This lesson plan template aligns with the TechnoMummy curriculum and resources, but includes great ideas to use without the curriculum. During this lesson on Ancient Egypt, students will become Egyptologists and learn about ancient...

Geographic information systems (GIS), once used predominantly by experts in cartography and computer programming, have become pervasive in everyday business and consumer use. This unit explores GIS in general as a technology about which...

A comprehensive overview of GIS as a technology that brings different kinds of geographical data together to create something that is greater than the sum of its parts.

This article gives examples of how it looks when a child is experiencing sensory processing issues and gives tips on how to provide a sensory diet to "nourish" a child's nervous system. The examples and tips are categorized into groups...

Young scholars learn how the endocrine system works and compare it to the mail delivery system. Students discuss the importance of communication in human body systems and relate that to engineering and astronauts.

Geographic information systems (GIS) are important technology that allows rapid study and use of spatial information. GIS have become increasingly prevalent in industry and the consumer/internet world in the last 20 years. Historically,...

Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human nervous system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.

Learners apply everything they have learned about light properties and laser technologies to designing, constructing and presenting laser-based security systems that protect the school's mummified troll. In the associated activity,...

Posters are provided for several different energy conversion systems. Students are provided with cards that give the name and a description of each of the components in an energy system. They match these with the figures on the diagram....

An introduction to our solar system: the planets, our Sun and our Moon. Students begin by learning the history and engineering of space travel. They make simple rockets to acquire a basic understanding Newton's third law of motion. They...

The Energy Systems and Solutions unit brings students through the exploration of science and engineering concepts as they relate to energy issues in everyday life. Issues surrounding energy production and energy consumption provide a...

Through this unit, written for an honors anatomy and physiology class, students become familiar with the human skeletal system and answer the Challenge Question: When you get home from school, your mother grabs you, and you race to the...

This site provides numerous tutorials on how to use Mac OS and Windows together. Content includes information on Windows capability features in Macs, sharing disks between operating systems, working with foreign files, running foreign...

Interactive mapping platform that combines and integrates existing data about the environment and human activity in the Arctic.

Students use Lego motors and generators to raise washers a measured height. The work done by the motor-generator systems is compared with the energy inputs to calculate efficiency.

Students learn about the daily and annual cycles of solar angles used in power calculations to maximize photovoltaic power generation. They gain an overview of solar tracking systems that improve PV panel efficiency by following the sun...

Young scholars learn about the heart and its role at the center of the human cardiovascular system. In the associated activity, students play out a scenario in which they are biomedical engineers asked to design artificial hearts. They...

This lengthy essay describes the balance between state and federal judiciary courts and touches on independence, integration, power limits and immunities.

In this introduction to Earth Systems Science, young scholars use images depicting global environmental data to explore connections and patterns in the climate system.

For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren't exact and varied from place to place. Now, consistent measurements are such an integral part of our daily lives that it's hard...

In this online manual you will find examples of integrated performance activities developed to coordinate with the Computer Science and Information Systems Career Path in the Business Education Career Path and Model Curriculum Standards....

This Computer Algebra System (CAS) activity encourages students to investigate the use of CAS to integrate a function.

"Read to Learn about City Systems" is a one page, nonfiction passage about government systems and workers that keep people safe including police officers, food inspectors, and water and sewer system workers. It is followed by an...

The digestive system is amazing: it takes the foods we eat and breaks them into smaller components that our body can use for energy, cell repair and growth. This lesson introduces students to the main parts of the digestive system and...