Investigating a waterwheel illustrates to middle schoolers the physical properties of energy. They learn that the concept of work, force acting over a distance, differs from power, which is defined as force acting over a distance over...

Students collaboratively create an illustrated story as a team by using Google Presentation.

Young scholars will analyze historical records of the House and Senate to understand the sequence of steps in the legislative process. The students will work collaboratively to study documents and identify the step in the process that...

This profile of the book and magazine illustrator Robert Lawson features a biography and many examples of his work.

This task provides a good opportunity for group work and class discussions where young scholars generate and compare equivalent expressions. In class discussion, students should be asked to connect the terms of an expression with...

In this task, a student has learned the SSS and SAS congruence tests for triangles and wonders if these tests might work for parallelograms. Aligns with G-CO.C.11 and G-SRT.B.5

This activity will test how quickly students can count objects. The teacher will assemble a variety of groups of objects in a few different forms (examples included). Students will race against the clock to sort the groups of objects...

Students will work in pairs and measure each other using Unifix cubes. They will record their measurements on a worksheet which is included. Detailed instructions are provided.

This task looks at a possible relationship between the weight of an animal's body and the weight of its brain. Students make a scatter plot of data, look for outliers, make a second scatter plot without the outliers, and describe the...

Eighth graders work with slopes and similar triangles in this problem and will learn why the calculated slope will be the same for any two points on a given line. Aligns with 8.EE.B.6.

In this task where two saltwater solutions are compared, 8th graders must find equivalent ratios, write an equation that works for both solutions, draw the equation's graph, and interpret the slope as a unit rate. Aligns with 8.EE.B.5.

In this task, we are told that two triangles share two sets of congruent sides and one pair of congruent angles and that these two triangles must be congruent based on the reasoning given. Learners are asked to analyze this reasoning to...

Learn about the career of illustrator and artist Kadir Nelson, whose work has been featured in films, children's books and major museums.

Illustrated entry summarizes the Anatolian Shepherd Dog while offering statistics and details on the breed's temperament and value as a pet.

Illustrated entry summarizes the temperament of the Black Russian Terrier while providing statistics and details on the breed's value as a pet. .

A comprehensive look at some of the works of Arnold Lobel and their significance in children's literature. Also contains summaries for many of Lobel's books and links to other Lobel sites.

Use this illustrated guide to understand the definition of energy. Includes some facinating quotes from famous physicists.

This detailed and illustrated overview of the life and work of the Swiss psychologist-psychiatrist Carl Jung discusses his background, how he developed his theories, the influence of Freud, and how his works influence psychiatry today.

This is a project that illustrates the process of natural selection in action. You'll need access to a laboratory for working with the bacterial cultures used in this project.

Read an illustrated transcript of Milton Glaser's keynote address to a symposium on propaganda held in 2008, in which he muses on the purpose of art. Glaser, a celebrated graphic designer whose work is represented in major museums around...

This guide to the animals at the Forest Park Zoo was created by 1st grade students at the Alice B. Beal Magnet School in Springfield, Massachusetts, and was part of a Learning expedition on animals. Students, through fieldwork...

This field guide was a cross curricular project created by 7th grade students in Portland, Maine. Students engaged in multiple fieldwork visits to the Deering Park (across the street), during which they observed trees, recording with...

What is a laser? Illustrated discussion of lasers includes how they work and how they are used.

Illustrated article discusses Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, and how the cotton gin works.