Imagine seventh graders developing a school wide plan to promote respect in their school. That's the vision behind the second lesson in the R-E-S-P-E-C-T series. In preparation for designing a school-wide media campaign, class members...

Why to young people act the way they do? Scholars investigate the stages of adolescent development incorporating high school psychology techniques. Using research from the American Psychological Association, they uncover the five areas...

Vision is something that can sometimes be taken for granted until a problem arises. Find out why taking care of your eyes is so important as well as procedure that insure proper eyesight.

Which parts of the body are involved in vision (seeing)? Is light important for vision? In this lesson students make kaleidoscopes to learn that light is essential to vision, and that the brain processes information from the eyes, which...

Try this experiment with a partner to investigate the extent of your peripheral eyesight. Includes video demonstration.

The survival of our ancient ancestors depended on their ability to use peripheral vision to find prey and to avoid predators. Almost everything we do-from riding a bike, to dribbling a basketball, to reading a book-depends on peripheral...

Learners are introduced to the Robotics Peripheral Vision Grand Challenge question. They are asked to write journal responses to the question and brainstorm what information they require to answer the question. Their ideas are shared...

Describes the contributions of scientists over hundreds of years leading to our current understanding of the eye and vision.

In this lesson students explore with movement and creativity to make words come alive! Using sight word flashcards, students use their bodies to spell out simple sight words.

Learning Activity on the divergent views of African American leaders. Students review and compare the competing visions of Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Du Bois. In addition, students choose a contemporary African...

Activity-based resource in which students research, write about, and participate in a panel discussion on Marxism, comparing his vision and historical reality to that of other critical thinkers in world history.

After reading this section of a chapter on "The New Republic," students will be able to describe the competing visions of the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans, identify the protections granted to citizens under the Bill of...

Steps for writing mission, vision, and values statements are provided. Links to other sites are also given.

Read inspiring quotes from famous people about how they opened up their imaginations to a larger vision in order to surpass the limits that society or others may have imposed on them.

From eccentric inventions to fears of invasion; from social degeneration to visions of the apocalypse - these articles research literary depictions of the future and how they reflect contemporary fears of social, technological, and...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sight, or vision, is the ability to see light. It depends on the eyes detecting light and forming images. It also depends on the brain making sense of the images, so...

This is a four-question quiz related to the "Sight (Vision) -- Passage 2."

This article offers a list of words that 8th graders should know by sight and links to several online resources for teachers including Internet4Classrooms, Puzzlemaker, Tools for Educators, and Fun With Words.

This is a six-question quiz related to the passage "Feline Night Vision."

This is a ten-question quiz pertaining to sight.

Understand the nature of human vision.

An indexing page from Georgia State University for a variety of other pages associated with color vision. Pages are filled with meaningful graphics and thorough explanations.

Lesson plan, complete with scenario, for practice in writing a vision statement.

In this activity, students determine their own eyesight and calculate what a good average eyesight value for the class would be. Students learn about technologies to enhance eyesight and how engineers play an important role in the...