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Tour the White House in 360 Degrees
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Welcome to the White House 360 Virtual Tour! This immersive experience will bring you inside the halls of the White House and provide access to all the public rooms on the Ground and State Floors. It will also allow you to examine the rooms and objects even closer than you would in person.

This feature was made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Art History
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Primary Source
Author:
White House Historical Association
Date Added:
03/11/2021
Trigonometry
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Contents :
1 History
2 Overview
2.1 Extending the definitions
2.2 Mnemonics
2.3 Calculating trigonometric functions
3 Applications
4 Pythagorean identities
5 Angle transformation formulae
6 Common formulae
6.1 Law of sines
6.2 Law of cosines
6.3 Law of tangents
6.4 Euler's formula
7 See also
8 References
9 Bibliography

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
Engineering
Material Type:
Primary Source
Reading
Date Added:
08/27/2019
Tsetse Genome Biology
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Tsetse flies are important vectors of human and animal diseases that adversely impact life in sub-Sahara Africa. A community of tsetse researchers (International Glossina Genome Initiative) have been working to obtain the full genome sequence of the tsetse species Glossina morsitans morsitans. The group have also mined the genome data to advance knowledge on functional aspects of tsetse and African trypanosome biology. This collection describes findings on tsetse's salivary gland biology, olfactory chemistry, lactation process, acquaporin proteins that play a role in lactation, oxidative stress responses during pregnancy, gut peritrophic matrix analysis and horizontal transfer events discovered in tsetse's genome from the symbiont Wolbachia. Further manuscripts reflect on the historical aspects of sleeping sickness epidemics that have plagued sub-Sahara in the 20th century.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Data Set
Primary Source
Provider:
Public Library of Science
Provider Set:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Date Added:
04/07/2016
The Turing Way handbook
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The Turing Way project is open source, open collaboration, and community-driven. We involve and support a diverse community of contributors to make data science accessible, comprehensible and effective for everyone. Our goal is to provide all the information that researchers and data scientists in academia, industry and the public sector need to ensure that the projects they work on are easy to reproduce and reuse.

Subject:
Applied Science
Information Science
Material Type:
Primary Source
Reading
Date Added:
08/16/2022
UMiamiLibraries/courses-and-workshops: Curriculum materials for courses and workshops taught through the library
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This Github repository contains curriculum and materials for courses and workshops taught through the University of Miami Libraries.

If you are not looking for the repository, but simply the curriculum materials, please see the hosted version: https://umiamilibraries.github.io/courses-and-workshops/.

The repository was started through the Data Curation Initiative (http://library.miami.edu/datacuration) at the University of Miami Libraries (http://library.miami.edu).

The repository was created by Tim Norris with help and inspiriation from many others including Elizabeth Fish, Angela Clark, and all the students, faculty, and staff who have participated in the seminar.

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Applied Science
Information Science
Material Type:
Module
Primary Source
Reading
Syllabus
Date Added:
04/23/2022
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Interactive Mind Map
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An interactive reference work on the UN Sustainable Development Goals with short introductions to the goals, the official translations and numbering of the 17 goals and the 169 underlying targets, zoom in / zoom out at goal or target level, powerful search function, and "deep" hyperlinks to the UN website about the goals.Compact and online available interactive reference work that can be useful in all kinds of learning activities related to the SDGs.Currently available in English, Spanish, French and Dutch.Free to use online, but also to download and "embed" in other websites (HTML5); the source code is also freely available (MMAP).

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Agriculture
Business and Communication
Career and Technical Education
Criminal Justice
Cultural Geography
Ecology
Economics
Education
Electronic Technology
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Ethnic Studies
Forestry and Agriculture
Gender and Sexuality Studies
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Hydrology
Law
Life Science
Manufacturing
Maritime Science
Measurement and Data
Oceanography
Physical Science
Political Science
Social Work
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Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Interactive
Primary Source
Unit of Study
Author:
Pieter van der Hijden
Date Added:
04/07/2021
USGS Data Management Training Modules - U.S. Geological Survey
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Public Domain
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These six interactive modules help researchers, data stewards, managers and the public gain an understanding of the value of data management in science and provide best practices to perform good data management within their organization.

Acknowledgments
The USGS Data Management Training modules were funded by the USGS Community for Data Integration and the USGS Office of Organizational and Employee Development's Technology Enabled Learning Program in collaboration with Bureau of Land Management, California Digital Library, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Special thanks to Jeffrey Morisette, Dept. of the Interior North Central Climate Science Center; Janice Gordon, USGS Science Analytics and Synthesis; National Indian Programs Training Center; and Keith Kirk, USGS Office of Science Quality Information.

Cite: U.S. Geological Survey, 2021, USGS Data Management Website: U.S. Geological Survey, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MW2G15.

Subject:
Applied Science
Information Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Module
Primary Source
Provider:
U.S. Geological Survey
Date Added:
04/13/2022
Understanding community-university knowledge exchange: A case study of the Making Research Accessible initiative (MRAi)
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The OER, consisting of an Instructor’s Guide and accompanying presentation Slide Deck with speaking notes, emphasizes three primary themes:
- Principles and practices of community engagement for knowledge exchange;
- Meaningful access to research for non-academic audiences;
- Research ethics in historically marginalized underrepresented communities.

We have organized the OER to consist of a “core” module, “Community-based knowledge exchange and mitigating information privilege” and three pathways: 1) “Information access and alternative formats,” 2) “Supporting community led research,” and 3) “Community engagement and services.” Instructors can “mix and match” content from the pathways depending on available class time, course structure, and student interests. The core and pathway modules include learning objectives, a wide selection of open access academic and professional articles, books, blogs, websites, videos and multimedia, and active learning activities for in-person or online delivery.

Subject:
Applied Science
Information Science
Material Type:
Case Study
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Module
Primary Source
Reading
Author:
Heather O'Brien
Luanne Sinnamon
Nick Ubels
Mandy Choie
Date Added:
04/13/2022
Understanding the Cosmos: Changing Models of the Solar System and the Universe
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Public Domain
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A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the topic of models of the solar system and universe, including models by Ptolemy, Copernicus, Descartes, and Galileo. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.

Subject:
Astronomy
History
Physical Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Primary Source
Provider:
Library of Congress
Provider Set:
Primary Source Set
Date Added:
08/19/2022
Using Data to Predict Life Choices
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Using a literature review and primary sources that were part of the review, students examine data to evaluate if this data can predict future life choices. Students will learn content in Math, Biology and Language Arts during this literacy-based lesson that supports students in using textual evidence to develop and support claims.

Subject:
Education
English Language Arts
Life Science
Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Homework/Assignment
Lesson Plan
Primary Source
Unit of Study
Date Added:
04/06/2015
Using local primary sources to explore the movement of people from rural to urban areas
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Instructional materials on local history topics developed by students at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for use in secondary education classrooms.

The purpose of this lesson is to build upon students’ prior knowledge of analyzing primary sources, the Industrial Revolution, and Chattanooga history. Students will learn to identify major industrial centers in America and use primary sources to determine causes of rural to urban migration during the industrial revolution, using Chattanooga as a case study. By the end of the case study, students should be able to describe how industrialization influenced the movement of people from rural to urban areas. This lesson will also serve to encourage critical literacy and engagement with the community.

Subject:
Applied Science
Architecture and Design
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Primary Source
Provider:
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Author:
Dockery Annie
Date Added:
07/19/2021
Using the DMPTool
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The Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) Tool, or DMPTool, is a free resource for anyone to use that helps researchers create data management sharing plans as they write their funding proposal.

By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to:
- Log in to the DMPTool as an institutional affiliate.
- Access and use existing data management plans and templates.
- Identify project details for your plan that meet funder and institutional guidelines.
- Identify research outputs needed to meet funder and institutional guidelines.
- Request expert feedback for your plan.

Recall the steps to save, download, and submit your plan to your Research Administrator and submit updates as your project progresses.

Subject:
Applied Science
Information Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Primary Source
Author:
ASU Library
Arizona State University
Date Added:
01/22/2022
Video: Are Some Weddell Seal Pups Couch Potatoes?
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Ecologists are investigating whether Weddell seal pups that spend more time in the water learning to swim with their moms have a higher chance of surviving to return and have pups of their own. Weddell seals live all their lives in Antarctica, and are the southernmost mammal in the world. Weddell moms spend a lot of time with their pups coaxing them into the cold Antarctic water and helping them learn to swim. Footage includes interviews with Montana State University ecology professors Bob Garrott and Jay Rotella. Video production by Mary Lynn Price. Additional footage by Jessica Farrer, Jesse DeVoe, Henry Kaiser, Rob Robbins, and Steve Rupp. More information at http://WeddellSealScience.com.

Subject:
Education
Life Science
Material Type:
Case Study
Data Set
Primary Source
Date Added:
11/20/2016
Video: "Weddell Seals and a Massive Iceberg Event"
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The resilient Weddell seals of Erebus Bay in Antarctica's Ross Sea, and how they responded to a massive iceberg event that blocked access to some of their pupping areas in the past decade. These seals are the southernmost mammal on Earth, and are the subject of one of the longest running population studies ever of a long-lived mammal.

Video includes interviews filmed in Antarctica with Montana State University ecologists Jay Rotella, Bob Garrott, and Thierry Chambert. Footage and images contributed by Mary Lynn Price, Henry Kaiser, Jay Rotella, Bob Garrott, Don Siniff, Gillian Hadley, Rob Robbins, Steve Rupp, Jesse DeVoe, Glenn Stauffer, Jessica Farrer, Jen Mannas, and Thierry Chambert. Video editing by Mary Lynn Price. Opening music composed by Darren Roberts, piano by Rachel Carlson.

A preview of this video first screened at the 2012 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Special Cultural Event Program in Portland, Oregon. More info on the Weddell seal population study project at http://WeddellSealScience.com.

Subject:
Applied Science
Education
Life Science
Material Type:
Case Study
Diagram/Illustration
Primary Source
Date Added:
11/20/2016
Visualizing Energy
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Visualizing Energy is an open access, interdisciplinary science communication project that aims to increase actionable knowledge about a sustainable and just energy transition. It uses engaging visualizations coupled with accessible data stories to communicate in clear, concise, jargon-free language. It is highly interdisciplinary and uses energy as an organizing principle to reveal logical connections across disciplines. Visualizing Energy knits data analysis, visualizations, and the written word into stories that promote critical thinking and communication. Its initial focus is on three interconnected areas: the connection between energy and human well-being; the history of energy transitions; and equity issues surrounding energy transitions (energy justice, energy burden, energy poverty, energy insecurity).

The project co-leaders are Cutler J. Cleveland, Professor of Earth and Environment, and Heather Clifford, data scientist in the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability.

Project web site: https://visualizingenergy.org/

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Applied Science
Environmental Science
History
Technology
U.S. History
World History
Material Type:
Primary Source
Author:
Cutler J. Cleveland
Heather Clifford
Date Added:
08/29/2023
The War of the Worlds, Fake News, and Media Literacy Primary Source Unit
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The following unit offers multiple entry points into developing an understanding of media literacy. The unit framework and primary sources can be integrated into classrooms of grades 4-12. Each lesson has student objectives that can be accomplished within 40 minute periods over the course of several weeks. A midpoint writing assessment, whole class capstone debate, and final independent writing assessment are included. Support materials are integrated into the lessons, and the primary source document pages can be found at the end of the unit guide.

Subject:
Applied Science
Arts and Humanities
Business and Communication
Communication
Composition and Rhetoric
Education
Elementary Education
English Language Arts
History
Information Science
Journalism
Language, Grammar and Vocabulary
Literature
Mathematics
Reading Foundation Skills
Reading Informational Text
Speaking and Listening
Statistics and Probability
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Case Study
Diagram/Illustration
Interactive
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Primary Source
Reading
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Unit of Study
Date Added:
11/05/2019
Weather Forecasting
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A selection of Library of Congress primary sources exploring the topic of weather forecasting, including data collection records and instruments. This set also includes a Teacher's Guide with historical context and teaching suggestions.

Subject:
Atmospheric Science
History
Physical Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Primary Source
Provider:
Library of Congress
Provider Set:
Primary Source Set
Date Added:
08/19/2022
What Is an Atomic Clock?
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The clock is ticking: A technology demonstration that could transform the way humans explore space is nearing its target launch date of June 24, 2019. Developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the Deep Space Atomic Clock is a serious upgrade to the satellite-based atomic clocks that, for example, enable the GPS on your phone.

Ultimately, this new technology could make spacecraft navigation to distant locations like Mars more autonomous. But what is an atomic clock? How are they used in space navigation, and what makes the Deep Space Atomic Clock different? Read on to get all the answers.

Subject:
Applied Science
Astronomy
Information Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Module
Primary Source
Student Guide
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
NASA
Date Added:
08/27/2019