Curated OER
teaching Geography Using Literature in K-University Classrooms
Young scholars read one of the following books: Minn of the Mississippi, Paddle-to-the-Sea, or Seabird, all by Holling C. Holling, and identify the five themes of geography as well as make a literature journal with chapter field notes....
National Geographic
National Geographic: Salem Witch Trials
This interactive "Salem Witchcraft Hysteria" is based on the historical facts of the Salem witch trials. Enter if you dare, can you survive the Salem Witch Trials?
Library of Congress
Loc: Today in History: October 28: Gilbert H. Grosvenor & Volstead Act
Find a treasure trove of links in the Library of Congress to music, speeches, photographs, and other information about Gilbert H. Grosvenor, the editor of National Geographic Magazine, and about temperance, prohibition, and the eventual...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Sylvia Earle, ph.d.
Site provides biographical information on scientist, Earle, Earle. This article talks about her childhood, education, and work "in the forefront of deep ocean exploration."
National Geographic
National Geographic: Encyclopedia: Core
Understand the characteristics and features of Earth's core from this detailed article. Includes high-quality illustrations, a downloadable poster, a video, and links to other resources.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Encyclopedia: Mantle
An in-depth look at the structure and composition of Earth's mantle, with lots of visuals. Covers lithosphere, Mohorovicic discontinuity, asthenosphere, transition zone, lower mantle, the d double-prime region, mantle convection, mantle...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Cultural Diversity in the United States
Students learn about several different metaphors that have been used to describe cultural diversity in the United States. Then they choose a metaphor that represents today's diverse cultural landscape. Background information, directions,...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Plate Tectonics
A short tutorial on plate tectonics. Includes a video, background reading, three questions, fast facts, and a vocabulary list. Discusses the publication of the Tharp-Heezen map of the seafloor in 1977 which paved the way for a much...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Visualizing Watershed Health
Using data visualizations that show dissolved oxygen levels, students analyze the health of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. They will also learn about dead zones, which are aquatic areas where there is insufficient oxygen to support life....
National Geographic
National Geographic: Evaluating Other Energy Sources
A comprehensive lesson where students examine the different costs and benefits associated with renewable and nonrenewable sources of electricity. Includes a 22-question interactive module where they look at real-world data and images...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Human Impacts on the Environment
Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water. These...
National Geographic
National Geographic: American Genius: Perseverance
Students investigate the importance of failure to the process of innovation by investigating several items that were invented by accident. They share one "failure to success" story by creating a 3-panel comic strip poster, and then write...
National Geographic
National Geographic: The Politics of Place Naming
Learners use an online geographic information system (GIS) to uncover the geographic and social context of streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr. They map street locations to identify regional patterns in honoring King, consider...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Alexander Graham Bell
This biography is a great resource for information on Alexander Graham Bell. Includes links for additional information also.
Other
Unmuseum: Virtual Exploration Society: Matthew Henson
Read the exciting account of Matthew Henson's explorations of the Arctic region and his assault on the North Pole.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Landscape
A landscape is part of the Earths surface that can be viewed at one time from one place. It consists of the geographic features that mark, or are characteristic of, a particular area. This resource examines different ways types of...
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Alexander Graham Bell: Telephone
Biographical information and a photograph of Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.