Browse Interactives

Argentina

Practice some of the vocabulary and grammar covered in the Argentina episodes of Destinos.

Discipline: Foreign Language
Audience: Student

Arm Span and Height Measurements

Measure your arm span and height. See how your measurements compare to others when your data is added to a data table and corresponding scatter plot.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Arrays and Fractions

What opportunities for learning are offered by having students work on a problem using both arrays and fractions? Decide whether or not using an array is the best way to solve a problem.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Teacher

The Art of Creating a Poll

You are the head of the Public Relations committee for your hometown Waste Removal Department. Create a poll for your department to find out how the public feels about waste incineration.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Student

Artifacts & Fiction Pair Finder

Pair artifacts with appropriate literary texts, and find tips for using them together in the classroom by selecting movements and disciplines with this handy tool.

Discipline: Literature
Audience: Teacher

Assess a Peer Conference

Watch a video of two student peer conferences and compare your evaluation of those conferences to another teacher's.

Discipline: Literature
Audience: Teacher

Assessing Comprehension

Read a fable and listen as two students retell the story in their own words. Assess their comprehension using the Retelling Guide provided.

Discipline: Literature
Audience: Teacher

Assessing Student Letters

Assess two drafts of students’ letters using criteria presented as a four-point-scale rubric.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Teacher

Balance Scale Activity

Use your intuition about balance to keep a scale balanced.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Balancing Excesses and Deficits

Create a line plot [with dots] to represent stacks of coins. Then rearrange the dots to form different line plots and watch what happens to the mean.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Balancing Sources

Review primary sources that examine historical events. Choose several sources that represent different perspectives of the era and create a narrative that represents a balanced view.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Teacher

Bald Eagles

Track bald eagle migration. Report your sightings and observations to the bald eagle tracking map.

Discipline: Science
Audience: Student

Travel back to the Renaissance period as a Portuguese spice trader with a large sailing ship. Success brings riches, failure brings ruin, so carefully decide which route, crew size, and goods to trade, and where to stop along the way.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Student

Bridging World History Archive

View more than 1500 items, including photos, documents, maps, and other items, ready for your research and classroom use. Browse by unit title, region, and/or time period.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Teacher

British and Metric Conversions

Learn to convert measurements from metric to English and vice versa, by learning the symbols used in both systems for properties such as mass, length, volume, and temperature.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Browse Artwork

Take a thematic approach to art history and appreciation. Use this tool to browse through 223 pieces of artwork by theme, period, region or medium.

Discipline: Arts
Audience: Student

Build a Bridge Between Disciplines

Build a bridge between two disciplines by identifying a connecting concept, or idea that has value in both disciplines. Complete the structure by adding instructional activities that build students' understanding of the concept, within and across disciplines.

Discipline: Arts
Audience: Teacher

Build a Rubric

Rubrics provide students with clear expectations and consistent feedback. Build a customizable rubric that can be used for any writing activity your class might be completing.

Discipline: Literature
Audience: Teacher

Building From Directions

Use blocks to build a design from a written description. Try various descriptions to achieve the correct design.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Building the Number Line

Classify the different types of numbers we use, and learn how numbers and operations relate to one another. Start with counting numbers and then add integers, rationals, algebraic, and, finally, real numbers to the line.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student