A description of a lesson where students first listen to a story where they begin to think about and discuss the impact humans and natural disasters have on the environment. They then play a board game. This requires preparation...

Use this activity to figure out where the first humans lived. This activity requires students to read clues and use their understanding of the clues to create a map to give them a visual representation of early humans movements.

This activity provides you with an opportunity to start thinking about the impact that farming can have on the way humans live and relate to each other. It will also allow you to think about the kinds of questions archaeologists and...

Media-rich site that explores North America. The first part of this workshop focuses on the general human behavior in urban settings looking for and interpreting those patterns. The second portion draws attention to urban issues such as...

A five-question quiz on early humans, with reference to the Blombos and Border Caves in South Africa.

Understand the diet of our foraging ancestors through this exercise. At the end of this exercise, students will be able to compare our diet to our ancestors.

This site features photos and artifacts from the life of one of the most dynamic and controversial First Ladies in U.S. history, as well as a virtual tour of her home.

Known for his human rights activism and his struggle with Soviet Jewry, Natan Sharansky's life is in preview here. After being imprisoned by the Soviets for being a spy for the CIA, Sharansky was released and thereby emigrated to...

Form claims to prepare for a discussion about the lessons Grant and Jefferson have learned about humanity in the first seven chapters.

A lab activity that takes place over a few weeks, where students first determine the pH of different solutions, then choose three that are acidic. They set up petri dishes with radish seeds and hydrate them with the different solutions...

Prior to reaching households, water is exposed to a variety of treatments designed to render it fit for human consumption and use. One of the first treatment steps is the removal of suspended solids using chemical additives called...

Students further their understanding of the salmon life cycle and the human structures and actions that aid in the migration of fish around hydroelectric dams by playing an animated PowerPoint game involving a fish that must climb a fish...

In a series of five interactive science games, students first study labeled diagrams to learn the names of the Earth's layers, of a flower's parts, of a fish's anatomy, of the human respiratory system, and of layers of the atmosphere....

Two lessons and their associated activities explore cellular respiration and population growth in yeasts. Yeast cells are readily obtained and behave predictably, so they are very appropriate to use in middle school classrooms. In the...

Through this activity and its associated activity, young scholars explore the role of biomedical engineers working for pharmaceutical companies. First, students gain background knowledge about what biomedical engineers do, how to become...