Part of the National Air and Space Museum's online exhibition about Exploring Planets, this describes and gives visuals of telescopes, probes and fly-by aircrafts, orbiters, and landers as current methods for earth and airborne...

AP U.S. History learning module explores the encounter and interactions between European explorers and Native populations in America. Complete set of resources, interactive material, assignments and assessment.

A collection of simple experiments for exploring the basic properties of light and color.

A learning module that begins with Michel Martin's interview "UN Explores Native American Rights in U.S." accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...

Use fraction strips to explore equivalent fractions.

Four hands-on activities and explorations designed to engage children in learning about Mars.

Students learn about the benefits of forming their own savings habits and explore what it looks like to save a percentage of income.

Provides fun ideas for exploring how to transform ice using shapes, light, and color.

A description of Hernando de Soto's explorations, focusing primarily on his expedition in Florida.

Read the exciting account of Matthew Henson's explorations of the Arctic region and his assault on the North Pole.

A collection of circular objects will be used to explore circumference and diameter of circles.

Explore the relationship between pressure and vessel diameter and create a model that represents how elevated blood pressure may affect weakened vessels. Design and critique a repair device.

During this lesson, first-grade students become plant explorers. They explore the Internet and take a nature walk to learn the similarities and differences in plants and leaves.

Explore how attractive packaging sells kids meals at fast food restaurants.

How do scientists collect information from the dark, cold depths of the ocean? Learn how scientists approach the problems of underwater exploration using remote sensing.

Climb aboard this submarine and explore the sea. This site has pictures and information about the oceans, coral reefs, as well as famous explorers of the deep. You can also play interactive games.

Students will be able to explain what is needed to stop an object by completing a simple investigation. Students will experiment with Hot Wheel cars and record their predictions on a recording sheet. Included are videos of the lesson...

Students will be able to determine a way to change the direction of a moving object by conducting a simple experiment. Included in this lesson are videos of the activity in action, a printable recording sheet, pictures of the set-up for...

In this lesson plan, students will use photos, documents, and music from the Library's digital collection. Then they will students investigate rituals and customs of various cultures.

This section of the exhibition gives the history of the discovery and study of space starting with the Greeks and Romans through to the early 1900's.

This tutorial includes interactive activities, videos, and teacher notes for a unit on the water cycle.

The ASVAB Career Exploration Program provides tools developed by the Department of Defense (DoD) to help high school and postsecondary students across the nation learn more about career exploration and planning. Explore personal skills,...

This printable guide is to be used in conjunction with the African Vision web site from the NMAfA. It offers six different activites to try on your own including connections between art and science as well as some games.

This lesson engages students in making observations about different features of light. Students will circulate in different light stations, reflect on what they have observed, and then write about what they learned.