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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

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We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Mud feels good!
Students will listen to Mud Walk by Joy Cowley. Students will experience and describe mud using a bubble map to record their responses. Students will create a class book using chocolate pudding to imitate mud.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)
By Amanda Mcalpine, Carol Elliott, and Ginny Devine.
Jumping with Jack Be Nimble
In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 3
In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Jack Be Nimble" to practice locomotor skills and sorting objects.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living and Science)
By Lisa Wright.
Bouncing bubbles
Students will listen to Bubbles Bubbles by Mercer Mayer and a bubble poem before exploring the joys of bubble blowing. Students will observe bubbles, discuss their observations and create illustrations and stories to share.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Science)
By Karen Rice.
Air is all around us
Air is everywhere. It cannot be seen, but it is all around us. This lesson helps students discover that air is everywhere.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
By Jan Wuertz.

Resources on the web

Wonderful waves
In this Science NetLinks lesson, students create a wave model using two different types of simple models. The purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate that simple models can be used to represent real world objects that are not easily brought into a classroom. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sampling rocks
The purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is for students to learn about sampling through an investigation of rocks found in the schoolyard. In grades K-2, learning can begin that will eventually lead to students' having a good grasp of everyday statistics.... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Science)
Provided by: Science Netlinks
Recycled Materials
The purpose of this lesson is to identify those materials that can be recycled and possible uses for them. It is strongly recommended that this lesson be used as a follow-up to the K-2 lesson on Materials and Manufacturing, in which students investigate... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K and 2 Science and Social Studies)
Provided by: Science Netlinks
Ready, set, let's dough! It's a matter of system
In this lesson, students will look at a complex system when they create their own play dough by taking several parts and creating a whole. Through their constructions, students will gain an understanding that individual parts are used to make a whole. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Materials and Manufacturing
The purpose of this lesson is to look at different kinds of materials; to identify the properties of materials and their suitability for different purposes. In this investigation, the familiar tale of The Three Little Pigs is used as an introduction to... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Science)
Provided by: Science Netlinks
Look at those leaves!
This Science NetLinks lesson begins with students observing leaves in a hands-on activity. As they observe attributes, they will group the leaves and consider any patterns they see emerge. In the second part of this lesson, students will become more familiar... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
Provided by: Science Netlinks
Farm machines
In this lesson, students are introduced to how farm machines help people grow, package, transport, and store food. In the beginning of the lesson, the teacher challenges students to dig a hole using only their hands. Then, students are asked to think about... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
Provided by: Science Netlinks
Exploring parts and wholes
In this Science NetLinks lesson students explore systems (in the context of parts and wholes), and develop the understanding that when parts are put together they can do things that they couldn't do by themselves. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science