Learners explore and analyze data from different maps in order to explain geographic diversity among the continents. Student groups research continents' physical features and examine how they contribute to quality of life for inhabitants.

Students are given the task of designing an apartment. In groups, they practice estimating the area and perimeter of different shapes. After designing their space, they apply the same formulas to solving real-world story problems.

Students build their own wind turbine. In this physics lesson, students calculate the power output of their wind turbines. They evaluate their design and make the necessary modifications.

Students will be involved in hands-on activities that will help them to learn to locate points on a grid. Students will also learn how to correctly read an ordered pair of numbers. Technology will be implemented through the use of a...

A complete text of the narrative poem "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes.

Click through a book to read and view illustrations of the story "Cinderella." Click the links below the book to open word documents with additional activities focusing on the characters, setting, sequencing, illustrations, line...

Young map readers will learn the idea of referring to the grid numbers to help find locations or to describe locations on a map.

Read here about "The Grid," the largest machine ever built by humans. The Grid is he giant network of high-voltage power transmission wires that covers the entire United States and much of Canada.

This is an interactive activity for children learning the alphabet. To play, children must listen for the animated character to say a letter and then click on the corresponding letter in the grid.

Perfect to encourage elementary-aged independent reading, use this children's tale as a read along. Or for those who need assistance, listen in narrated audio.

Read this age-old fairy tale independently or with narrated assistance. A delightful read-along.

Students can read about how lines of latitude and longitude form a grid that makes it easy to pinpoint one's location on Earth. Then they can take an online quiz to check their understanding.

Gorillas, groceries, pirate treasure, and aardvark homes: these are just a few of the things children will search for and find in this week's Afterschool Adventure, Lost and Found. Children will use position words like above, below, and...

Students read and evaluate descriptions of how people live "off the grid" using solar power and come to understand better the degree to which that lifestyle is or is not truly independent of technological, economic and cultural...

This image from GRID-Arendal depicts the major circulation pattern of the ocean, illustrating interactions between temperature, salinity, and depth. Includes a background reading handout and several discussion questions.

This is a demo version of the game with two modes of play. In one, you must place number tiles on a grid so that the tiles touching it add up to that number. In the second mode, you solve number puzzles. Be sure to read the instructions...

A short tutorial on mapping tools and how to read maps. Covers features of maps, symbols, the compass, scale, distance, how height is represented, and grid references. Includes multiple-choice quiz at the end.

This site is provided for by Harvard University. Students follow a map on a scavenger hunt, create a map of their classroom and their town, learn how to read topographic maps, and discover latitude and longitude in these inquiry activities.

This is a matching and memory game which requires students to not only match words with their vowel sounds, but also to remember their covered location on the grid of boxes.

Students read news reports and first-person accounts to imagine what it would be like to be in a blackout in a large city. They follow news reports as if the event were unfolding in real-time and keep weblogs or journals of their...

Young scholars will practice number recognition by trying to identify three numbers in a row to win Tic Tac Toe. They will also trace the number on their grid to practicing writing numerals. This is a perfect independent game for pairs...

An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, students read a section on Texas history between 1900-1920 and find the answers...

Read about the inspiration of the chess board in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. It describes the chess moves that get Alice through her adventure and how they would work, or not, in a real chess game.