Professional Doc
NC State University

Meridian: Getting a Grip on Project Based Learning

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This resource looks at project-based learning. Students and teachers will benefit from some of the basic information presented in this article concerning the different aspects of project-based learning.
Lesson Plan
University of California

History Project: Lincoln and the Outbreak of War, 1861

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using primary source documents, this middle school lesson plan focuses on Lincoln's role in the outbreak of the Civil War, specifically his actions as President during his first six weeks in office.
Lesson Plan
University of California

History Project: Chicago Race Riot, 1919

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson for high school students explores the race riot in Chicago in the summer of 1919. Students are asked to explain the reasons for the riot and address the questions in the lesson. Included are excerpts from 26 primary source...
Lesson Plan
University of California

History Project: The Removal of the Cherokee Nation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle school lesson plan attempts to answer the question of the government's Indian policy and its relationship to the Cherokee. Students will use sections from 26 primary source documents to aid in the research.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies:from Your John to the School Lawn:is Recycled Water Really Safe?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out whether reclaimed water is really safe by following the guidelines of the Science Buddies project.
Professional Doc
Buck Institute

Pbl Works: A School Wide Performance Assessment System

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Look into a school using a portfolio project to measure students success during their four years of a school using PBL. Site includes both an article and a video. Also learn how school-wide rubrics are...
Website
Other

Civil Rights Documentation Project: 1964: Freedom Summer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief description of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project and listen to the comments of some of the civil rights activists who participated in the project in 1964.
Activity
Other

Whiting School of Engineering: Spaghetti Bridge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An engineering project where students construct a bridge from spaghetti and glue. Site includes guidelines, pictures, and movies of previous projects.
Lesson Plan
University of California

History Project: Ideas and Strategies of the Woman Suffrage Movement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This middle school lesson focuses on the women's suffrage movement. Provided is detailed background information followed by excerpts from eleven early twentieth-century primary source documents, along with questions to help students...
Lesson Plan
University of California

History Project: The Homestead Strike of 1892

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This high school activity focuses on the Homestead Strike of 1892. Students are asked to write an essay explaining why the strike occurred and how the Carnegie Company went about winning the strike. Included are twenty-seven primary...
Website
Edutopia

Edutopia: Project Based Learning Newsletter

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The articles and video segments in this newsletter allow one to see best practices in action. Content includes a video gallery, free instructional modules, and interactive case studies.
Professional Doc
Buck Institute

Buck Institute for Education: Pblu: Resilience Cafe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
PBLU offers an example of project-based learning where students parallel tales of resilience out of historical context to those exhibiting resilience within their communities or even their own homes. This idea developed out of...
Unit Plan
Practical Action

Practical Action: Beat the Flood

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Flooding due to climate change can have a devastating effect on people's lives. Set on the fictitious island of Watu, pupils explore how STEM skills can be used to help communities be better prepared for flooding. Students will work as a...
Interactive
Other

Matter Project: What Is Bond Energy?

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a Java applet that shows the change in energy of a bonded and a non-bonded atom.
Handout
Vassar College

Vassar School: 1896: A Website of Political Cartoons: Protective Tariffs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by Vassar College. 1896, A Website of Political Cartoons provides a look at the controversial topic of Tariffs in the election of 1896 and the cartoons it generated at the time.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Land Surveying Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This project resulted from of the collaboration of a computer aided drafting teacher, Chris Bond, and a math teacher, Lee Cable, (Hewitt-Trussville High School) to provide higher math expectations in CT and real life application in...
Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Experiments With Homemade Batteries

For Students 9th - 10th
Simple homemade batteries are described that can be made from items found in the home or school lab. These experiments help students understand how to wire them up, the origin of current, voltage and power, as well as the chemistry that...
Article
Other

The Art Career Project: Painter

For Students 9th - 10th
This page explains general information about what to expect in a career as a painter, including work environment, education and training suggestions, and salary and job outlooks.
Handout
Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez: Summary of Zelman v. Simmons Harris

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great summary of Zelman v. Simmons-Harris where the Supreme Court upheld school vouchers. Gives the dates the case was heard and decided, facts of the case, legal question presented, the courts decision, and how each justice...
Website
Other

Christopher Columbus Awards

For Students 6th - 8th
The Christopher Columbus Awards is a national, community-based science and technology program for middle school students. The program challenges the students to work in teams, with an adult coach, to identify a problem in their community...
Article
Creative Science Centre

Creative Science Centre: Simple High Temperature Light Bulb Thermometer

For Students 9th - 10th
A very simple electrical resistance thermometer is described that can be built, calibrated and tested in a school laboratory at virtually no cost. With it, flames, focused sunlight and other high temperature sources can be probed. The...
Website
Other

Civil Rights Movement 1955 1965: Mississippi & Freedom Summer

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at Mississippi in the early 1960s to understand why the focus of African American voter registration targeted that state. Read about the organization and implementation of the Mississippi Summer Project in 1964. See also the...
Lesson Plan
ArtLex

Art Lex: Graphic Design Course

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from Artlex is a lesson plan for a secondary level graphic design class designed by Michael Delahunt. There are many projects including: Designing a poster; Altering a photo; Photoshop Tricks; studying Logos; Designing logos;...
Primary
Yale University

Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Laws of the Kings, 753 510 Bc

For Students 9th - 10th
An comprehensive listing of the Laws of the Kings, the laws set down by the seven kings of Rome during the monarchy.

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