Kids are fascinated by the moon for good reason! Here's a great resource to help them chart the lunar cycle for a month, referencing high-detail photographs and an informative chart as they complete their own calendar.

Sure the ancient Mayan civilization had an advanced calendar and mathematical system, but did you know that they also played a great team sport like basketball? Invite your learners to discover the great ballcourt at Chichen Itza and...

Twenty prompts, fifteen starters, and ten situations. What more could you ask for from a list of journal ideas?

Here is a unit consisting of activities designed to challenge your scholars. The extended learning opportunities include planning a celebration, making a presentation to the class, poster making, writing poetry, a problem-solving...

Prepare your classes for election year debates with a series of activities that model how to watch televised debates and how to evaluate the moderators as well as the debaters.

In many ways, Victorian Christmas is alive and well today! Class members read an informative passage to learn more about traditional Christmas gifts, decorations, crackers, and visits from Santa Claus in nineteenth-century England—as...

The written form for 345 is three-hundred forty-five, where as the word form for 70% is seventy percent. Here, young mathematicians read 10 sentences and write the word form of each number in the sentences.

This site from the Encyclopedia Romana includes a picture of a reconstruction of the Fasti Antiates, along with an explanation of the calendar and its lettering. The information is not too in-depth, but informative and factual. A great...

An encyclopedia entry about the Jewish calendar with information on the history of the calendar as well as on the modern Jewish calendar, which dates from 3761 BCE. Names of the months, length of the months, leap years, and similar...

Put together your own, personalized fitness calendar. Think about a fitness plan, set fitness goals, track your own progress, and work on varying your fitness routine. After planning a week of activity, print out your calendar and keep...

Scroll down this page to see the various topics addressed on this website. Learn a "brief history of the Western Calendar" as well as information about the ancient calendars of the world, including the Sumerian, Egyptian, and Greek...

A selection from Plutarch that highlights Caesar's desire to reform the calendar and how he came about with the changes he enforced.

This website provides some entertaining facts regarding the calendar according to different countries and religions.

This site displays information regarding the holy days and religious festivals of religions from around the world. Links to external sites take you to calendars dedicated to specific faith traditions. Calendars formatted for printing are...

Visit this site for a biographical sketch of the life of Chinese dictator Mao Zedong. It discusses his political career, as well as his literary career. A bibliography of his selected works is also provided.

Great resource for all types of holidays throughout Mexico. A key conveniently marks them as you choose each month. Additional links give even more info.

Discusses features of the Maya calendar system.

This site from Science World under Wolfram Research contains brief information about the Julian Calendar. The information is factual and interesting, and it also contains links for further information on the subjects.

An illustrated history of timekeeping from ancient times to the present. Includes information on ancient calendars, early clocks, a revolution in timekeeping, world time scales and time zones, and the NIST standards.

The Tzolkin is another name for the Maya calendar. The meanings of the symbols on the Tzolk'in and various interpretations that are given to the calendar are outlined here.

Take a walk through time as Extreme Science explains time starting with ancient calendars and early clocks to how the National Institute of Standards and Technology uses time today.

Brief description of why Hanukkah falls on different days every year. Illustrates the differences between the Gregorian and Jewish calendars.

Discusses the Maya system of astronomy and their calendar.

Describes the major accomplishments of Islamic civilizations in the fields of Science and Math, i.e., the Islamic calendar, astronomy calculations, windmills, irrigation with gears, and mathematical theories.