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PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING ANY SLIDESPARK PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, AS THESE TERMS AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE, PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THIS AGREEMENT WITH YOUR PARENTS OR GUARDIAN AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

SlideSpark Science LLC. and its subsidiaries and affiliates SciencefromMurfLLC are providing you access to this site and related applications and services (collectively, “Services”), which may be delivered to you through the Internet via your browser or app (mobile or otherwise). Your use of the Services is subject to all terms, conditions, and policies referenced herein, posted elsewhere on this site or in the legal information section of the applicable app, and, where accessing or purchasing products and services on this website.

It is important to us that the Services provide you with a helpful and reliable experience. To protect our rights and yours, we have prepared the Terms of Use that apply to all users of the Services. If you have any questions concerning the Terms of Use, please contact us at Support@SlideSpark.net

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF OTHER SLIDESPARK AND THIRD-PARTY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES LINKED TO OR FROM, OR ACCESSED OR PURCHASED VIA, THESE SERVICES MAY BE SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL USAGE TERMS, PURCHASE TERMS, AND/OR PRIVACY POLICIES THAT MAY VARY FROM THE TERMS HEREIN SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE TERMS AND POLICIES APPLICABLE TO SUCH OTHER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PRIOR TO USE. BY USING THE SERVICES, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE TERMS OF USE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM. YOU AGREE TO USE THE SERVICES IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF USE. DO NOT USE THE SERVICES IF AT ANY TIME YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ANY PART OF THE TERMS OF USE.

Please view all slideshows, work bundles, video links, academic links, review games, and all content prior to using them in your classroom. Some images, text, and included content may be inappropriate for some students. Some units have content that includes powerful content and images. Usually there is a warming built-into the slideshow, but as the teacher, you decide what you want your students to see. Please feel free to delete or edit any content that you feel uncomfortable with prior to viewing and using with your students.

The user shall determine the suitability of the product for their intended use and shall assume all risk and liability in connection therewith; In no event will SlideSpark, SciencefromMurfLLC, or Ryan P. Murphy be liable for any loss or damage, indirect or consequential loss or damage whatsoever arising from the use of any lesson, activity within a lesson, video link, academic link, on in connection with, the use of any material provided on this website, curriculum, individual lesson, work bundle, review game, or anything their within.

This Science Curriculum included on this website, individual slideshows, lessons, work bundles, games, review games, and other material included on this website is owned and distributed by SlideSparkLLC, and its subsidiary SciencefromMurfLLC. Unless otherwise stated, all materials within, including the design, organization, and curriculum content, order to lessons, order of content, assessments, keys, and all supportive documents, slideshows, and lesson descriptions, are protected by international copyright laws. No parts of the curriculum, units within the curriculum, individual lessons, work bundles, review games, and all content on this website may be reproduced, copied, recorded, stored, modified, translated, republished, downloaded, or distributed in any form for commercial purposes or for distribution to the general public. You must reproduce all copyright notices in the original and all copies or adaptations. Content can be modified and distributed to your students and support staff for direct educational use only, but may not be sold for profit, or copied with the purpose of distributing to others, fellow teachers, or the general public . The copyright owner retains all exclusive rights to reproduce, distribute, display, and perform the work. Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution of this work, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the written permission of the copyright owner.

Privacy

SlideSpark is concerned about the safety and privacy of all users of the Services. Please read our Privacy Notice, which is an important part of the Terms of Use.

Acceptable Use of the Services

Use of the Services is subject to SlideSpark's Acceptable Use Policy (“AUP”). By accessing or using the Services you agree to comply with the terms of the AUP. SlideSpark and ScienceFromMufLLC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to suspend or terminate access to and use of the Services, or to take any other appropriate legal action, with respect to any user that SlideSaprk reasonably believes has undertaken, or participated in, any activities that violate the terms of AUP, or whose actions have, or are likely to, otherwise cause harm to SlideSpark, the Services, the Service Network (as defined in the AUP), or other users, or for any other reason at the sole and absolute discretion of SlideSpark.

Changes in Terms of Use

SlideSpark has the right to change or modify the Terms of Use at any time, including the AUP, SlideSpark Website, SciencefromMurfLLC, and Privacy Policy applicable to your use of the Services. Such changes or modifications shall be effective immediately upon notice, which may be given by means including, but not limited to, posting within the Services, or by electronic or conventional mail, messaging, or by any other means by which you may obtain notice. Any use of the Services by you subsequent to such notice shall be deemed to constitute your acceptance of such changes or modifications.

Products and Pricing

SlideSpark and SciencefromMurfLLC reserves the right to amend any of its pricing at any time without prior written notice, and the pricing in effect at the time of your purchase shall apply. SlideSpark and SciencefromMurfLLC further reserves the right to correct pricing inaccuracies, errors, or omissions, and is not required to supply you with products or services at an incorrectly displayed price, as determined in SlideSpark and ScienceFromMurfLLC sole discretion. SlideSpark, without any penalty or liability, also reserves the right, at any time and without notice to you: (1) to publish or replace current products, curriculum design, lessons, links, and all content with new, revised, or updated products at any time; and (2) to place any lesson “out of print” or otherwise discontinue offering a lesson for purchase.

User License

You are granted a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-assignable, and non-transferable license to access and use the Services for non-commercial, personal use only, and subject to the terms and restrictions set forth herein.

Use of the Services for any purpose other than as contemplated in the Terms of Use is a violation of SlideSparkLLC and SciencefromMurfLLC and/or its licensors’ copyright and proprietary rights. Neither SlideSpark nor its licensors guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information or content. You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with, the use of any content, including any reliance on the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of such content. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by SlideSpark and SciencefromMurfLLC.

Certain features of the Services may be provided by third parties and the use of such features may be conditioned upon your agreement to such third parties’ terms of use and privacy policies. You understand that the Terms of Use applies only to the parts of the Services that reside on SlideSpark (or its service provider’s) servers and not to those that reside on third-party servers not in direct control of SlideSpark.

Representation and Warranty

As a condition of your use of the Services, you warrant to SlideSpark that you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by the Terms of Use, AUP, or any other SlideSpark or SciencefromMurf Policy. You agree not to obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information not intentionally made available to you on the Services.

Termination

SlideSpark and SciencefromMurfLLC reserves the right at any time, and from time to time, to discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Services or any part thereof or terminate any user’s access to the Services or any part thereof. SlideSpark may also modify, delete, or adapt the Services at any time without any notice or obligation to the user at our sole discretion. Your right to use and otherwise access the Services is automatically terminated if you violate the Terms of Use. You agree that SlideSpark will not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the Services, or any part thereof. Upon termination for any reason of your right to use and otherwise access the Services, you must cease all access to the Services. All provisions of the Terms of Use as to limitation and disclaimer of warranties, limitation of liability, ownership rights, and your representations and indemnities shall survive termination.

Links to and from Other Websites

You may have linked to the Services from a third-party website and the Services may provide links to other third-party websites or resources (collectively, “3P Sites”). Because we do not control such 3P Sites you acknowledge and agree that SlideSpark is not responsible or liable for the content, products or performance of those 3P Sites, and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim against SlideSpark or SciencefromMurfLLC with respect to such sites. SlideSpark reserves the right to terminate any link at any time without notice. The inclusion of a link to such 3P Sites does not constitute or imply an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation by SlideSpark of that 3P Site, or any products or services provided therein. The information practices of those 3P Sites are not covered by the Terms of Use or any other policies or terms applicable to the Services. We recommend that you review any terms of use and privacy policy of those 3P Sites linked to the Services before providing any information to those websites or using their products and services.

Please note that the Services may also provide links to other sites brought to you by SlideSpark and SciencefromMurfLLC. The privacy statement and terms of use of other SlideSpark sites may vary from the Terms of Use. Please review the privacy statements, terms of use and other policies or terms that may apply to other SLideSpark sites prior to your use of such sites

The entire content of the Services and any supporting software are the proprietary property of SlideSpark and SciencefromMurfLLC and/or its licensors and are protected by U.S. and international copyright and other intellectual property laws. The reproduction, redistribution, modification or publication of any part of the Services without the express written consent of SlideSpark adn SciencefromMurfLLC and/or its licensors is strictly prohibited.

Use of robots, bots, spiders, crawlers, scripts, code, software, or any manual or automatic device, program, tool, algorithm, process, or methodology designed to data mine or scrape the material, content, data, or information from the Services, or otherwise use, access, acquire, copy, collect, or monitor the material, content, data, or information from the Services using automated means and without the prior written permission of SlideSpark is strictly prohibited.

Unless otherwise indicated, trademarks that appear on these Services are trademarks of SlideSpark or SciencefromMurfLLC. All other trademarks not owned by SlideSpark or its affiliates that appear in the Services are the property of their respective owners, who may or may not be affiliated with, connected to, or sponsored by SlideSpark or its affiliates. You agree not to display, disparage, dilute, or taint our trademarks or use any confusing similar marks or use our trademarks in such a way that would misrepresent the ownership of such marks. Any permitted use of our trademarks by you shall be to the benefit of SlideSpark or SciencefromMurfLLC.

Reservation of Rights for Text and Data Mining

SlideSpark and SciencefromMurfLLC reserves its rights to use the works, content, and data made available by it (collectively “Works”) for the purpose of text and data mining, i.e. for the automated analysis of individual or multiple digital or digitized Works for the purpose of obtaining or generating information, in accordance with Article 4 (3) of Directive (EU) 2019/790 or other applicable law, directive or regulation. Use of such Works for text and data mining is only permitted with the express and written consent of SlideSpark and SciencefromMurfLLC and otherwise prohibited to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Disclaimer of Warranties

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:

(1) YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARE MADE BY SLIDESPARK OR SCIENCEFROMMURFLLC OR ITS LICENSORS AND ITS LICENSORS EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT;

(2) NEITHER SLIDESPARK NOR ITS LICENSORS MAKE ANY WARRANTY THAT: (a) THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS; (b) THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, AVAILABLE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE; (c) THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE; (d) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL PURCHASED OR OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS; AND (e) ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS IN THE SERVICES WILL BE CORRECTED; AND

(3) ANY MATERIAL UPLOADED/DOWNLOADED OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICES IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK; NEITHER SLIDESPARK, SCIENCEFROMMURFLLC NOR ITS LICENSORS SHALL BE LIABLE, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE, FOR ANY AND ALL LOSS, OR CORRUPTION, OF DATA UPLOADED OR INPUTTED BY YOU THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES, AND ALL SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION AND ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICES.

Limitation of Liability

IN NO EVENT SHALL SLIDESPARK, SCIENCEFROMMURFLLC, OR ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, OR CONTRACTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE OF DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (a) THE LOSS OF DATA AND/OR THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES; (b) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION OR SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH OR FROM THE SERVICES; (c) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES; OR (d) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE SERVICES.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages. Accordingly, the limitations above may not apply to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold SlideSpark and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, directors, licensors, contractors and employees harmless from any claims, actions, costs, liabilities, expenses and damages, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, made against Pearson by any third party due to or arising out of your use of the Services, your connection to the Services, your breach of any representation, warranty or obligation, your violation of this Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of another user.

Return Policy

Thank you for choosing SlideSpark for your science education needs. We are confident that you will be satisfied with the quality of our curriculum. However, if for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase, please contact our support team and we will do our best to resolve any issues you may have. We value your feedback and strive to provide the best possible experience for our customers. Please note that our curriculum is a digital and editable product and can be easily copied and stored to most electronic devices. Therefore, we do not offer refunds for our products. You are welcome to edit and modify the content to fit your own needs. If you are experiencing any issues with downloading your purchase, please contact our support team at Support@SlideSpark.net and we will be happy to assist you. We appreciate your understanding and support of our mission to provide high-quality science education.

Feedback and Submissions

We welcome specific feedback regarding existing SlideSpark and SciencefromMurfLLC Lessons and Services, which may be provided by contacting Support@SlideSpark.net. You hereby acknowledge that all right, title, and interest and any other intellectual property rights in such feedback, comments, or suggestions shall become the exclusive property of SlideSpark and may be used for its business purposes at SlideSpark sole and absolute discretion without any payment or accounting to you. This policy is intended to avoid the possibility of future misunderstandings when projects developed by SlideSPark might seem to others to be similar to their own feedback, comments, or suggestions.

We will not, however, otherwise accept, review, or consider any other unsolicited ideas, works, materials, proposals, suggestions, artwork, content or the like, including for advertising campaigns, promotions, products, services, technologies, product enhancements, processes, marketing strategies, product names, content or creative materials. Please do not send or provide any such submissions in any form to SlideSpark or any of its employees or contractors. If you nonetheless still submit them, then regardless of what your correspondence says, you agree that: (1) your submissions and their contents along with related intellectual property rights will automatically become the property of SlideSpark, without any compensation to you; (2) SlideSpark may use or redistribute your submissions and their contents for any purpose and in any way on an unrestricted basis; (3) there is no obligation for SlideSpark to review your submissions; and (4) there is no obligation to keep any submissions confidential.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act Compliance DMCA

If you have any copyright concerns about any content or materials posted on the Services by others, please let us know. We comply with the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act applicable to Internet service providers (17 U.S.C. § 512). Unless otherwise stated in any specific DMCA designation provided by SlideSpark, please provide us with written notice (“Notice”) by contacting our Designated Agent at the following email address: Support@SlideSpark.net

To be effective, the Notice must include the following:

A physical or electronic signature of the owner, or SlideSpark to act on behalf of the owner, (“Complaining Party”) of an exclusive right that is allegedly being infringed upon;
Information reasonably sufficient to permit SlideSpark to contact the Complaining Party, such as an address, telephone number, and if available, an electronic mail address;
Identification of the allegedly infringing material on the Services (“Infringing Material”), and information reasonably sufficient to permit SlideSpark or SciencefromMrfLLC to locate such material on the Services;
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed upon (“Infringed Material”), or if multiple copyrighted works on the Services are covered by a single Notice, a list of each copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed (please be specific as to which Infringing Material is infringing on which Infringed Material);
A statement that the Complaining Party has a good faith belief that use of Infringing Material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
A statement that the information in the Notice is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the Complaining Party is the owner or is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

General Information; Governing Law

The Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and SlideSpark and ScienceFromMurfLLC, govern your use of the Services, and supersede any prior agreements between you and SlideSpark concerning the Services. You also may be subject to additional terms, conditions, and policies that may apply when you access, purchase, or use other SlideSpark, ScienceFromMurfLLC, or third-party products and services, affiliated services, third-party content, or third-party software. The Terms of Use and the relationship between you and SlideSpark will be governed by the laws of the State of New Hampshire without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and SlideSpark agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the State of New Hampshire. The failure of SlideSpark to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms of Use shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms of Use is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms of Use remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Services or the Terms of Use must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred. Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms of Use or to respond to a breach by you or other parties in no way constitutes a waiver of our right to enforce subsequently any terms or conditions of these Terms of Use or to act with respect to similar breaches. If a provision of these Terms of Use is held invalid or unenforceable for any reason, that provision will be deemed severable and must be construed in a manner consistent with applicable law to reflect, as nearly as practicable, the intention of the parties. The validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions will not be affected. Those provisions will remain in full force and effect.

Ownership

The Services are owned and operated by SlideSpark and its subsidiary ScienceFromMurfLLC and the contents of the Services are protected by copyright of SlideSpark and ScienceFromMurfLLC and/or its licensors.