This interactive activity demonstrates and provides explanation for how acid rain affects aquatic ecosystems and how certain species react to decreased water quality as pH becomes lower. The activity also explains the pH scale as a measure of acidity.
This brief video clip demonstrates how to create a hovercraft from simple materials. Toward the end of the clip, the students in the video explains the science behind the hovercraft's motion (reduced friction). Students are encouraged to continue the experimentation on their own by changing variables in the design of the hovercraft.
Students will explore the tenacious persistence of Alice Paul, who continued to push for women's suffrage despite the Great War and her imprisonment. Eventually, Woodrow Wilson came to see her perspective after his adminstration came under attack.
In this clip from the documentary, "The Bomb," students will learn how, even though the Japanese were losing the war, they refused to surrender, forcing President Truman to find a way to end the war.
This resource requires students to test their engineering skills and try to match the right bridge to the right location.
Students will explore the disconnect between the goal of the Sedition Act--to quell any dissent toward the United States government, flag, or military - and the role of the United States in fighting to "make the world safe for democracy." Includes video clip, student handout, and teaching tips.
In this clip from the documentary "The Bomb," students will learn how close the world came to nuclear holocaust during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
In this lesson resource from Frontline, students will explore how Trayvon Martin's death ignited passions across the nation and how President Obama responded. Video clip and teaching tips included.
In this lesson resource from Frontline, students will explore how the partisan debate over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) led to the extreme polarization of Democrats and Republicans and helped fuel the rise of the Tea Party movement. Background info, teaching tips, and video clips included.
In this clip from the documentary "The Bomb," students will learn about the start of the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union when President Truman decided to build the H-bomb.
This resource examines the tactics, techniques, and cultural ramifications of marketing moguls target of teenagers.
In this lesson, students will learn about different Muslim women and how they have changed over time. This lesson includes the research of a specific woman from different eras in Islamic history.
In this clip from the documentary "The Bomb," students will learn about the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union and how President Eisenhower believed that using deterrence, or stockpiling more nuclear weapons than could ever be needed, was the best policy for protecting America.
In this lesson resource from Frontline's program, Obama's Deal, students will explore how Obama's negotiations with lobbyists and member of Congress helped shape the Affordable Care Act.
In this clip from NOVA, students will view Flint, Michigan resident LeeAnne Walters, who helped identify and address the lead water crisis and escalate the issue to the federal level.
In this clip from NOVA, students will learn what consequences government inaction, faulty scientific findings, and industry influence can have on the public welfare.
In this clip from the documentary "The Bomb," students will learn how the American public initially reacted to the atomic bomb and then how an essay on the experiences of people at Hiroshima helped change public opinion about nuclear weapons.