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People and places, maps, and all the great things you'd expect from National Geographic.

This flipchart helps students explore working on commission. Using 5 case studies they can explore straight commission, salary plus commission and draw against commission. They will also learn about vocabulary that includes: salary, commission, net pay, gross pay, bonus, draw, base and wages. This flipchart allows student to interactively explore types of jobs that are commission-based as well as the the pros and cons of commission-based employment. Student will need to understand simple mathematics including addition, subtraction, multiplying, and percentages. Some actions are embedded in the flipchart like hide/show, page notes, show calculator and others.

Animals A to Zoo puts interactive, photo and video content for all your favorite animals in one place.

Tutorials, downloadable flipcharts, a forum for getting answers, resource packs (clip art), and more for the ActivBoard.

Really nice fullscreen flash site with controllable planetary orbit simulation. Great for your IWB.

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Are your science teachers following this mission? Follow more here: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html You can even follow Kepler on Twitter! There's an RSS feed, as well. What a great way of showing science in action.

The story of a NASA mission to discover more 'Earths.'

The University of Pittsburgh's local NASA page. Lots of links to other science sites.

Explore this Web site to learn more about the art, culture, government, media, and business in India. The site also features a nice selection of maps of India.

Facebook like community for Promethean users.

Marzano research on effectiveness of Promethean boards.