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Arts & Literature:
Compete with MySpace: Design a New Site
Source: Frontline
Explore how the choices made by Web designers affect how people use a site and collaborate on a design for a new site that is different from MySpace but targets the same audience. Develop a persuasive argument to sell the design to the target audience.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Social Studies, The Arts
Topics: Sociology. Technology and Civilization. Creative Thinking. Media Studies.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
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Health:
Blood Simple
Source: Wired Science
Learn how physicians and researchers are testing a synthetic version of blood that could be better at transporting oxygen than the real thing.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Health & Fitness, Science & Tech
Topics: Body Systems & Senses. Medicine. Human Biology.
Resource Type: Video
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Science, Math & Technology
Chasing El Niño
Source: NOVA
Understand how people have observed the natural world and looked for patterns to explain and predict weather. Design an experiment to evaluate the accuracy of weather folklore and discuss why some folklore sayings seem more accurate than others.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Reading & Language Arts, Science & Tech
Topics: Critical Thinking Skills. Botany. Meteorology. Oceanography.
Resource Type: Lesson Plan
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Social Studies:
Basics of Budgeting
Source: NHPTV: Outlook on Money
Explore the basics of budgeting and get tips for money management. View a video segment that shows how one woman has set priorities and is now comfortably on her way to achieving her goals.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Social Studies
Topics: Economics.
Resource Type: Video
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