Students collect data from Internet sources to compare age distributions in their city, county or state with that of other places in the US or other countries. They construct and interpret age-structure population pyramids and research...

Kindergarteners practice showing 1:1 correspondence while incorporating information they learned about a local Native American culture. The objects used for counting are taken from the previous day's Native American lesson. The intention...

Learners chart temperatures in Egypt on spreadsheet to determine how weather conditions affect lifestyles.

Students eat a Korean meal with proper table manners. They compare American table manners to Korean with at least 3 similarities and 3 differences. They write a brief essay and describe, list and demonstrate the proper Korean...

Fifth graders analyze the Mayan culture. In this Mayan culture lesson, 5th graders study the Mayan culture noting similarities and differences between the Mayan culture and their own. Students examine hieroglyphic writing and the Mayan...

Students examine social security and how the process works at different ages.In this retirement lesson students determine how long a retired person has to live to get the same benefits at different ages.

Seventh graders convert fractions and decimals to percents. Using measuring cups, 7th graders model fraction/percent equivalents. They discuss how to change a decimal to a percent. Using the white boards, students review the different...

Students study drag and how it affects a parachute in the sky.  In this parachutes lesson students build models and compare their drag. 

Students design and build a tractor using LEGO materials. They write and draw their designs.

This resource aims to teach the history of computing and the effect of landmark moments in computing history on today's world. Crosses different curriculum areas. Explanations of many of the world's significant computers were provided by...

This site provides a the history of computing devices, software, computer companies and biographies.

Computers are ubiquitous today. Step back in time and meet some of the early inventors of precursors to computers, and of the first computers.

An in-depth lecture and PowerPoint slideshow on the history of computing can be found here. It gives an overview of the advances in science that made desktop computers possible, starting with the invention of counting, to the...

The Great Idea Finder offers a timeline of the history of computers. Each innovation and invention is also click-able for more information.

This narrative from the Wikipedia encyclopedia presents the major developments in the history of computing. It discusses the earliest devices used to perform calculations, the era of modern computing that began during World War II,...

This site contains a Wikipedia description of the history of computing hardware.

This site describes the history of computer innovations beginning with early mechanical devices to the electronic devices of the 20th century.

Jiskha.com offers a general overview of the history of computers and includes a variety of links to specific historical topics.

This companion website for acclaimed PBS series "Triumph of the Nerds" explores the history of the computer, tracing the progression of computing technologies from the abacus to the World Wide Web.

This time line shows the development of computing from Schlckard's 1623 Calculating Clock to the launch of Microsoft Windows 95.

This is a brief biography of Charles Babbage, also known as the "Father of Computing".

Charles Babbage (1791-1871) was a computer pioneer who designed the first automatic computing engine. Trace the history of the many computers he designed and how they worked. View a video [1:39] of Difference Engine No.2, in operation.

A really good scientific piece, adapted from American Institute of Physics. Some biographical information, but mostly on Chadwick's scientific discoveries, particularly the neutron.