Department of Commerce

This activity shows students in grades 5—8 how to make their own recycled paper embedded with seeds at home. Students can plant the paper in soil and sprouts will appear within weeks. Detailed directions and an instructional video are provided. Learn more. 

This game encourages students to test their knowledge on a variety of summer-related topics powered by Census Bureau data. Question prompts include states with the most amusement parks or zoos and botanical gardens, the number of U.S. travel agencies and RV campgrounds, and more. Learn more. 

This database features opportunities for students of all levels to engage with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including K-12, undergraduate, graduate, and recent graduates. Opportunities include one-day events, scholarships, summer internships, multi-year fellowships, and more. Learn more.  ...

This activity includes worksheets that elementary, middle, and high school students can use to construct their own family trees and to record the first census year in which they and their family members would have been counted. Learn more. 

The mission of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships is to serve people in need by collaborating with interested faith-based and community organizations. The Partnerships Office works with agency Centers for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships (“agency Centers”) at the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Health and Human ...

This webpage contains a student handout with fun facts about Black History Month. The page also contains a teaching guide (PDF, 2 pages) with activities for every grade level. Learn more.  

This game helps students celebrate Black (African American) History Month by testing their knowledge on facts and figures about the Black population in the United States. See the accompanying fun facts handout for answers to the questions. Learn more.  

This 5-Minute Challenge activity (PDF, 1 page) highlights the educational attainment of the Black population. Students can analyze data to discover trends in the educational attainment of the U.S. Black and the total populations by age. Learn more.  

In this activity, students will analyze census data and graphs that demonstrate how certain aspects of the lives of African-Americans have changed since civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963. Fourth and fifth grade students will select a fact from these ...

In this elementary school math activity (PDF, 12 pages), students will analyze and interpret American Community Survey (ACS) data on housing characteristics in the United States. They will compare these data with data they collect from their classmates. Students will also determine what their dream home would look like and ...