University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Seven Sticks
On this one page website sharpen your logic, triangle properties, and pattern recognition skills while working on this challenge. The solution is available to double check your solution.
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Thinking Fountain: Noodle
In this lesson design and build a structure out of spaghetti and mini marshmallows.
PBS
Pbs the West: The Pacific Railway Act: July 1, 1862
The critically acclaimed PBS series, "The West," provides the text of the actual Pacific Railway Act, designed to aid in the construction of a Railroad and Telegraph Line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean.
Other
West Virginia University Ext.: Fencing for Deer [Pdf]
The critical points in constructing a high tensile fence. Including what to look for, what to do and what not to do.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Where Has All the Water Gone?
Students learn about the Earth's water cycle, especially about evaporation. Once a dam is constructed, its reservoir becomes a part of the region's natural hydrologic cycle by receiving precipitation, storing runoff water and evaporating...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Simple Machines
Through a five-lesson series with five hands-on activities, students are introduced to six simple machines - inclined plane, wedge, screw, lever, pulley, wheel-and-axle - as well as compound machines, which are combinations of two or...
British Council
British Council: Essays: Structure 2
This website provides tips to writing which develops an argument. When writing an essay, show that the writer can construct a coherent argument and employ critical thinking skills, as well as support an argument with evidence.
Library of Congress
Loc: Photo Analysis Presenting the Statue of Liberty
The ability to examine a primary source is a gateway to building critical thinking skills and constructing knowledge. This lesson provides the students an opportunity to observe similarities and differences between 2 visual images,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Journey to the Afterlife
In groups of four, have students design an Egyptian funerary barge to transport the mummy through the underworld to the afterlife. The design of the boat is extremely critical in order for the mummy to have a chance to reach and enter...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Why Do Scientists Think That Light and Sound Are Waves?
Light travels as transverse waves and can travel through a vacuum. Sound travels as longitudinal waves and needs to travel through a solid, liquid or gas. Read about the properties of light and of sound, and learn the differences between...