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People & Society Classroom Resources
This collection of lessons and web resources is aimed at classroom teachers, their students, and students' families. Most of these resources come from the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). NSDL is the National Science Foundation's online library of resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education. See www.nsdl.org
Christopher Columbus Awards
http://www.christophercolumbusawards.com
The Christopher Columbus Awards competition is an annual contest for middle school students that combines science and technology with community problem-solving in a real-world setting. Unlocking student potential is the mission of the program.
PBS TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/soc_stud.html
By teachers, for teachers, the PBS TeacherSource invites you to explore a vast array of resources including PBS television programs, tools for teaching, and resources by curricular subject, topic and grade level.
Ball State University Electronic Field Trip
http://www.bsu.edu/eft/0405
Ball State University's Electronic Field Trips are a dynamic combination of live, interactive broadcasts and online curriculum meeting national teaching standards developed by teachers and content experts. The learning experiences expand the disciplines: science, mathematics, history and social sciences.
Knowledge Updates
http://knowledgeupdates.mit.edu
Concise overviews of specialized topics in breakthrough fields.
School Space: An Analysis of Map Perceptions
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/02/g68/space.html
A lesson plan created by National Geographic to teach students to understand that perception
influences the mental maps and attitudes of people about places
Regions: A
Hands-on Approach
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/ideas58/58regions.html
A lesson plan created by National Geographic for grades 5-8, in which students look at various
regions, define what a region is (giving examples) and learn to understand the subjective
nature of determining regional boundaries.
Space Age Tech Comes to Earth
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=195
A lesson plan created by the Utah Education Network in which students identify numerous
applications of technology in agriculture, thereby becoming more familiar with agricultural
practices as a result of these activities.
The History of Manufacturing
http://legacy.ncsu.edu/classes/ted430/ils/Unit1/Lesson/historymfg.htm
An online overview of historical events pertaining to the manufacturing industry.
History of Science Society
http://www.hssonline.org/main_pg.html
Promotes efforts to foster the interests of science in a historical context and its social and
cultural relations. Users can find information on jobs, fellowships, grants and prizes, and
scientific historians can learn about upcoming conferences and colloquiums.
Environmental Explorer
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/ideask4/k4environ.html
A lesson plan in which students use observation skills to analyze changes that people have made
to the natural environment.
Space Age Tech Comes to Earth
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=195
A lesson plan created by the Utah Education Network in which students identify numerous
applications of technology in agriculture, thereby becoming more familiar with agricultural
practices as a result of these activities.
Raised on Technology, They Shrug at Space
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20030204tuesday.html
Students compare differences in perspectives about space exploration between generations of
people, research how various forms of technology have changed during different periods in time,
and study the ways in which technology impacts society.
Engineering: your future
http://www.engineeringk12.org/precollege/engineering.cfm
Provides high school students and others with information about careers in engineering and engineering technology.
People & Society Research Overview
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