Students explore the world of apes. In this reading skills lesson, students complete a jigsaw reading activity (the reading material is not included) regarding orangutans.

Young scholars explore various genres of spoken and written expression. While considering the era of the shipyard and sailing, students describe and document a favorite ship, captain, crew, or life of a sailor. Using this information,...

Pupils collect chemical, physical, and biological data from a local lake throughout the year. In addition, students discuss the design of an experimental structure for water collection at several specific depths as well as assess the...

What constitutes a good soap bubble? In the second installment of a nine-part series, scholars apply their understanding of surface tension to soap bubbles. They experiment to determine the best solutions to use for the...

Students study the physics used to design today's roller coasters.  For this engineering lesson students complete several activities including designing their own roller coaster. 

Understanding the importance of sustainable fishing practices is fostered through a classroom game. In small groups, the class plays a fishing game where they can see first-hand, the effects of thoughtless fishing practices. After the...

Learners create classification system for Arctic-dwelling animals, the Arctic hare in particular.

Young scholars review the Russian American Timeline connected to the Russia's Colony unit narrative.

Students investigate the effect human activities have on the environment. In this geography lesson, students compose an article using data analysis about the environment. This article requires some homework assignment.

Essay on the exploitation and decimation of indigenous peoples as a result of European exploration, settlement, and colonization in North and South America.

A Buccaneer's Guide to the Age of Exploration depicts European world-wide exploration and exploitation through a collage-style book of text, hand-drawn and water-colored illustrations, maps, timelines, and diagrams. The book chronicles...

This site explores the AMBER Alert plan. Content takes a look at what it is, why it was created, how it works, success stories, and much more.

Find out how humans discovered the magnetic lodestone as well as the attracting properties of amber. Advanced societies, in particular the Chinese and the Europeans, exploited the properties of magnets in compasses, a tool that makes...

A prodigy from Queens created hardware and software to help blind people read and musicians make music. His inventions, writings, and influential thinking have explored and exploited technology in many ways, and helped shape ongoing work...

Recognize negative aspects of advertising and how advertising exploits young people. Examine how the media tries to define a person's style, values and ideas, and take a stand against negative media images.

Students will research and understand the opportunities available to children in their community after exploring the poverty, exploitation, hunger and more of children living in India. Video and discussion questions pair with a learning...

Daniel Boone was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the U.S. state of Kentucky.

This article explores the Jim Crow system of racial exploitation which was a way of regimenting segregation in both political and cultural relations.

Tragedy of the Commons is the mind set: "If I don't use the resources then someone else will." This is a simulation that allows students to explore how the common usage of a potentially renewable resource can lead to its exploitation....

Illustrated dictionary entry for Greek Goddess Aphrodite describes her lineage and some of her principal exploits. Explore two examples of artwork depicting Aphrodite.

Illustrated dictionary entry for Greek Goddess Aphrodite describes her lineage and some of her principal exploits. Explore two examples of artwork depicting Aphrodite.

Illustrated dictionary entry for Greek Goddess Aphrodite describes her lineage and some of her principal exploits. Explore two examples of artwork depicting Aphrodite.