After reviewing samples of photography that send messages to views, students will consider something in their own lives that could be captured by art and used to illustrate a meaningful message.

Based on a scenario given, students will work to nominate an insect mascot for the school or the community for an upcoming event. Students will conduct research through resources provided or their own, create a presentation, and vote for...

Students research the reconstruction efforts of the United States in Iraq and determine at least one positive result of the initiative. Upon completion of research, students will write to their legislators about what should be done next.

After looking over several articles and reports about lead in the environment being toxic, students will write persuasive letters to various government officials to tell them how they feel about what the government is currently doing...

Maintain a healthy diet to maintain a healthy weight. Students will track their meals for a week, entering the food and caloric intake. After collecting the data and reviewing the spreadsheet, lead students in discussions of the results.

With a brief story and photo of an image, students will do some digging to figure out how old the object pictured is and the history behind it.

This tutorial site for NetPBL (Networked Project-Based Learning) offers guidance for developing collaborative learning.

Examine efforts of national, state, and local governments to protect birds in their natural habitats.

Concussions and head injuries are the buzz in sports today. Address concussion and head injuries in the classroom and provide students resources to research and report on findings.

Understand how local county government works in Pennsylvania.

Investigate the history of selecting the first Tuesday after the first Monday to hold Election Day. Based upon research, decide whether that is a good date to hold elections or if there is a better alternative.

What is the status of the bald eagle in your state? Investigate the population of the once endangered national bird in the states. Understand why birds of prey are protected in the United States.

Guidelines to create a homemade Jeopardy! game focused on environmental issues.

Teachers have the opportunity to guide students of ways to develop or expand community and school projects through a series of informative and explorative lessons.

Through research of community water assessment and reports, students will make a video presentation of the local water resources.

Dig into the role media has on public opinion by discussing questions raised and reviewing resources provided with this lesson.

Who should pay for politicians traveling before it violates ethical codes of abuse of power? Legislators and their staff were offered and accepted millions of dollars worth of free trips. This activity explores the ethics of our...

Look over resources with car accident reports, highway safety data, etc. Students will evaluate a local issue of road safety and build a report based on the researched data.

The city of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Central Pennsylvania Conservancy are deciding who should own a small island in the Susquehanna River, deeded to the city by it's original inhabitant, James McCormick, in 1912 under the conditions...