Go on an exciting journey with Beatrice, Emily and Polina and learn about the bee population, climate change and how to care for wildlife. A wonderful tool for independent reading practice or a perfect read-aloud activity. Useful links...

In this comprehensive interactive tutorial you will learn about cause and effect in disease occurrence.

This is an introduction to a unit on Rationalism, also known as The Age of Reason or Enlightenment, was set during the American Revolutionary period. It focuses on the belief that the power of reason and science would further human...

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

I've been involved in shepherding high school students through the world of Independent Research for nearly two decade. I know firsthand the impact that spending one or two summers working in a scientific institution with a real...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In all of Mendel's experiments, he worked with traits where a single gene controlled the trait. Each also had one allele that was always dominant over the recessive...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson in which students use the book Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy by Jane Yolen to learn about the characteristics that define science fiction. Lesson includes direct teaching, guided...

A 4-minute video showing a teacher explaining what Universal Design for Learning looks like in the context of her Grade 8 Science classroom. She discusses how it is promoting independence with students. The interviewer talks with some...

This is a WebQuest that is designed to introduce students to plant science. Activities enhance student's math, science, language arts, social studies, music and art. There are many options in this program. Choose any or all of the...

This lesson is designed to review and reinforce three methods (graphing, substitution and elimination) of solving systems of linear equations. The students will work together and independently to find the solutions to systems of...