BluTrack is a two lane, flexible racetrack. BluTrack is both fun and educational. Bring the racetrack to your library with the Blutrack racing system! See how to implement BluTrack activities in your library. This guide includes: A list of what you’ll need, tips for choosing a theme, ideas to run a library activity, and a DIY (“How To”) guide for the youth.

This is a SHEG Activity that teachers the skill of contextualization. It uses Martin Luther's letters to show that the historical context effects what people do and think.

The Coherence Map from AchieveTheCore.org maps out the Common Core mathematics standards in a tree format. Select any math standard and see the prerequisite standards as well as what it is a prerequisite for. Each standard has attached tasks, progressions, and assessments.

Students will use the engineering process to develop an insulated container to minimize the loss of heat energy.

Dig into this great example of a Great Race program with a Star Wars flair.

Converting a visual to a tactile experience, this activity lets visually impaired students learn about and explore some of the characteristics of our home planet, the Earth.

Converting a visual experience to a tactile one, this activity lets visually impaired students learn and explore our Moon and its characteristics.

Here is a lesson plan on today's farming for students to learn and explore using Microsoft Excel.

This is SHEG activity. They are really good at find Pimarary sources. Frequently the task they ask students to do is a bit above their grade level but with some modification here is a great activity to teach students about the atrocities of the slave trade.

This lesson plan created by Tanner Dance at the University of Utah includes a video and plan for teaching dance, math, and money. The plan includes a springboard book, a warm up, and various dance/math integration activities.

This lesson plan created by Tanner Dance at the University of Utah includes a video, PowerPoint, and plan for teaching dance, math, and nature. The plan includes a springboard book, a warm up, an investigation, and opportunities for students to create, perform, and contextualize.

This lesson plan created by Tanner Dance at the University of Utah includes a video and plan for teaching dance, symmetry, angles, and perimeter. The plan includes a warm up and various dance/math integration activities.

This lesson plan created by Tanner Dance at the University of Utah includes a video and plan for teaching dance and telling time. The plan includes a warm up and various dance/math integration activities.

For over 20 years, a summer program for gifted adolescents at Western Kentucky University has offered an arts-integrated history course on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The course concludes with students working as a group to create a large mural on the Holocaust. In this way, students use the power of art to deal with their own emotions as well as to educate others. The murals from the past 20 years went on a traveling display in Kentucky to engage a broader audience in thought-provoking conversation on the topic. In this video collection, hear the stories of a Holocaust survivor and the son of a Holocaust survivor who are involved with the program, learn how students in the program decided on a theme for their mural, and learn how one teacher incorporates the arts into Holocaust history lessons.

In this media-rich lesson plan, students explore how to keep their digital lives safe, spot cyber scams, and learn the basics of coding from NOVA Labs. The lesson begins with students watching the Cybersecurity 101 video and discussing the online safety measures that they currently take. Next, students make predictions about online safety best practices, complete the Level 1 challenges of the NOVA Cybersecurity Lab, and compare the best practices from the game with their predictions. Students reconvene for direct instruction on the best practices and key computer science terms, and then finish the Cybersecurity Lab game. Finally, students complete the video quizzes with short-response discussion questions and can work on the Cybersecurity stories as homework reading assignments.

In this media-rich lesson plan from NOVA Labs, students use short videos to explore the following topics: what energy is, how it can be converted into useful forms, and why some sources are running low. Students also investigate alternative energies and how energy is stored and transported. The research challenge allows students to use scientific data to design their own renewable energy plans for a real cities and compete with others to produce the most power. Students use maps, graphs, and weather data to assess the energy potential of various locations and benefits of using renewable energy in different regions of the country.

Explore the evidence for evolution through phylogenetics with this lesson plan from NOVA's Evolution Lab. First, students consider and discuss how we understand and organize the biodiversity that exists on Earth. Students are then introduced to phylogenetic trees and practice building them with the Build a Tree interactive. In Build a Tree, students use both morphology and DNA analysis to identify relationships between species. Next, students explore speciation and shared ancestry with the Deep Tree interactive. As an interactive tree of life, Deep Tree helps students understand evolutionary history on Earth. Discussion questions and video quizzes allow educators to assess student understanding.

In this lesson, students will learn about the 1983 report by the National Commission on Excellence in Education and the succeeding efforts at responsible education reform in America. They will also determine ways they can be responsible.