In this activity, language and movement unite. There are two teachers who will read a command, once in Mandarin and once in English. The young scholars listen to both languages and then perform what the command is.

Read playing cards so the suit determines the type of physical activity, and the face value determines the number of repetitions.

Moving materials across the cell membrane sometimes requires energy, called active transport. This tutorial covers both primary and secondary active transport with good clear animations.

This outstanding website provides an excellent variety of hands-on earthquake activities to help you understand what causes earthquakes.

Students compare and contrast passive and active transport by playing a game to model this phenomenon. Movement through cell membranes is also modeled, as well as the structure and movement typical of the fluid mosaic model of the cell...

This lesson takes a closer look at one of key activists in the women's, workers' and immigrants' rights movement in the 20th century.

Remembrances of Civil Rights Movement workers who were active in the 1960s and '70s. Excellent site to gauge the impact of the movement on the workers themselves. Information about the Movement with eyewitness stories, poetry,...

A document on native people's movements can be downloaded here. It contains a National Alliance for Red Power (NARP) newsletter from June/July 1969, that was published in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is followed by materials from...

The San Andrea is an active fault zone, marked by frequent earthquake activity. The crust southwest of this strike-slip fault (including Los Angeles) is sliding to the northwest relative to the other side. It is possible to estimate the...

Provides an overview and basic introduction to the civil rights movement of African Americans.

Learn about the emergence of the American Indian Movement, the gay rights movement, and second-wave feminism.

Learn about the Albany Movement through this gem of a website, including a brief video [1:43], an overview of the movement itself, and links to lesson activities and vocabulary.

Students will raise questions about the way tops move by observing, through exploration/inquiry time, what they are made of, how the shape of each top affects its movement and what surface is best for a top to spin longest. As they...

Learn about the life and political activism of Helen Keller, one of the 20th century's human rights pioneers, in the AMERICAN MASTERS documentary Becoming Helen Keller. Utilizing video, discussion questions, teaching tips, and a...

Use this activity to figure out where the first humans lived. This activity requires students to read clues and use their understanding of the clues to create a map to give them a visual representation of early humans movements.

Students investigate the movement of different materials across the cell membrane of a raw egg once the egg shell has been dissolved in vinegar.

It's important to be aware of nonverbal communication, so we can avoid sending and receiving unintentional messages through our expressions and body movements. These exercises are designed to help you understand how much information we...

This resource features an academic paper on the social movement theory.

A good look at the student activism of the Students for a Democratic Society and the philosophy behind this organization.

A report on the role of Muslim women who are becoming more involved in political activities. This could lead to a Islamic movement for women's rights. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]

Who needs physical activity? How can it help? Find out here with this introduction to physical activity from the CDC.

A science experiment to observe how materials decompose over time, By recording the smell, appearance, and movement of materials over three weeks, students will be able to make conclusions about their decompositions. Students will also...

Students work as engineers to learn about the properties of molecules and how they move in 3D space through the use of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics. They design and build molecular models and use different robotic sensors to control the...

This activity helps students understand how a LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robot moves using motors and wheels. Then students relate the concepts of decision-making actuation and motion in humans to their parallels in mechanized robots, and...