This site has units and lesson plans on: Lewis and Clark preparing for the trip, politics, mapping, women, animals, language, trade and property, plants. There is a section on exploring and using primary and secondary sources.
Windmills and computers in a Peruvian village? Students explore the role of technology in society, specifically its benefits and consequences. Includes video by peace corps volunteer.
Great site Barb. What a quick way to access project ideas for the current time period you are teaching. For example, a Halloween clean up project idea. Just a click or two away and you have a fun and educational project. Nice work.
This has different areas of science; chemistry, enginerring, and forces and energy. Teachers and students can click on the experiment they wish to try. There are step by step instructions and a material list provided. Children also comment on the results from conducting the experiment, which are listed after the directions.
If I had it to do over, I would have become an epidemiologist. Maps combined with public health. Science and education. Solution oriented research with direct social justice implications. Sell your students on this field with this lovely zombie apocalypse activity.