Curated OER
A Day in the Life
Students inquire about the politics and culture of Ancient Rome. In this Ancient Rome project/unit, students research life during ancient Roman times and create a newspaper with articles on politics, sports, culture, and economics.
Curated OER
Addition Facts With Sums to 18
Learners explore addition facts with sums to 18. Using Unifix cubes, students demonstrate addition sentences. They use a variety of manipulatives to illustrate addition facts for different sums. Learners participate in a flash card game...
Curated OER
From Future Flight to Past Flight
Students complete a set of CD-ROM's to introduce them to the flight program at NASA. In groups, they research a topic related to flight and put their information on a CD-ROM. To end the lesson, they share their material with other...
Curated OER
Friction Faction
Students create an experiment. In this friction lesson plan, students review the concept of friction and complete a bottle roll activity. Students work in groups to create their own friction experiment.
Curated OER
A Measuring Adventure
Students practice measuring items. In this measurement lesson, students read the book Measuring Penny and create their own system of measurement. Students measure various items in the classroom, using their creative measurement system.
Curated OER
New Breed of Robots Takes War To the Next Level
Students study an article and answer questions. In this exploring robots lesson students read an article on military robots and answer questions.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: An Implementation of Steganography
Students apply the design process to the problem of hiding a message in a digital image using steganographic methods, a PictureEdit Java class, and API (provided as an attachment). They identify the problems and limitations associated...
Other
Kid Citizen: Snap a Photo: Agent of Change
How did photographers help convince Congress to pass child labor laws? This module explores some of Lewis Hine's photographs that exposed children's working conditions and advocated for child labor laws to protect them. In this tutorial,...
Other
Kid Citizen: Congress and Child Labor
Congress is made up of a group of people who work together to improve the quality of lives of citizens throughout the nation. Long ago Congress decided that it was important to pass labor laws to protect children. Why did they think that...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Can You Turn a Frown Into a Smile?
This math challenge activity focuses on the concept of morphing. Test your problem-solving aptitude as you try to morph a frown into a smile.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Looking a Little Spotty
By using digitally manipulated images, test your brain to see how much information is needed for your brain to produce an image.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Tricky Pics
Test your awareness of truth and illusion in visual images by viewing these six tricky photos. This resource demonstrates that you can't always believe what you see. To help you learn how to discriminate between real and fake, the...