Curated OER
Vocational: Candy or Medicine?
Students investigate methods of differentiating between candy, such as Tic Tacs, and actual pills. When caring for children, they discover the importance of keeping all medications, especially those which look like candy, in a safe...
Curated OER
Teaching Biotechnology With Models
Students are introduced to biotechnology by using models. The teacher uses A Sourcebook of Biotechnology Activities, Rasmussen and Matheson project co directors. One of the activities in the book is: students use a scale models to very...
Curated OER
Brine Shrimp Life Cycle
Second graders investigate the life cycle of the brine shrimp. They use a variety of resources to find the details of each step. Students compare the life cycles of different organisms. They create diagrams of the different stages while...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Create Your Own Time Capsule
By making time capsules, we can decide what message to send to the future about our own lives. If it were discovered years from now, what would the objects say about you and the time you lived in?
Media Smarts
Media Smarts: Lesson: Internet Time Capsule [Pdf]
In this lesson, learners learn about the concept of "time capsules" and then apply the idea by selecting time capsule contents to represent both the time they live in and their own lives and tastes. They then extend this idea to online...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Time Capsule
First graders will learn to compare and contrast changes over time.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera
This collection provides a unique view of American History using items such as posters, business cards, flyers, catalogs, advertisements and leaflets. These items capture experiences from important turning points such as the American...
Library of Congress
Loc: American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Printed Ephemera
This Library of Congress site offers 50 pieces of printed ephemera, documenting more than three centuries of daily life in America and elsewhere. It offers primary documents including broadsides, posters, programs, handbills, menus, and...
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Time Capsule Show What You Know
Students will assemble a time capsule full of tidbits of information they feel would be useful for the next class to study and learn successfully.
The Franklin Institute
The Franklin Institute: Clocks Teaching Time
This site from The Franklin Institute presents a number of activities, games, exhibits, scavenger hunts, resources, links related to clocks and telling time.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Where Am I in Cyberspace?
This activity allows learners to utilize critical thinking skills and Internet research to develop a technology timeline. The timeline will assist students in developing a word processed sample list of items for a time capsule, which can...
Other
D Marie: On This Day in History
A fun site from a scrapbook company that offers headlines for a specific date in time. They currently have data from 1800 through 2002. You can also choose a quick "Time capsule," to unearth prices of common items, people born, academy...
Other
Historic Jamestown: 400 Year Old Well
Archaeologists unearthed a time capsule in the form of a well located in the corner of the Jamestown fort. This article lists some of the artifacts found there.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Comets
Discover interesting facts about comets, an icy time capsule left over from the birth of planets.
Other
Cape Breton Victoria: First Day of School Activities
Are you looking for some creative activities to get to know your students on the first day of class? This site has compiled a list of great activities, icebreakers, and team-building games to get your classes off on the right foot.
Other
Aqua Scope: Male Is Enticed by Smell, Whelk
This site from AquaScope explains how the males are attracted to the females when matting time comes around. Talks about how long it takes the female to produce eggs, and how many eggs are in a capsule.
Curated OER
Photos and Images From Warhol's Collection.
This NPR site gives information on the time capsules that Warhol left. They are now in the Andy Warhol Museum. Every year the museum opens up a box of memorabilia, pictures, birthday cake, and whatever else Warhol felt like leaving behind.
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