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The Galileo Project: Rice University

Hosted by Rice University, the Galileo Project "is a hypertext source of information on the life and work of Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) and the science of his time." One highlighted section entitled Galileo's Daughter (in reference to a recent book by Dava Sobel) includes 124 letters from Maria Celeste to Galileo--an excellent primary resource for those interested in the study of women in early...

http://galileo.rice.edu/
The Transnational China Project

Hosted by Rice University and sponsored by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, the Transnational China Project is an effort to develop new approaches to the study of contemporary China through the use of advanced technologies and inter-institutional collaboration. Scholars from Duke, UCLA, Harvard, Rice, and others have contributed commentary, curriculum materials, and other...

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~tnchina/
Discovering Plate Boundaries

Rice University's Earth Science Department offers the Discovering Plate Boundaries educational activity. The exercise is described as a "data rich exercise to help students discover the processes that occur at plate tectonic boundaries" and has been used successfully with 5th graders to undergraduates. The site provides the necessary downloads of maps; earthquake, volcanic, seafloor, topographic,...

https://plateboundary.rice.edu/
Simulations/ Demonstrations

Over twenty Java applets from Rice University are presented on this site. The applets cover most of the major points taught in an introductory statistics course. One quality that makes this site stand out from others is the excellent background information presented with many applets, which lets users read about a concept and see it visually at the same time. Topics include applications of the...

https://onlinestatbook.com/stat_sim/
Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries

The Catalog of the Scientific Community in the 16th and 17th Centuries is "a collection of 631 detailed biographies on members of the scientific community during the 16th and 17th centuries with vital facts about each individual and their contributions to science." Provided by the Galileo Project of Rice University, the biographies include everything from their date of birth and death, to their...

http://galileo.rice.edu/lib/catalog.html
Connexions

Developed through a project at Rice University, Connexions is a place for sharing free scholarly materials to promote educational collaboration and allow authors to expand the reach of their course materials. The website is powered by open source software, which allows registered users to post materials and create custom modules. Individuals are encouraged to contribute if they have course...

https://cnx.org/
Travelers in the Middle East Archive

As Edward Said demonstrated in his landmark work, Orientalism, the ways in which the Middle East has been represented by outsiders (particularly those in the West) has had a tremendous influence on how this region of the world has been viewed by others. For anyone with an interest in Western interactions with the Middle East, this fascinating and engaging online digital archive includes travel...

https://repository.rice.edu/communities/c97ecbf3-60d1-45be-8...
Americas Archive in the Rice Digital Scholarship Archive

Rice University has a well-developed digital scholarship archive and this particular area of the site "strives to represent the full range and complexity of the Americas history by bringing together key documents." The Americas Digital Archive project is under the direction of two scholars at the university, and they have worked with colleagues to digitize over 1,000 documents. Visitors to the...

https://scholarship.rice.edu/handle/1911/9219
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OpenStax

Educators and learners interested in free digital textbooks, either to supplement or to replace traditional textbooks, may want to check out OpenStax. This nonprofit initiative at Rice University "publish[es] high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks that are absolutely free online and low cost in print." Visitors to OpenStax will find dozens of downloadable, up-to-date...

https://openstax.org
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