Students examine the role of signal corps during the Civil War and explore the technique of 'wigwag.' In this Civil War activity, students discuss the way they communicate long distance today, they research how a civil war soldier...

Students explore patterns and identify, extend, and translate color patterns. They discuss the origin and function of Kente cloth from Ghana, and discuss the patterns they see in students' clothing. Students color in a variety of...

Students measure angles using a plane table kit. In this geometry lesson, students use trigonometric identities to find the values of the length of a football field.

Students discover how to use a compass and how to use that knowledge in the field while applying orienteering and mathematical skills.

Eighth graders discover how the change in the dimensions of a shape cause a change in the overall area of the shape, but the perimeter stay the same. They, in groups, go out to the playground and construct large areas using stakes and rope.