In this Derive activity, students investigate the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and explore examples of Riemann Sums for approximating the Definite Integral: the Midpoint Sum, the Left Hand Endpoint Sum, the Right Hand Endpoint Sum,...

This brief article from MIT Invention Dimension on George Washington Carver (1865-1943 CE) provides an overview of his education and his inventions, which influenced the world of agriculture.

Get familiar with the causes of hurricanes and what "feeds the monster[s]."

This is an article on current migration trends from Mexico to the US. The article discusses the impact of legislation and economic crisis on migration.

Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, this cross-curricular lesson involves having students Learn how to summarize correctly with this cross-curricular writing assignment and prompt.

Biographical details on O.J. Simpson, American collegiate and professional gridiron football player who was a premier running back known for his speed and elusiveness. His trial on murder charges in 1995 was one of the most celebrated...

Using parabolas to determine the area under a curve proves to be better estimate then other methods. This demonstration of Simpson's Rule allows the student to see just how accurate this approximation can be.

Read the full text of the short story "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar" by Bret Harte.

The National Portrait Gallery publishes a photographic portrait of Ulysses S. Grant. In the accompanying caption, learn about Grant's approach to the war, which differed from that of other Northern generals. Also, learn why Lincoln...

Lorna Simpson creates evocative works that examine how combinations of pictures and texts create new meanings that do not exist in the images or words alone. This lesson plan explores the concepts she works with, including African...

Using examples of athletes and sports involved in the 2012 Summer Olympics, these 9 videos demonstrate aspects of sports which are influenced by engineering and technology.

Explore the diary of Private Homer Simpson that he kept during World War I. Entries are dated from April 1918 when he received a notice to report through June 1919 when he was discharged.

An interesting collection of portraits owned by the Hudson's Bay Company. The collection begins in 1670 and extends to 1914.

Short selections from W. W. Rouse Ball's "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics," most of which are biographies that focus on the mathematician's work. The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or...

Numerous pieces of art are available to view. Students just click on the red "s" and get a larger image of the piece as well as some information and inquiry about the piece. Teachers get a more in-depth overview as well as activity...

Hotmath provides 24 practice problems dealing with integrals. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for finding or evaluating the integral.

A detailed overview of Oregon's early history, including the Lewis and Clark expedition and what it accomplished, and the development and decline of the fur trade industry.

This well-researched site offers a comprehensive study of the 1995 criminal trial of OJ Simpson. Includes not only the law and politics involved in the trial, but also the role of the media and the mass public attention placed upon the...

Born in Waterloo, Canada, geneticist Jennie Laura Symons Simpson (1894-1977) earned all her degrees from McGill University (B.A., 1917; M.S., 1921; Ph.D., 1925). In 1925 she married biochemist George Eric Simpson (d. 1927) and eventually...

Miriam Elizabeth Simpson (1894-1991) attended the University of California at Berkeley, earning the A.B. in chemistry in 1915 and the M.A. in 1916. Simpson went on to earn the first Ph.D. in anatomy conferred in the University of...

This is a brief biography of Harris H. Fudger, president of The Robert Simpson Company Limited (Simpsons), who made his mark on Toronto history in the early 1900s.

Statistics are persuasive. So much so that people, organizations, and whole countries base some of their most important decisions on organized data. But any set of statistics might have something lurking inside it that can turn the...

Students will learn how to program the TI 83/84 Plus graphing calculator to approximate the area under a curve using Left,Right,Midpoint Riemann Sums, and Trapezoid Rule, and Simpson's Rule.

There is a table that has links to hurricanes in the Atlantic from 1995, East Pacific from 1997, West Pacific from 1996, South Pacific from 2000, and South India from 2000. This page has a satellite map and the Saffir-Simpson Scale.