While a terrific idea, this lesson in which learners create a timeline showing the date that a variety of buildings and monuments were built in Ancient Rome, requires resources teachers may not have. It requires the use of a Smartboard,...

Students explore the components that comprise the formation of a budget. Sales brochures advertising apartment furnishings are used to assist students in this task.

Young scholars become familiar with the course requirements and class procedures. They develop a list of ways that the computer has changed modern society and review the Board of Education policies regarding computer and Internet use by...

Third graders discuss light sources and collect data about energy sources. They compare data and create a multiple line graph showing energy used by light sources for each student in the group. They present their graphs and write a...

Students study the history of computers including hardware and software, binary representation of data and examine the beginnings of programming languages. They investigate the development of software and the fundamentals of...

Students simulate the motion of a fly ball with different winds. They use a partner to provide the simulated wind. Students draw a baseball diamond and the field on a piece of paper. They drag the pen across the paper to show the path of...

That slang is the bomb! A simple handout explains to learners what informal language is and when it is appropriate. After reading, have your class write a few sentences using both informal and formal English. They can trade papers...

Students create a search and rescue party. In this geometry instructional activity, students simulate a rescue operation using math. They calculate the time, rate and solve word problems related to the real world.

Students investigate speed, time and distance. In this algebra lesson, students utilize their knowledge of linear equations to solve problems related to time, speed and distance. This assignment is hands on using two toy race cars.

Students use formulas for common geometric shapes in order to solve a real-life, multi-step problem. They calculate material cost based on price/sq. unit.

Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the organization of a pet owner. The job of a pet owner is to be prepared. The lesson is integrated with math as students play the game of attaining pet supply products and they perform...

Students investigate whether rabbits should be considered pests even though they make good pets. They extend this to determine what, when, and where other organisms are considered to be pests, and examine why the concept of a pest is a...

Learners design a "container" for his/her egg to determine whether the egg remain intact when dropped from a predetermined height.

Sixth graders record the weight of themselves and 3 family over a week, and then use that data to compile 2 bar graphs and 4 line graphs and answer a series of questions.

Students review the procedure for determining appropriate types of measurements for given situations and measurement conversions. They figure perimeter, area, and volume of 2 and 3 dimensional objects.

Students create a slideshow of multiplication facts using Keynote. Students create slides with a multiplication fact and a picture representation for the multiplication facts from 2 through 5.

This site has a month-by-month outline of the essential happenings that shaped the personal computer industry from 1947 to the present.

The University of Michigan's Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education offers this site as a learning tool to use handheld computers in the classroom.

If you're in the market for a new device, you may be wondering whether a laptop or a tablet is the right choice for you. In this video, we'll go over some of the basics of what you'll need to know if you're shopping for one or both of...

This site provides a list of uses for your classroom PDAs. If you have the technology, look for new ways to use it.