Space Suit Design Challenge
Website
This Learning Collection was developed to guide students in exploring the evolution of space suit design as a lead-in to NASA’s recent Space...
Mars
Other
A collection of videos and artifacts relating to the Red Planet. This collection was created to support the 2016 CCSSO Teachers of the Year Day at...
Hands-on Activity: Nautical Navigation
Lesson plan
In this activity, students explore the importance of charts to navigation on bodies of water. Using one worksheet, students learn to read the major...
Fighting Corrosion to Save an Ancient Greek Bronze (Beginning Level)
Students study an object from antiquity that was found in the sea off the coast of Italy in order to understand how conservators remove and prevent...
Capturing Light: The Science of Photography (Beginning Level)
Students create pinhole cameras to understand that light travels in a straight path. They describe the lines and shapes in a 19th-century photograph...
How Can You Decide Among Competing Responsibilities?
Lesson Plan
This lesson introduces you to several additional intellectual tools useful in making decisions about responsibility. When you have completed the...
Mini Mock Trial
Lesson Plan
Mini-Mock Trials are shorter versions of mock trial, taking an average of 2-3 hours. They are helpful for teaching about trial procedure as well as...
Starting a Government from Scratch
Lesson Plan
At the time the Founders were shaping the future of a new country, John Adams suggested the President should be addressed as H”is...
American Heroes
Demonstration
This third grade lesson is part of a Government and Citizenship unit. This unit is designed for students to understand that communities and nations...
Polotics and Public Policy
Lesson Plan
This unit is designed to provide students with an introduction to the electoral processes of the American political system. Students will develop a...