TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Crash! Bang!
Students learn about the physical force of linear momentum - movement in a straight line - by investigating collisions. They learn an equation that engineers use to describe momentum. Students also investigate the psychological...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Prehistoric Connection
This lesson plan is an adaptation of Activity 92 from Project Learning Tree. Learners will research the four prehistoric time periods and compare and contrast them with their lives. By doing this, they will recognize the difference...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Modern Syrians
Outdoor costume of modern Syrian Men. - Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Modern Syrians
Outdoor costume of modern Syrian Men. - Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893
Other
C.a.s.t.l.e. Technology: Student Page: Compare and Contrast
A lesson plan requiring students to work in groups to create a modern version of a popular nursery rhyme and then compare and contrast the original version with the one they have created.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Invention of the Week: Cyrus Mc Cormick
Called the "Father of Modern Agriculture," Cyrus McCormick invented the mechanical reaper, which turned the prairies of the Midwest into "the 'breadbasket' of the nation." This article, in addition to telling about the creation of the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Career Plans
The project will consist of Internet research and Modern Language Association (MLA) style reports created in Microsoft Word. Each student will create their own report. This project will give learners an opportunity to increase their...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Weather Forecasting
Students begin this lesson by considering how weather forecasting plays an important part in their daily lives. They learn about the history of weather forecasting -from old weather proverbs to modern forecasting equipment - and how...
PBS
Pbs: Rough Science: Island General Store
PBS site asks users to imagine that they are stranded on a tropical island far away from any modern day conveniences. Provides experiments for users to learn how to make candles, glue, insect repellent and toothpaste.
Other
Mr. Pitonyak's Pyramid Puzzle
Students estimate the cost of building an Egyptian pyramid with modern materials and ancient building methods in this math project.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Batteries With Built in Fire Extinguisher Answer to Exploding Devices
Discover the science and dangers behind exploding betteries in modern tech devices.
Other
National Association of Manufacturers: Home Page
This site is the home page of the National Association of Manufacturers and is a great starting point to learn more about modern manufacturing.
Other
Musarium: Body Parts
A photo essay of the hardware behind prosthetic body parts made of modern, artificial materials.
New York Times
New York Times: 32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow
If you don't know that the incandescent light was a failure before it was a success, it's easy to write off some modern energy innovations like solar panels because they haven't hit the big time fast enough. Worse, the fairy-tale view of...
Science Museum, London
Making the Modern World: War, Literature, and Technology
This is a content-rich interactive site which guides you through the literature of war. Access the history of war literature to take you to a timeline, study authors' writings about war, learn about metaphorical language, and put into...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Kids Work! History of Medicine
A brief history of medicine told in five snapshots of time: ancient times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the early modern period (eighteenth and nineteenth centuries), and modern times.
Other
Open University: Design in a Nutshell
Learn about the history of design, particularly the gothic revival, then take an interactive quiz to decide your design "alter ego," where you will choose between gothic, Bauhaus, modern and postmodern schools of design. [1:49]
BBC
Bbc: Build an Arch Animation
How were the enormous cathedrals built in the middle ages with no modern technology? Watch this interactive source to find out and then play a game where you become the builder.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Physics I: Classical Mechanics
A collection of video lectures from a classic mechanics course taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course teaches modern physics, thermal physics, fluid mechanics, solids mechanics, celestial mechanics, momentum,...
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,...
Other
African American Inventors Who've Changed Your Life (Pdf) [Pdf]
Integrated lesson plan focusing on the contributions that African American inventors have made to modern society. Includes rationale, day by day plan, links, and other information.
Other
A Brief History of Computers and Networks
Provides historical information on computers and networks, from the beginning of mechanical calculators in the 1640's to modern times.
Other
Hill Air Force Base: Fact Sheets: William "Billy" Mitchell
Read a brief account of the foresight of Brig. Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell (1879-1936), who understood early on that airplanes would play a huge role as a weapon in fighting wars. He is considered the father of the modern air force,...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei (15 February 1564 - 8 January 1642) was a Tuscan (Italian) physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the scientific revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope...
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