This page has suggestions for activities requiring minimal preparation that students can do after completing regular assignments, as well as some links to more challenging activities, e.g., reviewing paintings of Saint Nicholas, Saint...

Curiosity Machine provides free, high-interest STEM activities for students. This home page provides links to categories of STEM activities.

This website offers three activity centers: Questionnaires, Opinion Surveys, and Challenge Questions. Take a look at these interesting water research activities from the US Geological Survey. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.

To help kids thrive, recognizing their strengths is just as important as working on their challenges. Here's a cool - and crafty - way to identify kids' strengths and connect them in a paper chain, or a "strength chain".

Learning to take initiative is a behavior that helps kids navigate their lives with courage and optimism. This article provides insights into how children learn to take initiative. Parents and teachers are key mentors in the process. A...

Take on the role of President Jefferson Davis or President Abraham Lincoln and proceed through the Civil War. This simulation can be played between two players or one. Users are challenged to choose the courses that each president likely...

Students use rectangles to explore patterns. Once they understand the concept, students can create their own patterns for others to explore.

This extensive learning module examines the role of economic fluctuations in creating new demands on the government to design reforms and how the United States became a dominant military, political, cultural, and economic force in the...

Provided are three activities that help students develop communication skills by using creative experimentation.

"The Weeping Chamber" by Sigmund Brouwer is set in Jerusalem in the last days of Christ's life. It can be interpreted as an historical or a religious novel. This is an extensive study guide for the novel. It has many blackline masters...

Teachers can download this teaching package that looks at light and symmetry through the use of mirrors. Students will enjoy the nine mirror challenges, along with the hands-on activities described in the lessons. Teachers will...

Trying challenging things is the best way to grow your brain. At the end of this activity, students will be able to make SMART goals that can help guide growth.

Students will design and build a mechanical arm that lifts and moves an empty 12-ounce soda can using hydraulics for power. Small design teams (1-2 students) will design and build a single axis for use in the completed mechanical arm....

A wealth of facts await you on this complete site. Topics include size, mass and gravity, length of day, orbit, distance from the sun, and more. A coloring page, quiz, fill-in-the-blanks activity, and interactive puzzle will challenge...

Students simulate the trading of goods between countries. Then they reflect on the challenges of trade between countries.

Losing one's home brings enormous challenges, yet families can be incredibly strong and determined to create a better future. Every family can build a sense of hope and learn ways to cope... and remember that no one is alone.

The activity described at this website allows students to not only practice working with other people but also "Refine the skills of rolling and catching." Read a description of the activity and learn how to assess students' performances...

Great ideas for "100th Day" activities. Most of these would be a good challenge for upper elementary school students if you want to include them in your 100th Day celebration. Activities include counting, measuring, weighing, sorting,...

Do you ever wonder whether you can be an athlete? Anyone can. At this website, read about individuals who have overcome their disabilities and have become world-class athletes. Be inspired to be a great athlete, too, and learn about the...

Students learn the importance of developing an emergency savings fund to deal with unexpected challenges and unplanned expenses.

This article gives some examples of how your brain grows when you learn new things.

In this lesson, students discuss what they know about shapes and their characteristics through a paper-folding activity that results in a parallelogram. Included are examples, discussion questions, and a reflection activity....

Site challenges students to examine how goods were advertised, and sold in Colonial Times versus Today. Excellent hands-on activity.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Use the interactive diagram to solve a projectile motion problem. After the activity, answer a challenge question to check for understanding.