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Musical mountain
Students will learn to hear the differences between low, middle, and high pitches. They will be able to visualize these differences by looking at the low, middle, and high points of a mountain.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Music Education)
By Margaret Harris.
The foreboding walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
The foreboding walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
The foreboding walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. Echo Canyon is a slot canyon accessible from the East Rim Trail. The lower part of the canyon meets the main valley through a steep series of erosion-carved potholes and channels. Going further...
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The mossy walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
The mossy walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
The mossy walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. Echo Canyon is a slot canyon accessible from the East Rim Trail. The lower part of the canyon meets the main valley through a steep series of erosion-carved potholes and channels. Going further in the...
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Patterns in the walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Patterns in the walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Patterns in the walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. Echo Canyon is a slot canyon accessible from the East Rim Trail. The lower part of the canyon meets the main valley through a steep series of erosion-carved potholes and channels. Going further...
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Rock faces of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Rock faces of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Rock faces of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. Echo Canyon is a slot canyon accessible from the East Rim Trail. The lower part of the canyon meets the main valley through a steep series of erosion-carved potholes and channels. Going further in the canyon...
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Snowy trees in Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Snowy trees in Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Snowy trees in Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. Echo Canyon is a slot canyon accessible from the East Rim Trail. The lower part of the canyon meets the main valley through a steep series of erosion-carved potholes and channels. Going further in the canyon...
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Colorful walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Colorful walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Colorful walls of Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. Echo Canyon is a slot canyon accessible from the East Rim Trail. The lower part of the canyon meets the main valley through a steep series of erosion-carved potholes and channels. Going further in the...
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Foggy ridges on the trail to Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Foggy ridges on the trail to Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Foggy ridges on the trail to Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. Echo Canyon is a slot canyon accessible from the East Rim Trail. The lower part of the canyon meets the main valley through a steep series of erosion-carved potholes and channels. Going further...
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Farmville's choice
In this lesson, students will learn about rural life in North Carolina at the turn of the century. Home demonstration and 4H clubs implemented many programs to help people learn better farming techniques, ways of preserving food, and taking care of the home. Several North Carolina leaders went to great lengths to ensure the success of these programs. In part of this activity, students help the town of Farmville dedicate a monument to one of those people.
Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
Indian Paintbrush on the trail to Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Indian Paintbrush on the trail to Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah
Indian Paintbrush flower under snow on the trail to Echo Canyon, Zion National Park, Utah. Echo Canyon is a slot canyon accessible from the East Rim Trail. The lower part of the canyon meets the main valley through a steep series of erosion-carved potholes...
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High and low bears
This is a lesson that introduces and reinforces the music concept of pitch.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Music Education)
By Penny Adams-Manolas.
Gardens all around
Students learn to appreciate the plants and animals that make their homes in the gardens of North Carolina.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science)
By Bambi Heavner.
Learn about your county
This activity will allow fourth grade students in North Carolina to learn more about the counties that surround their home county. Using online images, students will create a multimedia presentation to share with others.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
By Clarice Poovey.
Farm animal immigrants
Students will identify a rare or endangered farm animal and then locate its country of origin on a world map. Students will also research the animal and its uses to determine why it was an imported.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies)
By Meg Millard and Pamela Webb.
Old Fort Railroad Museum
Old Fort, North Carolina has been undergoing a great renovation and the Depot is no exception. The Railroad Depot houses the Railroad Museum and contains memorabilia, tools, and furniture from the early railroad period.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
St. James Place Museum
This is a private folk art museum housed in the restored old Robersonville Primitive Baptist Church. It features pieces from the personal collection of Dr. Everette James, Jr., a native of Robersonville and former chair of Radiology at Vanderbilt University.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Copy cat
In BioMusic, page 1.7
In this lesson, students will learn many interesting things about mockingbirds. They will explore the difference between a mimic and an echo, then go on a nature walk and record bird observations in their science notebooks.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Music Education and Science)
By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.
Penderlea Homestead Museum: A Homestead Community of the Depression Era
Visit this Depression-era community built by President Roosevelt's New Deal progra, in 1934. The museum in Willard, North Carolina is open on Saturdays and by appointment.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Write on!: Hooking the reader
Students will recognize new and innovative ways to write a narrative by discovering various ways to "hook" the reader with catchy beginnings and using figurative language and writing components to write an interesting story.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts)
By Tina Duckwall.
Camden County Heritage Museum
Visitors to this museum can see historic artifacts of Camden County as well as the preserved county jail.
Format: article/field trip opportunity