What causes the circulation of ocean waters that are too deep to be affected by wind? Find out how salinity and temperature drive the deep sea currents. This resource has several videos and an online quiz.
Contains plans for three lessons that teach students to express and perform responses to reading. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.
Defenders of Wildlife provides information and interactive media to teach students about planet Earth and its' inhabitants. Students can research endangered species (over 50 listed here), learn how to defend and protect the environment, see how the web of life works and other engaging activities.
Assess understanding of sets by matching each set notation with its corresponding set.
Contains plans for lessons that ask students to write journal entries about texts they have read by responding to open-ended questions. The book "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Richard Atwater is used as an example. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.
In this visualization adapted from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, discover the role that dengue viral proteins play in a human cell as the virus prepares to replicate.
Essay describing the attempts of Salmon Chase, the Supreme Court Chief Justice, to ensure that President Andrew Johnson received fair treatment at his impeachment trial in 1868.
A digital page-by-page walk through an illuminated Middle Age Book of Hours.
Students explore the relationship between two quantitative variables in bivariate data using various x-y plots. They compare the relationships for several categories on the same plot. Students calculate the correlation coefficient to measure the strength and direction of the linear relationship that might exist between two variables.
Students analyze the distribution of categorical data. They calculate percents and visually compare the data sets with a bar chart.
Students categorize data using tables and bar charts. They also determine relative frequencies.
Students sort data and display it graphically using various plots. They also get familiarized with statistical concepts like measures of spread and central tendency.
Different techniques for writing detailed descriptions of an object are found on this page.
A 1967 federal court order resulted in this document, which mandated school desegregation in Birmingham.
Learn about the plants and animals that live in the desert. Book includes audio narration in 8 additional languages with text in English.
Students will learn about the unique kettle invented by designer Philippe Starck. He designed the Hot Bertaa kettle to be different from everything else available. There was no lid to pour the water in, no handle, and no way of plugging the kettle in. So, how did it work? Watch the video about the Hot Bertaa kettle and learn why it might be an impractical but eye-catching design. Afterward, students will pick an ordinary object in their own kitchen and redesign it in the style of Philippe Starck. Includes downloadable PDF lesson plan. [3:17]
A description of the design patterns that are common in software engineering.
Students learn to use pattern blocks to build a two dimensional design, and use the calculator to determine the value of the design.
In this two-part activity, students design and build a Rube Goldberg machine. The open ended problem uses the engineering design process and can have a preset purpose, such as rolling a marble into a cup from a distance, or can be left for the students to decide.
In these questions, students are asked to find the determinant and the inverse of four 2 x 2 matrices. These multiple choice questions have solutions provided.