Curated OER
Pulse Rates
Students answer the question, "How will the intensity of exercise effect your heart rate?", using physical workouts and AppleWorks, or similar spreadsheet program. This lesson can conclude with the creation of a graph of data collected.
Curated OER
Body Length Experiment
Students measure the lengths of their bodies and various body parts to determine the relationship (or lack of one) between body part length and the length of the entire body. A spreadsheet program is suggested for data collection.
Curated OER
National Parks
Students create national park brochures on selected endangered animals using research information, hand-drawn pictures, and the Pages and KeyNote software programs. This lesson was written for a TAG classroom.
Curated OER
Solar System
Students create and present PowerPoint presentations on certain aspects of our Solar System. The Nettrekker search engine is used for researching the information. Students can then add music and graphics to enhance their presentations.
Curated OER
Storm Busters
Students investigate hurricanes and invent a way to diffuse or redirect a hurricane before it becomes destructive in this technology-based science project. Cooperative learning groups are emphasized.
Curated OER
Projects
Students write a typed report. In this writing lesson students type a 3 to 5 page report and present it to the class.
Curated OER
Line Best Fit
Students identify the line of best fit. In this statistics lesson, students analyze graphs and plots to identify positive, negative or no correlation. They find the line of best fit for different scatter plots.
Curated OER
Shadow Trackers: From Photography to Writing
Students explore the rotation of the earth. In this science lesson, students view photos of various places around the world. Students conduct an experiment in which they can see how the earth's rotation creates shadows on the earth.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Some Special Sums
Students study addition. For this math lesson, students solve doubles and doubles plus one addition facts. Students roll dice and use the numbers to create addition problems.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Eye to Eye
Students practice the concept of posing mathematical questions regarding themselves and their surroundings. In this eye to eye lesson, students gather data about eye color from their classmates. Students organize their data in order to...
Hartford Web Publishing
World History Archives: Hartford Web Publishing: The Significance of Wampum
This site contains information about the term Wampum and its significance. Also contains information about Native Americans collecting shells and their worth to the tribe.
Hartford Web Publishing
World History Archives: Hartford Web Publishing: Hispanic Women Energize Unions
This article tells of the growing number of women that belong to unions, especially Hispanic women, and how women are taking a bigger role in union leadership. (Published June 23, 2002)
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: Tragedy on the Somme: A Second Balaclava
For six days, heavy guns poured 1.6 million shells onto the deeply echeloned German trench lines on the Somme. Surely nothing could survive that, or could it? A chilling account of the Battle of the Somme, and its continuing effect on...
University of Calgary
The Children's Literature Web Guide
This resource is a children's literature web guide.
Other
Caching Tutorial for Web Authors and Webmasters
This site, provided by Mark Nottingham, defines the term "Cache," describes the different types of caches, and how caches work. Tips for using caches correctly in a site are also provided.
Other
Vigor Web Edition: Advice & Commentary on Mormon Life
This is the site of a Mormon Newsletter that publishes articles about the Mormons' role in society. You can read articles from their past issues if you click on that topic in the left side bar.
Other
Literacy Works: Thanks to the Web, We're Alone Together and Loving It
While this resource was developed to support adult literacy learners, it can easily be used from junior grades and up. After reading an article about how people today interact on the Internet, students complete a variety of vocabulary...
University of Pennsylvania
Dreiser Web Source: Sister Carrie
At this website, one can read and search the full-text of Theodore Dreiser's novel, "Sister Carrie," and read "Background essays," on the novel, as well. A "Virtual Exhibition," provides biographical information on Dreiser as well as...
Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Web Japan: Nipponia
Nipponia is an online magazine, published quarterly, that introduces modern Japan to people all over the world. Browse articles on life and culture, travel and history, science and technology, art and entertainment, nature and geography,...
International Reading Association
Reading Online: Publishing Student Work on the Internet
Explore this online article by Rachel Karchmer discussing the advantages of publishing student work on the web.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales: Discovering Fairy Tales
Discover similarities in fairy tales around the world. Teacher's Guide link offers additional online resources, graphic organizers, related reading list, lessons and evaluations. Publish a fairy tale online.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Gases: Study Guide [Pdf]
This "Introduction to Chemistry" study guide about gases contains chapter goals, a concept map, chapter checklist, and web resources. Also find answers to the chapter review questions.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Molecular Structure: Study Guide [Pdf]
This study guide covers the molecular structure chapter from "An Introduction to Chemistry". Includes chapter goals, map, checklist, and web resources. Also find detailed answers to the chapter review questions.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Modern Atomic Theory: Study Guide [Pdf]
This study guide provides an overview of the modern atomic theory chapter from "An Introduction to Chemistry. Find chapter goals, map, checklist, web resources and the answer key to the chapter review.