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All of the links in this section are open education resources that SNN has visited and reviewed. Most of the links are from federal government agencies and nonprofit organizations that manage libraries, museums, and galleries throughout the country. There are also international organizations included in the database, a database that will continue to expand as SNN reviews additional educational resources. You can search alphabetically, by name or by category - social studies, science or fine arts. Some resources will be in multiple categories. Explore!

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Pac 12 Conference
Pac 12 Conference - 12 member schools

Pacific Marine Mammal Center
Pacific Marine Mammal Center in California -

Paleontology Museum - Univ. of Michigan
University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology

Paralympic Games
PeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games

Parkinson Disease
Parkinson Disease (National Institutes of Health, NIH)

Pasteur - Institut
Institut Pasteur - biography of Louis Pasteur

Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - federal government

Paul Revere and his Midnight Ride, the real story
the real story behind the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere on April 18, 1775

Paul Revere House
The Paul Revere House: Paul Revere (1734-1818) is famous for his midnight ride on April 18, 1775 from Boston to Lexington at the start of the American Revolution.

Peace Corps
Founding of the Peace Corps through Executive Order No. 10924 by President Kennedy in 1961 (Primary Source Document at the National Archives)

Pearl Harbor
Extensive site on the Pearl Harbor attack of Dec. 7, 1941 including video of FDR's "Day of Infamy" speech (Pearl Harbor Memorials)

Pearl Harbor 75th anniversary
Pearl Harbor 75th anniversary: Dec. 7, 2016

Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum
Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum in Hawaii

Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Pearl Harbor National Memorial, a National Park Service (NPS) site

Pennsylvania
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania state government website

Pennsylvania tourism
Visit PA - Pursue Your Happiness: state tourism website

Pentagon tours
Pentagon tours (Dept. of Defense)

Periodic Table of Elements by the Los Alamos National Lab
Periodic Table of Elements by Los Alamos National Lab - New Mexico

Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park - Arizona (National Park Service, NPS)

Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Phipps Conservatory
Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh

Pi Day
Pi Day - March 14 to celebrate the mathematical constant of 3.14159......

Pilchuck Glass School
Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, co-founded by Dale Chihuly, master glass artist

Play, Clean, Go
Play, Clean, Go - how to prevent the spread of invasive species by the Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources

Plessy and Ferguson Foundation
Descendants of Homer Plessy and John Ferguson, opponents in the Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court case in 1896 have formed a foundation together to teach the history of the Civil Rights movement

Plessy vs. Ferguson (primary source doc)
Plessy vs. Ferguson, an 1896 Supreme Court case that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races"

Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation, based in Chicago

Polar Bears International
Polar Bears International - Montana

Pollinators
a section within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)site explaining pollinators

Population by state - 2010 U.S.. Census
population by state - 2010 U.S. Census

Port of South Louisiana
Port of South Louisiana - largest port (by tonnage) in the western hemisphere

Pritzker Military Museum and Library
Pritzker Military Museum and Library - Chicago, Illinois

Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio

Project SNOWstorm
Project SNOWstorm - study of Snowy Owl winter migration south from the Arctic to the United States

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
PBS - Public Broadcasting Service

Pulitzer Prizes
The Pulitzer Prizes - named for Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911)


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CDC: Masks are a powerful weapon against COVID-19

Aug. 12, 2020 - A sure sign of the COVID pandemic is the ubiquitous presence of masks. The cloth protectors can be seen hanging from rear view mirrors in cars, folded up in pockets and purses, and of course, looped around ears. The CDC has guidance on how to properly wear and clean masks.
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Ford and the Motor City look to the future

July 30, 2020 - Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company who put the world on wheels in the early years of the 20th century. He was born on this day in 1863. That's not a typo. Henry Ford was born less than one month after the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. Bill Ford, his great-grandson, is currently the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company.
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CDC: Masks are a powerful weapon against COVID-19

Aug. 12, 2020 - A sure sign of the COVID pandemic is the ubiquitous presence of masks. The cloth protectors can be seen in many places. Masks are seen hanging from rear view mirrors in cars, folded up in pockets and purses, and of course, looped around ears. The CDC has guidance on how to properly wear and clean masks.
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Ford and the Motor City look to the future

July 30, 2020 - Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He put the world on wheels in the early years of the 20th century. He was born on this day in 1863. That's not a typo. Henry Ford was born less than one month after the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. Bill Ford is Henry's great-grandson. He is currently the executive chairman of the Ford Motor Company.
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