CK-12 Foundation
Graphs for Discrete and for Continuous Data: Discrete vs. Continuous Data
Not all data is the same. Using the interactive, pupils compare data represented in two different ways. The learners develop an understanding of the difference between discrete and continuous data and the different ways to represent each...
CK-12 Foundation
Parallelogram Proofs: Quadrilaterals that are Parallelograms
What conditions must be met for a quadrilateral to be a parallelogram? A slider interactive allows individuals to move the vertices of a quadrilateral. They answer questions that prove whether a given quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
CK-12 Foundation
Identify Line Types: Identify Types of Lines
If lines aren't parallel or perpendicular, then what are they? An interactive lets users rotate a line to change its orientation
with respect to another line. It then indicates whether the
lines are parallel, perpendicular, or...
CK-12 Foundation
The Real Numbers: Surjections, Injections and Bijections
Inject a great interactive into your lesson plans. Scholars learn about injections, surjections, and bijections of sets. They use an interactive that shows an example for each of these relationships between sets.
CK-12 Foundation
Chemical Bonds: Covalent and Ionic Bonding
Get back to bonding basics. Science scholars get a chance to show what they know using a simple interactive. Pupils create models of covalent and ionic bonds before answering questions about each interaction. The resource includes a...
CK-12 Foundation
Parallel and Skew Lines: Parallel or Not?
There's nothing askew about an informative resource. Pupils adjust one of two lines in an interactive to determine if the lines are parallel or skew. They answer a set of challenge questions about the lines.
CK-12 Foundation
Volume of Pyramids: Fluctuating Height
The height of a pyramid may change, but the usefulness of the interactive will not. Learners drag the apex of a pyramid to change its height. They then answer a set of challenge questions designed to investigate how changing the...
CK-12 Foundation
Absolute Value: Picket Fence Painting
Painting a fence can be useful for more than just making your yard look good. A slider interactive has young mathematicians adjust the number of white fence panels. This activity helps in understanding how absolute value equations...
University of Texas
Spanish Video For Language Learning
This video discusses family relationships at an introductory level. Some English is uttered by the Spanish speaker as well. The video will require Adobe Flash Player in order to play.
PBS
The New West: Interactive Map | A Biography of America
Using this interactive map activity, from A Biography of America, explore how the "New West" evolved during the late 20th century, transforming from the wild, untamed Old Rocky Mountain West into a smaller, more accessible "New West."...
CK-12 Foundation
Vertical Angles: Yo-Yo Eiffel Tower Trick
Yo, yo, learn about vertical angles with a yo-yo. Using an interactive, scholars adjust the position of fingers holding a design from a yo-yo. Answering a set of challenge questions based on the interactive helps clarify understanding of...
CK-12 Foundation
Linear Pairs: Angles and Lines in a Perspective Drawing
Gain some perspective on linear pairs. Aspiring mathematicians adjust the vanishing point on a perspective drawing. They see the effect on linear pairs of angles and answer five challenge questions based on their observations.
CK-12 Foundation
Angle Pairs: Angle Measurements
As one changes, so does the other. Scholars use an interactive to see how changes in the measure of one angle of a complementary or supplementary pair of angles affect the measure of the other angle. They answer a set of challenge...
CK-12 Foundation
Latitude, Longitude, and Direction: Angle from the Equator
Which has the higher IQ, latitude or longitude? Longitude because it has 360 degrees! The interactive introduces the way latitude is measured and why it can never have more than 90 degrees. A handful of challenge questions encourage...
CK-12 Foundation
Modeling: Mathematical, Physical and Conceptual
Scientific models help explain ideas and concepts to non-experts. The online activity covers conceptual, mathematical, and physical models. Through four multiple-choice questions and three discussion questions, scholars gain a deeper...
CK-12 Foundation
Resistor Simulation
Many scholars struggle to picture electrons traveling in a circuit but understand water going through a pipe. The simulation compares circuits to water pipes. It walks pupils through four levels of questions, allowing them to switch...
NOAA
Energy from the Oceans
Can Earth's oceans produce a steady supply of clean energy? Scholars explore the uses of tidal and thermal energy in the 11th installment of a 13-part series about ocean-based alternative energy sources. Learners examine the current...
NOAA
Tides
Sometimes low, sometimes high, but always in motion! Explore Earth's tidal system in the 10th interactive in a series of 13. Engaging life and earth science students alike, the versatile resource demonstrates cause and effect between...
NOAA
Ocean Currents
Go with the flow! The eighth installment in a 13-part series has earth science students dive in to the world's system of ocean currents. The interactive illustrates the different types and depths of currents, how wind and gravity...
NOAA
Water Cycle
Be water wise! Science scholars learn the water cycle on a global scale in part seven of a 13-installment series. The hands-on interactive allows them to explore Earth's water storage, types of precipitation, and the cycling of water...
NOAA
Chemosynthesis and Hydrothermal Vent Life
What's life like in a hydrothermal vent? Find out in part five of a 13-part series. Learners journey to one of the harshest environments on the planet, the hydrothermal vent, to learn about the creatures that survive the extreme...
NOAA
Subduction Zones
Sink into an interactive learning experience about subduction zones! Junior oceanographers examine the earth-shaking and earth-making effects of subduction in the fourth installment in a 13-part series. Hands-on activities include...
NOAA
Mid-Ocean Ridges Interactive
Your class will be on top of their game when it comes to mid-ocean ridges! The second installment in a 13-part series focuses on the 65,000-km underwater ridge system that spans our globe. Junior oceanographers practice placing the...
CK-12 Foundation
Conjectures and Counterexamples: An Extra Slice!
Class members will eat up an enticing interactive that lets users change the location of cuts made into a pizza to adjust the number of created slices. They create a counterexample for a conjecture on the number of slices.