What is an HEV and how can they help the environment? Follow this WebQuest and you will be able to answer those questions and more.

Read an interview with a former steelworker, who recalls the Great Steel Strike of 1919 when he was a young boy. Find out the ramifications for his family because his father was a union man who supported the strike. An audio of the...

Discusses the emotional abuse of a child, the forms it can take, causes, symptoms to watch for in a child, the impact it has, ways to prevent it happening, and how to get help.

This is a one-page PDF outling a Book of Wisdom project which requires students to write two 300-500 word original fables with all of the characteristics of a fable including a moral or lesson. The second part requires students to find...

Learn about atomic structure and the multiple theories of atomic structure in this simulation.

Explore how a capacitor works! Change the size of the plates and add a dielectric to see how it affects capacitance. Change the voltage and see charges built up on the plates. Shows the electric field in the capacitor. Measure voltage...

Play hockey with electric charges. Place charges on the ice, then hit start to try to get the puck in the goal. View the electric field. Trace the puck's motion. Make the game harder by placing walls in front of the goal. This is a clone...

This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "Desert Gold."

This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "The Heritage of the Desert."

This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "The Light of Western Stars."

This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "Riders Of the Purple Sage."

This site provides the complete etext for O. Henry's story, "The Heart of the West."

Experience the Experimental Gameplay Project at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center.

This site provides the complete etext for Zane Grey's story, "The Call of the Canyon."

The original text of a statement by John Tyler, member of the Virginia Constitutional Ratifying Convention, on his opposition to the new Constitution.

Games and activities help students explore the Ecuadorian Amazon. Learn about the rainforest and the Quichua people who call it home, and experiment with running a community-based ecotourism project along the Rio Napo.

Dreiser's second book, much more popular than his first when published, is available here from Project Gutenberg Australia.

Learn about venomous fish and other animals with the ability to inject venom, such as jellyfish and other venomous invertebrates.

This WebQuest lets you explore Mars through the missions sent there over the years. You can evaluate what you think about the benefits of space exploration.

This lesson plan will help students understand that people have difficulty agreeing on a fair tax because of different values and priorities.

Read about one of the most surprising political defeats in American history. The election of 1948 between President Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey was supposed to be a landslide. Find out about Truman's stand on policies, and read about...

Like many cultures, Haitians pass along knowledge through proverbs and educate through riddles. This page is a collection of 30-35 proverbs, jokes, and -- as well as a tale or two -- and tips on how Haitians tell them.

AP Government and Politics learning module explores the public policy making of six core countries and the factors that influence global and domestic policy.

Noted technology educator Kathy Schrock provides an alphabetical list of qualities to evaluate in judging websites. She provides example websites to look at for each quality. In addition, she gives a list of websites to use when...