This easy-to-read article explains this creative thinking method and gives suggestions for using it with lessons that are already in use in the classroom. Includes a bibliography.

Two lessons are included here -- one that focuses on the creativity skill itself, and another that applies that skill to a core content area.

Fifth graders will practice answering questions on this worksheet based on the given line plot.

Fifth graders will be given line plots about gummy candies and other topics that they will use to answer questions.

Fifth graders will complete questions on a instructional activity about line plots and will also create a line plot from given information.

Fifth graders will interpret line plot information to answer questions and create a line plot.

Fifth graders will interpret data from a line plot and will create a line plot from given information.

Explains the advantages and disadvantages of installing synthetic versus natural flooring in a home. The emphasis is on the importance of considering the environment and trying to make an environmentally-sustainable choice.

How do trees drink, how do trees breath, what is the structure of a tree? Answer these questions and more.

This article by Marietta and Arthur Ellis describes the history of soap-making. Scroll through to find reference to colonial soap-making history and techniques. [PDF]

We travel with Roy from Inuvik as he travels to visit his cousin in Cambridge Bay on Victoria Island. Along the way we learn about the culture of the Copper Inuit.

Students learn how to construct and interpret line plots. The lesson plan describes an activity that has students collect data, create line plots, and interpret and analyze the data.

An interesting look at the business life of steel magnate Henry Clay Frick and his relationship with Andrew Carnegie. Using correspondence among the Captains of Industry at the time, the intricate and often manipulative business lives of...

For this activity, students conduct an experiment to investigate how difficult it is to clean up an oil spill. There is a comprehensive list of observation questions for students to respond to.

Learn about big numbers with this big number list.

Description of the Natterjack Toad, including how to identify it, and its life cycle. It also provides a video [6:06] of an edition of the Living World with Lionel Kellaway, focussing on the natterjack chorus.

Describes the seven characteristics that define what life is for biological purposes.

Site offers guidelines to writing a definition of Family for the purposes of zoning laws. Gives constitutionally permissible standards.

This resource is the official government health site for the state of New Hampshire. It includes prevention and promotion, environmental health, programs and services, etc.

Nikkei Net is a daily business newspaper published in Tokyo, Japan. Content includes the top national and international news stories of the day, as well as extensive business, economic, and political coverage. (Select "ENGLISH" from the...

The OGA offers information about its organization, members, meetings, and conferences, as well as available grants and lesson plans and learning activities for the classroom.

A recipe for a traditional Irish breakfast.

A recipe for a traditional Irish breakfast.

This resource explores the ways the Internet resembles a small town providing similar services, even though it is a global network.