Nasa Classroom of the Future: Exploring the Environment: Tropical Poison

What better way to celebrate eclipses than across cultures? Explore myths of solar and lunar eclipses from ancient cultures like the Chinese, Ancient Greek, Mesoamerican, Incan, Egyptian, Ancient Babylonian, and Middle Eastern. Learners...

What is happening to print media? Use this political cartoon analysis handout to facilitate pupil exploration of the online-media takeover and the decline of newspapers. Background information gives them context, and 3 talking points...

At this site from the NASA Classroom of the Future, you can learn about the many different layers of the earth and see what the earth would look like cut in half.

Use this site to learn about the different areas of the biosphere, known as biomes.

Explores the historical events that took place between the United States and the USSR to bring about the political division of Korea on the 38th parallel into north and south after the end of World War II.

Atmosphere is briefly discussed here as one of earth's "spheres."

Many of the issues facing 21st Century learners are challenging and even discussing these issues can be a challenge. So how do teachers prepare learners for these difficult conversations? How do instructors create a safe classroom where...

Use this site to learn about the millions and trillions of gallons of water that covers the earth, known as the hydrosphere.

The key events of the Korean War are briefly described here, including the role of UN troops and China's participation. Featured information includes casualty statistics and photos of military actions. There is also a QuickTime video...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of ninety-four data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine the state of the environment and environmental protection and sustainability in countries...