Resource Library

The TeachEngineering digital library provides teacher-tested, standards-based engineering content for K-12 teachers to use in science and math classrooms. Their library is organized by subject areas, curricular units, lessons and activities.

Resources pertaining to environmental education:

-Energy-Efficient Housing

-Test and Treat Before You Drink

-How Far Does a Lava Flow Go?

In this activity students perform conversions and calculations using the units common to farming, including rods, acres and feet. This activity meets measurement and connections standards for math.

Students research real-time and historic temperature data of U.S. and world locations and analyze the data using mean, median and mode averages. Students use a calculator or electronic spreadsheet to compile their statistics and then graph the data using a spreadsheet or graph paper.

Learn creative ways to integrate environmental issues into your classroom lessons. This Web site offers teacher resources, opportunities for field studies, training and funding. Resources are searchable by multiple fields including subject and level. Subjects span all disciplines, from art to mathematics.

This activity explores the coffee industry through economics. A fun "Coffee Dollar" activity has students allocate portions of a theoretical dollar to the different workers involved in the coffee industry, from the grower to the retailer.

Through the application of math concepts students examine the degree of biodiversity that exists in the everyday environment in order to develop an understanding of how scientists classify organisms. They also explore why biodiversity is important for living things.

Students examine the historical natural selection model of moths by analyzing patterns in long-term data of light and dark colored moth populations. Using a graphing calculator students create graphs of the data and draw conclusions about the environment that created the results. Additional questions to explore how humans affect natural selection are included.

Students will examine data about garbage production and graphically represent it in a scatter plot. Students will use the data to make predictions of future trends. They will also develop an understanding of the environmental impact of trash accumulation and the need for a plan to deal with potential garbage problems. The activity is written for use with a graphing calculator.

Students will use derivatives and integrals to determine the best time for a farmer to plant hay. They will solve this problem by examining the course of the sun, utilizing concepts of equinoxes and global positioning.

Students will use real data from morning rush hour on Chicago expressways to examine piece-wise regression. To make the scenario more interesting and relevant, students will discuss the problems caused by excessive traffic. The activity is written for use with a graphing calculator.