Sixth graders become familiar with the sport of bullfighting and the costumes worn by the matadors, picadors, and bandielloros. They make a jumping jack toy, dressed in bullfighing attire and decorate it with sequins, glitter, and...

Fifth graders explore the history of the Holocaust during Holocaust Commemoration week. They complete activities that help them explore the feelings of empathy and sorrow for the victims. They complete the activities in a learning center.

Young scholars study the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill while evaluating oil spill clean up activities. They discover the long term impact can have on an ecosystem by completing this experiment.

Ninth graders examine and discuss reasons for end of U.S. occupation of Japan in 1952, locate surrounding Asian countries on map, explore changes to Japan after World War II, and discuss how changes in Japan impacted other countries.

Students explore the physical process of melting. They observe melting ice and answer questions related to energy transfer during phase changes.

Students watch a teacher demonstration modeling how wetlands can help reduce a hurricane's impact and describe what the model represents. They record data related to how different meshed materials affect a steam plume. Students compare...

Pupils discuss and fill out the tree chart assignment. They discuss Hawks vs. Doves in Vietnam War. Students are asked to classify themselves as a hawk or dove with regards to the current war in Iraq. They discuss how the war in Vietnam...

High schoolers view a video clip on Vietnam war veterans. They discuss the video on Vietnam War veterans. Students use the veterans statements about the war to relate it to the decrease in support for the war. They read section 3, and...

In this World History worksheet, students use the clues to identify what historians now understand about ancient Egypt and its people. They complete each of 14 clues with a word or phrase related to what they already know.

In this blood vessel activity, students compare microscope slides of arteries, veins, and capillaries. This activity has 43 fill in the blank questions.

In this ESL activity worksheet, students match the 11 adverbs to the correct 11 adjectives. Students also complete a writing activity.

In this idiom worksheet, students complete 9 multiple choice questions, selecting the meaning of idioms beginning with W. Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.

Students participate in an activity of a mock electrophoresis using paper chromatography to study DNA and genetic restriction mapping.

How do we identify information that would strengthen or weaken an argument? Strengthen and Weaken questions ask you to find info that would make the conclusion of an argument more or less likely to be true, based on the evidence that's...

A quick guide to approaching test questions that ask you to identify info that would strengthen or weaken an argument.

There are two kinds of additional evidence questions on the LSAT: strengthening evidence and weakening evidence. This article describes strategies for answering these types of questions along with examples.

Doctors Without Borders show how outbreaks of infections can devastate already war-torn communities.

Students are presented with the question: "Why does a liquid jet break up into droplets?" and introduced to its importance in inkjet printers. A discussion of cohesive forces and surface tension is included, as well as surface acting...

Media-rich site featuring sub Saharan Africa. Discover effects of apartheid on the region's land and understand the impact society, politics, and geography has on the area's resources. With AIDS, malaria, and other maladies running...

By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Define foreign exchange market; Describe different types of investments like foreign direct investments, portfolio investments, and hedging; Explain how the appreciating...

You hold up two balloons on strings of equal length about 5 centimeters apart and blow between them. They will come together because you weakened the force between them. You can do the same thing with the balloons about 30 centimeters...

Determine how studying the evolution of the HIV virus led medical experts to give patients a "holiday" from drugs, weakening the mutated, drug-resistent genes. Discover how this backward evolution works.

Explore the relationship between pressure and vessel diameter and create a model that represents how elevated blood pressure may affect weakened vessels. Design and critique a repair device.

A look at the Inca Empire as rumors began to fly about pale strangers arriving on the coast. Read about the illnesses and civil wars that weakened the empire just in time for the appearance of the conquistadors. Be sure to click on the...