Learn strategies for solving everyday problems and making thoughtful, well-informed decisions.

Lessons include: (1) What is Critical Thinking?. Learn more about critical thinking and how you can use it in everyday life. (2) Why is it So Hard to Make Decisions?. Making decisions isn't easy. Learn how stress, bias, and other psychological factors can impact the decisions we make every day. (3) Decision-Making Strategies. Learn some simple strategies for making decisions more easily. (4) Using Brain Teasers to Build Critical Thinking Skills. Learn about how brainteasers work and how they can help you improve your critical thinking skills. (5) Navigating Today's Health Crazes. Learn about why health crazes become popular and how you can use critical thinking to determine if they're effective. (6) How Critical Thinking Can Change the Game. Learn how Dick Fosbury used critical thinking to reinvent how we approach the high jump today. (7) Logical Fallacies. Learn about some of the most common logical fallacies.

This video illustrates how a change in the price of one good affects the quantity demanded of another good (complement or substitute).

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Shana is learning about water. Help her discover all the different ways water can provide us with energy.

In this activity, you will encrypt a message for your students or children. The message will divulge the location of one or more hidden treasures. THere are many ways to encrypt messages. this lesson will suggest two, but you are encouraged to get creative and fidn other ways to encrypt the messages you give to your students or children.

In this video segment from Nature, crabs face numerous obstacles in their migration from their forest home to the Caribbean Sea. [4:09]

Demonstrates how to find the cube root of a number that is not a perfect cube. [4:50]

Khan Academy learning modules include a Community space where users can ask questions and seek help from community members. Educators should consult with their Technology administrators to determine the use of Khan Academy learning modules in their classroom. Please review materials from external sites before sharing with students.

The culture of Spain is discussed at this site. Food, drink, nightlife, and fiestas & traditions are talked about.

Provides examples of the Quechua language such as riddles, poetry, short stories and other written forms. Contains a link to photos from the Andes.

Short video from Curious in which Mark Davis is motivated to develop a new, less debilitating treatment for his wife's cancer. [4:49]

The Currency Academy, brought to you by the U.S. Currency Education Program, is created especially for a young audience. Your students will discover how currency is used, observe artistic concepts found in currency, learn about how money works, and compare elements of the natural world to the special features found on currency. This content from Econ Lowdown also features alignment to national Financial Literacy and/or Economics standards.

The Currency Academy, brought to you by the U.S. Currency Education Program, is created especially for a young audience. Your students will discover how currency is used, observe artistic concepts found in currency, learn about how money works, and compare elements of the natural world to the special features found on currency. This content from Econ Lowdown also features alignment to national Financial Literacy and/or Economics standards.

Explains what one-fourth means and what it looks like when a pie is cut into four equal pieces. [1:36]

Khan Academy learning modules include a Community space where users can ask questions and seek help from community members. Educators should consult with their Technology administrators to determine the use of Khan Academy learning modules in their classroom. Please review materials from external sites before sharing with students.

An incredible site! This is an interactive textbook that clearly and concisely covers any topic you can think of under both microeconomics and macroeconomics. Select "Table of Contents" to begin.

This site is a guide to help students analyze visual media. Further research questions included.

If you are a crime scene investigation (CSI) fan, then you will love this site! You get to be the detective by examining the evidence, viewing the crime scene, dusting for fingerprints, interviewing the suspects, and solving the crime.

Cyberchase video in which a man must adjust his dinner budget after his cousin unexpectedly decides to join him on his date. [3:26]

Cyberchase video clip in which Bianca, who is babysitting, must take two girls trick-or-treating on Halloween. Students are asked to determine how the two girls will split their candy equally between the three of them. [3:27]

Bianca visits a bike shop and learns how bicycle gears work in this Cyberchase video segment. [3:26]

Cyberchase video introduces the idea of inverse operations as Bianca imagines herself as a spy. [3:26]