Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Never Say Die: Use It or Lose It

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the affect of the aging process on memory, and conduct experiments to test your short-term, or working, memory.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Never Say Die: How to Make a Nose

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate breakthroughs in stem cell research, and explore the structure and function of a DNA molecule. Create a model of a DNA from tagboard.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Never Say Die: Wisdom of the Worms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore scientific research in gene mapping, and discover the way genes regulate aging in people. View actual DNA after isolating it from onion cells.
Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Europa: Espana

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a map of Spain in Spanish, with informational data also presented in Spanish about the country. Land mass, population, life expectancy, literacy, industry, agriculture, minerals, and resources are among the topics...
Interactive
Other

Kqed: The Lowdown: Life Expectancy: Finding Ratio Relationships

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive map, learn how life expectancy, obesity, hypertension, and physical activity rates have changed dramatically throughout the United States over the last three decades.