using Simple Interest

Math: Making Sense of Percents

Math: Yield to Maturity

Lesson 3: Part 1

Patrial Variation Warmup

6 Examples of Correlation in Real Life

Correlation Does Not Imply Causation: 5 Real-World Examples

Lesson 3: Part 2

Algebra 1 Chapter 3: Equations of Lines

Algebra 1 Chapter 3 Part 2 Option 4 Example

Graphing Calculator

Getting Started: Inequalities and Restrictions

Cities Compete for Amazon HQ

Seeking Shelter: What Factors Affect Homelessness in a City

Homelessness in America and Rising Rent

Lesson 4: Part 2

Restrictions in Desmos 5 Shade a Restricted Equation, Line

Getting Started: Inequalities and Restrictions

Absolute Value Real-World Applications

Math: Graphing a Budget Equation

Lesson 5: Part 2

Mathematical Treasure: Old Babylonian Area Calculation

Origami, the Japanese Tradition of Paper Folding

How to Make an Easy Origami Butterfly

Graphing Calculator

Getting Started: Inequalities and Restrictions

Math: Central Tendency of College Costs

Municipal Violations: How Minor Offences Can Bring Big Fines

You’re So Fined—How Do Municipal Fines Affect People with Different Incomes

Why Finland Has $100,000 Speeding Fines

Lesson 6: Part 1

The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus: Accurate Reckoning for Inquiring into Things

Papyrus

Lesson 6: Part 2

7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast?

Audio Representation of the Rate at Which People Are Dying

Audio Representation of the Rate at Which People Are Being Born

Billions and Billions: How Is the Human Population Changing

Worldometer

Bacteria Growth

The Growth of Bacterial Populations

Math: Depreciation of Car Value

Lesson 7: Part 2

Chairs Are Like Facebook

Connected: Do Social Networks Leave Us More Connected?

The Social Dilemma

Lesson 8: Part 2

Hank Aaron: Baseball Hall of Fame

Hank Aaron Wikipedia

Major League Batting Year-by-Year Averages

Algebra 1 Chapter 8 Graphing Rational Functions

Lesson 9: Part 1

Algebra 1 Chapter 9 Transforming Radical Graphs

Lesson 9: Part 2

Algebra 1 Chapter 9 Atlanta, GA Distance and Midpoint

Mound-Building Termites

Termite Mounds Hide Secrets to Sustainable Buildings of the Future

Desmos Scientific Calculator

Lesson 10: Part 1

Al Khawarezmi—Great Muslim Minds

Ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi: The Father of Algebra

Thank You for Algebra: Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

Lesson 10: Part 2

Graphing Calculator

Getting Started: Inequalities and Restrictions

Graphing Stories—Height of Waist Off Ground by Adam Poetzel

Mucinex DM Commercial: Cough A Cabana

Prescripted: How Should Drug Companies Decide Which Medications to Develop

Why There Is No Ebola Vaccine

American Literature: Social Transformation

Biology

General
Introduction to Biology
Lord of the Ants
Encyclopedia of Life
Understanding Science
Zooniverse

Lesson 4
Rate of Photosynthesis Lab

Lesson 5
Mitosis video from North Dakota State University’s Virtual Cell Animation Collection
Micrographs and explanations of the stages of mitosis
Virtual Mitosis Lab: Replacement for the Rutger’s University The Virtual Biology Labs
Mitosis in Real Cells from The Biology Corner

Lesson 6
Meiosis—Made Super Easy—Animation
Mitosis vs. Meiosis: Side by Side Comparison

Lesson 8
DNA Extraction Lab from Learn.Genetics

Lesson 9
Gel Electrophoresis (Amoeba Sisters)
Gel Electrophoresis (Professor Dave Explains)
DNA Fingerprinting

Lesson 15
Why the Ocean Matters
A Mosaic of Ocean Habitats
Fabulous Wetlands with Bill Nye the Science Guy
Great Salt Lake, an Ecological Wonder
Protect the Boreal Forest

Lesson 17
CHSL DNA Learning Center website

Lesson 19
Mould Time-Lapse — The Great British Year: Episode 4
Slime Mould
Slime Mold Time Lapse. Myxamoeba: Giant Amoeba Engulfs Rock
What’s in a Lichen? How Scientists Got It Wrong for 150 Years
For the Love of Lichen
You Didn’t Know Mushrooms Could Do All This
Ergot of Rye — I: Introduction and History

Lesson 21
Plant Anatomy and Structure
Types of Plant Cells
Biology: Stork Population vs. Births
Types of Plant Tissues
Structure and Working of Stomata
How Trees Secretly Talk to Each Other in the Forest
Mechanisms of Plant Growth
Winter Tree Identification Key
U. P. Tree Identification Key
Field Guide for the Identification and Use of Common Riparian Woody Plants

Lesson 22
Plant Anatomy and Structure
Israel Harvests Dates from 2,000-Year-Old Seeds
Mechanisms of Plant Growth

Lesson 23
NetLogo from the Center for Connected Learning (CCL) and Computer Based Modeling (Northwestern University)
Dissection 101: Detailed Earthworm Dissection Video
Biology Lab: Earthworm Dissection

Lesson 24
What Is an Arthropod?
All About Arthropods
Arthropod Evolution: A Nearly Perfect Success Story
Arthropod Evolution and Classification
Arthropod Adaptations

Lesson 25
Sharks Are Vanishing from Many of the World’s Reefs
Global FinPrint

Lesson 26
Types of Heart in Vertebrates
Circulatory System Variations
Circulatory & Respiratory Systems: CrashCourse Biology #27
Vertebrate Diversity: Reptiles
Vertebrate Diversity: The Birds
Vertebrate Diversity: Mammals

Appendix
The Great Sunflower Project
“RoadkillGarneau” (Epicollect5)
“Citizen Science” (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
“Audobon Christmas Bird Count” (Audubon)
“Citizen Science” (National Wildlife Federation)
“Citizen Science” (Scientific American)
“Citizen Science” (NASA Science)
Zooniverse (a “master list” of citizen science projects)

Chemistry Matters

General Resources
Brightstorm Chemistry
Khan Academy Chemistry
Bozeman Science Chemistry
“Citation and Style Guide Help”

Lesson 1: Introduction to Chemistry and Matter
“Gulf Oil Spill”
“How to Make Gold Pennies!”
“Lab Techniques & Safety: Crash Course Chemistry #21”
“Lab Equipment—Explained”
“Why Don’t the U.S., Myanmar, and Liberia Use the Metric System?”
“Line of Best Fit Equation”
“Excel Basics—Linear Regression—Finding Slope & Y Intercept”
“Linear Regression T184 (Line of Best Fit)”
“Hazard Communication Standard: Safety Data Sheets”
“Flinn Scientific Safety Data Sheet (SDS): Acetic Acid Solution 4.3 M–6 M”

Lesson 2: Basic Building Materials
The Copper Cycle—Acid, Deadly Gas and Blue Blood!
The Law of Conservation of Mass—Todd Ramsey
The Genius of Mendeleev’s Periodic Table—Lou Serico

Lesson 3: A World of Particles
“Make Atom Paper Snowflakes”
“The 2,400-Year Search for the Atom—Theresa Doud”
“What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?—Chad Orzel”
“Radioactivity: Expect the Unexpected—Steve Weatherall”
“The Genius of Marie-Curie—Shohini Ghose”

Lesson 4: Moving Electrons
“Flame Tests of Metal Ions, with Labels”
“How Atoms Bond—George Zaidan and Charles Morton”
“Quantum Numbers, Atomic Orbitals, and Electron Configurations”
“Writing Electron Configurations”
“Electron Configurations: Orbital Box Diagrams”
“Electron Configurations of Ions, Atomic Structure and Properties, AP Chemistry, Khan Academy”
“The Molecular Shape of You (Ed Sheeran Parody), A Capella Science”
“Exceptions to Electron Configuration”
“Flinn Scientific Chem Fax! An Elemental Challenge”

Lesson 5: Building with Matter
“Creating a Conductivity Tester”
“Electrical Conductivity of Solutions”
“Atomic Hook-Ups—Types of Chemical Bonds: Crash Course Chemistry #22”
“How Does Electroplating Work, Reactions, Chemistry, FuseSchool”

Lesson 6: Speaking of Molecules
“Lab Rules—Dua Lipa ‘New Rules’ Parody, Science Songs”
“Chemistry of Fragrances: Lessons in Chemistry”
“Smells Lesson 3 Tutorial—HONC 1234 Rule”
“Lewis Dot Structures”
“How Do We Smell?—Rose Eveleth”

Lesson 7: Building Molecules
“VSEPR Theory and Molecular Geometry”
“VSEPR Theory: Introduction”
“Molecular Shapes: Basics”
“Molecule Shapes”

Lesson 8: Molecules in Action
“Polar & Non-Polar Molecules: Crash Course Chemistry #23”
“Intermolecular Forces and Boiling Points”
“What Are the Diatomic Elements?”
“Super Common Mistake: Diatomic Elements”

Lesson 9: Molecules in the Body
“Stereochemistry: Enantiomers”
“Isomers, Properties of Carbon, Biology, Khan Academy”

Lesson 10: Physically Changing Matter
“Soap Soufflé”
“The ABC’s of Gas: Avogadro, Boyles, Charles—Brian Bennett”
“CoCoRaHS Tutorial—How the Rain Gauge Works”
“How to Read a Weather Map”
“Charles’s Law, Physical Processes, MCAT, Khan Academy”
“Charles’s Law”

Lesson 11: Pressing Matter
“Boyle’s Law”
“Gay Lussac’s Law Practice Problems”
“Combined Gas Law”
“Boyle’s Law, Physical Processes, MCAT, Khan Academy”

Lesson 12: Concentrating Matter
National Mole Day Foundation Themes
“How Big Is a Mole? (Not the Animal, the Other One)—Daniel Dulek”
“Kinetic Molecular Theory and the Ideal Gas Laws”
“Introduction to Moles”
“Ideal Gas Law Introduction”
“Ideal Gas Law Practice Problems”
“Mole Road Map”

Lesson 13: Toxic Changes
“Periodic Videos”
“Hydrogen—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Exploding Hydrogen Bubbles”
“Balancing Chemical Equations”
“Physical and Chemical Changes”
“The Law of Conservation of Mass—Todd Ramsey”
“The Law of Conservation of Matter”
“Types of Chemical Reactions”

Lesson 14: Measuring Toxins
“Arsenic (New)—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Arsenic Life—Periodic Table of Videos”
“How to Calculate Molar Mass Practice Problems”
“Molar Mass”

Lesson 15: Toxins in Solution
“Chlorine—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Chlorine and War—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Molarity Practice Problems”
“Molarity and Dilution”
“Serial Dilution Method Protocol Step Wise Explanation”

Lesson 16: Acidic Toxins
“Calcium—Periodic Table of Videos”
“$500,000 of Calcium—Periodic Table of Videos”
“What Is the Deadliest Substance on Earth? Toxicity Comparison”
“Acids and Bases, pH and pOH”
“Acid-Base Titration”
“Naming Acids Introduction”

Lesson 17: Toxic Cleanup
“Silver—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Silver Halides—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Stoichiometry—Chemistry for Massive Creatures: Crash Course Chemistry #6”
“Limiting Reagents and Percent Yield”
“Solution Chemistry and Net Ionic Equations”
“Mole Ratio Practice Problems”

Lesson 18: Observing Energy
“Iron—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Burning Iron in Liquid Oxygen—Periodic Table of Videos”
“What is Entropy?—Jeff Phillips”
“The Laws of Thermodynamics, Entropy, and Gibbs Free Energy”
“Heat Capacity, Specific Heat, and Calorimetry”
“Entropic Time (Backwards Billy Joel Parody,” A Capella Science”

Lesson 19: Measuring Energy
“Gallium—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Melting Spoon in Tea—Periodic Table of Videos”
“How to Use a Fire Extinguisher”
“Combustion Reactions (3 of 11) Combustion Reactions, An Explanation”
“Calorimetry: Crash Course Chemistry #19”
“Food Calorimetry Lab: Explanation”
“Food Calorimetry Lab: Calculations”
“Hess’s Law and Heats of Formation”

Lesson 20: Understanding Energy
“Carbon—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Fire Safety System—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Activation Energy: Kickstarting Chemical Reactions—Vance Kite”
“Energy Diagrams, Catalysts, and Reaction Mechanisms”

Lesson 21: Controlling Energy
“Magnesium—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Burning Magnesium in Water—Periodic Table of Videos”
“How to Make a Lemon Battery”
“Redox Reactions: Crash Course Chemistry #10”
“Electrochemistry”
“Oxidation-Reduction Reactions”
“Galvanic Cells (Voltaic Cells)
“How Batteries Work—Adam Jacobson”

Lesson 22: Radiating Energy
“Neon—Periodic Table of Videos”
“What is Light? Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Spectrum”
“History of the Speed of Light and Its Speed Was Determined”
“How X-Rays See Through Your Skin—Ge Wang”
“Is Radiation Dangerous?—Matt Anticole”
“Radiation Protection: Calculate Your Radiation Dose”

Lesson 23: Chemical Equilibrium
“Plutonium—Periodic Table of Videos”
“How to Make Plutonium—Periodic Table of Videos”
“What is Chemical Equilibrium?—George Zaidan and Charles Morton”
“Equilibrium: Crash Course Chemistry #28”
“Equilibrium”

Lesson 24: Changing Conditions
“Moscovium—Periodic Table of Videos”
“The Smelliest element—Livermorium—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Tennesine—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Oganesson—Periodic Table of Videos”
“Le Châtelier’s Principle”
“Le Châtelier’s Principle”
“Equilibrium and Cobalt Complex Ions, Chemistry Minute”
“Secret Message—Sick Science #067” (video length 0:50)

Semester Two Project
“Elephant Toothpaste—Safe Easy World Record Recipe”
“Amazing 9 Layer Density Tower—Sick Science! #012” (Video length: 1:24)
“Secret Message—Sick Science #067” (Video length: 0:50)
“Mentos Geyser Experiment”

Critical Media Literacy

Lesson 1
“Introduction to Media Literacy: Crash Course Media Literacy #1”
“History of Media Literacy, Part 1: Crash Course Media Literacy #2”

Lesson 2
“History of Media Literacy, Part 2: Crash Course Media Literacy #3”

Lesson 4
“Media & the Mind: Crash Course Media Literacy #4”
“Influence and Persuasion: Crash Course Media Literacy #6”

Lesson 5
“Sinclair’s Soldiers in Trump’s War on Media”
“The Dark(er) Side of Media: Crash Course Media Literacy #10”

Lesson 6
“The Colbert Report: The Word—Truthiness”
“Weaponizing Fake News”

Lesson 7
“Media Ownership: Crash Course Media Literacy #8”

Lesson 9
“30 Rock Snapple Product Placement”
“The Story of Stuff”
“Online Advertising: Crash Course Media Literacy #7”

Lesson 10
“Greta and Eight Young Activists Reveal How the Climate Crisis Is Shaping Their Lives”
“The Youth Activists Stepping Up for Climate Change”
“How These Youth Climate Activists Are Changing the Future”
“The True Cost of Oil”

Lesson 12
“Love, Simon ‘Why Is Straight the Default?’ Clip”
“Media & Money: Crash Course Media Literacy #5”

Lesson 16
“Media Policy & You: Crash Course Media Literacy #9”

Lesson 17
“Media Skills: Crash Course Media Literacy #11”

Lesson 18
“Future Literacies: Crash Course Media Literacy #12”

Environmental Science for a Changing World

Lesson 2: What is Environmental Science?
“Tragedy of the Commons”

Lesson 4: Exploring an Ecosystem Field Activity
Nature’s Notebook

Lesson 7: Biogeochemical Cycles
Interactive diagram of the carbon cycle

Lesson 9: Evolution and Species Interactions
TED Talk by Sara Lewis:“The Loves and Lies of Fireflies.”

Lesson 10: Communities and Ecology
TED Talk by Paul Nicklen: “Animal Tales from Icy Wonderlands”

Lesson 11: Exploration Labs
“Ecological Succession: Change Is Good–Crash Course Ecology #6”
“Biomimicry’s Surprising Lessons from Nature’s Engineers”
“Biomimicry in Action”
You can start your research at www.asknature.org.

Lesson 12: Biomes
“Introduction to Biomes”

Lesson 14: Biodiversity
World Wildlife Fund
Living Planet Index
“Country Profiles”
IUCN Red List
“The IUCN Red List: A Barometer of Life”

Lesson 15: Soundscape Ecology
“The Voice of the Natural World”
“Natural Sounds”
“Soundscapes”
“Sophisticated Sonar of Wild Owls Hunting in the Arctic Forest”
Voices in the Sea
“Sounds in the Ocean”

Lesson 16: Human Population
It is fascinating to go to the world population clock (www.census.gov/popclock) and watch the numbers tick upward.
Census Website
“How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?”
“Experts Be Damned: World Population Will Continue to Rise”

Lesson 17: The Environment and Health
“Amphibians Rarely Give Earliest Warning of Pollution”
“Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program”
Environmental Health News

Lesson 20: Urbanization
“Urban Growth Boundaries”
“Night Skies”
“Rate Your Night Sky”
International Dark-Sky Association

Lesson 21: Exploring Our Impact
Carbon calculator #1: “Carbon Calculator”
Carbon calculator #2: “Calculate Your Carbon Footprint”
If you know your country uses mostly nonrenewable energy (fossil fuels or nuclear), you can use this interesting map at www.eia.gov/state/ and choose a state that comes closest to what you think your country uses.
“What Is Your Ecological Footprint?”
“Carbon Footprint of Best Conserving Americans Is Still Double Global Average”

Lesson 23: Soil
Natural Resources Conservation Service website
“Collecting Crime Evidence from Earth”

Lesson 26/27: Water
Learn more about the current status of Lake Powell
National Geographic: Big, Bigger, Biggest Dam

Lesson 28: The Atmosphere
“The Antarctic Ozone Hole—From Discovery to Recovery, a Scientific Journey”
If you are interested in learning more, this website is also a very useful resource: www.theozonehole.com/odcs.htm. Under “History,” there is a two-minute video about how the ozone hole was discovered, “Discovery of the Ozone Hole/Natural History Museum” (also found on YouTube).
NASA’s ozone hole watch

Lesson 29/30: Climate Change
“Statement and Poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, Climate Summit 2014—Opening Ceremony”
Visit www.co2.earth, and find out the most recent concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, based on data collected from the Mauna Loa Observatory.
“General Circulation of the Atmosphere”
“Collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf”
“After the Larsen B”
“Miles of Ice Collapsing into the Sea”

Lesson 31/32: Nonrenewable Energy
Go to ted.com and look up Taylor Wilson. First listen to the very short and inspiring talk, “Yup, I Built a Nuclear Fusion Reactor.” Then listen to the 14-minute talk, “My Radical Plan for Small Nuclear Fission Reactors.”
“The True Cost of Oil”

Lesson 33: Renewable Energy
TED Talk by William Kamkwamba:“How I Harnessed the Wind”
“The Largest Dam in the World”
Sun Chart Program

Lesson 34: Your Household Energy Consumption
Energy Use of Home Appliances

For Further Inspiration
The Great Sunflower Project
“RoadkillGarneau” (Epicollect5)
“Citizen Science” (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
“Audobon Christmas Bird Count” (Audubon)
“Citizen Science” (National Wildlife Federation)
“Citizen Science” (Scientific American)
“Citizen Science” (NASA Science)
Zooniverse (a “master list” of citizen science projects)

French II

General
How to Easily Type and Pronounce the 5 French Accents
TypeIt
Voice recordings
Online dictionary
Verb conjugations

Lesson 1
“Meet the Youngest Winner of Paris’ Grand Prize for Best Baguette”

Lesson 2
Paris’s First Public Pools on the Seine Are a Major Success

Lesson 3
“L’Académie française se résout à la féminisation des noms de métiers”
Culture Prime: Héloïse Luzzati, ou la passion des compositrices
Les combinaisons de lettres et les sons en français
La prononciation des lettres en français
French Pronunciation—Les Voyelles Nasales “ON” “EN,” “AIN”

Lesson 4
Radio France Internationale—RFI
Radio France website
Radio France website/English version

Lesson 5
“PSG become first French club to join UN effort to tackle climate change”
Languages Online

Lesson 6
Stromae—Formidable (ceci n’est pas une leçon)
Angèle—Balance Ton Quoi

Lesson 8
“Haitian-Québécois author Marie-Célie Agnant visits Elon during Winter Term”
“Five Quebecois Writers You Should Know”

Lesson 11
“France moves ahead with bid to add climate protection to constitution”
“125 ans de loi forestière: un succès durable”

Lesson 12
“What is ringette?”

Lesson 13
Les Francofolies de La Rochelle 2021

Lesson 15
La jument de Michao
Manau—Mais Qui Est La Belette

Lesson 16
La Nouvelle-Orléans et le Deep South

Lesson 19
La ferme biologique La Touvière

Lesson 21
Americans Try to Pronounce French Words
Parisians Try to Pronounce Words in English

Lesson 22
L’Organization Internationale de la Francophonie
Le Sommet

Lesson 23
Fatou Diome: “J’ai trop de respect pour l’Afrique pour accepter qu’elle soit à genoux.”

Lesson 26
Pont Faidherbe (Senegal)
Monuments and Memorials in Bamako, Mali

Lesson 27
“‘It’s how we know who we are’: behind a docuseries on African American food”

Lesson 28
Haitian Creole—The World’s Most Widely Spoken Creole Language

Lesson 33
It snows in marrakesh

Lesson 34
Surf sur le mascaret (reportage complet)—Thalassa

Foodways: Sustainable Food Systems

Lesson 1
Video: Biological Molecules: You Are What You Eat
Video: Photosynthesis and the Teeny Tiny Pigment Pancakes

Lesson 2
Video: What Is the Soil Food Web?
Video: Autotrophs vs. Heterotrophs
Article: Soil Food Web

Lesson 3
Article: Soil Health
Article: Soil Types
Article: Soil Layers
Video: Introduction to Soil (Part 1)
Video: Introduction to Soil (Part 2)
Video: Soil and Soil Dynamics
Article: State Soils

Lesson 4
Interactive map: Where Our Food Crops Come From
Video: Origins of Agriculture

Lesson 5
Video: Earth’s Systems Interact

Lesson 6
Video: Summer on the Farm
Video: What is Agroforestry?
Video: Why Are GMOs Bad?
Video: The Great Laws of Nature: Indigenous Organic Agriculture documentary

Lesson 7
Video: What is a Local Food System?
Video: Vermont’s Local Food System (6-part series)
Website: Local Harvest

Lesson 8
Article: 50 By 60: A New England Food Vision
Video: Food by the Numbers: Feeding Our Hungry Planet
Article: Why Local Food Matters

Lesson 9
Article: What Is Agribusiness?
Article: American Farmers Say They Feed the World, But Do They?
Article: A Decade After “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” Michael Pollan Sees Signs of Hope
Video: The Truth About Your Food

Lesson 10
Article: What Is Sustainable Agriculture?
Documentary: Those Who Sow

Lesson 11/12
Video: Food and the Impact of Social Media
Video: Marketing Food to Children
Music video: Grow Food
Music video: I’m Farming and I Grow It
Photo essay: What I Eat: Around the World in 80 Diets

Lesson 13
Article: Map: Here’s How Much Each Country Spends on Food

Article: Why American’s Lead the World in Food Waste
Video: New England Food Is Our Solution
Video: Seeds of Our Ancestors, Seeds of Life
Report: USDA Ag and Food Statistics 2018

Lesson 14
Video: Stages of Service Learning

Forensic Science

Lesson 1
Crime Museum: Casey Anthony Trial
DNA expert: Blood on Westerfield’s Jacket matches slain girl’s

Lesson 2
O.J. Simpson acquitted
Crime Museum: JonBenét
Why Eyewitnesses Fail
Social Influence and Eyewitness Testimony
How Reliable Is Your Memory?
Innocence Project

Lesson 3
A Byte Out of History: Latent Prints in the 1933 Hamm Kidnapping
Richard Ramirez, the ‘Night Stalker’ Killer, Dies at 53
Your Fingerprints Reveal More Than You Think
Forensic Education Basic Fingerprint Lifting

Lesson 4
Murderpedia: Ludwig Tessnow
Fake Blood Recipes
Find the DNA in a Banana

Lesson 5
Central Park Five
Virtual Microscopy Interactive Tutorials
Smartphone Microscope Review
MicrolabNW Photomicrograph Gallery: Hair

Lesson 6
The Curious Case of the Poisoned Umbrella: The Murder of Georgi Markov
Forensic Files: Season 11, Episode 39, “Fired Up”
Forensic Files 2: Season 9, Episode 21, “Point of Origin”
Your Body at Different Levels of Blood Alcohol Concentration
Crime Museum: Pablo Escobar
Who Killed Pablo Escobar? Truth Told by DEA Agents

Lesson 7
Beltway Snipers
Latest appeal by Jesse Timmendequas to overturn conviction in Megan Kanka killing Is rejected
Unabomber
Forensic Files: Season 11, Episode 1, “Naughty or Nyce”

Lesson 8
A Forensic Anthropologist Who Brings Closure for the “Disappeared”

Lesson 9
Everyday Cybercrime and What You Can Do About It
Google Earth

Geometry

Oak Meadow Lesson 1 (Textbook Lessons 1 – 10)

1: Points, Lines, and Planes
Instructional Video: Points, Lines and Planes (collinear and coplanar points)
Geogebra Investigation: Points, Lines and Planes

2: Segments
Instructional Video: Segment Addition Postulate
Practice Set: Segment Addition Postulate
Geogebra Investigation: Segment Addition Postulate

3: Angles
Instructional Video: Naming Angles
Reading Resource and Instructional Video: Angle basics and Angle Addition Postulate

4: Postulates and Theorems About Points, Lines, and Planes
Instructional Video: Postulates and Theorems about points, lines, and planes

5: More Theorems About Lines and Planes
Instructional Video: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

6: Identifying Pairs of Angles
Instructional Video with Practice Problems: Complementary and Supplementary Angles
Instructional Video: Linear Pairs and Vertical Angles
Practice Set: Identifying Complementary, Supplementary, and Vertical Angle Pairs
Geogebra Investigation: Angle Relationships (book includes 5 demonstrations)

7: Using Inductive Reasoning
Instructional Video: Inductive Reasoning part 1
Instructional Video: Inductive Reasoning part 2
Reading Resource: Inductive Reasoning

8: Using Formulas in Geometry
Instructional Video: Area and Perimeter of rectangles and squares
Geogebra Investigation: Visual Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem (book includes 4 activities)
Instructional Video: Using the Pythagorean Theorem to find area and perimeter of triangles

9: Finding Length: Distance Formula
Instructional Video: Using the Distance Formula

10: Using Conditional Statements
Instructional Video: Conditional and Converse Statements

Oak Meadow Lesson 2 (Textbook Lessons 11-20)

11: Finding Midpoints
Instructional Video with Practice Problems: Finding Midpoints

12: Proving Lines Parallel
Instructional Video: Angle Relationships in Parallel Lines
Practice Set: Angle Relationships in Parallel Lines
Geogebra Investigation: Angle Relationships in Parallel Lines (book includes 3 activities)
Instructional Video: Proving Lines Parallel

13: Introduction to Triangles
Instructional Video: Classifying Triangles by Sides and Angles
Practice Set: Classifying Triangles by Sides and Angles
Instructional Video: Finding the Area of a Triangle
Practice Set: Finding the Area of a Triangle

14: Disproving Conjectures with Counterexamples
Instructional Video: Conjectures and Counterexamples

15: Introduction to Polygons
Instructional Video: Polygon or Non-Polygon?
Instructional Video: Classifying Polygons
Geogebra Investigation: Regular Polygons

16: Finding Slopes and Equations of Lines
Instructional Video: Finding Slope from a graph
Instructional Video: Finding Slope from two points
Instructional Video: Writing Equations of Lines
Instructional Video: Graphing lines in y=mx+b form
Practice Set: Graphing lines

17: More Conditional Statements
Instructional Video: Inverse and Contrapositive Statements

18: Triangle Theorems
Instructional Video: Triangle Sum Theorem
Geogebra Investigation: Triangle Sum Theorem
Instructional Video: Exterior Angle Theorem
Geogebra Investigation: Exterior Angle Theorem

19: Introduction to Quadrilaterals
Instructional Video: Introduction to Quadrilaterals
Practice Set: Identifying Quadrilaterals
Instructional Video: Area and Perimeter of rectangles and squares

20: Interpreting Truth Tables
Instructional Video: Truth tables, conjunctions and disjunctions

Oak Meadow Lesson 3 (Textbook Lessons 21-30)

21: Laws of Detachment and Syllogism
Instructional Video: Laws of Detachment and Syllogism

22: Finding Areas of Quadrilaterals
Instructional Video: Area of a Parallelogram
Practice Set: Finding Area of a Parallelogram
Instructional Video: Area of a Trapezoid
Practice Set: Finding Area of a Trapezoid
Instructional Video: Area of a Rhombus
Instructional Video: Area of a Rhombus (more in-depth)

23: Introduction to Circles
Instructional Video: Area and Circumference of Circles
Geogebra Demonstration: Area of a Circle
Instructional Video: Area of Circles Application Problem
Practice Set: Area of a Circle
Practice Set: Circumference of a Circle

24: Algebraic Proofs
Instructional Video: Algebraic Proofs

25: Triangle Congruence SSS
Instructional Video: Naming Congruent Triangles
Instructional Video: Triangle Congruence by SSS
Geogebra Investigation: SSS Demonstration

26: Central Angles and Arc Measure
Instructional Video: Major Arcs, Minor Arcs, and Semicircles
Instructional Video: Congruent Arcs
Instructional Video: Arc Addition Postulate
Geogebra Investigation: Exploring Arcs and Angles

27: Two-Column Proofs
Instructional Video: Intro to Two-Column Proofs
Instructional Video: Additional Example of a Two-Column Proof

28: Triangle Congruence SAS
Instructional Video: SAS Congruence with Example Proof
Instructional Video: Additional Example of SAS Proof

29: Using the Pythagorean Theorem
Instructional Video: Simplifying Radicals
Practice Set: Simplifying Square Roots
Instructional Video: Pythagorean Triples
Reading Resource: Pythagorean Triples

30: Triangle Congruence ASA and AAS
Instructional Video: ASA vs. AAS
Quizlet Flashcards: ASA vs. AAS
Instructional Video: Proof with ASA or AAS
Instructional Video: Why SSA Doesn’t Work
Geogebra Investigation: Triangle Congruence Shortcuts
Practice Set: Determining Triangles Congruent

Oak Meadow Lesson 4 (Textbook Lessons 31-40)

31: Flowchart and Paragraph Proofs
Instructional Video: Flowchart and Paragraph Proofs

32: Altitudes and Medians of Triangles
Instructional Video: Centroid vs. Orthocenter
Geogebra Demonstration: Centroids
Geogebra Investigation: Orthocenter

33: Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem
Instructional Video: Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem with Examples
Geogebra Investigation: Converse of the Pythagorean Theorem

34: Properties of Parallelograms
Instructional Video: Properties of Parallelograms
Geogebra Investigation: Properties of Parallelograms
Geogebra Investigation: Properties of Parallelograms 2

35: Finding Arc Lengths and Areas of Sectors
Instructional Video: Arc Length and Sector Area
Geogebra Investigation: Test Your Skills with Arc Length and Sector Area

36: Right Triangle Congruence Theorem
Instructional Video: HL with proof examples

37: Writing Equations of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Instructional Video: Parallel, Perpendicular, or Neither?
Instructional Video: Finding Slopes of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
Instructional Video: Graphing Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

38: Perpendicular and Angle Bisectors of Triangles
Instructional Video: Using the Angle Bisector Theorem
Instructional Video: Incenters and Circumcenters
Geogebra Demonstration: Incenters
Geogebra Demonstration: Circumcenters
Geogebra Investigation: Circumcenters

39: Inequalities in a Triangle
Instructional Video: Ordering the Sides of a Triangle
Instructional Video: Triangle Inequality Theorem with Examples
Instructional Video: Exterior Angle Inequality Theorem with Proof Example

40: Finding Perimeters and Areas of Composite Figures
Instructional Video: Perimeter and Area of Composite Shapes
Practice Set: Perimeter and Area of Composite Shapes

Oak Meadow Lesson 5 (Textbook Lessons 41-50)

41: Ratios, Proportion, and Similarity
Instructional Video: Proportion Application
Instructional Video: Solving Proportions
Instructional Video: Similar Polygon Overview and Solving for Missing Parts

42: Finding Distance from a Point to a Line
Instructional Video: Using the Distance Formula

43: Chords, Secants, and Tangents
Instructional Video: Chord and Diameter Theorems
Geogebra Investigation: Chords, Secants, and Tangents
Geogebra Investigation: Diameters and Chords

44: Applying Similarity
Instructional Video: Using Proportions to Find Missing Sides of Similar Figures
Instructional Video: Ratio of Area and Perimeter of Similar Figures

45: Introduction to Coordinate Proofs
Instructional Video: Introduction to Coordinate Proofs

46: Triangle Similarity AA, SSS, SAS
Instructional Video: Triangle Similarity Theorems
Practice Set: Determining Similar Triangles
Instructional Video: Example of a Two-Column Triangle Similarity Proof

47: Circles and Inscribed Angles
Instructional Video: Inscribed Angles
Practice Set: Inscribed Angles
Geogebra Investigation: Inscribed Angles
Geogebra Investigation: Inscribed Quadrilaterals

48: Indirect Proofs
Instructional Video: Indirect Proof
Instructional Video: Indirect Proof 2

49: Introduction to Solids
Instructional Video: Introduction to Solids
Instructional Video: Euler’s Formula

50: Geometric Mean
Instructional Video: Finding Geometric Mean of Two Numbers
Instructional Video: Using Geometric Mean with Right Triangles

Oak Meadow Lesson 6 (Textbook Lessons 51-60)

51: Properties of Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles
Instructional Video: Using Properties of Isosceles Triangles
Instructional Video: Using Properties of Equilateral Triangles
Instructional Video: Proofs with Isosceles Triangles
Geogebra Demonstration: Isosceles Triangles
Geogebra Demonstration: Equilateral Triangles

52: Properties of Rectangles, Rhombuses, and Squares
Instructional Video: Properties of Rectangles
Geogebra Demonstration: Rectangle Properties
Instructional Video: Properties of Squares
Geogebra Demonstration: Square Properties
Instructional Video: Properties of Rhombuses
Geogebra Demonstration: Rhombus Properties

53: 45-45-90 Right Triangles
Instructional Video: 45-45-90 Triangles
Instructional Video: 45-45-90 Examples
Geogebra Investigation: 45-45-90 Triangles

54: Representing Solids
Instructional Video: Drawing Solid Shapes

55: Triangle Midsegment Theorem
Instructional Video: Proof of the Triangle Midsegment Theorem
Instructional Video: Using the Triangle Midsegment Theorem

56: 30-60-90 Right Triangles
Instructional Video: 30-60-90 Triangles
Instructional Video: 30-60-90 Examples
Geogebra Investigation: 30-60-90 Triangles

57: Finding Perimeter and Area with Coordinates
Instructional Video: Perimeter and Area on the Coordinate Plane

58: Tangents and Circles, Part 1
Instructional Video: Tangents and Circles
Geogebra Demonstration: Tangents to Circles

59: Finding Surface Area and Volumes of Prisms
Instructional Video: Surface Area and Volume of Prisms

60: Proportionality Theorems
Instructional Video: Using the Triangle Proportionality Theorem
Instructional Video: Transversal Proportionality Theorem

Oak Meadow Lesson 7 (Textbook Lessons 61-70)

61: Determining if a Quadrilateral is a Parallelogram
Instructional Video: Showing a Quadrilateral is a Parallelogram

62: Finding Surface Areas and Volumes of Cylinders
Instructional Video: Surface Area and Volume of Cylinders

63: Introduction to Vectors
Instructional Video: Intro to Vectors and Scalars
Instructional Video: Finding Magnitude of a Vector
Instructional Video: Adding Vectors Algebraically and Graphically

64: Angles Interior to Circles
Instructional Video: Tangents and Chords
Geogebra Demonstration: Tangents and Chords
Instructional Video: Arcs and Angles Formed by Chords
Geogebra Investigation: Angles Formed by Chords

65: Distinguishing Types of Parallelograms
Reading Resource: Properties of Parallelograms
Instructional Video with Practice Set: Quadrilateral Hierarchy

66: Finding Perimeters and Areas of Regular Polygons
Instructional Video: Perimeter and Area of Regular Polygons

67: Introduction to Transformations
Instructional Video: Intro to Rigid Transformations
Practice Set: Identifying Transformations

68: Introduction to Trigonometric Ratios
Instructional Video: Intro to Trig Ratios
Geogebra Practice Set: Test Your Trig Ratio Skills

69: Properties of Trapezoids and Kites
Instructional Video: Properties of Isosceles Trapezoids
Instructional Video: Examples of Trapezoid Midsegment Theorem
Geogebra Investigation: Isosceles Trapezoid Properties
Instructional Video: Kite Properties
Geometry Investigation: Kite Properties

70: Finding Surface Area and Volumes of Pyramids
Instructional Video: Surface Area and Volume of Pyramids
Geogebra Demonstration: Volume of Pyramid is ⅓ Volume of Prism

Oak Meadow Lesson 8 (Textbook Lessons 71-80)

71: Translations
Instructional Video: Translations
Practice Set: Translations
Geogebra Investigation: Translations with Vectors
Geogebra Activity: Tangrams with Translations

72: Tangents and Circles, Part 2
Instructional Video: Internal and External Tangents
Reading Resource: Common Tangents

73: Applying Trigonometry: Angles of Elevation and Depression
Instructional Video: Angles of Elevation and Depression
Instructional Video: Word Problem Examples with Angles of Elevation and Depression
Geogebra Investigation: Angles of Elevation and Depression

74: Reflections
Instructional Video: Reflections
Instructional Video: Determining Reflections
Practice Set: Reflecting Shapes

75: Writing the Equation of a Circle
Instructional Video: Writing an Equation of a Circle from a Graph
Instructional Video: Graphing a Circle from its Equation
Practice Set: Graph a Circle from its Equation
Geogebra Investigation: Relating a Circle and its Equation

76: Symmetry
Instructional Video: Lines of Symmetry
Instructional Video: Rotational Symmetry
Geogebra Investigation: Rotational and Reflective Symmetry

77: Finding Surface Areas and Volumes of Cones
Instructional Video: Surface Area and Volume of Cones

78: Rotations
Instructional Video: Rotations
Reading Resource: Transformation Cheat Sheet

79: Angles Exterior to Circles
Instructional Video: Angles Exterior to Circles

80: Finding Surface Areas and Volumes of Spheres
Instructional Video: Surface Areas and Volumes of Spheres
Geogebra Demonstration: Volume of a Sphere

Oak Meadow Lesson 9 (Textbook Lesson 81-90)

81: Graphing and Solving Linear Systems
Instructional Video: Solving Linear Systems by Graphing
Instructional Video: Solving Linear Systems by Graphing (Special Cases)

82: More Applications of Trigonometry
Instructional Video: Solving Right Triangles with Inverse Trig Functions
Geogebra Practice Set: Test your skills with Inverse Trig Functions

83: Vector Addition
Instructional Video: Adding Vectors
Geogebra Investigation: Adding Vectors

84: Dilations
Instructional Video: Dilations on the Coordinate Plane
Geogebra Investigation: Dilations

85: Cross Sections of Solids
Instructional Video: Slicing Solids
Instructional Video: Cavalieri’s Principle
Geogebra Investigation: Book Containing Multiple Cross Section Investigations

86: Determining Chord Length
Instructional Video: Chord Lengths
Geogebra Demonstration: Chord Lengths

87: Area Ratios of Similar Figures
Instructional Video: Ratio of Perimeter and Area of Similar Figures

88: Graphing and Solving Linear Inequalities
Instructional Video: Graphing and Solving Linear Inequalities 1
Instructional Video: Graphing and Solving Linear Inequalities 2
Practice Set: Graphing and Solving Linear Inequalities

89: Vector Decomposition
Instructional Video: Vector Decomposition Intro
Instructional Video: Vector Decomposition and Addition

90: Composite Transformations
Instructional Video: Composite Transformations
Practice Set: Composite Transformations
Geogebra Investigation: Composite Transformation Book (Multiple Activities)

Oak Meadow Lesson 10 (Textbook Lessons 91-100)

91: Introduction to Trigonometric Identities
Instructional Video: Intro to Trig Identities
Instructional Video: Proof of Pythagorean Trig Identity

92: Quadrilaterals on the Coordinate Plane
Instructional Video: Quadrilaterals on the Coordinate Plane 1
Instructional Video: Quadrilaterals on the Coordinate Plane 2
Instructional Video: Quadrilaterals on the Coordinate Plane 3

93: Representing Solids: Orthographic Views
Instructional Video: Orthographic Views

94: Law of Sines
Instructional Video: Law of Sines Solving for a Side
Instructional Video: Law of Sines Solving for an Angle
Practice Set: Law of Sines

95: Equations of Circles: Translating and Dilating
Instructional Video: Translating and Dilating Circles
Geogebra Investigation: Dilating a Circle

96: Effects of Changing Dimensions on Perimeter and Area
Instructional Video: Effects of Changing Dimensions on Perimeter and Area

97: Concentric Circles
Instructional Video: Area of an Annulus
Geogebra Demonstration: Area of an Annulus

98: Law of Cosines
Instructional Video: Solving for a Side with the Law of Cosines
Instructional Video: Solving for an Angle with the Law of Cosines
Practice Set: Law of Cosines

99: Volume Ratios of Similar Solids
Instructional Video: Ratio of Volumes of Similar Solids
Geogebra Investigation: Ratio of Volumes of Similar Solids

100: Transformation Matrices
Instructional Video: Adding and Subtracting Matrices
Practice Set: Adding and Subtracting Matrices

Global Climate Change

Lesson 1
The Case to Recognise Indigenous Knowledge as Science
The Battle against Buffel: Protecting County and Culture
We All Smell the Smoke, We All Feel the Heat. This Environmental Catastrophe Is Global

Lesson 2
Citizen Science Vital in Bushfire Recovery – Replacement link for “Citizen Science Gets Active and Organised:”
What Is the ALA?
Zooniverse
iNaturalist
eBird, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Budburst, Chicago Botanic Garden
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network
Plants and Climate Change
EarthEcho Water Challenge
Leaf Pack Network – Get Involved
“Examples of Citizen Science Projects Supported by EPA
SciStarter
Seventy-Five Scientific Research Projects You Can Contribute to Online
Indigenous Ecological Knowledge

Lesson 3
Mapped: How ‘Proxy’ Data Reveals the Climate of the Earth’s Distant Past
Visualizing Climate Change through Space and Time
A Brief History of Geologic Time
Tree Rings Simulation—Dendrochronology
About the Indigenous Seasons Calendars
Paleo Data Search
Australian Aboriginal Peoples’ Seasonal Knowledge: A Potential Basis for Shared Understanding in Environmental Management

Lesson 4
Are We Really Made of Stardust?
Feedback Loops: How Nature Gets Its Rhythms

Lesson 5
Big Oil Coined ‘Carbon Footprints’ to Blame Us for Their Greed. Keep Them on the Hook
ResearchGate
U. S. Carbon Footprint Difficult to Reduce
Carbon Calculator
How Big Is Your Environmental Footprint?
Carbon Footprint Calculator, EPA
Carbon Cycling in the Earth System
The 35 Easiest Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
His Epic Message Will Make You Want to Save the World

Lesson 6
American West(s): How the Yurok Tribe Is Reclaiming the Klamath River
Farming First Case Studies
There Are No Winners Here’: Drought in the Klamath Basin Inflames a Decades-Old War over Water and Fish
Introduction: Karuk Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Climate Change and Knowledge Sovereignty

Lesson 7
Inuit Artists on Their Changing Relationship with the Land and Sea
Disappearing Ice Is Threatening Native Alaskans’ Way of Life
Relocate or Rebuild? Indigenous Alaskans Are Forced to Choose
Arctic Sea Ice Extent
Activity: Greenhouse Gases

Lesson 8
Photographer Hopes to Draw Attention to Global Warming with Magnificent Polar Photos
Why on Earth Are Winters Getting Worse If the Planet Is Getting Warmer
Mass Gains of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Exceed Losses
Shoreward Intrusion of Oceanic Surface Waters Alters Physical and Biological Ocean Structures on the Antarctic Continental Shelf during Winter: Observations from Instrumented Seals
“Painting.” Artists and Climate Change
Atlas of Community-Based Monitoring and Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Arctic
Animal Tales from Icy Wonderlands

Lesson 9
The Psychology of Climate Change—and How to Engage with It
Insomniami
Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize
Love Poems in the Time of Climate Change
A Climate Change Poem for Today: The Solace of Artemis
Story Map: The Arctic—Closer than You Think

Lesson 10
The Animals That Will Survive Climate Change
Should Pandas Be Left to Face Extinction?
Namib – Encyclopedia Britannica
Namibia – Climate Change Knowledge Portal
Climate Change Effects on Desert Ecosystems: A Case Study on the Keystone Species of the Namib Desert Welwitschia Mirabilis
The Influence of Climate Fiction: An Empirical Survey of Readers
Recent Responses to Climate Change Reveal the Drivers of Species Extinction and Survival

Lesson 11
A History of FLICC: The 5 Techniques of Science Denial
Bill Nye’s Global Meltdown Climate Change Documentary
Before the Flood Full Movie National Geographic
Chasing Ice
Polar Extremes

Lesson 12
The Climate Crisis, Migration, and Refugees

Lesson 13
Indigenous Knowledge Meets Science to Take on Climate Change
24 Hours of Reality: ‘Earthrise’

Lesson 14
Quannah on Protecting the Arctic Wildlife Refuge
11-Year-Old Climate Activist Ridhima Pandey on Fighting Climate Change and Why India Is Vulnerable
Australian Students Plan School Strikes to Protest against Climate Inaction
‘It’s Time for Action’: Indigenous Water Activist Autumn Peltier to Speak at UN Forum
Leah Namugerwa: 16-Year Old Climate Activist on Mission to Replant Trees in Uganda
‘I’m Hopeful’: Jerome Foster, the 18-Year-Old Helping to Craft US Climate Policy
This Indigenous Teenager Is Fighting to Save the Amazon from Brazil’s Bolsonaro
NPR Student Podcast Challenge
Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize

Lesson 15
The People Who Caused the Climate Crisis Aren’t the Ones Who Will Fix It
Online Infographic Maker to Create Your Own Infographic

Lesson 16
How We Survive: A Changing Mindset
Mitigation and Adaptation: Human Stories of Hope
Florida and the Rising Sea.” Surging Seas, Climate Central

Lesson 17
The Good News about Climate Change
Why Oil Country Is Turning to Wind Power

The Hero's Journey: Literature & Composition

General:

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

Human Anatomy and Physiology

General:
Innerbody.com
Teachpe.com
Crash Course Anatomy and Physiology series

Lesson 1: Getting Started with Anatomy and Physiology
Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology: Crash Course A&P #1
Anatomical Position and Directional Terms
Body Farm – National Geographic Video Note: be prepared for some graphic images.
Down on the Body Farm: Inside the Dirty World of Forensic Science

Lesson 2: Human Body Systems
Vitruvius, On Architecture

Lesson 3: The Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Hormone Affects How Teens’ Brains Control Emotions
BrainFacts.org
Studies of Interference in Serial Verbal Reactions
Demonstration of Stroop Effect—‘Name That Color’ Test
TED talk: What we’ll learn about the brain in the next century

Lesson 4: Respiration and Circulation
How to Measure Your Lung Capacity
Lung Capacity— A BodyWorks On Tour science experiment
“Label the Heart” quiz

Lesson 5: The Immune System
“5-second rule on dropped food may have some truth to it”
“Rethinking The Five-Second Rule: With Carpet, There’s No Rush”
Net Logo

Lesson 6: The Digestive and Excretory Systems
Gulp! The Quiz
The Inside Scoop on Your Insides
“The Marvels in Your Mouth”
Demonstrating Biology: It Takes Guts

Lesson 7: The Skeletal System
“The Skeleton and Bones”
Skeleton: Bones and Joints
Diagnosing Osteoporosis (Osteoporosis #3)
Osteoporosis

Lesson 8: The Muscular System
“Muscle Structure—Muscle Under the Microscope”

Lesson 9: The Integumentary System
“The Integumentary System, Part 1 – Skin Deep: Crash Course A&P #6
“The Integumentary System, Part 1 – Skin Deeper: Crash Course A&P #7”

Lesson 10: Reproduction and Development
Fertilization (Conception)
Human Embryo Growing from Fertilization to Day 6 Blastula
The Miracle of Life – 9 months in 4 minutes
Alexander Tsiaras: Conception to Birth – visualized
Life Before Birth – In the Womb
Greatest Miracle PBS
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Baby Makers: The Fertility Clinic (IVF Documentary)

Lesson 11: Putting It All Together
Running On Empty
The Heart, part 2 – Heart Throbs: Crash Course A&P #26
What Will Humans Look Like in 100 Years?
We Can Reprogram Life. How to Do it Wisely

Math Connections

Lesson 1: Problem Solving and Critical Thinking

Pascal’s Triangle
Sudoku

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

Estimation
Rounding
Pascal’s Triangle patterns
Fully-worked example of the Four-Step Problem Solving Process

For fun and deeper exploration:

Books

How to Solve It by George Polya

Logic puzzles and riddles

http://brainden.com/puzzles-riddles.htm
http://www.logic-puzzles.org/

Sudoku, KenKen, Kakuro

http://www.sudoku.com/
http://www.kenken.com/
http://www.kakuro.com/

Magic Square puzzles

http://www.magicsquarepuzzles.com/
Learn how to make your own Magic Square puzzles.

Real problem-solving in the news

“Wikipedia-size maths proof too big for humans to check,” from New Scientist, February 17, 2014.

Lesson 2: Set Theory

Dennis Wildfogel’s “How Big Is Infinity?” (TED-Ed)
Numberphile’s “Infinity is Bigger Than You Think”
The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

A great explanation of what sets are, definitions of set theory terminology, and examples
Explanations and examples of how to solve word problems using Venn diagrams<

For fun and deeper exploration:

Infinite sets:

A proof that some infinities are bigger than others
A good explanation of infinite sets (also click through to the next page to continue the story)
An excellent TED-Ed lesson on the Infinite Hotel Paradox

Fibonacci numbers:

Fibonnaci applications
Puzzles whose solutions relate to the Fibonacci numbers

Games involving set theory:

SET, a fun and educational card game, is also available online and as an app

Lesson 3: Number Theory and the Real Number System

James Tanton’s video, “Divisibility Rule for 7
Scishow’s video, The Fibonacci Sequence: Nature’s Code
Cristóbal Vila’s short video, “Nature by Numbers”

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

Khan Academy has a good explanation of how to use the Sieve of Eratosthenes to find prime numbers
Explanations and examples for the order of operations
Rational and irrational numbers
Khan Academy also has an entire section devoted to Scientific Notation
Exponent rules explained

For additional inspiration for the Fibonacci Inspiration activity, check out these videos:
Vi Hart’s Spirals, Fibonacci and being a plant video series (3 parts)
Arthur Benjamin’s TED Talk

For fun and deeper exploration:

Prime and composite numbers game
Learn how Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth in Khan Academy’s article
Learn more about that famous number, pi: To see what a million digits of pi really looks like, check out Numberphile’s “A Mile of Pi” video
To hear a tonal representation of the digits of pi, check out Numberphile’s “Sounds of Pi” video
To see artistic data visualizations of the digits of pi, check out Numberphile’s “Pi is Beautiful” video

Lesson 4: Algebra: Equations and Inequalities

TED-Ed talk given by Jeff Dekofsky
NOVA’s “Great Math Mystery”

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

Khan Academy’s Linear Equations and Inequalities section
Proportions explanations and examples
Video on direct and inverse variation

For fun and deeper exploration:

For additional discussion to help you explore whether you believe mathematics was invented or discovered, check out PBS Idea Channel’s “Is Math a Feature of the Universe or a Feature of Human Creation?”

Lesson 5: Algebra: Graphs, Functions, Linear Functions, and Linear Systems

Line of Best Fit tool on the NCTM Illuminations website

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

Graphing linear equations
Explanation of function evaluation
Explanation of scatterplots and regression lines
Solving systems of linear equations
Systems of linear inequalities

For fun and deeper exploration:

Now that you know a bit about correlation, it’s important to understand that correlation does not imply causation. In other words, just because two variables are related does not mean that one of the variables caused the other. This is a common logical fallacy that leads to invalid conclusions. Check out this Los Angeles Times article that makes the point that correlation does not imply causation. Then to drive the point home, visit the site that inspired the article, Spurious Correlations, to view a variety of amusing graphs showing two completely unrelated variables that just happen to be closely correlated.

Lesson 6: Polynomials, Quadratic Equations, and Quadratic Functions

Vi Hart’s video, “Doodling in math: Spirals, Fibonacci, and being a plant (1 of 3)”
Golden Spiral video

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

For help with factoring quadratic equations
Solving quadratic equations using the quadratic formula
Solving quadratic equations using the square root property
Features of quadratic functions
Graphing quadratic functions
For a refresher on how to construct a square with straightedge and compass
For a refresher on how to construction a line perpendicular to an existing line

For fun and deeper exploration:

More on the legend of Newton and the falling apple

Lesson 7: Personal Finance: Taxes and Interest

NCTM Illuminations Compound Interest Simulator

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

Percents explanations
Solving word problems with percentages
Calculating simple and compound interest

For fun and deeper exploration:

Find out more about incomprehensibly large numbers.

Lesson 8: Personal Finance: Saving, Investing, and Spending

How to Lie with Statistics, by Darrell Huff
Edmunds’ True Cost to Own

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

Making annuity calculations

For fun and deeper exploration:

Learn more about personal finance for teens at The Mint
Find out the real costs of owning a car as a teen

Lesson 9: Measurement

Khan Academy unit conversion section
More on converting units
The Metric System in the United States

For fun and deeper exploration:

Metric system game

Lesson 10: Geometry

Math is Fun Reflectional Symmetry page
Math is Fun Rotational Symmetry page
Dr. James Tanton’s “Generating Pythagorean Triples” video
Escher Gallery
Tessellation Creator tool at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Illuminations site
Platonic Solids tool from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Illuminations site
Platonic Solids Models from Math is Fun

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

Khan Academy Geometry section with dozens of applicable videos
Math is Fun main Geometry page with dozens of links to topic-specific articles
Graphing circles

For fun and deeper exploration:

If you enjoyed the Platonic Solids activity, explore the duals of the Platonic Solids with these videos
For more on tessellations, visit here, or try this app

Lesson 11: Counting Methods and Probability Theory

TED-Ed video by Yannay Khaikin
TED-Ed lesson, “The last banana – a thought experiment in probability,” by Leonardo Barichello
Ron Clarke’s Monty Hall problem video
Horizons’ Monty Hall problem video
Stay or Switch simulation tool
Marilyn vos Savant’s “th” solution and criticism from the public

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

Watch video explanations and try practice problems with the Khan Academy Probability and Combinatorics lessons
Practice figuring out which counting method to use and try your hand at some problems with the Counting Methods Review and Self-Test

For fun and deeper exploration:

Try challenging counting methods problems at Brilliant.org
Try challenging probability problems at Brilliant.org
Play some probability games here and here
Learn about the origins of Probability as discovered by Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat in solving the Problem of Points

Lesson 12: Statistics

“Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes”

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

Videos on descriptive statistics, including the mean, median, mode, range, quartiles, and standard deviation
Explanations of the Normal Distribution and z-scores

For fun and deeper exploration:

Hans Rosling about world statistics, watch his 2014 TED talk, “How Not to Be Ignorant About the World.”
“Improving Human Welfare in 2013 International Year of Statistics,” presented by Worldofstatistics.org.

Lesson 13: Logic
“Guide to Common Fallacies Playlist” by PBS Idea Channel
Your Logical Fallacy
Colm Kellehar’s TED-Ed lesson, “Zeno’s Dichotomy Paradox”
Codebreaker game
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy’s fallacy page
Puzzle Baron’s Logic Puzzles
Puzzle Baron’s logic puzzle generator

For help and extra practice with the concepts in this chapter:

Math Goodies has a list of articles explaining various topics in symbolic logic from this chapter
Activity A help: Additional worked example of a Lewis Carroll logic puzzle, as well as more challenging puzzles

For fun and deeper exploration:

Lewis Carroll’s Paradox
Lewis Carroll’s book, Symbolic Logic (full text available online through Project Gutenberg)
The books The Mathematical Recreations of Lewis Carroll: Pillow Problems and a Tangled Tale by Lewis Carroll and C. L. Dodgson and Lewis Carroll’s Games and Puzzles by Lewis Carroll and Edward WakelingBrain teasers and puzzles

Brainden.com has several fantastic pages with brain teasers and logic puzzles. The river crossing puzzles tend to be a student favorite. Try this and this to start, but be sure to explore some of the other pages. Answers are hidden until you click them. Don’t peek until you are sure you are ready to know the answer!
Challenge puzzles and problems: Brilliant.org has a section with questions for all levels of logic. Quiz yourself on topics ranging from symbolic logic to games of strategy.

Grid-based logic puzzles:
Solve grid-based logic puzzles online or on an app
Learn about Euler’s Konigsberg Bridges Problem
An interview with Andrew Wiles, the mathematician who finally solved Fermat’s Last Theorem in 1993.

Recommended sites for general math help and practice (in no particular order):

http://www.ixl.com
http://www.purplemath.com
http://www.khanacademy.org
http://www.regentsprep.org
https://www.mathsisfun.com/
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/

Psychology: The Journey Toward Self-Knowledge

Lesson 1: The History of Psychology
“A Learning Secret: Don’t Take Notes with a Laptop”
“10 Benefits of Writing Notes by Hand”
Crash Course, Psychology, Episode 1
Diablo Valley College Learning Style Survey

Lesson 2: Psychological Research Methods
Crash Course, Psychology, Episode 2
“The Story of Psyche and Eros”

Lesson 3: Encoding and Retrieving Memories
Feats of Memory Anyone Can Do
Remembering What Matters

Lesson 4: Memory Construction and Improving Memory
Eyewitness Testimony, Part 1
Eyewitness Testimony, Part 2
The Innocence Project
Creating False Memories
How Reliable Is Your Memory?
Forgetfulness Test
Short Term Memory Test
Test my Brain, Harvard
Lucidchart

Lesson 5: The Human Brain
The Story of Phineas Gage
Power of the Human Brain
Brain Dominance Test
Severed Corpus Callosum
“Neurotheology: This is Your Brain on Religion” (podcast)
“Hard-Wired for Faith: The Religious Experience and the Brain”
“God in the Brain? How much can ‘Neurotheology’ explain?”
Secrets of the Mind

Lesson 6: The Biology of Behavior
“Amygdala Hijack”
“How Emotionally Intelligent Are You?”
“Test Your Emotional Intelligence with Our Free EQ Quiz”
You aren’t at the mercy of your emotions—your brain creates them

Lesson 7: Stress and Health
Stress: Portrait of a Killer
Happy

Lesson 8: Stress Management
“The Tyranny of Choice” (if the first page appears blank, scroll down for the article)
Personality Type A/B
Locus of Control
Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale
The Hostility Questionnaire
Former monk talks hit meditation app Headspace
Dan Harris opens up about ‘Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics’
Headspace App

Lesson 9: Developmental Psychology, Part 1
A Change of Mind (Preoperational theory of mind)
Piaget’s Preoperational Stage
Object Concept VOE Screen Task Baillargeon
The Linguistic Genius of Babies
Piaget: Changes in Symbolic Development (Preoperational stage)

Lesson 10: Developmental Psychology, Part 2
Wild Child: The Story of Feral Children

Lesson 11: Classical Conditioning
Classical Conditioning—Ivan Pavlov
Baby Albert Experiments
Pavlov’s Dog: Can You Make a Dog Drool on Command?

Lesson 12: Operant Conditioning and Learning
The Difference Between Classical and Operant Conditioning
B. F. Skinner Foundation—Pigeon Ping Pong Clip
WWII Missile Guided Pigeon Project Racing Homers Used
Albert Bandura Bobo Doll experiment
Full Derek Jeter Ford commercial

Lesson 13: Social Psychology, Part 1
Milgram Experiment
Milgram Experiment (Derren Brown replication)
“Prison Psychology and the Stanford Prison Experiment” (NPR interview)
Conformity
Brown eyes and blue eyes racism experiment, Children Session—Jane Elliott
What Would You Do? Bike Theft (White Guy, Black Guy, Pretty Girl)

Lesson 14: Social Psychology, Part 2
New York Subway Hero
Born Good? Babies help unlock the origins of morality
POV Implicit Bias
Project Implicit

Lesson 15: Personality Theory
Freud’s Structure of Personality Theory
Measuring Personality: Crash Course Psychology #22

Lesson 16: Personality Exploration
Inkblot (Rorschach) and TAT (Thematic Apperception Tests) – Projective Tests
Jung Typology Test
The Big Five Project Personality Test

Lesson 17/18: The End and the Beginning
The Brain Changing Benefits of Exercise
Learned Optimism Test
“Learned Optimism: Is Martin Seligman’s Glass Half Full?”
“Optimism Test: How You can Learn to Be Optimistic”
Happiness 101: Explanatory Style (Choices)
Happiness 101: How Explanatory Style Affects Optimism (Choices)
“Social Challenges of Middle School”
“How Puberty Kills Girls’ Confidence”

Race & Ethnic Studies

Lesson 1

“On Strike: Ethnic Studies—1969–1999”

Lesson 2

“The Bear That Wasn’t”
“Me, My Race, and I: What’s Race Got to Do with It?”
“What Is Your Heritage? Discover Your Cultural Identity”

Lesson 3

“Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Race”
“The Historical Origins and Development of Racism”
“Unequal Opportunity Race”
Race, The Power of An Illusion
“Who Are the Kurds?”

Lesson 4

“What Is Intersectionality? Let These Scholars Explain the Theory and Its History”
“Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”
“DIS2018: Mia Mingus, opening keynote presenter”
“‘Disability Justice’ is Simply Another Term for Love”
“The Urgency of Intersectionality”

Lesson 5

“How Italians Became White”
“Talking About Race: Whiteness”

Lesson 6

“An Indigenous People’s History of the United States”
“Guatemala: Maya”
Native Land
#Changethemascot
All My Relations
Native Appropriations

Lesson 7

“What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
Episode 6: Effects of the Atlantic Slave Trade on the Americas (December 3, 2012)
“How racist policing took over American cities, explained by a historian”
“The Atlantic Slave Trade: What Too Few Textbooks Told You”
“Frederick Douglass’ Descendants Deliver His `Fourth of July’ Speech”
“Nicki Mayo: Slaved vs. Enslaved People”

Lesson 8

“Eduardo López: Harvest of Empire: The Untold Story of Latinos in America”

“Why We Should Drop the I-Word”
“What’s With the X In Latinx?”
“Hispanic vs. Latino vs. Latinx: A Brief History of How These Words Originated”
“Latinidad Is Being Cancelled by Afro and Indigenous People Who Do Not See Themselves Represented”
“Trader’s Joe’s removing `racist packaging’ after online petition”
“Why Mexican Americans Say `The Border Crossed Us’”

Lesson 9

“Beyond Activism: Four Decades of Social Justice”
“Grappling with Xenophobia Amid the Coronavirus”
“History of the Exclusion of Asian Immigrants”
“How U.S. immigration laws and rules have changed through history”
“Discovering Angel Island: The Story Behind the Poems”

Lesson 10

“Come September”
Arab Resource and Organizing Center

Lesson 11

“Why Identity Matters”
“Why Media Literacy?
“Power of POP”
“But Wait: How DOES the Media Tell You What to Think?”

“The Common Sense Census: Media Use By Tweens and Teens”

Lesson 12

“Why America’s Schools Have a Money Problem”
“A Decade of Research on the Rich-Poor Divide in Education”
“How the School-to-Prison Pipeline Works: And Why Black Girls Particularly Are at Risk”
“The Hidden Curriculum, Part I of 2: Norms, Values and Procedures”
Transcript: “`Lies My Teacher Told Me,’ and How American History Can Be Used as a Weapon”
Audio: “Lies My Teacher Told Me”
“Understanding Children’s Book Classifications”
“10 Tips for Talking to Kids about Race and Racism”
“`I Love My Skin!’: Why Black Parents are Turning to Afrocentric Schools”

Lesson 13

“Every Picture Book Author Should Make a Storyboard”

Lesson 14

“As liberation struggles endure, so does Chicano protest art”
“Dance of the African Diaspora: Tracing Social and Political Activism”
“Behind the Song: Nina Simone, `Mississippi Goddam’”
“Shea Diamond—`I Am American’ [Official Lyric Video]”
“Art can be a catalyst for change in Uganda”
“In Open Cut exhibition, protest art challenges visitors to take action”
“The Birth of QCC: The Center for Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Art & Culture”
“10 Black Queer Artists Get Real About the Intersectionality of Resistance During Pride 2020”
“`Art Can Touch Our Emotional Core.’ Meet the Artists Behind Some of the Most Widespread Images Amid George Floyd Protests”
“Who We Be: Superpanel on Art, Protest, and Racial Justice”

Lesson 15

“The Young Lords: Its Origins and Convergences with the Black Panther Party”
“The Young Lords: Exploring the Legacy of the Radical Puerto Rican Activist Group 50 Years Later”
Replacement link for “The Young Lords 13 Point Program”
“The Black Panthers: 10-Point Program”
“El Plan Espiritual De Aztlán”
“Stonewall Forever: A Documentary about the Past, Present and Future of Pride”
“The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson”
“East L.A., 1968: `Walkout!’ The day high school students helped ignite the Chicano power movement”

Lesson 16

“The Efficacy of the Red Power Movement”
“Rebuilding Indigenous Nations: Native American Activism and the Long Red Power Movement”
“The Youth Group that Launched a Movement at Standing Rock”
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)
How Indigenous Creatos Are Nurturing a Space on TikTok Replacement link for”Our Culture Is Beautiful’: The Voices of Indigenous TikTok”
“Civil Rights Digital History Project”
“Blackhorse: Do you Prefer `Native American’ or `American Indian’?”

Lesson 17

“She co-founded Black Lives Matter. Here’s why she’s so hopeful for the future.”
“#SayHerName: Resisting Police Brutality against Black Women”
“Black Lives Matter explained: The History of a movement”
“Black Lives Matter group protests at Toronto Pride parade”
“Pride says it `never agreed’ to exclude police, as Black Lives Matter slams police for `pink-washing’”
“Disability Solidarity: Completing the `Vision for Black Lives’”

Spanish I

General
Vocaroo.com
My.hrw.com
WordReference.com
SpanishDict.com
Spanish.typeit.org

Lesson 2
Numbers Song in Spanish (Cancion de los Numeros)

Lesson 3
Hispanic Or Latino? That Is the Question
How to Type Spanish Letters and Accents

Lesson 4
Mi Vida Loca

Lesson 6
Feasts: Mexico 2 of 3: Dia de los Muertos

Lesson 9
Largest U.S. Immigrant Groups Over Time, 1960–Present

Lesson 10
Marc Anthony: Vivir Mi Vida

Lesson 12
BBC World: Quinceañera
My Dream Quinceañera: Ana

Lesson 14
Bullfighting saved from the sword as Spain rules it is an artistic discipline
Works of Antoni Gaudí

Lesson 15
Introducing Spain

Lesson 19
Climbing Cotopaxi

Lesson 20
Wildlife Trafficking
Going to the Galápagos Is Easier and Cheaper Than Ever. That Might Not Be a Good Thing.

Lesson 21
An Uncommon Victory for an Indigenous Tribe in the Amazon

Lesson 23
Aventura—Obsesion

Lesson 24
One Island, Two Worlds

Lesson 25
State and County Quick Facts: Florida
Merengue Dance Steps: Merengue Footwork Basics
Cumbia: The Musical Backbone of Latin America

Lesson 27
Climate Change in Argentina is Killing Penguin Chicks

Lesson 28
History of Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo: Children Who Disappeared or Who Were Born in Captivity

Lesson 29
Sr. Wooly: Billy la Bufanda

Lesson 30
The Power of the Bilingual Brain

Lesson 31
Happy Planet Index: Costa Rica

Lesson 32
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
A Costa Rican Red-Eyed Tree Frog in Pictures

Lesson 33
Reaching for a Zero-Emission Goal
Costa Rica Recognized for Biodiversity Protection

Lesson 34/35
Ecuador: The Galápagos Islands and the Andes

Spanish II

General
Vocaroo.com
My.hrw.com
WordReference.com
SpanishDict.com
Spanish.typeit.org

Lesson 1
Miami’s Latino Culture

Lesson 2
“Let It Go” from Frozen according to Google Translate
Norway’s Olympic team (translation error)
Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish

Lesson 3
What is Ecotourism
Costa Rica Ecotourism
Nicoya, Costa Rica: A Latin American Blue Zone
Blue Zone Photos: Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica

Lesson 4
Costa Rica: Paving the Way for Rights of Nature?
Costa Rica Country Profile

Lesson 5
Discover the Mysteries of Easter Island
What’s So Special about the Atacama Desert?

Lesson 6
The Untold Story of How Argentinian Tango Evolved
Street Argentine Tango

Lesson 7
Jennifer Dahlgren
Che Guevara (1928–1967)

Lesson 8
Classic Argentinian Alfajores Cookies

Lesson 10
More Photos of the Crisis in Puerto Rico

Lesson 11
What Do the Colors and Symbols of the Flag of Puerto Rico Mean?
Is Puerto Rice Part of the U.S.?

Lesson 12
The Latin Dance of Bachata

Lesson 14
Meet the All-Female Band Redefining Mariachi, Flor de Toloache

Lesson 16
23 Best Things to Do in Mexico City

Lesson 19
The Ambassador of Spanish Ham
Hundreds of Tons of Tomatoes Are Used as Ammo in Spain’s Tomatina Festival

Lesson 20
Flamenco Dance, Seville, Spain
Dancing the Flamenco: Basic Footwork

Lesson 21
Guernica and 30’s

Lesson 23
Civics Practice Test
Notable Hispanic Americans

Lesson 24
17 Photos that show what life is like on the U.S.-Mexico border
United States Interventions

Lesson 25
The Bodega Signmakers of New York
Bodegas: Living the American Dream
Hispanic/Latino Vote

Lesson 27
Courtyards of Latin America

Lesson 28
Dominican Republic

Lesson 29
Croc Fossil Discovered in Cave
Can You Find the Dominican Republic on a Map?

Lesson 31
12 Ecuadorean Bands You Should Listen To

Lesson 32
Preserving Lonesome George
The Theory of Evolution Has Its Origins in the Galapagos

Lesson 33
Otavalo: The Land of Andean Artistry

Spanish III

General
Vocaroo.com
My.hrw.com
WordReference.com
SpanishDict.com
Spanish.typeit.org
How to Type Spanish Letters and Accents

Lesson 1
The Benefits of Learning a Second Language
Learn Spanish Gestures

Lesson 2
15 Encouraging Phrases a Spanish Speaker Like Me Would Love for You to Learn
Photos of the Week: 8/8–8/14 (2015)

Lesson 3
Tacos al pastor, classic Mexican tacos

Lesson 4
Monarch Butterflies
How to Create Your Own Monarch Butterfly Rest Stop

Lesson 5
Breaking a Mexican Tradition That Excludes Women, to Keep It Alive in Brooklyn

Lesson 6
2 university students discover they have more in common than they thought just by saying 8 words
“Riveting Photos of Migrant Workers Remind Us Who Really Harvests Our Food”

Lesson 7
18 Latin American Art Museums in the United States
11 Paintings from Spanish Artists That You Can See in U.S. Museums
Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum

Lesson 8
Spanish Newspapers in the U.S.

Lesson 11
Made in Honduras
Maquila: A Tale of Two Mexicos
Maquiladora Women (spots from the film Maquilapolis)

Lesson 12
Leonardo DiCaprio confiesa su gusto por las pupusas
Pupusas recipe

Lesson 14
Sugarcane workers in the Dominican Republic
Juan Luis Guerra, Ojala que Llueva Café

Lesson 15
Buena Vista Social Club “Chan Chan” at Carnegie Hall

Lesson 16
Gente de Zona: La Gozadera
Cuba (The New York Times)
Drug Runners or Dissidents?

Lesson 19
Nasca Lines

Lesson 20
Peru’s Snow Star Festival

Lesson 21
Evolution by Natural Selection: Darwin’s Finches

Lesson 22
“LatinoAmérica” by Calle 13

Lesson 23
Caga tió, tió de Nadal
Extra, todos los capítulos

Lesson 24
Building Human Towers in Spain

Lesson 25
Thinking of buying a deserted village in Spain?

Lesson 27
Why Is Colombian Coffee the World’s Favorite?
Venezuela (BBC News)
Venezuela (New York Times)
The Empty Cupboards of Venezuela’s Families

Lesson 28
Carlos Vives and Shakira, “La Bicicleta”

Lesson 29
World’s Largest Rodent

Lesson 31
World’s ‘poorest’ ex-president Mujica turns down pension

Lesson 32
Viña del Mar

Lesson 33
The Most Useful Language for English Speakers to Learn, According to an Economist

U.S. Government: By the People, for the People

General
National Archives
U.S. Government Services and Information
The White House
Supreme Court
Congress
National Center for Constitutional Studies
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
The Federalist Papers
The Antifederalist Papers
The Constitution of the United States
U.S. Bill of Rights
U.S. Amendments
United States Senate
United States House of Representatives
Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
The NBER/Maryland State Constitutions Project
Voices of Democracy
History
National Women’s History Museum
Biography
UShistory.org
Crash Course videos (50 in all; all are 6–9 minutes)

Websites to help you determine the accuracy of a claim:
www.procon.org
www.factcheck.org
www.politifact.com
www.snopes.com

Lesson 1
Our New Research Shows Where Kids Get Their News and How They Feel About It
Students Have ‘Dismaying’ Inability to Tell Fake News from Real, Study Finds
Fake News and News Bias

Lesson 3
6 Student Stories on Change-Makers in their Communities

Lesson 4
Introduction: Crash Course U.S. Government and Politics
Today’s Front Pages

Lesson 6
Constitute: The World’s Constitutions to Read, Search, and Compare

Lesson 7
Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
iSideWith
Welcome to the Civics Practice Test!

Lesson 8
The Bicameral Congress: Crash Course Government and Politics #2
Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances: Crash Course Government and Politics #3
Gerrymandering: Crash Course Government and Politics #37
United States Senate
United States House of Representatives
Ballot Measures
Project Vote Smart
Congress.gov
Open Secrets
Database Search Tips: Overview

Lesson 9
Oyez

Lesson 12
Federalism: Crash Course Government and Politics #4

Lesson 13
Tribal Law and Policy Institute
National Congress of American Indians

U.S. History

In this course, you are asked to keep track of the sources you use when researching the reading topics in each lesson. The following print publications and online sources can be used as a starting point for your research. This list is not comprehensive—you will need to do additional research to locate relevant sources of information.

Evaluating Internet Sources
The American Yawp: A Free and Online, Collaboratively Built American History Textbook
Best U.S. History Websites (EdTechTeacher)
U.S.History.org
History Matters (CUNY and George Mason University)
Have Fun With History
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People (National Council for Social Studies)
SmithsonianEducation.org
African American History (Library of Congress)
A Short History of the United States: From the Arrival of Native American Tribes to the Obama Presidency by Robert V. Remini (Harper, 2009)
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn (Harper, 2015)
Digital History

Women's Literature: Worlds of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Unit I: Fantasy

Tam Lin
Thomas the Rhymer
Fairport Convention (song) Tam Lin
Jeremy Irons Reads TS Eliot’s “Four Quartets”
“Four Quartets” by TS Eliot (text)

Unit II: Science Fiction

Author website: Ursula K. Le Guin
Map of Gethen
New Yorker article: “The Fantastic Ursula K. Le Guin”

Unit III: World Building

Author website: Nnedi Okorafor
The Binti Series

Word: The Poet's Voice

Below you will find links to each of the poems in the course, plus the spoken word performances, as well as general resources to help increase your understanding and enjoyment of poetry.

General Resources
How to read a poem
Poetry Foundation
Academy of American Poets
Poetry 180
Poetry Soup

Unit I: Nature

“Crossings” by Ravi Shankar
“The Weed” by Elizabeth Bishop
“Riprap” by Gary Snyder

Unit II: Love

“Tonight I Can Write” by Pablo Neruda

Unit III: Spoken Word

“Coded language” by Saul Williams text (read text before watching performance)
“Coded language” by Saul Williams performance
“Ode to a Crossfader” by John Murrillo performance (watch performance before reading text)
“Plastic Sea” by Mirko Bonné (Note: We will focus on the third stanza, which begins with “…Each black meter of water, rolling past ominously…” and ends with “… But this here, the black water masses, such/a draggled park, never, really, no.” Feel free to read the whole poem, if you’d like, but refer to the third stanza when answering the questions in your lesson.)
“Mother’s Mouth” by Amaal Said (translated from Somali to English)

Unit IV: The Female Voice

“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
“Wallflower” by Anne Sexton
“Poetry” by Pablo Neruda

World Geography

Lesson 1

Glossary of geographic terms
Reading latitude and longitude
Map projections
World’s biomes
Trees that tell a story

Lesson 2

World population clock
Radio around the world

Lesson 3

Forces that shape Earth
World glacier inventory

Lesson 4

Reference encyclopedia
Climate change
Humans and the Greenhouse Effect

Lesson 6

Percent of arable land
Canada statistics

Lesson 7

Demographic trends in the U.S.
Immigration Trends in the U.S.
Earliest inhabitants of North America
Population and energy consumption

Lesson 8

Caribbean map and facts
Ancient civilizations of Mexico
Chihuahuan Desert
Mesoamerican Reef
Corals and Coral Reefs
Plant Adaptations
Desert Animals

Lesson 9/10

Types of infographics

Lesson 11

Andes Mountains
Amazon River
Amazon Rainforest
Galapagos Island

Lesson 12

Largest countries in South America
Indigenous languages of South America
Early South American civilizations
Agriculture of South America

Lesson 14

Natural wonders of Europe
Europe’s Alps
Mediterranean Sea
Islands of the Mediterranean

Lesson 15

Countries of Europe
European migrant crisis
Population data (click on individual countries)
European Union website
E.U. member nations
1000 years of European borders
Population density in Europe

Lesson 16

Languages spoken in Europe
Agriculture in EU member states
Air quality
Pollution as global issue
Ethnic diversity and conflict

Lesson 18

Wastewater treatment and water recycling
Economics of sports franchise location
Inca construction of Machu Picchu

Lesson 19

Natural landmarks of Russia
Protecting the Russian Arctic
Black Earth Belt
Russia’s climate zones
Weather data from climate stations across Russia
Tundra and taiga biomes
Steppe biome
Principle rivers of Russia

Lesson 20

Population density map of Russia
Russia’s demographics
Russian culture
Soviet Union timeline
Islam in Russia
Russian architecture
Censorship in Russia and the Soviet Union
Caucasus region and people
Turkic languages
Caucasian languages

Lesson 22

China population clock
Hong Kong territory profile
Volcanoes in the Pacific’s Ring of Fire
Chinese culture and heritage
Japanese culture
Mongolian culture

Lesson 23

Bhutan Gross National Happiness
Kashmir timeline
India and Pakistan’s Kashmir dispute
South Asia’s water issues
Video: Biggest cities in South Asia
Tourism in the Maldives
Natural features of India
Landmarks of Pakistan
Features and landmarks of Bangladesh

Lesson 24

Population data Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian nations and capitals
Natural wonders of Southeast Asia
Colonialism and nationalism
East Timor history
Vietnam country profile
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Krakatoa volcano
Tsunami preparedness

Lesson 25

Natural features of Middle East
Fossil fuels in the Middle East
Religions demographics
Religious significance of Jerusalem
Arabs and the Arab world
Ethnic tensions in Afghanistan
Modern architecture of the Middle East
Video: Islamic architecture
Water desalination in the Middle East
Bedouin culture

Lesson 28

Africa’s climate
Sahara Desert
Kalahari Desert
Natural features of Africa
Nile River
Desertification
Sahel region
Madagascar
Video: Congo Basin

Lesson 29

Western Sahara dispute
Moroccan Berbers
Algeria history and demographics
Tunisian landmarks
Arab Spring
Libya landmarks
Egyptian revolution 2011 (photos)
Timeline of Egyptian revolution
Building the Great Pyramid
Ancient Egypt
Preserving antiquities

Lesson 30

Sub-Saharan Africa (scroll down for links to each country)
Archeological finds in Africa
Population density
Language demographics
African Union

Lesson 32

Great Barrier Reef
Sunscreen Is Damaging Coral Reefs
Origins of aboriginal culture
Animals of Australia
Aboriginal art
Great Artesian Basin
Australia weather and seasons

Lesson 33

Countries and capitals of Oceania
Types of islands
Oceania’s indigenous peoples
Nuclear testing in Oceania
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
Lord of the Rings filming locations

Lesson 34

Photos of Antarctica
Antarctic wildlife
Larson C Ice Shelf
Facts about Antarctica
Ice shelf gains and losses
Video: Territorial claims

World History: Communities and Connections

Lesson 1: Agriculture and Early Civilizations
The Cornell Note Taking System
MLA Works Cited Page: Books
MLA Works Cited Page: Periodicals
MLA Works Cited: Electronic Sources
The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #1
Google maps
British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Tomb of Queen Meresankh III (g 7530-7540)

Lesson 3: States and Empires in Ancient South and East Asia
Beyond Gender: Indigenous Perspectives, Muxe

Lesson 4: ”Globalizing Empires” in Rome and China
Evaluating Sources: General Guidelines
The First Dacian War: Reliefs Scene-by-Scene on Trajan’s Column in Rome

Lesson 5: Migration and State-Building in Ancient Sub-Saharan Africa
Mapped: Visualizing the True Size of Africa
5 Must-Have Google Search Tips for Students
The Library of Congress
The British Library
National Geographic
Britannica
Smithsonian Collections
Artstor
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sundjata
One of Africa’s Best Kept Secrets—Its History

Lesson 6: Ancient Americans
Archeology Program – National Parks Service
Archaeology Law & Ethics
GlobalXplorer°
Hunting for Peru’s Lost Civilizations with Satellites
GlobalXplorer° Discovery Campaign Tutorial
Google Earth

Lesson 8: Secular Power and Religious Communities (600-1000 CE)
Medieval Sourcebook: Yakut: Baghdad under the Abbasids, c. 1000 CE
Medieval Sourcebook: Charlemagne: Summons to Army, c. 804-11
Teacher’s Guides and Analysis Tool: Primary Source Analysis Tool for Students
The Demonization of Empress Wu

Lesson 9: Mid-Semester Review
Penguin Classics

Lesson 10: The Afro-Eurasian Network (1000-1300 CE)
Pepper and Partnerships

Lesson 12: Dynastic States in Eurasia (c. 1350-1600 CE)
The Prince
Medieval Sourcebook: St. Louis’ Advice to His Son

Lesson 13: Contact Colonization, and Catastrophe in the Americas (1450-1600 CE)
Bartolomé de Las Casas Describes the Exploitation of Indigenous Peoples, 1542
Americae Sive Qvartae Orbis Partis Nova et Exactissima Description

Lesson 19: The Age of Revolutions (1775-1850 CE)
Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
MHS Collections Online
A Fair Account of the Late Unhappy Disturbance at Boston in New England

Lesson 20: The Industrial and Consumer Revolutions
Lucy Parsons on Women and Revolutionary Socialism (1905)
Modern History Sourcebook: Friederich Engels: Industrial Manchester, 1844
Modern History Sourcebook: Herbert Spencer: Social Darwinism, 1857
Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth (June 1889)

Lesson 24: Anxiety and Disruption at the Turn of the Century (c. 1890-1914)
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Lesson 26: World War I
First World War Recruitment Posters
British Art of the First World War
The Fourteen Points

Lesson 28: World War II
The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum
See You Next Year! High School Yearbooks from WWII
The Atlantic Charter
United Nations Charter

Lesson 30: Decolonization and the Cold War, Part 1 (East, Southeast, and South Asia)
Memo to People of Earth: ‘Third World’ Is an Offensive Term!

Lesson 32: Decolonization and the Cold War, Part 3 (Europe and the Americas)
Duck and Cover
Tom Lehrer—We Will All Go Together When We Go

Lesson 33: Globalization
How Do I Ask the Questions?” Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History

Lesson 34: Global Challenges and the Anthropocene Era
At Doom’s Doorstep: It Is 100 Seconds to Midnight

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Oak Meadow Lesson 9 (Textbook Lesson 33-36)

Oak Meadow Lesson 10 (Textbook Lessons 37-40)

Oak Meadow Lesson 11 (Textbook Lessons 41-44)

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Oak Meadow Lesson 13 (Textbook Lessons 49-52)

Oak Meadow Lesson 14 (Textbook Lessons 53-56)

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Oak Meadow Lesson 16 (Textbook Lessons 61-64)

Oak Meadow Lesson 17 (Textbook Lessons 65-68)

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Oak Meadow Lesson 19 (Textbook Lessons 73-76)

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Oak Meadow Lesson 31 (Textbook Lessons 121-125)

Algebra I

American Literature: Social Transformation

Biology

Chemistry Matters

Critical Media Literacy

Environmental Science for a Changing World

French II

Foodways: Sustainable Food Systems

Forensic Science

Geometry

Oak Meadow Lesson 1 (Textbook Lessons 1 – 10)

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Oak Meadow Lesson 5 (Textbook Lessons 41-50)

Oak Meadow Lesson 6 (Textbook Lessons 51-60)

Oak Meadow Lesson 7 (Textbook Lessons 61-70)

Oak Meadow Lesson 8 (Textbook Lessons 71-80)

Oak Meadow Lesson 9 (Textbook Lesson 81-90)

Oak Meadow Lesson 10 (Textbook Lessons 91-100)

Global Climate Change

The Hero's Journey: Literature & Composition

Human Anatomy and Physiology

Math Connections

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