Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Guided Leech Activity and Record Keeping in a Science Notebook
Learners observe leeches, develop questions about them, and decide as a class which question to investigate further as an inquiry activity.
PBS
Pbs: The Conquistadors: Growth of the Inca Empire
Find out about the incredible and widespread Inca Empire. You can read about the geography of the empire, the religion, governmental structure, record-keeping system, and diet. Be sure to click on the hyperlinks or pictures to get even...
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National Archives of Australia: Digital Records
This Australian resource describes the problems and policies involved in keeping digital records, including creating and maintaining them and retaining and disposing of them.
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Met Life: Monthly Expense Record [Pdf]
This site provides a form for keeping track of monthly expenses, with space for housing, food, and transportation expenditures.
MsMoney
Ms Money: How to Keep Your Records From Keeping You
This site presents a rationale for keeping financial records. Explains what kind of documents should be kept and what should be thrown away.
Other
Online Practice Record
[Free Registration/Login Required] If you would like to be able to keep track of the amount of time you practice, you will want to visit this site. Students can create a free account and keep an online record of the amount of time they...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Keep It Bottled Up: Linear Rates of Pressure Increase
In this activity, students' examine how temperature affects the rate of gas production during a chemical reaction. They measure this rate by recording the pressure variation using a pressure sensor and model the pressure data using a...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese Real Time Data Projects:collecting Weather Data and Keeping a Weather Log
Over a period of two weeks students will use their class-made instruments to measure and record weather data. Students will also compare their data to online weather data. The final activity involves analyzing the collected data to look...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Middle Ages
This lesson focuses on the importance of record keeping, in journal or diary form, by people in the past. Students learn much about their lives from these documents and they study the Middle Ages as they create journal entries in the...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Baseball for Kids: Keeping Score
Kids learn to keep score in baseball using the scorecard to record each play throughout the game.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Keeping a Field Journal
Learn how to record observations about the wildlife in your community by constructing a field journal.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Raising the Bar
Harry and Bianca's new boss at a concession stand uses bar graphs to keep records of their refreshment sales in this video from Cyberchase.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Comparing Soil Samples From Different Locations
In this field investigation, young scholars compare various soil samples taken from specific locations. Students compare samples, record data, create a chart or graph, and keep records in a journal.
University of Chicago
The Oriental Institute Museum: Life in Ancient Mesopotamia [Pdf]
The students will spend 4-5 days reading and discussing how archaeologists study artifacts, where the artifacts are found and how to investigate and interpret artifacts from their own lives. Videos and slides will be used to enhance...
That Quiz
That Quiz
ThatQuiz is an excellent assessment tool for teachers and students. At this site, teachers can create individualized or group assessments on a variety of math topics. Students take these practice assessments directly online and receive...
Wolters Kluwer
Petty Cash Fund
This page describes the reasons for setting up a petty cash fund and methods for keeping records and replenishing it. A journal entry is shown as an example.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 4: How to Use Your Money
In this lesson, students will identify why having a budget and keeping records of their spending and saving habits helps them make better financial choices.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: My Time!
A lesson designed to review telling time, record keeping, and calculating elapsed time.
Other
Montana State University: Using Check Registers to Track Your Expenses
[PDF] Explains a system of labeling a check register and recording expenses in a way to help students keep to a budget.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Sales and Purchase Transactions
This activity provides practice in entering different types of sales and purchase transactions into financial records. A student worksheet and an answer sheet are provided.
PBS
Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: Teaching Gude: Healthy Choices
Through this activity, high school students keep track of what they eat everyday and compare their nutrient intake with the minimum requirements for good health.
The Franklin Institute
In Quiry Almanack: Touching
Let your students get a feel for their sense of touch by perusing this site. Site includes interactive activities to use in the classroom.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape
Detective Le Plant has taken you on an adventure through the world of plants. As his assistant, he has shown you the inner workings of seeds, flowers, and other plant parts. He has also shown you what is needed for plants to grow and be...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Expedition Panama: Bee Lines
Emulate the work of entomologists and explore biodiversity by collecting insects from different sites and keeping records of various populations. Develop a theory about insects and design a way to test it.