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All About ME: Likenesses & Differences: This lesson will help to enhance the self-esteem of students by focusing on each child's individual differences.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Guidance, Healthful Living, and Social Studies); By Crystal Sigmon.

Careers in medicine and the ancient Greeks: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 4.4; In this lesson for grade six, students will learn about ancient Greek medicine and the Hippocratic Oath and will research contemporary medical careers.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies); By Mandy Matlock.

Family gardening in rural North Carolina: This lesson for grade one uses a series of activities related to plants and gardening to help students learn about gardening, plant life, families, and making healthy choices.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Healthful Living, Science, and Social Studies); By Penny Willard.

Good medicine: Students will examine changes in technology, medicine, and health that took place in North Carolina between 1870 and 1930 and construct products and ideas which demonstrate understanding of how these changes impacted people living in North Carolina at that time. To achieve these goals, students will employ the eight intelligences of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies); By Leslie Ramsey.

To eat or not to eat: After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, students will sort the foods the caterpillar ate by foods they need or don't need for their body.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Social Studies); By Karlyn Sugg.

Winter Olympics: What a blast!: The following lesson plan outlines an integrated unit on the Winter Olympics from the perspective of Physical Education. All subject areas can participate (suggestions are listed below), but the culminating activity is the Olympic Games organized through Physical Education classes. This lesson plan could be adapted for any grade level by making the Olympic events age appropriate.; Format: lesson plan; By Barbara H. Williams.

Women's ACC Basketball Tournament School Day curriculum: Four collections of basketball-based units for grades K–8 teach all areas of the curriculum through the lens of the 2013 Women's ACC Basketball Tournament.; Format: activity/lesson plan

Resources on the web

Content Knowledge: a Compendium of Standards and Benchmarks for K-12 Education: Benchmarks and standards for many curriculum areas; lessons aligned with national standards. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: The Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)

Cool Planet for Teachers: This site from OxFam helps teachers bring global issues into the classroom. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: OxFam

FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: A vast collection of teaching and learning resources for the arts, educational technology, foreign languages, health and safety, language arts, mathematics, physical education, science, social studies, and vocational education. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

The Gateway to 21st Century Skills: Quick and easy access to educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: GEM Exchange

How long is your life?: High school students have rarely been asked to look at their future beyond where they will be going to college or what job they think they will have. This EconEdLink lesson asks them to think in a long-term perspective. By using a timeline, they will map... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Guidance, Healthful Living, and Social Studies); Provided by: EconEdLink

Kenan Fellows Program: A two year program designed to promote teacher leadership and advance K-12 science, technology and mathematics education in North Carolina. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: North Carolina State University Kenan Institute

NEA: National Education Association: Classroom help, educational materials, legislation, publications, Read Across America, technology, and more from the United States national professional education organization. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: NEA

NewsHour Extra Teacher Resources: Online component of PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer complete with Lesson Plans, Quizzes, and other educational tools for core subjects. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: PBS

PBS Teacher Source: Lessons, activities, video clips and television schedules — your key to the wealth of public broadcasting programming. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: PBS

UNC-TV Online: General overview of UNC-TV, broadcast schedules, description of educational services, and related information. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan

Utah Education Network: Educational resources from the state of Utah which include lesson plans, assessment tools, activities, student interactives, and much more. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan

YES I Can! Science: York University's YES I Can! Science database contains classroom lesson plans; labs, demonstrations and activities; assessment tools, performance indicators, and background information for teachers. Lessons are aligned to US and Canadian standards... (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: York University Science and Engineering