In this lesson, students formulate explanations and models that simulate structural and biochemical data as they investigate the misconception that humans evolved from apes.

Students will investigate patterns in immigration through data
tables and data maps. They can also develop their own graphs to view the information in
other ways.

Explore the world of Irish culture through playing, singing and dancing. Students will learn to differentiate styles of Irish music and start discussing the cultural context of song and dance.

Students discover the island cultures of the South Pacific and their musical expressions with songs, crafts, and games. Lesson also uses recordings of Hawaiian slack key guitar, rhythmic games songs from the Solomon Islands, and Papua New Guinea flute playing.

Students will be introduced to Jewish folk music through singing, playing, and dancing a traditional arrangement of "Al Tiruni" and participating in guided discussions of Jewish history and cultural heritage.

In this lesson, students describe, measure, and compare cranial casts from contemporary apes, modern humans, and fossil hominids to discover some of the similarities and differences between these forms and to see the pattern leading to modern humans.

Students are introduced to "down-hole logging," a technology used to gather information about seafloor sediments and underwater rock layers. The student pages include sample data logs which students will read and analyze to answer questions about the data.

Students will analyze core sample data to identify sediment composition on the ocean floor. During this process they will map localities using latitude and longitude, locate and access core sample images from Google Earth to make their own qualitative observations, and analyze then plot sediment data. Class members then combine their findings to gain a better understanding of the types of sediments on the ocean floor.

In this lesson, students do a hands-on activity to learn about the albedo effect. Understanding this phenomenon will help them learn how decreases in light-colored snow and ice could cause increases in temperatures.

In this lesson, students will gain historical reasoning skills by studying primary sources and
comparing them to secondary sources. They will become more familiar with the conditions in Japanese American concentration camps through the personal writings of Stanley Hayami, a high school student who was incarcerated in the Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming.

Students will work collaboratively to gather information about various groups of gelatinous zooplankton. They will be able to compare and contrast at least three different groups of zooplankton organisms and describe how gelatinous zooplankton fit into marine food webs. Groups will prepare a brief written report summarizing the information they have found and orally present to the rest of the class.

Students will watch and discuss a short video about an early American steam
locomotive, the John Bull.

In this activity, students will watch and discuss a 22-minute video of a theater presentation created by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. The activity could also include an in-classroom simulation, extension activities, and a sing- along performance of a freedom song.

Students will use Mike Seeger's performance of "Josh Thomas' Roustabout" as a gateway to exploring vocal expression within a limited-tone sequence. Students will critically discuss the relationship between the voice and accompanying instruments, compose their own limited-tone songs, accompanying themselves on Orff Instruments, and improvise within a limited-tone sequence on recorders.

Students will investigate soils and observe how water moves through soil, how soil properties affect flow rate and water holding capacity. Students time the flow of water through different soils and measure the amount of water held in these soils. They will also observe the filtering ability of soils by noting the clarity of the water before and after it passes through the soil.

Students learn about the Native American peoples who lived in the region which is now Oregon and Washington states.

This resource details the Lewis and Clark expediition. The object of the expedition, as stated by President Thomas Jefferson in his official instructions, was to find "the most direct & practicable water communication across this continent, for the purposes of commerce."

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. In this lesson, students examine the roles of women in the Revolutionary War era. Working in groups, students work make predictions about the contributions of a specific female patriot. The lesson provides a graphic organizer, cooperative grouping, and a think-aloud to support English language learners. Then students write a paragraph to demonstrate their new knowledge.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. In this lesson, students will identify clues to and ask questions about Rosa Park’s story from a sculpture and a primary source photograph. Students will then read more about Rosa Parks and the Montgomery County Bus Boycott. Then students will draw pictures and create skits to demonstrate their learning.

This resource supports English language development for English language learners. In this lesson, students describe the steps people took to eliminate segregation in U.S. schools. Students use a graphic organizer to analyze primary source photographs as a class, in pairs, and individually. After comparing their work in groups, students write a paragraph citing evidence from their graphic organizer to explain their understanding.