PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Body Breakdowns at High Altitudes
This interactive feature from the NOVA: "Surviving Denali" Web site details the variety of ways the body can fail while climbing a high-altitude peak.
PBS
Nova Online: Everest Climb
Follow the arduous route of Mallory and Irvine (and the 1999 NOVA crew) up the North Face of Mt. Everest. View 360 degree panoramic images of various high camps along the way, and one from the summit itself at this site.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Kids Climbing Wall
This photo shows a group of children learning how to climb on a kids climbing wall. The walls are brightly colored and feature a large number of holds and possible routes to make the challenge manageable for beginners and the inexperienced.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Climbing K2
Five climbers can be seen in this photo as they make their way up K2, the second tallest mountain in the world and one the most difficult to climb. The peak of K2 is 8611 metres (28251 feet) above sea level. For more information on the...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Nova: Denali for Kids: Surviving Denali: Body Breakdowns
Hikers challenging themselves with climbing Denali experience many physical things in their body from their heads to their toes. Click on parts of the hiker to see what the hiker might be feeling during the climb.
Starfall
Starfall: The Top Bunk
This interactive focuses on climbing on the top bunk. Children can read independently or click on the ear to have sentences read to them.
Other
Chicago Historical Society: Alexander Hesler Climbs the Court House
This resource provides pictures of Chicago from the roof tops.
Read Works
Read Works: Standing on the Roof of Africa
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Natalie Ingle and her climb to Uhuru Peak on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Higher You Climb, the More You Pay
Students will take a "Virtual Tour" of the Eiffel Tower in Paris France and locate the price of a bottle of water at each viewing platform. They will need to problem solve how to pay for admission, buy the water and be able to pay for...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.rp, 7.rp.3 Climbing the Steps of El Castillo
A performance task in which students solve a problem involving a proportional relationship. The problem is: The temple at the top of the pyramid is approximately 24 meters above the ground, and there are 91 steps leading up to the...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Shoots: How Do Mint Plants Branch to Form New Stems?
Do you like to climb trees? The branches of trees are what make them so fun to climb. Each branch starts out as a tiny shoot that grows out from a stem. How is the growth of shoots along a stem regulated?
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Se Mn Geology Incl Rock Layers, Fossils, and Karst Geology
Students will work at a variety of hands-on learning stations to increase their knowledge of SE MN geology including rock layers, fossils and sink holes. They will also learn how Karst Geology impacts our water quality. Students will...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: The Ultimate Heating Season
This article talks discusses the climbing temperature and how it is affecting our lives here on earth. It examines El-Nina, global warming, and the greenhouse effect.
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We the Savers: Young Savers
This resource introduces students to the world of money with this online tutorial. Each unit has its' own online quiz. Brave the desert, climb mountains and dodge alligators while you explore everything there is to know about earning,...
Other
Darwin: A Naturalist's Voyage Around the World
Climb aboard the Beagle and relive the 14 stages of Charles Darwin's odyssey through this outstanding virtual tour of his nearly five-year journey. See sketches from the journey, hear readings from Darwin's journals, and learn about the...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Secrets of the Sidewinder
By now, we know about robots that roll, fly, swim and walk, insect-like, on six legs. But a robot that climbs a sandy hill in the fashion of the sidewinder rattlesnake? What?
Smithsonian Institution
Tween Tribune: Week of 8 8 16: Ship to Tell Story of the American Revolution
Visitors to the birthplace of America can soon climb aboard a life-size Revolutionary era privateer ship, in the heart of Philadelphia's historic district. But the visitors will stay firmly planted on land.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Fish Friendly Engineering
Students further their understanding of the salmon life cycle and the human structures and actions that aid in the migration of fish around hydroelectric dams by playing an animated PowerPoint game involving a fish that must climb a fish...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Exploring Capillary Action
Students observe multiple examples of capillary action. First they observe the shape of a glass-water meniscus and explain its shape in terms of the adhesive attraction of the water to the glass. Then they study capillary tubes and...
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What Tree Is It?
You've climbed this tree, sat in its branches and collected its leaves. Now you are old enough to know that it has a name. How can you tell what kind it is? Here are some ways to check: by leaf, by fruit, or just by the way it looks.
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