A comprehensive look at energy ranging from types of energy to the exploration of electricity. Learning puzzles and games are included.

Text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first Inaugural address. In this speech, he outlines the world crisis facing the country in 1933. He also outlines the aims of government programs and his primary goal, which was to relieve unemployment by putting Americans back to work. He also addresses foreign policy and preparations of the military to protect Americans at home. His famous quote, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself" can be found in the first part of the speech.

This resource provides information about the Pacific Northwest and the cultures of people who inhabited the area.

In this activity, students fit a linear least-square regression line to population data. They explore various functions to model the given data.

"Dooley Takes the Fall", a mystery novel by Canadian author Norah McClintock for grade nine and up, is about a boy who has made some mistakes in the past. He becomes a suspect after he witnesses a boy jumping off a bridge and has to prove his innocence to clear his name. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries with accompanying discussion questions and novel activities, and cross-curricular connections. Also included are blackline masters and an interview with the author.

Contains plans for a vocabulary lesson that uses an activity called Flip-a-Chip to teach about affixes. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lesson as well as assessment and reflection activities.

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, scientists investigate how farming along the Mississippi River impacts floods and what can be done about it.

Though nursing is what Florence Nightingale is remembered for, this page concentrates on her love of mathematics and the contribution her use of statistics made to her work in improving hospital conditions, first for soldiers in the Crimean War and later in London and around the world.

A book about a hot air balloon festival. Includes audio narration in 15 additional languages with text in English.

In this lesson plan, younger students wrap up a bird unit by making a bird mobile and then write facts on their display.

This superb site has detailed information about the composition of the atmosphere, how it is always changing, how it protects life on earth, and the destructive impact human activity has on it. There is an atmosphere design lab, as well as sections on atmospheric researchers and teacher resources.

This media-rich essay from NOVA Online describes the challenges of forecasting volcanic eruptions and includes information about specific cases.

This interdisciplinary site explores the relationships between Dickinson and her editor Higginson, and that between Whitman and Ralph W. Emerson. Includes ideas for investigations, a bibliography and many primary sources.

This video segment from NOVA: "The Killer's Trail" investigates the potential for DNA evidence to solve murder cases, even those from the distant past.

Video and images that provide an overview of the genocide that occurred in Armenia during World War I. Images of the atrocities that took place are shown in detail.

What are the foundations for reading? Come and explore this informative article to discover the answer to this question.

The University of Chicago provides thousands of primary source documents concerning the diverse contents of the Constitution. Documents underlying the proposed Constitution, as well as documents of the time debating the proposed Constitution are available and sorted by the major themes of the Constitution. Links to each part of the text of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are also available.

A list of links to texts of original documents written by participants in the Constitutional Conventions, relating to their attempts to create an acceptable national constitution. Organized in chronological order.

Primary source documents (letters) concerning the need for a central government written by Madison, Hamilton, Jay, and others.

The original text of a 1787 article in which James Madison discusses the failures of the Articles of Confederation. An interesting look at the problems with the states and with foreign countries.