COLLABORATE serves as the virtual meeting place for members of the National Archives education team in Washington, DC, and colleagues from schools, institutions, and organizations across the nation to share innovative ideas and best practices. These conversations will serve as a basis for an exciting new web site and will also offer important feedback and commentary on the site as it develops.

Math and Science Lessons on DocsTeach

August 27, 2009

DocsTeach will include a lesson template that math and/or science teachers can use to create lessons.  The National Archives has many, many records containing data - charts, tables, graphs, etc.  Here are just a couple of examples.

What tools will math/science teachers need inside the lesson template to be able to create engaging math/science data-analysis activities for their students with documents such as these?

Grain Production

Document Including Grain Production Statistics from the Federal Reserve

Frequency of UFO Reports

Document Showing the Frequency of UFO Sightings from Project Blue Book

Written By: Collaborate Team, 11:23 am
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