Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Penny in Cup: Bernoulli's Principle
A demonstration that will grab students' attention to learn about Bernoulli's principle and Newton's Laws of Motion.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Osmosis Eggs
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Lab Investigation Mixture Separation
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Our Big Backyard
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.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Personifying Abstractions
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...
University of Hawai'i
University of Hawaii: Topics in Calculus
Good site on calculus with links to the topics about calculus.
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Simplifying Algebraic Expressions
This tutorial offers definitions, examples, and practice problems for looking at various components of terms and for simplifying algebraic expressions.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: Experimentation Hub: Measuring Vitamin C in Food
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...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: What Is a Locus?
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."
PBS
Pbs: Global Connections, the Middle East
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?"
British Library
British Library: The Gutenberg Bible
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.
Vassar College
Vassar College: Multiple Regression
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.
Other
Silicon Valley Art Museum: Put Yourself on a Stamp: A Self Portrait Lesson [Pdf]
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.
Other
Tinet: Jose Marti
Spanish content; this is a biography of the Cuban poet and national hero, Jose Marti. Inluded are numerous poems by the author.
Other
The World of Beverly Cleary: Teaching Resources
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...
Other
The Multiplier Effect of Local Currency
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...
Other
Vantage Quest: Comparative View of Creative Theories
An article comparing creativity theories of psychoanalytic, behavioristic, and humanistic psychology.
Other
Film Education: Film in the Curriculum
A fantastic resource for educators who use film in their curriculum. Search for your film and find study guides, lesson plans and student activities.
Other
Newton's Method
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.
Other
Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics
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.
Other
Illinois State Museum: The American Railway Union
Excerpt from U.S. Strike Commission Report. Site also provides focus questions at the bottom.
Other
Calvin College: Nazi Propaganda From 1933 1945
This site documents Nazi propaganda during the time period 1933-1945. Includes tons of detailed information and links.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Technology Education: Hurricanes Web Quest
Use this WebQuest to find out about hurricanes, how they are created and classified, and how to stay safe in a storm.
University of Oxford (UK)
The History of Scientific Instruments Used in Europe
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.