Curated OER
Smart Art
Students examine and practice the art of political cartoon-making by focusing on how and why they are so effective in making a political point.
Curated OER
Egyptians as Engineers
Student design and build Lego vehicles that drag given amount of weight up an incline. They show how this demonstrates Egyptian methods of pyramid construction.
Curated OER
Code Crackers
Students work in teams creating and posing math rules and trying to guess them using a formula controlled worksheet they create with Excel. Student pairs take turns to see who can crack the other's code the fastest.
Curated OER
Construction Worker Book
Students examine simple tools that are used in everyday life. In this construction worker tools instructional activity, students decide which tools should be used to solve the construction worker's problems in a manner that demonstrates...
Curated OER
SLIME!
Students learn the effects of friction and examine how certain lubricants can only be used with certain materials.
Curated OER
City Quiz 1
In this ESL activity, students answer 20 questions about the Central Library in Derby, UK. For example, "How do you join the library?"
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Simple Machines From Pyramids to Skyscrapers
Simple machines are devices with few or no moving parts that make work easier, and which people have used to provide mechanical advantage for thousands of years. Students learn about the wedge, wheel and axle, lever, inclined plane,...
Read Works
Read Works: Test Drive
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how cars are tested several times before they are built and sold. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is Urban Growth?
How were cities formed? This article explains the formation of cities starting from the neolithic revolution to current times. It addresses such topics as urbanization, suburban sprawl, and urban growth models.
TryEngineering
Try Engineering: Cast Your Vote
Students learn about the engineering design process as they design, build, test, and evaluate a voting system made with everyday materials. The objective of the activity is to learn how engineering has changed methods of voting over time...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Come on Over Rover
Have you ever wondered why it takes such a long period of time for NASA to build space exploration equipment? What is involved in manufacturing and building a rover for the Red Planet? During this lesson, students will discover the...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Makes Tattoos Permanent?
The earliest recorded tattoo was found on a Peruvian mummy in 6,000 BC. That's some old ink! And considering humans lose roughly 40,000 skin cells per hour, how do these markings last? The following learning module details the different...