Kenan Fellows Program
Home page: http://www.ncsu.edu/kenanfellows/
The Kenan Fellows Program of North Carolina State University is designed to:
- Develop teacher leaders in the classrooms across North Carolina and advance the art of teaching
- Enrich teachers’ content knowledge in mathematics, science and technology through strategic partnerships with businesses and higher education
- Develop innovative and inquiry-based relevant curricular tools and resources in partnership with the NC Department of Public Instruction to be disseminated to teachers and students across our state
- Foster teaching based on inquiry, problem solving, and real-life application
- Build a cohort of teacher leaders across North Carolina
LEARN NC works with the Kenan Fellows Program to publish resources developed by fellows.
Kenan Fellows instructional plans
- Kenan Fellows instructional plans
- Alphabetical listing of unit plans and lesson plans provided by the Kenan Fellows Program.
Resources provided by Kenan Fellows Program
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- Density
- In Integrating Chemistry and Algebra II, page 3
- Students will determine the density of two unknown liquids by collecting mass and volume data. Each group of students will be given a different volume of the liquids to measure, they will combine their data to create a graph. Using the graph students will determine the density of the two liquids by calculating the slope of the two lines. Students will also use a graphing calculator to determine the slope of the two lines.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Jennifer Elmo.
- Designing for speed and distance
- In On track learning: Safety through technology and design, page 3
- In this lesson, students will learn about factors engineers must balance when designing a car. Students will find that not only must engineers consider the actual car design, but also road design and fuel limitations. Students will apply some of their new knowledge as they continue to work on their own car designs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 Science)
- By Roxanne Moses.
- Determining the atomic mass of elements in a compound using matrices
- In Integrating Chemistry and Algebra II, page 4
- This lesson is designed to show students a practical application for matrices within the context of chemistry.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics and Science)
- By Jennifer Elmo.
- Diseases throughout human history
- Students will trace the historical impact of disease on humankind and research key events in the history of disease.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science and Social Studies)
- By Greg Mitchell.
- DNA extraction
- In Restoring the American chestnut, page 6
- In this lesson, students model the process of electrophoresis and DNA fingerprinting. They will evaluate DNA evidence and look for a gene that is resistant to the chestnut blight.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Shelley Casey.
- A dying industry
- In this lesson, students learn how tariffs protect certain domestic industries and consider the impact of that protection from a variety of perspectives.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 Social Studies)
- By Susan Taylor.
- Earthquake-proof homes
- In Design technology: Children's engineering, page 3.5
- For this lesson, students use knowledge gained from previous lessons to design and build an earthquake-proof home. They will test their structures on a “shake table” and see if their houses survive.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
- By Erin Denniston.
- Eco-packaging
- In Design technology: Children's engineering, page 1.5
- Environmental issues are often at odds with commerce. In this lesson, students balance the need for secure packaging with environmental and economic concerns. They will work together to create mailing packages for a fragile substance and evaluate their results once the package travels through the postal system.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics and Science)
- By Erin Denniston.
- Egg drop to test barrier design
- In On track learning: Safety through technology and design, page 7
- In this lesson, students will construct an egg catcher that will catch an egg from the greatest possible height without cracking or breaking the egg.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–10 Science)
- By Roxanne Moses.
- Egg transport vehicle
- In On track learning: Safety through technology and design, page 2
- In this lesson, students will learn about car design features that help to protect passengers in a crash. They will transfer this knowledge to their car designs as they continue working as a group.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–10 Science)
- By Roxanne Moses.
- Expand and contract
- In Design technology: Children's engineering, page 2.4
- In this lesson, students will learn that heat causes most substances to expand and become less dense. They will measure the circumference of a balloon, then heat it, and measure the circumference again.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
- By Erin Denniston.
- Experimenting with pH
- In Critical thinking in science, page 4
- This lesson introduces pH, and the effect of concentration and volume on pH. Students will use common foods for the experiment, helping them to make connections between pH, real-life things, and even the relationship between pH and taste. Students design their own experiment, which strengthens their inquiry skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Daniell DiFrancesca.
- Exploring mechanical advantage with simple machines
- In Work, power, and machines, page 2
- This lesson is part of the unit "Work, power, and machines." In this lesson, students will conceptually and quantitatively explore ideal and actual mechanical advantage with three simple machines: the lever (second- and third-class), the inclined plane, and the pulley.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Tara Blalock.
- Fire retardation and fabrics
- In On track learning: Safety through technology and design, page 6
- In this lesson, students will determine the fire retardation level of several fabrics.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–10 English Language Arts, Healthful Living, and Science)
- By Roxanne Moses.
- Float, sink, flink!
- In this lesson, students will learn to make things flink, meaning they neither float to the top nor sink to the bottom of a fluid. They will discover that whether an object floats or sinks depends not only on the properties of the object itself, but also on the properties of the fluid (either gas or liquid) in which it is situated.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 Science)
- By Erin Denniston.
- Floatless boats
- In Design technology: Children's engineering, page 4.2
- In this lesson, students will test a variety of objects to determine if they float or sink in water. They will then create an object that neither floats nor sinks but “flinks.” Vocabulary terms and concepts covered in the lesson include buoyancy, gravity, density, and equilibrium.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 1–3 Science)
- By Erin Denniston.
- Fluid Properties and scale models: Applying the Reynolds Number
- In A mathematical model to describe fluid behavior, page 3
- During this lesson, students will gain a more realistic understanding of the use of scale models and understand that conditions beyond similarity of the objects are necessary for a scale model to function in the same manner as the actual object. The students will gain knowledge of how the properties of fluids, specifically density and viscosity, affect the movement of fluid around objects.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Jenny Rucker.
- The germination of a tree
- In this lesson students will attempt to germinate tree seeds and observe the interior of a seed under a microscope.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 and 9–12 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Harold Mackin.
- Half-life
- In Integrating Chemistry and Algebra II, page 5
- This activity integrates Chemistry and Algebra II by using the concepts of half-life and exponential decay. Half-life is a way for students to see a real-life use of exponential decay functions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics and Science)
- By Jennifer Elmo.
- Healthy and unhealthy foods: What's the difference? (Part 1)
- In I’m on a diet and proud of it: Nutrition through math and science, page 6
- In this lesson, students build scientific models to help them conceptualize the energy (calorie) to nutrient ratio provided by various types of carbohydrates, thereby discovering complex carbohydrates and lean protein as being the superior choices.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Healthful Living, Information Skills, and Science)
- By Karina Colón.
