How does one study history? Find four basic questions that historians use to examine events in an effort to explain them and put them in historical context. By examining the Battle of Lexington and Concord, students can practice using...

NCTM offers sections on Families & School, Families & Math, Families & Homework, and more. Has links to brain-teaser problems ranging in skill from very easy to challenging. Click Take a Challenge or Challenge Index for...

This lesson introduces students to Emily Dickinson's poetry which often reveals a child-like fascination with the natural world. Students examine how she writes perceptively of butterflies, birds, and bats and uses lucid metaphors to...

In this lesson plan, middle schoolers will consider "Colonial Broadsides: A Student-Created Play." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

Through the use of reading crime fiction, this lesson plan helps to refine critical thinking skills and problem solving strategies which are important for the development of 21st century skills.

Learning critical thinking skills can only take a student so far. Critical thinking depends on knowing relevant content very well and thinking about it, repeatedly. Here are five strategies, consistent with the research, to help bring...

Students must graduate from high school with not only a firm foundation in mathematics and English, but also with the ability to approach with confidence new and unfamiliar tasks and challenges in college, the workplace and life....

This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan introduces the concept of acute, obtuse and right angles. Also, as the lesson proceeds vertical, adjacent, alternate interior and alternate exterior angles are explored. Plenty of...

Simple, one-page printable worksheet to introduce your learners to cause and effect. Gives one set example, and has space at the bottom to apply to any story you read.

Brief overview of the definitions of 'inductive' versus 'deductive' reasoning.

Underpinning the study of computer science are these six computational thinking practices. These practices are the kinds of activities computer scientists use.

An overview of the seven fundamental principles which make up the content of computer science.

In this activity, students apply what they have learned about weighted averages, isotopes, and systems of equations to a new situation - coins in a sealed container. They learn some historical information regarding the composition of...

Using investigation and inquiry skills, students match classmates with their home state, and their states with the area and percentage of area of surface water that they contain, as well as where each of the states rank nationally in...

A how-to article that illustrates how teachers can educate students about making choices that are consistent with their ethical values. A comprehensive plan for using the venerable Socratic method to reinforce critical-thinking skills by...

Students play the main computer components like a CPU, mouse, or IO controller to simulate calculator application by moving a mouse, synchronizing it with the mouse pointer on the screen and sending request to the processor.

Experience being a button on a touch screen, feel the power and control of an operating system, be as smart as a processor. During this activity, students simulate a calculator application.

Experience what it's like to work in the field of technology, and take on something never done before. Brainstorm, prototype, plan, implement, work in a team, coordinate between teams, learn from failures or enjoy a success.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The Driving Question Tubric 2.0 helps with practice in writing Driving Questions by framing initial words, person or entity, action or challenge, and audience/purpose. It is a fun, hands-on way to...

Need some challenging problem-solving work for your students in the following areas: Discrete, Geometry, Numbers, and Code Breaking? This is the place for an enormous database of problems aimed at high school age students. They are...

Your favorite band is great at playing music but not so great at being organized. They keep misplacing their instrucments on tour.

Imagine you are watching a runaway trolley barreling down the tracks.

Simplicity: We know it when we see it- but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer. [19:05]

The goal of this PBS instructional activity is for students to apply spatial reasoning, problem solving, and critical thinking skills to assess which regular polygons will tessellate. A detailed lesson plan that includes related...