Browse Interactives

Drawing a Box Plot

Learn how to represent the Five-Number Summary graphically using a box plot.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Dynamic Earth

Delve into the structure of the Earth to learn what causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and more.

Discipline: Science
Audience: Student

Dynamic Earth Assessment: Test Your Skills

Test your knowledge of the earth’s layers and the shifts that create mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes. Take this 30-question test, review your answers, and print out your assessment.

Discipline: Science
Audience: Student

Earth's Plates

Examine clues about the behavior, history and appearance of various volcanoes. Then try to locate the volcanoes on the map.

Discipline: Science
Audience: Student

Ecology Lab

Build your own ecosystem, and explore the effects of these interrelationships.

Discipline: Science
Audience: Student

Economic Timeline

The economic landscape has drastically changed throughout history. Use this timeline to dig deeper, discover relationships, and explore concepts.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Student

Elections and Issues

You've just found out that your neighborhood has been declared a gun-free zone. Choose which side of the issue you are on, and decide which civic actions you will take to support your position.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Student

Elements of a Story Assessment: Test Your Skills

Test your knowledge about setting, characters, sequence, exposition, conflict, climax and resolution. Take this 14-question test, review your correct and incorrect answers, and print out your assessment.

Discipline: Literature
Audience: Student

Elements of Authentic Instruction

Analyze three classroom segments and identify teaching strategies that illustrate authentic instruction. Give examples to support your answer and compare your answers to those of other teachers.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Teacher

Energy Lab

Try to meet the world's projected energy demand by choosing from the available energy sources, while keeping atmospheric CO2 under control. You must avoid the limits and pitfalls associated with each energy source.

Discipline: Science
Audience: Student

Engaging With Communities

Plan an outing to a local restaurant where the wait staff speak your target language. Consider how you will prepare your students, monitor interactions during the visit and debrief afterwards.

Discipline: Foreign Language
Audience: Teacher

Enveloping Functions

Investigate the characteristics of functions. How do graphs of functions change when coefficients are changed?

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Equivalent Expressions

Determine if nine mathematical expressions are equivalent to 20. Then match the equivalent expressions to corresponding word problems.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Equivalent Fractions

Explore equivalent fractions, and decide which of two classrooms is better at blowing bubble gum.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Eric the Sheep

One way to solve a complicated problem is to solve a smaller version of the same problem. Without working out the larger problem, predict how many sheep will get shorn before impatient Eric, who is sneaking up in line little by little.

Discipline: Mathematics
Audience: Student

Espana

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

Discipline: Foreign Language
Audience: Student

European Colonies Challenge

See how much you know about the European powers and the colonies they established in North America. Then boost your score in the lightning round as you locate the original 13 states.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Student

European Union Timeline

Since the end of World War II, many European countries have been working to foster increasing unity. This interactive timeline traces the development and future of the European Union.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Student

Evaluate Student Writing

Evaluate a piece of student writing and weigh the student's strengths and weaknesses. Decide which content and conventions are the most important things to address.

Discipline: Literature
Audience: Teacher

Evaluating Evidence

Evaluate primary sources to determine their support of a given thesis. Using the Civil War as an example, rank the relevancy of sources in relation to four common beliefs as to the cause of the war.

Discipline: Social Studies and History
Audience: Teacher