Connected: La Ns and Wa Ns

What do cereal, fog, and space shuttles have to do with newspapers? A collection of science investigations encourage critical thinking using connections to the various parts of the newspaper. Activities range from building origami seed...

Do your class members ever focus too much on graphics or animations when designing a PowerPoint presentation? Have you ever come across a presentation filled with great information, but found it difficult to read because of color choices...

With new leadership comes new hope! After years of violence, the people of Colombia elect a new president ... could this mean an end to conflict? Civics scholars take part in a large group role-playing exercise designed to illustrate the...

Information on wireless networks, what equipment is needed, and how they work.

Students will create a career information center.  In this careers lesson, students research careers on a local and national level and create a help wanted ad for an occupation of personal interest.   Students create a...

Students explore poetry.  For this cross curriculum poetry and technology lesson, students choose a favorite poem and analyze its meaning. Students select several images and music to represent the poem, then create a corresponding...

In this segment from Curious, learn how a robot is a machine that can connect with its surroundings and has some level of autonomy.

Ninth graders develop ideas for an invention and write a persuasive essay explaining why their invention is best. For this invention essay lesson, 9th graders review persuasive essay writing. Students create a graphic web for an original...

Students investigate the anatomy of a frog using a virtual dissection tool in order to study the structures and organ as they relate to other animals.