Browsing OU - Open Educational Resources (OER) by Issue Date
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Hoot the Owl
(2017)A children’s book, "The Story of How the Constellation ‘Hoot the Owl’ Began", was written and Illustrated this past Fall by Anna Todd, a 2nd grade student at Rose Witcher Elementary School, El Reno Public Schools, located ... -
Banned Books of the Scientific Revolution
(2017)The three most famous banned books of the Copernican revolution, listed in chronological order, are On the Revolutions of Copernicus (1543); a Commentary on the biblical book of Job by Zúñiga, a theologian in Salamanca; ... -
Galileo's World Reprise, "Walking Tours."
(2017)Galileo's World reprise offers visitors another chance to experience the award-winning exhibition. Materials on display at partner locations will return to OU Libraries and be available in a rotating display located in the ... -
AC Circuits
(2017-01-07)This eBook was written as the sequel to the eBook titled DC Circuits, which was written in 2016 by Chad Davis. This eBook covers Alternating Current (AC) circuit theory as well us a brief introduction of electronics. It ... -
Antología Abierta De Literatura Hispana
(2017-04)Una antología crítica de textos literarios del mundo hispanohablante. Se enfoca en autores canónicos y también se intenta incluir voces marginadas. Cada texto tiene una introducción y anotaciones creadas por estudiantes. ... -
John P. Finley: Tornado Forecasting
(2017-08)John P. Finley wrote the first book in English devoted to tornadoes. As a member of the US Army Signal Service, Finley's job was weather forecasting. By the 1880s Finley was widely recognized in the military as a tornado ... -
Edward Jenner: The Mystery of the Milkmaids
(2017-08)Edward Jenner was a physician in the eighteenth and nineteenth century who studied the disease known as cowpox. Traditional medical knowledge demonstrated that milkmaids who contracted the disease cowpox became immune to ... -
Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science, Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R): 3rd Edition
(2017-08-18)The focus of this book is on using quantitative research methods to test hypotheses and build theory in political science, public policy and public administration. It is designed for advanced undergraduate courses, or ... -
Six Cosmological Systems: Geocentric vs. Heliocentric
(2018)Explore the various cosmological systems in the early modern world with this learning leaflet, while at the same time utilizing your inductive reasoning skills. -
Phases of Venus: Riccioli, New Almagest
(2018)The phases of Venus were an item of discussion in early modern Europe as scientists sought to determine whether it was evidence of the heliocentric system. Yet among the scientists it was anything but conclusive that this ... -
Orion: Baba, Nobutake (1706)
(2018)This work, written by a Kyoto physician, represents Asian astronomy in the generation following Adam Schall. Baba countered superstitious interpretations of solar eclipses, and used magnetic theory rather than yin and yang ... -
Coma Berenices Learning Leaflet
(2018)Coma Berenices is the only one of the modern 88 official constellations named after a historical figure. It represents the hair of Berenice, Queen of Egypt (267 221 BCE), who reigned with Ptolemy III Euergetes. Learn more ... -
Six Cosmological Systems: Phases of Venus
(2018)It is often thought that Galileo's discovery of the phases of venus demonstrated the contested heliocentric model of the universe. However, such an understanding is overly simplistic of the early modern account of astronomy. ... -
Introduction to the Constellations
(2018)A short introduction to the constellations, able to be used alongside Urania's Mirror Constellation Set. -
MATH 1523: Precalculus Textbook
(2018-08)This textbook was used at the University of Oklahoma in MATH 1523 during the fall semester of 2018. It is a modified version of the OpenStax Precalculus textbook. The original version of this book is available for free ... -
MATH 1503: College Algebra Textbook
(2018-08)This textbook was used at the University of Oklahoma in MATH 1503 during the fall semester of 2018. This OpenStax book is available for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11759/latest MATH 1523 Course Description: ... -
What’s in Your Backyard?: A Curriculum Guide to Accompany The University of Oklahoma Citizen Science Soil Collection Program
(2018-08-08)This guide was designed to support educators by helping to integrate citizen science into the classroom environment. By including research about fungi in your classroom, you are helping to foster the development of scientific ... -
Electric Vehicles
(2018-12-17)This chapter regards the current state of electric vehicles in society today: the pros and cons, areas that need to improve, etc. The chapter starts by discussing some of the unethical practices that go into creating ... -
Burmese Pythons: An Invasive Species
(2018-12-17)This is a chapter about the invasion of the Burmese Python and the effects that the snake has caused to the environment. -
A Pub-lication of Beer
(2018-12-17)Nearly every societal demographic consumes beer and has done so for more than 9,000 years, yet little regard has been given to its environmental impacts. We explore the ethics of this delicious dilemma to determine how ...