Teach Engineering
Where Are the Plastics Near Me? (Mapping the Data)
The last activity in a nine-part series has teams create a Google Earth map using the data they collected during a field trip. Using the map, groups analyze the results and make adjustments to the map to reflect their analysis. A short...
Saline Area Schools
Moving Home: A Map Skills Project
You have just been informed you are moving, but you have the choice of three locations. Where do you go? This is the question class members answer in a map skills project. Learners examine three locations using maps, gather...
ProCon
Drug Use in Sports
The ancient Greeks used performance enhancing drugs, such as opium juice, when they participated in the original Olympic Games. Pupils research a website with debate topics to decide if athletes' use of such drugs in modern sports is...
Agriculture in the Classroom
A Holiday Tradition: Which Christmas Tree Will You Choose?
Different varieties of Christmas trees provide an interesting way to combine social studies, science, math, and technology. Class members not only research the history of the Christmas tree holiday tradition, they compare and...
It's About Time
Volcanic Hazards: Airborne Debris
Pupils interpret maps and graph data related to volcanic ash. Then they analyze the importance of wind speed and the dangers of the ash to both life, air temperature, and technology.
Teach Engineering
Searching for Bigfoot and Others Like Him
Individuals create a GIS data layer in Google Earth that displays information about where one might find seven different cryptids. The class members research to find data on cryptid sightings they can include in their data...
It's About Time
Renewable Energy Sources - Solar and Wind
There has been a huge solar energy spill! Let's go outside to play in it. This lesson includes multiple experiments showcasing solar and wind energies. Scholars build a solar heater and an anemometer before testing the results. The...
ProCon
Obesity
Is obesity a disease or just a preventable risk factor for other diseases? Scholars attempt to form their own opinions by reading a background of the issue and watching videos that explore the main pro and con arguments using an included...
It's About Time
Effects of Plate Tectonics
Explore our world from within as you lead young scientists on a thrilling adventure. Pupils examine the location of plate boundaries to determine earthquake and volcano distribution around the globe and explore the cause of hot spots in...
MENSA Education & Research Foundation
Peas in a Pod: Genetics
Can peas have grandparents? Learn about inherited traits and heredity with a set of activities focused on Mendelian genetics. As your class learns about the process of passing traits along in Punnett squares, they take on the role of...
Rainforest Alliance
How Do Jaguars and Howler Monkeys in Belize Depend on Us?
How does weather play a role in the lives of land and sea creatures? Find out with a lesson plan focused on habitats and the ways animals from different homes are connected. Here, learners explore how the life of a jaguar and...
University of California
The Civil War: Secession of the South
Was the Southern states' decision to secede from the Union protected by the United States Constitution? Eighth graders discuss the constitutionality of the South's justification for secession, particularly the secession of South...
Mary Pope Osborne, Classroom Adventures Program
Mummies in the Morning Egyptian pyramids, hieroglyphics
Visit the Magic Treehouse and take your class on a trip through time with a reading of the children's book Mummies in the Morning. Using the story to spark an investigation into Egyptian culture, this literature unit engages...
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: American Pika
Get to know the American Pika.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this little animal are given, making it perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Przewalski's Horse
Get to know Przewalski's Horse .. colored photos, historical background, description, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this little horse are given, making it perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Oryxes
Get to know the Oryxes.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this African animal are given, making the site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Muskrat
Get to know the muskrat.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Kangaroos
Get to know the Kangaroo.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this marsupial are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Koala
Get to know the Koala.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this marsupial are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Greater Kudu
Get to know the Greater Kudu.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this antelope are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Lemur
Get to know the Lemur.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this little animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Leopard
Get to know the Leopard...colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this big cat are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Least Weasel
Get to know the Least Weasel.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this animal are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Canada Lynx
Get to know the Canada Lynx.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this cat are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.