Browse Interactives

Learning Temperature Units and Their Symbols

Did you know that there are other temperature scales besides Fahrenheit and Celsius? Read the descriptions of all the scales and then match the scale to the correct thermometer.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Legislatures and Democracy Recap: The Lawmakers

You are a congressperson trying to pass your education bill. Join in the extensive public debate, committee work, and parliamentary maneuvering necessary to achieve majority legislative support for your bill.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Student

Length Symbols

Study the names and abbreviations of length units in both the metric and British systems. Then play a game to see how well you remember them.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Letters: Use Your Document Detective Skills

Read three letters, one at a time, about events of historical significance. Identify the region and era particular to each letter, and answer additional questions about the information it contains.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Student

Life Span Development

Explore major developments that take place across the life span. Select specific stages (childhood, adolescence, etc.) to learn about biological, cognitive and psychosocial development at each stage.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Student

Limerick Factory

A limerick is a very funny piece of nonsense verse with its own special pattern of rhyme and rhythm. Use this tool to choose phrases to create your own limerick that follows the pattern.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Line Plot Representations

Create line plots that have a mean of 5 but different deviations from the mean. Notice that the total deviation above the mean must equal the total deviation below the mean.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Locate the State

How many states can you identify?. There are 20 questions and you have 30 seconds to answer each one.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Student

Location Graphs

Consider two graphs representing the number of people present at two different locations over the course of the day. Interpret the graphs to guess the locations.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Teacher

Made from Dots

Notice how magazines print photos using dots made up of percentages of only three colors and black. Try your hand at using percentages of cyan, magenta and yellow to match the magazine color displayed.

Discipline: Science
Audience: Teacher

Making a Line Plot

Practice creating a line plot. Use raisin counts for 17 boxes of raisins to graph the distribution of raisins per box.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Making a Stem and Leaf Plot

A line plot may not be a useful graph for investigating variation so we must come up with a new representation based on groups of data. Construct a stem and leaf plot from a set of 26 data values.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Making a Tree Diagram

A tree diagram is a helpful tool for determining theoretical or mathematical probabilities. Toss a coin and watch as branches represent a toss of either head or tails.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Making Connections in Your Teaching

Connect teaching goals with strategies that enhance learning. Select teaching goals, review the tips provided, then brainstorm and list strategies you would use to help students make connections. Compare your answers to other teachers' answers.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Teacher

Mass Units and Their Symbols

Study the names and abbreviations of mass units in both the metric and British systems. Then play a game to see how well you remember them.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Measuring Ant Tunnels

Students have used three non-standard measuring tools to estimate the length of an ant tunnel. Think about the problem-solving aspect of this activity as you compare their estimates.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Teacher

Measuring Short-Term Recall

Compare your recall of a list of non-words versus a list of words in timed sessions. Consider whether or not there might be bias in your experimental design.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Measuring Steepness

Does the ratio of height to distance and the angle of elevation change as you move a ladder? Identify any patterns that exist between the height-to-distance ratios and the angles.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

The Median

Determine the median of eleven noodles. Consider what you would or would not be able to tell about the other noodles if you could only see the median noodle.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Medieval Hats

Hats were an important part of medieval garb. Look at pictures of five medieval hats and try to determine which of the people listed wore which of the hats.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Student