Students discuss that history is a series of interrelated events, processes, and movements. They discuss what criteria make a good cause-effect statement.

Students recall their knowledge of Native American people who lived in the West and reflect on how their perspectives differed from pioneers and argonauts of the 19th century.

Students interview Native American Elders about animal migration, traditional food gathering, and subsistence. They research endangered animals, draw a game cycle, and create maps of local migration of animals.

Tenth graders discuss natural and human influences that may affect the ecological integrity of national parks. They study the concepts environmental assessments. In groups, they research a park's situation and present their findings at a...

Learners review web images to identify human impact on nature and site destruction.

Ninth graders use online topographical maps to fill in a chart regarding elevation and contour lines.

Students study how to estimate the diameter of a tree, estimate the height of the tree using shadows, estimate the height of the tree using a ruler, and use tools for measuring trees.

Students watch a PowerPoint presentation about the layers of the rainforest. They create a paper rainforest in the classroom. They take notes from the presentation and write a paragraph to include in a layer book. They create a...

Students make a rough map of Yosemite and add elevations to the map. They are encouraged to bring photos from the trip and add them to their map.

Students read Diane Glancy's "Pushing the Bear" about the Cherokee Removal and respond online to a discussion board. They discuss responses in class.

Middle schoolers explore the grizzly bear and the struggle for the grizzly bear to come back from the brink of extinction.

High schoolers investigate the economic implications of public programs to improve transportation. They become familiar with the visions that were articulated for both the Erie Canal and Interstate Highway System.

Seventh graders study the impact of regional shopping centers and local ones, and create a TV/ video expressing the results of the research.

Seventh graders study how town in England have grown. They look photos in order to see how bombing raids of World War II effect this growth.

Seventh graders participate in fieldwork by observing and photographing buildings.

Students watch a video about different terrestrial communities. They conduct an experiment with sponges conserving water. They research desert characteristics comparing them with other biomes.

Students contrast a weedy annual grassland of introduced species with an undisturbed, ancient plant community of native bunchgrasses and wildflowers.

Students research the Spanish explorations and North American geography. They create web pages based on their study.

Learners go on an outing and note garbage near picnic tables. They brainstorm ways to be involved with anti-litter campaigns and write letters to local officials.

Students develop skill in using co-ordinates. Up to eight cardinal points of the compass are used making this a useful activity in simple map and grid work. They utilize educational software to gain practice.

Pupils make a decision about where to put a power line that either has an effect on people or on wildlife.

Students investigate the history of Kansas City and then create recipes from the area, including Kansas City Barbecue Sauce, and Kansas City Corn.

Students research regions of early Arkansas as they relate to African American colonies in Arkansas after the Civil War. They discuss the characteristics of the regions, view a Powerpoint presentation, and write reflective journals.

Students identify various regions of early Arkansas as these regions relate to African American colonies that settled in Arkansas after the Civil War.