Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Dynamic Geometry: Basic Constructions
Students use the Cabri Jr. application to draw triangles and construct perpendicular bisectors on the sides of a triangles. They study the properties of a triangle and understand how the measures of angles of a triangle is always 180...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Geometric Constructions
Learn all about the basic geometric constructions in this test prep lesson. You will explore line segments and points, and understand key terms like the terms parallel and perpendicular. Construction activities and interactive online...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Constructing Triangles
Practice constructing triangles. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Constructing Angles Review
Review constructing angles with a protractor, then try constructing some of your own.
Other
Tutorial World: Basic Reading Worksheets for Grade 5
This is a site for teachers looking for worksheets for fifth-grade English students. Includes vocabulary, grammar, sentence construction, comprehension and revision.
Other
Tutorial World: Basic Reading Worksheets for Grade 2
This site is a listing of a variety of worksheets for second-grade English students. Includes vocabulary, grammar, sentence construction, comprehension, and revision.
Other
E Jnet: The Basics of Landfills
This website answers most questions reguarding landfills. Learn what landfills are and how they are constructed. In addition to providing responses to several simple uestions, this website includes links to several related resources.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Tree of Life I (Basic)
Imagine that a biologist arrived at your big family reunion and had no idea who were sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc., but tried to sort it out by how all of you look. Just based on how you look, would s/he be able to guess whether...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Compass Constructions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides the basic step-by-step guidance for making congruent constructions using a compass and a ruler.
Other
Portland Cement Association: Cement Basics
What is the difference between cement and concrete? How is Portland cement made? What does it mean to "cure" concrete? Find answers to these questions and more on this very informative site.
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas
State Energy Conservation Office: Wind Power Basics [Pdf]
A mini-unit on wind energy. Students first read a passage about wind energy, and respond to comprehension questions. They then do a lab activity where they build and test a windmill to see how design and placement of the windmill affect...
archKIDecture
Arch Ki Decture: Post and Lintel Construction
Using a centuries old dolmen as an example, ArchKIDecture explains the basic principles of post-and-lintel construction.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Map Making Basics
This activity will help learners discover some features as they create a geologic map.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Basic Constructions
This site gives a few tips when using a compass for the optimal drawing techniques.
Other
Bare Bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips
These quick tips will work with almost any search engine. Do the assignments to practice the techniques that are presented.
Technology Student
Technology Student: Equipment and Processes
This site describes and illustrates the basic equipment and processes that are used in construction and manufacturing.
PBS
Pbs: Building Big: Dams
A collection of resources about dams that includes basic facts about dams, challenges faced by dam builders, famous dams from around the world, and a lab that helps you understand different kinds of shapes used to construct dams. Also...
Other
Titanicuniverse.com: Titanic Facts
An informative new resource devoted to the RMS Titanic! Click on any of the main topics for additional details on construction, maiden voyage, sinking of the ship, survivors, artifacts, newspaper articles, videos, and more.
PBS
Pbs: Building Big: Domes
A collection of resources about domes that includes basic facts about domes, challenges faced by dome builders, famous domes from around the world, and a lab that helps you understand different kinds of materials used to construct domes....
NASA
Nasa: Space Shuttle Glider
Assemble a basic scale model of the space shuttle as a hands-on activity. The activity features math-related concepts such as finding the scale of the paper model and the glide ratio of its flight.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Learning Light's Properties
Students learn the basic properties of light--the concepts of light absorption, transmission, reflection and refraction, as well as the behavior of light during interference. Lecture information briefly addresses the electromagnetic...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Algebra I: Exponential Functions From Tables & Graphs
Write exponential functions of the basic form f(x)=a * b squared, either when given a table with two input-output pairs, or when given the graph of the function. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Process: Proofreading
This lesson focuses on proofreading and editing including style, word choice, grammar, typos, tips for proofreading, proofreading strategies, and editing for language and sentence construction. It offers two videos: "5 Worst Typos of...