Students explore their own culture and identity through the study of literature and artwork of other cultures. Students read and discuss Last of the Breed and identify cultural values. They create a presentation that incorporates their...

Sixth graders create examples of expressionistic paintings using pastels, black paper, and chalk in this 6th grade Art lesson. Emphasis is on creating an emotion for the painting using simple lines and large shapes and cooperative...

Students explore political advertising. They discuss what informed voters should know about upcoming elections and identify the four main types of ads and view a video to identify the types of ads. Evaluating the ads, they identify...

Pupils practice cartography using GIS technology. They create a map of Austin using GIS and aerial photos.

Students chose a novel which includes social criticism to read. After reading the book, they use the internet to research the issue in the novel and work with others to develop a presentation. In their presentation, they identify the...

In this telescopes worksheet, learners will read information about the differences between the early telescopes and the modern telescopes. Then students will complete 2 short answer questions.

In this radiation worksheet, students review the different types of radiation waves that come from space and the different telescopes used to detect this radiation. This worksheet has 17 true or false questions.

Pupils study the four main directions on a map. In this map lesson, students locate the North and South pole, and learn the four cardinal directions. They use the compass rose on a map to help with the directions. (Map is not included...

Fifth graders explore the concept of percents. In this percent lesson, 5th graders express fractions and decimals as percents. Students convert fractions and decimals as percents in this lecture style lesson.

Middle schoolers examine the life of renowned African American scientists. In this science literacy lesson, students explore a website containing profiles and achievements of past and present African American scientists. They prepare a...

In this English worksheet, students read "Israel And Hamas Reject Amnesty Report," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

In this English worksheet, students read "International Conference on Islam Openers," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Students pass around and distort messages written on index cards to learn how we use signals from GPS occultations to study the atmosphere. The cards represent information sent from GPS satellites being distorted as they pass through...

If the speed of light remains a constant then time and distance change. Oh, it can be confusing! This text will help clear up the confusion. Discussion questions should serve to reinforce comprehension.and exercises

After Rome was destroyed, people were wary of attachment to physical beauty. As Christianity gained traction, Romans instead began to focus on the metaphysical beauty of virtue, and art began to follow suit. James Earle discusses how...

Investigate how scientists study the mirror self-recognition of orangutans. Perform an experiment to see how sense of self can become distorted when a reflection doesn't match the sense of body position and movement.

Lenses make a distorted image on the back of a camera, especially at the edge. A revolutionary camera eliminates distortion with a curved light detector.

The Mercator projection is the map everyone is most familiar with, however, this map gives a distorted view of our world. Find out why and compare other map projections. Have fun clicking on the maps and changing the projections to see...

As a part of the research and revise step of the Legacy Cycle, this lesson plan provides students with information they will need later on to be able to average pixels to simulate blurring in the peripheral plane of vision. Students...

Guardian correspondent, John Kampfner, discusses what really happened during the rescue of Jessica Lynch and the distortion of the story by the media. (15 May 2003)

A collection of quotations that have been mistakenly attributed to George Washington. Some have been done intentionally, some have been distorted, and some have been by mistake.

This page provides an index to Freud's papers on the Interpretation of Dreams. Original full text, simply select the chapter or topic.

Definitions of the basic concepts in statistics. Great for review and discussion or for introduction into topics.

Learn more about black holes and neutron stars. View the MPEG video of a virtual trip into a black hole.