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Science & Nature Topics
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| Albert Einstein For writing about the scientist Albert Einstein: theory, relativity, energy, physics, light, speed... created: Aug 31, 2005 author: Don Johnston Incorporated words: 700 use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Alexander Graham Bell For writing about Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone: idea, teacher, experiment, Volta Prize, patent, sound, curious, patient, skeptical... created: Feb 12, 2006 words: 881 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Aquarium Visit For writing about a visit to an aquarium: coral reef, clownfish, shark, ecosystem, sea otter, kelp forest... created: Sep 23, 2004 words: 600 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Astronomy 1 Basic words in astronomy: names of planets, stars, constellations, parts of the night sky ... cloud, comet, kilometer, dwarf planet... revised: Aug 28, 2006 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Astronomy 2 Advanced AND basic words for ancient and modern astronomy: cloud, comet ... formation, inertia ... nanometer, Messier catalog... revised: Aug 28, 2006 words: 1400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Charles Darwin For writing about Charles Darwin, the British naturalist and his theories on the origin of the species: evolution, Galapagos, science, adapt... revised: Dec 30, 2005 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Dinosaurs 1 basic Basic words for writing about dinosaurs: fossils, bones, reptile, plant-eater, T rex, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Velociraptor, armor, claw, lizard. revised: Oct 7, 2005 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Dinosaurs 2 advanced Basic AND advanced words, including over 200 dinosaur names, from Alamosaurus to Microceratops to Zephyrosaurus. revised: Oct 5, 2005 words: 1300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Earth Day For writing about Earth Day and the ways that we can help save our environment: conservation, recycling, renewable energy... revised: May 14, 2004 words: 600 author: DJI use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Earthquakes Words for writing about the causes and effects of earthquakes: epicenter, plate tectonics, destruction, rescue, Ring of Fire... created: Mar 12, 2002 words: 1000 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Electricity For writing about electricity and magnetism: circuit, resistance, attraction, electromagnet, charge, Thomas Edison... created: Dec 11, 2005 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Environmental Issues For writing about environmental issues affecting our planet today: pollution, global warming, acid rain, endangered species… revised: January 3, 2008 words: 1300 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Galileo For writing about the scientist Galileo: astronomer, solar system, physics, telescope, center, orbit, de Medici, heretic… created: May 28, 2007 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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George W. Carver For writing about the African-American scientist, George Washington Carver: Tuskegee, crop rotation, peanut, cotton, soybean, slavery... created: May 2, 2006 words: 500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Global Warming For writing about the causes and effects of global warming: ozone layer, sulfur, CFCs, climate change, conservation, recycling… revised: January 3, 2008 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Gorillas For writing about gorillas: jungle, primate, silverback, endangered species, habitat, observation, the Virunga Mountains... created: Jul 20, 2005 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Grand Canyon For writing about the Grand Canyon: mule train, rafting, Bright Angel Trail, the South Rim, geology, granite, pronghorn antelope... created: Jun 23, 2005 words: 1000 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Green Plants For writing about the life and work of green plants: leaf, root, stem, stamen, pollen; light, energy, chlorophyll, photosynthesis, pollination, respiration... created: Jul 17, 2003 words: 500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Human Body For writing about the human body and how it works: stomach, organ system, muscle fiber, metabolism, spinal cord… created: January 3, 2008 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Hurricane Katrina For writing about Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath: evacuation, levee, Superdome, state of emergency, natural disaster, Category 4, rescue worker... created: Sep 30, 2005 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary |
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| Insects etc For writing about insects and other invertebrates, such as ants, beetles, spiders, centipedes, millipedes, starfish, mollusks, worms, coral... created: Dec 21, 2002 words: 900 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Light 1 Basic words for writing about light, its sources and properties: shadow, beam, angle, mirror, lens, reflect, refract, wavelength, filter, infrared... created: May 26, 2003 words: 400 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Light 2 All the words in Light 1 plus words for advanced properties of light: amplitude, crest, trough, particle, photon, interference, electromagnetic... created: May 26, 2003 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Marie Curie For writing about Marie Curie, her husband Pierre, and their discovery of radioactivity: Nobel Prize, radium, Periodic Table, X-ray... created: Jan 19, 2006 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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| Nutrition and Diet For writing about nutrition and diet: food group, vitamin, protein, guideline, fiber, calorie, obesity, eating disorder… created: January 3, 2008 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Rock Cycle For writing about the geologic processes of the rock cycle: igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, magma, light-colored, pumice… Created: February 1, 2008 words: 500 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Thomas Edison For writing about Thomas Edison: lightbulb, carbon filament, inventor, research laboratory, rivalry, patent, honor… created: April 4, 2008 words: 800 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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Tsunamis & Tidal Waves | Volcanoes |
Weather 1 | Weather 2
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| Whales and Dolphins For writing about whales, dolphins, and porpoises: gray whale, orca, mammal, baleen, endangered species, factory boat, International Whaling Commission... revised: Feb 14, 2006 words: 879 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary | Wright Brothers For writing about the Wright Brothers, their invention of the first controlled, powered airplane, and the first flights in it. revised: Oct 14, 2005 words: 700 author: Don Johnston Incorporated use with: 6K Main Dictionary or higher download this dictionary
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