Sample Interactive Activities: K-8 and High School

Dive in, play around, and enjoy the challenge and the learning!

These interactive activities are embedded in longer lessons. As you’ll see, most activities offer classic "learning by doing" opportunities, which develop a true understanding of a lesson’s ideas and principles.

Interactive Activities from K-8 Lessons

Postcards from Around the World The Fisherman and the Genie The Road to Rome Where in the Roman World?
Karate Practice with Alexander the Great Comparing Collections Counting Engine Building Expressions
Morris DeCode Ocean Explorer Rocks of the Grand Canyon Harp
Mars Orbit from Earth Planet Distances Skydome Earth Simulator Mystery Item

Interactive Activities from High School Lessons

pH Indicator Testing The Coriolis Effect Identifying Functions
pH Indicator Testing
In Chemistry, students use the interactive lab to test the pH of a solution.
The Coriolis Effect
This animated tutorial shows the Coriolis Effect and informs students about the important dynamics of Coriolis forces on meteorology.
Identifying Functions
Students learn about functions, how to identify them, their domain and their range.
How to Solve a System of Equations Marketing an Era Characters in American Literature
How to Solve a System of Equations
This tutorial teaches students how to solve linear equations using a calculator.
Marketing an Era
Students apply their acquired knowledge about nationalism (1815-1824) to create a brochure that identifies some of the architecture, opportunities, and changes during Madison’s and Monroe’s new nationalism.
Characters in American Literature
The roles and personality traits of the characters in The Glass Menagerie are highlighted and explained in this student interactive.