University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Elementary Globe: To Spread or Not to Spread
Students will explore the difference between the three types of contrails. Then they will make observations of contrails outside, record their observations, and then make follow-up observations 15 minutes later to see how the contrails...
George Eastman Museum
Animation: Illusion of Motion
Check out these moving picture devices that came before the cinema. Includes instructions on how to make your own.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: How to Appreciate a Painting
Christine A. Elmore's curriculum unit designed "to facilitate her third-graders' enjoyment of and response to fine art." This unit can be applied to all age groups and provides an extensive background on art in general.
Other
John Hopkins: Researcher Dispels Myth of Dioxins and Water Bottles
This resource provides information about dioxins, water bottles, and their effects on humans.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anglo Saxon Introduction
This lesson is an introduction to the Anglo Saxons and the origins of the English language. It provides a brief history of England and examines elements of Anglo-Saxon society and language that still exist in English literature today. It...
World Health Organization
World Health Organization: Dioxins and Their Effects on Human Health
The World Health Organization answers questions relating to dioxins in our environment. Learn what dioxins are, how they effect our health and what is being done about possible contamination of the food supply.
Media Smarts
Media Smarts: Lesson: Internet Time Capsule [Pdf]
In this lesson, students learn about the concept of "time capsules" and then apply the idea by selecting time capsule contents to represent both the time they live in and their own lives and tastes. They then extend this idea to online...
Character Lab
Character Lab: Expert Practice for Classrooms: Grit
Expert Practice helps you improve your skills no matter what it is you're trying to master. There are three steps you follow in order, and then repeat, repeat, repeat: First, identify a specific sub-skill that incrementally challenges...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Florence Nightingale (In Spanish)
Learn about a woman who became a legend-loved and appreciated by thousands who benefitted from her knowledge, care, skill and persistence. (In Spanish)
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Living Symbol
This lesson plan presents both the real events of Washington's life and the legends that persist about him. Students examine how the legends relate to reality, how they grew, and what effect they have on American culture.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Ddt
Information about the insecticide DDT, a toxic chemical that was used widely in World War II and later, and is still used in some countries today. It has had far-reaching effects on the environment, as it is carried long distances by air...
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Edwin Drake
Dogged persistence led this man to drill -- and drill -- and drill, seeking oil deposits. His success launched an Oil Rush and brought the world a new energy source.
Other
Mission Us: Mission 3: A Cheyenne Odyssey
[Free Registration/Login Required] Online game where players become Little Fox, a Northern Cheyenne boy whose life is changed by the encroachment of white settlers, railroads, and U.S. military expeditions. As buffalo diminish and the...
Other
Zca: History of Zoar Village
A brief description of this Ohio communal society that persisted until 1898.
CNN
Cnn: Anne Frank's Arrest Might Not Have Stemmed From Betrayal
Who betrayed Anne Frank? This mystery has persisted for more than 70 years after police arrested Anne Frank and seven others in the secret annex.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Francisco Hidalgo
Find out about the work and life of Francisco Hidalgo, the most patient and persistent advocate of missions among the Indians of East Texas.
Other
The American Interest: China's Place in u.s. Foreign Policy
China's remarkable aggregation of national power over the past 35 years has been a source of wonderment: to economists, who have been surprised by that country's consistently high rate of growth; to political scientists, who are at a...
Code.org
Code Studio: Computer Science: Course 1
Early readers create computer programs that will help them learn to collaborate with others, develop problem solving skills, and persist through difficult tasks. Their ultimate end task is to create a custom game or story.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Nurdles' Quest for Ocean Domination
Nurdles are the tiny, factory-made pellets that form the raw material for every plastic product that we use, from toys to toothbrushes. And while they look pretty harmless on land, they can really wreak havoc on our oceans. Kim Preshoff...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: The Latin Legacy: Language as a Cultural Marker [Pdf]
In this lesson plan, 6th graders examine to what extent an imported language endures in a place over time. They will look at pages in Latin from the Gutenberg Bible, a Latin version of "The Lord's Prayer," and an English version of the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: After the Civil War: The New South
After the Civil War, there was some impetus to modernize the South's economy to make it more industrialized and less agrarian. It never gained traction while sharecropping and tenant farming did, ensuring the persistence of rural...
University of California
Understanding Evolution: Refuges of Genetic Variation
Pests evolve resistance to our pesticides at an alarming rate. However, evolutionary theory tells us how we can slow the rate at which genes for pesticide resistance spread: by providing refuges where non-resistant insects thrive....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lascaux
The Caves of Lascaux are the most famous of all of the known caves in southwestern France because of what is contained inside - painted and engraved walls. These cave paintings have shown the very human need to communicate in the form of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Terms and Issues in Native American Art
Stereotypes persist when discussing Native American arts and cultures, and sadly many people remain unaware of the complicated and fascinating histories of Native peoples and their art. Read examples of these stereotypes and what changes...
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