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School of Education,
finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers
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- American black bear
- The students will examine the structural characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the American Black Bear necessary for survival.
- Author: Shanda Myers
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Animal environments: Day 2
- Students will group animals using common characteristics. Students will develop an understanding of animal adaptations. This lesson is one in a series of lessons: Understanding Animal Adaptation: Day 1; Animal Environments: Day 2; Diamante Poetry Using Environments: Day 3. This is lesson two.
- Author: Cheri Cole
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Artifact ethics
- In their study of archaeological issues students will use ethical dilemmas to examine their own values and beliefs about archaeological site protection. They will also evaluate possible actions they might take regarding site and artifact protection.
- Format: lesson plan (grades K–5)
- Blackbeard: The Most Feared Pirate of the Atlantic
- Students will acquire information about Blackbeard through primary resources and apply their knowledge to create a newspaper article concerning his life.
- Author: Carol Holden and Tanya Klanert
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Classification and attributes
- In their study of classification and attributes, students will use “doohickey kits” to classify objects based on their attributes, and explain that scientists and specifically archaeologists use classification to help answer research questions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Dictionary Guide Words: How do they guide us?
- Students have difficulty locating words in a dictionary. This lesson will allow students to learn how to use guide words in a dictionary to locate words.
- Author: Anne Campbell and Carol Troutman
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Finding Your Way In North Carolina
- Students will become familiar with the regions and local features of North Carolina and be able to write directions for others to find these features on a map.
- Author: Teachers Connect
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- The Five Themes of Me
- Students will demonstrate their understanding of the Five Themes of Geography through literature-based integrated activities to spotlight how they are represented in each. They will also work on language/writing skills and computer competencies while enjoying a little art along the way!
- Author: Catherine Hazelton
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- A guided journey into the past
- In their study of archaeological resource conservation, students will use guided imagery to discover and judge an alternative way to enjoy artifacts without removing them from archaeological sites.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Incredible insect mouths
- This lesson shows children that insects have different kinds of mouths. It also notes the kinds of foods that different insects eat. It is a hands-on experiment type of lesson in which the children act as insects and use different tools for their “mouths.”
- Author: Kelly Stewart
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- It's in the garbage
- In studying archaeological concepts, students will analyze garbage from different places demonstrate competence in applying the concepts of culture, context, classification, observation and inference, chronology and scientific inquiry.
- Format: lesson plan (grades 4–5, 8)
- "Kid-Created" Biographies
- In this lesson plan, the students will create biographies on the people they know best-- their teachers! The students will use various skills to collect information, organize details, publish the biographies and present the information.
- Author: Gregg Farr, Lynn Beatty and Tricia Freeze
- Format: lesson plan (grades 3–4)
- Magnetic magic
- Students will explore and experiment with a magnet's mysterious invisible strength by rotating through five hands-on centers.
- Author: Thelma Pike
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- North Carolina American Indian Stories
- In this lesson students will select and read stories from some of the North Carolina American Indian tribes. They will compare and contrast two stories of their choice and complete a Venn diagram. Students will use the information on the Venn diagram to write three paragraphs. After reading several American Indian tales or legends, students will then create their own legend using the narrative writing process.
- Author: Janice Gardner
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- North Carolina Cherokee Indians: The Trail of Tears
- In this two week unit, students will study the Cherokee by participating in literature circles, learning about Native American story telling, writing a letter to Andrew Jackson to protest against the Creek War, and more.
- Author: Gina Golden
- Format: lesson plan (grades 4–5)
- North Carolina Regional Travel Brochure
- The students will cooperatively design travel brochures that describe major physical and cultural characteristics of the regions in North Carolina.
- Author: Deborah Harrell
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Observation and inference
- In their study of observation and inference, students will use activity sheets and coins to differentiate between observation and inference through a problem-solving approach, and demonstrate their knowledge by analyzing an archaeological artifact and creating their own observation-inference statements.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Operation Beach Teach
- This lesson is the introduction to an integrated marine science unit which culminates in an early fall trip to Hammocks Beach State Park. (See attachment: Pre-Activity). The unit is designed to hook students into science and provide joyful learning experiences across the curriculum.
- Author: Math Science Education Network
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Partners in Measurement
- Students will apply their knowledge and demonstrate their ability to use standard and non-standard customary units in a cooperative measurement activity.
- Author: Vanessa Thomas
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)
- Quilts
- This lesson plan in designed to be one part of a fourth grade social studies unit on the Appalachian Mountains. It is based on the mountain custom of quilt making. This plan uses the book The Quiltmakers Gift by Jeff Brumbeau. It also uses the book internet site and other related sites. Enrichments of this lesson would be to display quilts, have a real quilt maker visit, have the class create their own paper quilt, etc.
- Author: Barbara Waters
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4)