Lesson Plan
Carnegie Mellon University

Carnegie Mellon University: Rumble Blocks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A game where students must create a stable structure for a friendly alien to use to reach its spacecraft. Students manipulate the blocks to learn that wider bases, symmetrical structures, and creating a lower center of mass result in a...
Website
Other

Tapped In: Homepage

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site from Tapped In is recommended for teachers, technology and professional development coordinators who are interested in dialogue with colleagues around issues of technology and education. The purpose of the site is to use the...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Experiencing Ellis Island:immigration Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Make Ellis Island come alive for U.S. history students by processing younger students in a recreation of the immigration center. Recreate the uncertainty, fear, and confusion many immigrants experienced by arranging a variety of stations...
Activity
NASA

Nasa: Make Star Cookies

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration provides a fun project on stars and cookies. "Make these yummy star cookies with genuine star-colored centers you can see through." Plus, learn interesting facts about...