Students explore how landscapes undergo constant changes with urban development. They plan and build their own "city" by including features that have minimal resource demands to sustain the city itself.

Students create a simple animation illustrating a chemical element in the periodic table. In this chemistry lesson plan, students create a new way to describe elements by using them in an artistic form.

Eighth graders investigate the process for obtaining a United States passport. They plan a trip to a foreign country looking at important information including the climate, geography, culture, money, and language. They complete the...

Students use laptops and sensors to measure water quality and graph their results.  In this aquatics lesson students post their results to a website or email. 

Students will activate literacy skills in internet medium, and will use reading, critical thinking and writing skills as they work with their groups to collect and organize information. The follow up activity will allow them to augment...

Students research important inventions from the last two hundred years. They explore how one invention relates to another and summarize their research in a written report and visual presentation.

Sixth graders play a powerpoint jeopardy game. This can be used as a test or as a way to review information. This is a culminating test for our unit on Ancient Worlds. The jeopardy game is based on goals in math, language arts, and...

Article discussing the impact of technology on different aspects of society. Looks at education, humanitarian needs, prevention of corruption, modernization, global technological shifts, Ogburn's theory of social change, the...

A basic introductory course to computer science. Covers what computers are, their parts, and what they do; what the Internet is and how it works; some basic programming concepts; algorithms; data analysis; and global impact of computers...

This resource aims to teach the history of computing and the effect of landmark moments in computing history on today's world. Crosses different curriculum areas. Explanations of many of the world's significant computers were provided by...

A site including lesson plans, photographs, and text about the offices of yesterday and those of today. Topics discussed include office equipment, office organization, globalization, and technology. Also included is an historical...

An annotated bibliography on technoculture. Contains brief reviews of book sources as well as a few Internet links.

All of the newest technologies can be going on at one time - Facebook, texting, homework online, talking with friends on the computer. However, what are the consequences of this technological multi-tasking? Here is a video that discusses...

Technology Review is a magazine by MIT which seeks to "promote the understanding of emerging technologies and their impact on business and society." It provides you with daily technology information including events, discussions, and...

Geographic information systems (GIS), once used predominantly by experts in cartography and computer programming, have become pervasive in everyday business and consumer use. This unit explores GIS in general as a technology about which...

CPSR offers an informative discussion of current legal and policy topics hosted by group working for rights of assembly and speech for online communities.

Learn how social media impacts our use of technology.

Learn about the growth and evolution of the group chat.

The advantages and security risks of "Smart" uses of technology in buildings, transportation, and grids are discussed.