Learners analyze the evolution of cultural attitudes through the lens of transportation, examining several artifacts, documents, and photographs. Topics covered include how American attitudes have influenced society's evolution into a...

Students examine the evolution of transportation systems. In this San Francisco history instructional activity, students compare and contrast the transportation provided in the city in the 1850s to today. Students use their findings to...

Ninth graders compare ancient and modern technology in water transporting. In this lesson on the evolution of the aqueduct, 9th graders build a working aqueduct model and examine its components. They explain the importance and use of the...

Students analyze art of changing identities of cities and populations. In this art analysis instructional activity, students analyze the works of art that address constructions of identity in a consumer society. Students explore the role...

Ninth graders examine the concept of cultural change. In this global studies lesson, 9th graders examine how cultures interact and impact one another. Students research the evolution of popular cultural exchanges.

Learners create a simple machine that includes a cart and lever system that could have been used to build the ancient pyramids. In this simple machine lesson, students learn about the wheel and the axle as simple machines that help...

Students explore ways that plants and insects impact each other, identify how different types of mouthparts allow insects to use plants in different ways, and design an insect and a plant to demonstrate mutualism.

Young scholars investigate inventions and the impact they can have on people. For this technology lesson, students research Thomas Edison and discuss how the invention of the light bulb impacted others. Young scholars sketch out an...

Tenth graders create food web displays in the classroom. In this ecology activity, 10th graders identify the different pollutants in the environment and their effect on organisms. They collect samples of sediments from the harbor and...

Students observe real fossils. In this science lesson, students make their own mud fossils by pressing material into the mud and letting it dry in the sun for 3-4 days. Students then get the fossils out displaying their mud...