Students investigate the effects of air pressure on humans by utilizing the Internet.  In this physical science lesson, students research the Internet to discover altitude sickness and air pressure.  Students prepare against...

In this Boyles' Law worksheet, students answer volume questions given the temperature and pressure of various gasses. In addition to computing the mathematical volume of gas, students provide answers to questions regarding the story...

In this basic word problems learning exercise, 6th graders solve 5 different types of word problems based on information described in each problem. First, they determine the number of books needed to read. Then, students determine the...

In this do/go/play worksheet, students fill in a chart of sports activities specifying when they are played, where or kind of place they are played, the name of the place, and the purpose of the sports. Students fill in sixteen spaces.

Students experience world adventures through the internet. In this technology instructional activity, students use a suggested internet site and explore each expedition. Students can virtually travel such lands as China.

In this idioms learning exercise, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the correct use of idioms with "high" or "tall". Examples: tall tales, high heels, high strung, tall order.

In this "Curious?  Will you be eclipsed?" worksheet, 4th graders answer 4 questions interactively about eclipses, then check answers online.

Fifth graders complete activities with Chapter 9 of the book The Fastest Pig in the West by Randi Hacker. In this literature lesson, 5th graders discuss the concept of saving face and how it affects the main character's decisions....

This worksheet focuses on calculations involving gases. The high schoolers will be solving for the number of molecules, gas pressure, partial pressures, and volumes of different gases.

Students create nets of cylinders. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the surface area of cylinders and other solids. They show their understanding of three-dimensional shapes by solving problems.

Students discover number sense by completing a math worksheet. In this scientific notation lesson, students identify the purpose for writing in scientific notation and practice writing large numbers in scientific notation. Students...

In this measurement instructional activity, students determine how gravity affects your weight and mass on a different planet. Students practice converting measurements to different units. This instructional activity has 12 problems to...

In this geography skills worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer questions featuring famous mountain ranges of the world.

In this continents instructional activity, learners use clues from a song titled "Continents" and match to the correct continent. A link to the song or information for obtaining is not given.

There are 40 history trivia questions and answers.  Students have to cut out the questions and the answers and try to match the correct answer to the question.  The trivia questions are all related to history but from many...

Article reports on the effect an April 2015 Nepalese earthquake had on Mt. Everest.

Learn about the teen girl who is now the youngest climber to reach the summit of Mt. Everest.

The online version of an exhibition created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953. The photographs, maps, and artifacts in the exhibition trace Everest from its early exploration in the...

The companion web site to NOVA programs on Mt. Everest: Lost on Everest, High Exposure: Humans at Altitude, Climb, History and Culture, Earth, Wind, and ice, Previous Expeditions, and Resources.

Climb Mt. Everest with this elevation chart that marks landmarks as you make your way up. Landmarks will give you a description of the site as well as an audio recording from three climbers who made the journey.

To get to the top of the mountain before winter arrives, students must derive an equation that relates the necessary amount of hemoglobin to the partial pressure of oxygen at the current and next camp.

This 29-page PDF article "True Everest: Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer published in September 1996 in Outside Magazine focuses on his experience in climbing Mount Everest and the impact on him after the deaths of his fellow climbers.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Mount Everest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

This photo shows the impressive peak of Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. The image is taken from Rongbuk valley, close to base camp and the Rongbuk glacier. Found on the border of Nepal and Tibet, Mt Everest reaches an...