In this lesson students are asked to create model air pollution detectors to sample particles in indoor aiand outdoor air.

After hearing and discussing the story of The Three Little Pigs, students work in groups to construct houses using craft sticks. They then decide how well their house would serve as a living space and in what climatic conditions it would...

What protects the brain? Why does the brain need to be protected? In this lesson students will learn about the fragility of the brain and that it is enclosed by the skull, which protects the brain and forms the shape of the head.

What do you know about the brain? In this early learners instructional activity, learners will explore the basic functions and characteristics of the brain and skull, and also learn about three major structures in the brain: the...

Which parts of the body are involved in vision (seeing)? Is light important for vision? In this lesson students make kaleidoscopes to learn that light is essential to vision, and that the brain processes information from the eyes, which...

What are the basic tastes? Where is information about taste detected in the body? In this lesson students taste four mystery substances and learn that the tongue is covered with taste buds, which contain taste receptors that communicate...

How does our sense of smell work? In this lesson young scholars use four different flavors of dry soft drink mix to investigate the sense of smell, and learn that the nose can detect very small particles in air, and transmit the...

How does the sense of touch work? Is the sense of touch more sensitive in some parts of the body, such as fingertips, than in others? In this lesson students explore the sense of touch by identifying mystery objects with their eyes...

How do we use our senses to understand our surroundings? What types of input are provided by the different senses? In this lesson students use all of their senses to understand that there are different types of sensory receptors in the...

In the following lesson students sequence the steps involved in producing an object (tree to chair, mud to brick, etc.). They also learn that tools and objects are designed to perform functions or solve problems.

This is a pre-k or early elementary activity. Students are given directions on how to make an egg carton car, and then practice activities with it that exercise self control.

This is a pre-k or lower elementary activity. Students take a nature walk, collect things and hang them on a mobile.

This challenge is to build a four-stringed musical instrument that can play a tune on different pitches.

Help Baby Fox fix his machine by adding the right size horizontal and vertical pieces to his machine and testing the results.

This brief from 2007 describes the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and presents the answers to frequently asked questions regarding RTI and Early Intervening Services. The brief was produced by the U.S. Department of...

Pilot sites often play an important part in effective RTI implementation. The information brief, RTI Pilot Site Selection: Things to Consider, guides teams through the steps of developing an RTI pilot site selection process. It provides...

The Incredible Art Department website started in 1994 and has grown into a huge site with a wealth of resources on teaching art, student research, careers in art, art history, games, links to art galleries and museums around the world,...

A massive collection of art games, puzzles, and activities.

As the website states, there is "everything but the kitchen sink" here. Find resources for art education, podcasts, museums and galleries around the world, an artist encyclopedia, student artwork, art schools, art blogs, architecture,...

Summarizes what is known about best practices in education and how they apply in teaching art. Discusses the instructional techniques popularized by Howard Garner and what they look like in art education.

Discusses the history of St. Patrick's Day, leprechauns, traditions, and presents links to St. Patrick's Day arts and crafts lessons.

Discusses the history of Thanksgiving, food traditions, Thanksgiving art and artists, lesson suggestions from teachers, and presents links to Thanksgiving resources.

Explains the history of Valentines Day and presents links to Valentine arts and crafts lessons.

The following videos show sunspots using wavelengths of light that the human eye cannot see. Watch sunspots emerging on the earth's surface, a sunspot moving across the earth's surface, and the rotation of the sun as a sunspot evolves...