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"The key to solving math word problems is to have a plan or strategy, which works in any math word problem solving situation. For children having problems with math word problems, the following 12 tips are provided for helping children become good problem solvers."

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"Seven videos talking about Microbes and why some are good, some are bad and what they have done for mankind. "

"This site offers a growing bank of imaginative, highly visual teaching-aids developed for use with interactive whiteboards in 11-18 Schools. The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity. The appropriate Key Stage is indicated for each resource. "

"Want to make sure you win the coin toss just a little more often than you should? I certainly do, so I made some unfair coins. We'll use the beta distribution to see just how unfair they are. "

"Primal Pictures Launches Enhanced Version of Award Winning Anatomy & Physiology Online Learning Tool New Version of Medically Accurate 3D Human Anatomy Tool Includes Integrated Lab Activities to Support Student Learning "

"A hands-on approach designed to provide help students develop a better understanding of friction in both solid surfaces and fluids & which fluids include liquid and gas. A new spin on friction focuses on kinetic, static, fluid, and skin friction to help students make connections with this force in other contexts, instead of only using ramps or flat surfaces when teaching this concept."

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"The OSP Collection provides curriculum resources that engage students in physics, computation, and computer modeling. Computational physics and computer modeling provide students with new ways to understand, describe, explain, and predict physical phenomena."

The FanWing looks like someone has put the blades of a combine harvester behind a helicopter cockpit and forgotten about the rest of the fuselage. That combine harvester, the FanWing propulsion system, is a fan in a wing, making it a thick wing that provides lift and thrust.

" Fun Trivia : Quizzes : For Children : Topics for Kids : Science for Kids "

"Amazing pictures from Switzerland show where "jetman" Yves Rossy gave this incredible flying display, using a tailor-made jet pack. The aviation enthusiast leapt from a helicopter and performed a series of aerial acrobatics above the Alps. He then joined two jet planes in a synchronized flight. To synchronise their flight paths the jets reduced their speed to 220 kilometres per hour (137 miles per hour), which put their engines at a point close to stalling. Rossy's previous aerial feats include flying the English Channel and looping the loop around a hot-air balloon."

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a fun group of aviation enthusiasts of all ages and from all walks of life. Our organization consists of students, balloonists, enthusiasts, pilots, instructors, FAA examiners, and just "plane" folk who are crazy about aviation. Women with Wings (WWW) gatherings are a time when we share our mutual enthusiasm for aviation and spread the word about special aviation-related tours and outreach events.

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"More than 21 centuries ago, a mechanism of fabulous ingenuity was created in Greece, a device capable of indicating exactly how the sky would look for decades to come -- the position of the moon and sun, lunar phases and even eclipses. But this incredible invention would be drowned in the sea and its secret forgotten for two thousand years."

"biographical information on the astronauts. These biographies are prepared by the Astronaut Office of the Johnson Space Center and are provided through the Internet as a public service to the World Wide Web community. "