Title: Fast Food Competition Chart Interactive
Description: In this student interactive, from an EconEdLink lesson, students compare two fast-food restaurants in the areas of price, quality, product design, customer service, and variety. Click "Display Full Record" and see the Relation field for a link to the lesson this interactive supports.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 13: Use digital tools to formulate solutions to authentic problems.

Title: Power Up!
Description: This tool, created by Science NetLinks, challenges students to think about the positive and negative consequences of various types of power. The site provides students with a specific monetary budget, which they can use to purchase power plants for their city. As students choose their types of power, they learn how much power the plant provides, how much it costs, and the effect it could have on the environment. While this page links to the overview of the tool for grades 6-8, you can access reviews for additional grades and benchmarks using the navigation tools at the top of the overview.
Standard(s):
[S1] (5) 4: Describe forms of energy, including chemical, heat, light, and mechanical.
[TC2] (6-8) 13: Use digital tools to formulate solutions to authentic problems.

Title: Autobiography Time Line
Description: This student interactive, from an Xpeditions lesson, guides students in creating autobiographical timelines listing the important events of their lives.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 11: Use digital tools and strategies to locate, collect, organize, evaluate, and synthesize information.
[TC2] (6-8) 13: Use digital tools to formulate solutions to authentic problems.

Title: Fast Food Competition Chart Interactive
Description: In this student interactive, from an EconEdLink lesson, students compare two fast-food restaurants in the areas of price, quality, product design, customer service, and variety. Click "Display Full Record" and see the Relation field for a link to the lesson this interactive supports.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 13: Use digital tools to formulate solutions to authentic problems.

Title: Marble Mania Student Page
Description: This Science NetLinks Afterschool activity introduces kids to probability and chance with a fun interactive. By pulling marbles out of a virtual bag, students begin to develop a basic understanding of probabilities, how they are determined, and how the outcome of an experiment can be affected by the number of times it is conducted.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 13: Use digital tools to formulate solutions to authentic problems.

Title: Power Up!
Description: This tool, created by Science NetLinks, challenges students to think about the positive and negative consequences of various types of power. The site provides students with a specific monetary budget, which they can use to purchase power plants for their city. As students choose their types of power, they learn how much power the plant provides, how much it costs, and the effect it could have on the environment. While this page links to the overview of the tool for grades 6-8, you can access reviews for additional grades and benchmarks using the navigation tools at the top of the overview.
Standard(s):
[S1] (5) 4: Describe forms of energy, including chemical, heat, light, and mechanical.
[TC2] (6-8) 13: Use digital tools to formulate solutions to authentic problems.

Title: Autobiography Time Line
Description: This student interactive, from an Xpeditions lesson, guides students in creating autobiographical timelines listing the important events of their lives.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 11: Use digital tools and strategies to locate, collect, organize, evaluate, and synthesize information.
[TC2] (6-8) 13: Use digital tools to formulate solutions to authentic problems.

Title: Autobiography Time Line
Description: This student interactive, from an Xpeditions lesson, guides students in creating autobiographical timelines listing the important events of their lives.
Standard(s):
[TC2] (6-8) 11: Use digital tools and strategies to locate, collect, organize, evaluate, and synthesize information.
[TC2] (6-8) 13: Use digital tools to formulate solutions to authentic problems.