Online Lessons

Published: Thursday, Apr. 19, 2007

Each week The Bee publishes a new online lesson for teachers, students and families who use the Internet and newspaper as learning resources. The lessons are tied to current events in the news and help learners extend their knowledge on a wide range of topics.

The lessons listed below are tied closely to current news events and take students on an online journey of discovery to the best educational sites on the Internet. Each lesson ends with a newspaper-based activity that can be completed with the current issue of The Bee.


History Sleuthing

Planet Hunting Tops 400

Constitutional Rights

Hear That?

Into Africa

Tracing Water's Flow

A Penny Saved, History Learned

Inventing the Modern World

Fishing for More

Building the Big & the Beautiful

Tracking Hurricanes

The Kennedys: Public Service Triumphs & Family Tragedies

Living with Wildfire

Respecting Copyrights

National Park Adventures

Revisiting Man's First Moon Walk

Exploring the Silk Road

Muscling Out the Competition

A Look At NATO

Exploring The Next Frontier

Reform Your Health

Watergate: A Case of Checks and Balances

Researching the Roots of America's Rich Heritage

Driving Our Future

The Quest For Clean Air

Adventures in Reading

Flu Stories

Hunting Down Heredity

Get Smart About Advertising

Our Energy Connections

Documentary Filmmaking

Global Economy at Crossroads

Artifacts of History

Who's Your Hero

Engineering Inspired by Nature

Sampling Shifting Landscapes

A Walkabout Down Under

Secretary of State Heads Abroad

Mapping Modern Life Through GIS/GPS

Testing the pH Scale

Street Art Gets Some Respect

Air Travels Up's and Downs

Lincoln and Obama: Picturing Presidential Problems

Sifting Through Geologic Time

Managing Your Money

Picturing History

Stem Cell Science

Engineering a Canal

Serving Our Communities

Art Reflecting Life

Following the Flu

Submarine Tech

Healthy Hearts

Textiles: Industry and Art

Inspecting Insects

Democracy in Progress

What's in Your Water?

Financial Crisis: Then & Now

Power Up Your Circuits

Speak Out

Exploring Alaska

Eye on Tennis

What Makes a President?

War's Effects on Life and Media

Ocean Depths Reveal Hot Secrets

The 411 on Sexual Health

NASA Innovations in Your Life

Knowing your Congress

Analyzing the Cold War

Evolution & Extinction

American Liberty Revival

Farming Food

On The Brain

Scouting Mars

South America Unites

Earthquakes Rocks China

Israel turns 60

Measles & Other Microbes

Galactic Gravity's Pull

Buying, Selling & Budgeting

The Olympics: Past & Present

Civil Rights in America

Ice Stories

The Supreme Court's Rule

Gold's Glow

Job Market Shifts

Computer World Changes

A Howl For Wolves

Living In The Flood Zone

Our World Of Waves

African American Art & Indentity

Bad Blood

Prizing Plants

Marketing for the Presidency

Inside Forensics

Good Timing

All About Whales

Tracing Human Life

Shut Down Cyber Abuse

Digging Into Diamonds

The Roman Empire

Music Inside & Out

Cleaner Cars On The Horizon

Healthy Weight Management

Game On

Climbing the Family Tree

Breathing Easy

Satellite Era Turns 50

The Many Faces of Genocide

Aging Well

The U.S. Constitution

Opera's Drama

Nuclear Weapons Inside & Out

Stargazing

Thailand In Transition

Coal Mining Risks & Rewards

Building Bridges

A Journey Through Time

Working Poor

Zooming Into the Universe

One Less Endangered Species

Fire Prevention and Safety

Space: Living in the Great Beyond

Debating For The Presidency

Curbing Infectious Diseases

I, Robot

Forever Snail Mail

Electric Guitars Shake Up Music Scene

Fish Futures Looking Brighter

Insights Into Slavery

Batter Up for Baseball Season

The Sky's the Limit

Taxing Times

Finding and Fighting Cancer

European Union Celebrates 50 Years

The Buzz about Bees

Stock Market Ups and Downs

Ten Years of Cloning

War Stories

Tracking Climate Change

From Bill to Law

Fueling the Economy

Dolphin Rescue

The Incredible Egg

Schooling Solutions

Presidential Reflections

Military Salute

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