Elementary School Resource The Great Plant Escape This site provides information about how plants grow that can be used by students independently or in small groups. Each “case” involves students in thinking about different aspects of plants such as plant structure, life cycle, reproduction. Questions are provided to focus student investigation into each topic related […]

High School Resource Rain by Books Should Be Free This resource allows users to freely download W. Somerset Maugham’s Rain as an audio book in mp3, iPod, or iTunes format. Related NY State Academic Standards: SL.9-10.2, SL.9-10.5, SL.11-12.2, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response […]

Middle School Resource Web Weather for Kids On this site, students can learn about the “ingredients” that make weather. Students can learn how to make fog, clouds, tornadoes, lightning, and rain through hands-on science activities. They can play weather games as a review of weather concepts, read about weather-related stories, and learn about safety tips […]

Elementary School Resource Make Your Own Rain Stick by Exploratorium In this activity, students will follow the steps to create a rain stick. The rain stick is a musical instrument from South America. Traditionally, rain sticks are made from the wood skeleton of a cactus. First, the thorns are pulled off and pushed back through […]

High School Resource The Parachute The Parachute is an activity in which students design and then conduct an experiment to investigate the effects of various factors on the rate of fall of parachutes. This learning experience was designed as a variance for the Physics Regents examination (35% Option). In addition to supporting student progress toward […]

Middle School Resource Balloon Blow-up by Exploratorium In this experiment: Pour about an inch of liquid–half vinegar, half water–into the bottle. Use the funnel to fill the ballon half full of baking soda. (If you don’t have a funnel, you can use a straw to load the balloon. Stick the straw into the baking soda, […]

Elementary School Resource Spinning Blimps by Exploratorium This activity demonstrates how to create a spinning “blimp” using paper. Related NY State Academic Standards: S.K-2.ETS.1.3, S.3-5.ETS.1.1, MST1.E.ED.1.4, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

High School Resource Definition of a Locus by Math Open Reference This resource illustrates the concept of locus. The page shows a model of the plane populated with a large number of points on a grid. Those points equidistant from a point are highlighted forming a circle. The user can drag the point and drag […]

Middle School Resource Protractor by Math Open Reference This web page allows students to learn about protractors and how they are mathematically used. Related NY State Academic Standards: 4.MD.5.a, 4.MD.5.b, 4.MD.6, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

Elementary School Resource Line Segments by Math Open Reference This web-based resource is an interactive web page that demonstrates the definition of a line segment. The page presents two points and a line that links them. As the points are dragged, the line moves accordingly. (See also the tutorials for line and ray.) The page […]