Students identify nontraditional career areas for their gender and discuss gender bias and stereotyping.  In this nontraditional careers lesson, students research a nontraditional career and shadow the job in the workplace. ...

High schoolers study the Mississippi Rover and how it has changed over time.  In this environment lesson students research and summarize things about the ecosystem of the river. 

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the changing newspaper industry and respond to 3 talking point questions.

Students explore the importance of the coastal wetlands. In this environmental lesson, students observe a model of wetland transformation over time. They discuss what changes occur in the wetlands and how hurricanes can affect the...

Students discuss the physical properties of fluids and then demonstrate that air carbon dioxide and oxygen) is a fluid by creating currents.

Students explore a variety of music related to the coal mining industry and organized labor which can be integrated into the study of Colorado History, American Labor History, and a study of immigration.

Students investigate the bats of Puerto Rico. They conduct research in order to find information to construct a powerpoint presentation. They create a dvd of the presentation and go on a tour to a local cave to see the environment where...

Students use a digital atlas, geologic maps, and topography maps to explore geologic regions of Yellow Stone National Park. They locate evidence that support the theory of hot spots. Students research and explore the movements of Hot...

In this reading comprehension activity, students read a one page text about some cruise passengers and a purser. Students answer 7 true/false questions about the story.

In this English worksheet, students read "Prepare for War with Iran, Says France," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Slope failure is the downslope movement of rock debris and soil in response to gravitational stresses. Three major types of mass wasting are classified by the type of downslope movement. The types of movement, falls, slides, and flows...

This animation library is a great resource for a diverse list of earth science topics including: tsunamis, land subsidence, magnetic fields, volcanoes earthquakes, floods, and sea level changes.

An image of "Flood and Waters Subsiding", created by Paolo Uccello from 1447-48 (Fresco, 215 x 510 cm).

Explains the wide-sweeping social programs Franklin Roosevelt introduced after taking office in 1933, and traces the development of the New Deal from Roosevelt's proposals to Congress, the Supreme Court's nullification of many of the...

Use this site as a resource to learn about the many aspects of water.

What is a sinkhole? Where are they found? What causes them? This text based article will provide the answer to these questions, and more!

A collection of science activities that focus on natural forces that affect Lake Pontchartrain Basin. Students will understand how global climate change relates to storm events, subsidence, and erosion. Background information on...

This lesson plan features the Latin roots FIN = end; SED, SID, SESS = sit, be still; FER = bear, carry, yield, bring. Choose 1 of the 8 different word puzzle activities from the list below. Each word puzzle will have directions, a clue....

Thomas Cole is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a brief biographical sketch of his life. His works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...

Explains what is meant by temperature inversion, the causes, and the effects it has, including some unusual ones.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how the overuse of groundwater can lead to problems.

A map of British India in 1804, at the end of the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1804). The map is color-coded to show the British dominions, the subsidiary and protected states, the independent states at the time, and the Portuguese...