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WISE - Web-based Inquiry Science Environment

This is a consortium funded by the National Science Foundation. The consortium works to build and maintain classroom activities and lesson plans that increase students' interest in science education. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: University of California at Berkeley

Women in Africa: Tradition and change

While a single lesson plan cannot fully explore the variety and complexity of African life, in this lesson students can gain insight into the lives of some black women in Sub-Saharan Africa by adopting a perspective that is in part traditional, based on... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 Second Languages and Social Studies)

Provided by: 94

Women in medicine: Past and future

The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to explore scientific enterprise in relation to the role of women in science as it has developed over the last 150 years. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Wonders of the African World

A site about the Africa that existed long before any Europeans set foot there. The site utilizes audio and video recordings, as well as text and photographs. You can download hands-on craft activities to do at home or at school. There is a section for the... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

Word connections

In this Science NetLinks lesson, students will explore how ideas are formed, how associations are made, and how they contribute to learning and memory. The lesson makes reference to research conducted at the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science at... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–12 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Word maps: Developing critical and analytical thinking about literary characters

Students use a word map strategy in this lesson that explores methods of characterization in O. Henry's “After Twenty Years”. Individually and in collaborative groups, students analyze the many aspects of a character's life, problems, situations,... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Work to a Conclusion

Students use rational functions to investigate the feeding behavior of Northwestern Crows. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

World in the Balance

This website has lots of information about population and worldwide trends with facts about population, economy, and climate. There are quizzes, activities, and games. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: PBS

Writing about writing: An extended metaphor assignment

In this writing assignment, students have the opportunity to reflect on their writing process, and the teacher learns more about their habits and techniques as writers. Students use Richard Wilbur’s poem “The Writer” as an inspiration as they... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Yad Vashem - The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance

A comprehensive collection of artifacts, testimonials, photographs, and information regarding the Holocaust, including films and videotaped testimonies of survivors. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Yad Vashem

The year I was born: An autobiographical research project

Students write autobiographies in this lesson that challenges them to research the events that occured in the world the year they were born. After discussing the research strategies that will be used, the teacher engages students in a brainstorming activity... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

YES I Can! Science

York University's YES I Can! Science database contains classroom lesson plans; labs, demonstrations and activities; assessment tools, performance indicators, and background information for teachers. Lessons are aligned to US and Canadian standards... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: York University Science and Engineering

You've got oil ... or maybe you don't

In this Xpeditions lesson, students are called upon to role-play in an international oil summit. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science and Social Studies)

Provided by: National Geographic

Yours, mine, and ours: Determining boundaries

Students assume the roles of decision makers in a boundary dispute. They are asked to consider existing boundaries and other characteristics of an area to reach a consensus on whether an area should be divided or remain a single political entity. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 10–12 Social Studies)

Provided by: National Geographic

Youth Entomology Resources

Entomology information and educational resources for students, parents, and teachers. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: University of Kentucky, Dept. of Entomology

Youthink!

A rich website with a variety of materials and resources geared towards offering information and educational tools on global matters such as AIDS, Education, and Trade. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: World Bank