| Category | Title of Lesson | Brief Description | Corresponds with Program | Grade Level |
| Environmental | Crumpled Paper Watershed | Students create a model of a watershed and observe how the contours of the land determine the flow of surface water. Students investigate the physical characteristics of a watershed and the effects of humans land-use decisions on the watershed. | Industrial Watershed | 5-8 |
| Environmental | Who Polluted the Merrimack | This activity demonstrates that we are all part of the problem of pollution. It shows that protecting the environments not a one-time event, but requires ongoing changes to our habits. | Industrial Watershed | 5-8 |
| Engineering | Innovation:Materials Properties | Students test materials for various properties to assess how they will perform at a designated task. | Engineer It! | 3-12 |
| Innovation: Simple Machines | This lesson provides students with a review of simple machines and their tasks. It works best in combination with your lesson on simple machines, or as a review/additional activity. | 3-12 |
Partnership
The Tsongas Industrial History Center is an education partnership between the University of Massachusetts Lowell School of Education and the National Park Service at Lowell National Historical Park.
