Students take an imaginary hike in two opposite directions along a lake. They view and interpret satellite images and discuss the pros and cons of hydroelectric dams.

In this metric activity, students examine conversion factors for length, mass, volume and area. Definitions of prefixes and metric abbreviations are identified.

In this space worksheet, students complete a five question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the American space program.

In this math assessment worksheet, students answer 5 multiple choice geometry questions. The assessment is on the fourth grade level.

In this space science worksheet, learners read facts about the solar system. Students look at the diagram showing the position of the planets. Pluto is included as a planet here.

Learners compare and contrast three different organisms that are considered gelatinous zooplankton. They describe how they fit into marine food webs.

Students identify organisms within the realms of pelagic, benthic and sea ice. They explain how these three interact with each other.

Students examine how climate change is affecting sea ice, vegetation and glaciers in the Arctic region.

Students identify common gelatinous zooplankton in the Canada Basin and their ecological role. They compare and contrast feeding strategies of at least three different types of gelatinous zooplankton.

Students examine the geographical features of the Silk Road and the Tokaido Road in this introductory lesson on Chinese geography. Small group learning is emphasized and encouraged.

Students identify some of the attributes of China and Japan and compare and contrast the way Chinese, Japanese, and American artists represent nature in art. The lesson is for upper-elementary classrooms.

In this comprehension worksheet, students read a web site passage about elephants, then complete a set of 10 true/false questions.

Tenth graders study the metric system.  In this metric lesson students complete a lab activity and several metric worksheets. 

Students learn how to convert between cubed miles and cubed kilometers. Definitions and an example are included in the video lesson.

In this lesson students will explore the use of pictures and maps to represent physical spaces. We will explore the concepts of scale and conversions between pictures, maps and real-world units. Conversions between kilometers and miles,...

This resource allows students to practice converting metric or customary units of length. Students are able to select parameters that include metric or customary units and difficulty level. There are ten problems with instant feedback...

This site allows you to type in an area of measurement you want to be converted. The site converts it for you!

This site allows you to type in various lengths you want to covert. For example, if you want to find out how many feet there are in 10 meters, you can submit that information and get the answer.

In this lesson, 7th graders write algebraic expressions and determine if they have the same answer.

Students teams determine the size of the caverns necessary to house the population of the state of Alabraska from the impending asteroid impact. They measure their classroom to determine area and volume, determine how many people the...

This site, which is provided for by Science Made Simple, allows you to enter an amount into an area conversion calculator.

The problem requires students to not only convert miles to kilometers and gallons to liters but they also have to deal with the added complication of finding the reciprocal at some point. Aligns with N-Q.A.1.

Meidum lies about 50 kilometers or 31 miles southwest of Cairo. This site contains several great monuments. These include the Meidum Pyramid that was attributed to King Senefru, as well as some famous tombs such as the tombs of...

Tell El-Amarna was the new capital founded by King Akhenaten. It lies 45 kilometers or 28 miles to the south of Beni-Hassan. Remains of the old capital still exist.