What is a natural resource, and what resources did the Lewis and Clark expedition seek? After reading an article on the mapping of the west, learners get into small groups to discuss the important natural resources of the period. They...

Students discover ways to stay healthy by utilizing Internet education software.  In this computer technology lesson, students investigate Internet programs that simulate a field trip by showing images and video.  Students...

Students identify events of the environmental movement in the United States.  For this environment  activity students study Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir, who had a great impact on the environmental movement. 

First graders classify plants and animals based on their characteristics using examples from the westward journey of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery.

Learners, in groups, examine the use of artifacts and fossils to study people, plants and animals from the past.