Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Programming Nanor Gs in a Virtual World
In this two week long project, you will design an assembly-language control program for the microprocessors of a colony of nano-organisms (NANORGs) in a virtual world. If you're up for a real programming challenge, this is the project...
Other
Geotimes: Earth Scientists & National Security
This site has the experiences of real earth scientists. Investigate the experiences of a seismologist, topographic engineer, naval academy professor, oceanography major, meteorologist, and structural geologist.
Other
College of William & Mary: Historical Scene Investigation Project
Looking for a way for your students to use more primary sources? This website contain cases that give students experiences similar to those of a real historian.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Exponential & Logarithmic Equations
Several examples on solving exponential and logarithmic equations are presented here. Practice problems and a real-world application involving bacteria growth are included.
Other
Freedom Forum: First Amendment Struggles & Triumphs
Find out how the First Amendment serves citizens in real life by reading about Daniel Ellsberg, Mary Beth Tinker, and Alton T. Lemon, all of whom were principal litigants in landmark Supreme Court cases regarding the freedom of expression.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat Collection
The Peg + Cat on-air series and online resources provide many opportunities for educators to introduce or reinforce early math concepts. In each 11-minute on-air episode of this animated, math-based series for 3-8 year olds, Peg and Cat...
Harvard University
Harvard University: Berkman Center for Internet and Society
This center is a research program founded to explore cyberspace by investigating the real and possible boundaries in cyberspace between open and closed systems of code, commerce, governance, and education, and the relationship of law to...
Read Works
Read Works: It's All in the Mind
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether or not psychics are real. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Geo Notes: Pyrite (Fool's Gold) [Pdf]
Explains how to tell pyrite from real gold, its use as a source of sulfur, and how the sulfur dioxide produced by burning coal containing pyrite is removed from the exhaust.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Abundant Area
This is an inquiry and technology-based lesson that allows young scholars to discover the relationship between perimeter and area. Students apply problem-solving strategies to solve the real-life problem posed in this lesson. This lesson...
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: Inside a Television Station | Kids Work!
Students will connect schoolwork with real work as they explore a virtual representation of a television station with specific work areas labeled and defined. Hover your mouse over room to take a look inside a television station.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Helping High Schoolers Find Research and Stem Field Opportunities
I've been involved in shepherding high school students through the world of Independent Research for nearly two decade. I know firsthand the impact that spending one or two summers working in a scientific institution with a real...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Kid Vid: Fractions and Scale
Students think about how fractional measurements relate to scale models, learn about alternate ways of expressing scale ratios, and demonstrate understanding of fractions and scale in this interactive from KET. After watching video...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Welcome Home Balto Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali
This lesson, based on the animated story "Welcome Home Balto" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use visual imagery to enhance comprehension while listening to and reading informational texts. After Molly hears the...
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Differential Equations & Rc Circuits
Differential equations are applied in solving problems involving electricity and RC circuits. Several examples are provided to allow you to practice applying the concept.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Differential Equations & Rl Circuits
Use differential equations to solve problems dealing with series RL circuits. Examples help you practice the application.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: Adding and Subtracting Signed Numbers
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains how to add and subtract signed numbers. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems. Point this site out to students who...
Curated OER
Weber & Fields: Audio and Pictures
Although the site is a commercial site devoted to selling vintage recordings, it has photos of both Lew Fields and Joe Weber, plus Real Audio clips of skits.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Ratios & Percentages: Percentages in the Real World
Students solve application problems using percents. The mathematics resource consists of examples and practice problems with answers.
NOAA
Noaa: Research: The Water Cycle
U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Research provides a student document with real life examples and explanations of the water cycle. Students then create, observe, and anaylze their own.
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Middle School Curriculum Overview [Pdf]
The Estuaries 101 Middle School Curriculum is a multimedia curriculum focused on the theme "Estuaries & You." It includes a series of online activities for middle school students that highlight our nation's living laboratories, all...
Other
Union of Concerned Scientists: Global Warming
This resource provides statistical evidence, backgrounders, FAQs, climate impact reports, and suggested solutions to the global problem.
University of Texas at Austin
Tex's French Grammar: Negation
This site from Tex's French Grammar provides good information on negation. "Different nuances of negation are achieved by using the following negative expressions: ne jamais, ne pas encore, ne rien, ne personne, ne pas du tout." Site...
PBS
Pbs Frontline: China in the Red
This PBS special showcases various topics concerning China in the 21st century. What are "ordinary Chinese" like? Will the country embrace democracy sooner or later? These discussions and more are available at this site. In addition,...