Learners discover the role zoos play in conservation of animals. They research the captive breeding programs that are in place at the Minnesota Zoo. They use the zoo's website to find the American Zoo and Aquarium Associations criteria...

Students discuss hackers and issues of computer privacy. They read the article "Sniffing Out Crime by Bits and Bytes," and debate the article through role-playing.

Students observe child safety by viewing an educational video regarding the Internet. In this digital privacy activity, students view a short film based on a young person who falls victim to bad decisions on the Internet. Students...

Fifth graders examine the effects of 9/11 on two guarantees in the Preamble of the Constitution, the preservation of liberty and the establishment of common security. They examine how our personal liberties been affected by the 9/11...

Young scholars investigate consumer privacy and how it works. They also describe the rights and responsibilities of buyers and sellers under consumer protection laws and complete a list of activities and assignments on consumer privacy.

Students identify the unique pattern DNA forms in each individual, and how that pattern can be used to identify criminals. They have the opportunity to simulate the process of matching DNA samples to those taken at a crime scene.

Using a variety of linked sites, learners find out what has happened in Collinwood (surveillance cameras installed to help eliminate crime). Students discuss when surveillance cameras could be appropriate, and when they would not be....

Students explore, examine and study various Internet sites and become aware of the safest ones to access. They assess the site Safety Land to interact with an interactive city that teaches Internet safety. Each student helps the Safety...

Students investigate the lure of snack-food advertisements to explain how snacks can fit into a healthy diet.

Cake has to be good for something, right? Different foods are used by our bodies in different ways. Learners will first read about what fats, proteins, fruits, and vegetables do for the human body. They will then put each of food shown...

Learners research controversial Internet technology issues concerning security, privacy, and intellectual property. They formulate and present various perspectives on these issues in a mock television panel discussion.

Students debate the limits to celebrity privacy and to paparazzi rights after learning about some recent incidents. They imagine how their private lives might change if they became overnight celebrities.

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about government secrecy and respond to 3 talking point questions.

Middle schoolers analyze ethical issues related to technology, medicine, and reproduction. In this ethics lesson, students research selected bioethics issues and discuss their risks and benefits. Middle schoolers present their research...

Young scholars discuss privacy issues that public personalities encounter when they are accused of committing a crime after reading an article in The New York Times. Students then write essays after researching several trials of public...

Students discover ways to surf the Internet while being kept safe from other web dangers.  In this web surfing lesson, students utilize several different web programs such as imbee.com, Disney's Surfswell, and Netsmartz, which allow...

For this spaghetti palace worksheet sheet, students examine data and create a scatter plot.  They use their graphing calculator to find a linear model and a quadratic model for given information.  Students predict total...

Young scholars engage in a lesson which is designed as a literacy connection to science lessons on the effects of water on plants. This lesson uses an excellent Reading Rainbow episode on the effect of drought, and then rainfall, have on...

Students explore Latin American art. In this bi-lingual art history lesson, students view a vast collection of Latin American artwork to better conceptualize the depth and contributions Latin American artist have had throughout history....

Students engage in a lesson which features a video trip to the Caribbean Island of Montserrat to teach about the human and physical characteristics of place and human/environmental interactions between the two. Students create their own...

Students explore the basic anatomy and functions of the cardiovascular system. They identify parts of the cardiovascular system according to the levels of organization. In addition, they trace the path of a blood cell through the...

In this recognizing collective nouns worksheet, students use collective nouns in a word bank to fill in the blanks in sentences. Students write 7 answers.

High schoolers explore the theory of Prisoners of war. Students investigate various human rights issued thru the Geneva Convention. High schoolers relate learned facts to the American troops being killed in Iraqi fighting.

Big Brother is always watching you! Scholars analyze the impact security cameras have on the legal system in a democracy. Primary documentation, case studies, and video clips investigate the use of video in prosecution and provide an...