+
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Penny in Cup: Bernoulli's Principle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A demonstration that will grab students' attention to learn about Bernoulli's principle and Newton's Laws of Motion.
+
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Osmosis Eggs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab activity where students learn the concept of osmosis by observing an egg in different solutions. Included is a procedure for students to follow.
+
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lab Investigation Mixture Separation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An inquiry lab where students try to separate as much as the pure substance they can in a set time period. This lab helps students understand that physical means can be used to take apart a mixture.
+
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Our Big Backyard

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
An activity for students to fine tune their observation skills using their senses in their own backyard. During this activity, students will record their observation to compare and contrast living things over a period of different seasons.
+
Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Personifying Abstractions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about personification and how to use it to when writing about abstract nouns. Finally, students write poems using the nouns they have chosen and personifications they have developed. Teacher and student instructions are...
+
Activity
University of Hawai'i

University of Hawaii: Topics in Calculus

For Students 9th - 10th
Good site on calculus with links to the topics about calculus.
+
Activity
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial offers definitions, examples, and practice problems for looking at various components of terms and for simplifying algebraic expressions.
+
Activity
Royal Society of Chemistry

Royal Society of Chemistry: Experimentation Hub: Measuring Vitamin C in Food

For Students 9th - 10th
A chance to complete an experiment with students around the world! This experiment requires students to test how much vitamin C is in certain foods. Once students receive their results, they post their findings to the page to compare to...
+
Activity
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: What Is a Locus?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site defines what a locus is and offers links to five locus theorems. Walks you through the six "Steps to solving a locus problem."
+
Activity
PBS

Pbs: Global Connections, the Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
View a timeline of Middle Eastern history, explore events through themes, and make connections through the use of big-picture questions such as "What's the appeal of religious militancy?"
+
Activity
British Library

British Library: The Gutenberg Bible

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website from The British Library, one can view high quality digitized images of the Gutenberg Bible. Also includes biographical information on Gutenberg as well as notes on how his Bible was made and interesting details about it.
+
Activity
Vassar College

Vassar College: Multiple Regression

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interactive site allowing the student to input data (one dependent and three independent variables) and then letting the computer calculate the regression between these multiple forces.
+
Activity
Other

Silicon Valley Art Museum: Put Yourself on a Stamp: A Self Portrait Lesson [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Silicon Valley Art Museum presents this printable pdf art activity caled "Put Yourself on a Stamp: A Self-Portrait Lesson", in which you are guided through a creative activity with discussion.
+
Activity
Other

Tinet: Jose Marti

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content; this is a biography of the Cuban poet and national hero, Jose Marti. Inluded are numerous poems by the author.
+
Activity
Other

The World of Beverly Cleary: Teaching Resources

For Teachers 1st - 5th
A comprehensive guide to teaching Beverly Cleary's Ramona books. Includes material available as web pages as well as PDF formats. Also provides the words of Cleary herself when discussing characterization, as well as some unforgettable...
+
Activity
Other

The Multiplier Effect of Local Currency

For Students 9th - 10th
The "multiplier effect" of local currencies refers most specifically to the fact that a given amount of local currency changes hands numerous times in the course of a year. So you can convert the known quantity of the stock of currency...
+
Activity
Other

Vantage Quest: Comparative View of Creative Theories

For Students 9th - 10th
An article comparing creativity theories of psychoanalytic, behavioristic, and humanistic psychology.
+
Activity
Other

Film Education: Film in the Curriculum

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A fantastic resource for educators who use film in their curriculum. Search for your film and find study guides, lesson plans and student activities.
+
Activity
Other

Newton's Method

For Students 9th - 10th
Come to this site to discover how the formula for finding the (n+1) approximation for the root using the equations of tangent lines (Newton's Method). The site also explains when Newton's Method fails.
+
Activity
Other

Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
+
Activity
Other

Illinois State Museum: The American Railway Union

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpt from U.S. Strike Commission Report. Site also provides focus questions at the bottom.
+
Activity
Other

Calvin College: Nazi Propaganda From 1933 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
This site documents Nazi propaganda during the time period 1933-1945. Includes tons of detailed information and links.
+
Activity
McGraw Hill

Glencoe Technology Education: Hurricanes Web Quest

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this WebQuest to find out about hurricanes, how they are created and classified, and how to stay safe in a storm.
+
Activity
University of Oxford (UK)

The History of Scientific Instruments Used in Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
Medieval and Renaissance-era scientific instruments are catalogued and displayed. Find references to the makers of the instruments and the ways the tools were once used.