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Practicum in Online Teaching - Carolina Online Teacher Program
Teach your online course with a pilot group of students or teachers. An experienced online-learning mentor will guide you through typical problem areas. The Practicum in Online Teaching may be done in conjunction with your school or county, and even as part of your normal teaching load.
Take this course: Begins January 5.

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hands-on activities
Instructional activity in which students actively work with and manuipulate materials and objects in order to study a concept or solve problems.

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The Changing Face of Mexico
Essays and activities exploring Mexican culture, past and present. Includes historical perspectives, classroom activities, and recipes.
Format: book (multiple pages)
Photo analysis: Focus on carpet weaving
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs of carpet weaving.
Format: worksheet
By Eric Eaton.
Photo analysis: Focus on geography
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs, focusing on information about the geography of the region in which they were taken.
Format: worksheet
By Eric Eaton.
Tennis skills
Students will refine their basic tennis skills by participating in a variety of activities for the beginner.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 )
By Larry Siers.
Photo analysis: Focus on world pottery traditions
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs of pottery-making.
Format: worksheet
By Eric Eaton.
Beginning lesson on coordinate grids: First quadrant
Students will investigate the first quadrant of the Cartesian coordinate system. They will use online activities developed by Shodor.org to identify the coordinates of points, or plot specific points. Then students will progress to an activity where they direct a robot through a mine field laid out on the coordinate plane. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop - "Interactivate Your Bored Math Students" by Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Bonnie Boaz.
Photo analysis: Focus on climate
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs for information about the climate of the region in which they were taken.
Format: worksheet
By Eric Eaton.
M&M math
M&M Math provides students with hands-on activities. Students will be sorting objects, comparing whole numbers, writing fractions, performing addition, subtraction, and division problems with the use of manipulatives.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Angela Gillie.
Temperature graphs
In the following lesson students will locate and record daily high temperatures for several major cities. This data will then be displayed on line graphs. Students will choose one city, and based on its high temperatures, write a paragraph describing appropriate clothing and activities for that location. They will draw a picture of themselves dressed in the clothing and participating in an activity they described.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Kaye Clark.
More or less
This lesson contains a series of activities on more or less. These activities can be used over several days or combined into a one-day lesson.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Sarah Owens.
Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two
In this lesson, students will read and evaluate primary source letters from the Great Depression about the effects of the Fair Labor Standards Act on North Carolina's tobacco bag stringers.
Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
Tabletop grids
Students will play a review game in small groups using large grids to develop skill in locating and naming points on grid maps.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Monica Delanoy.
N.C.- The Rip Van Winkle State
This lesson introduces students to Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle" and correlates it with the history of North Carolina. In the 1800s North Carolina was nicknamed "The Rip Van Winkle State."
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
By Kay D. Lopossay.
Sorting again and again!
Students will discover that beans have many attributes and they will sort them accordingly.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
By Melanie Kush.
Yahooligans owl information
The topic of this lesson is great horned owls. The students will read information about the description of the owls and their eating habits. The students will also be able to listen to the sounds that a great horned owl makes. The student will be expected to use computer skills as well as reading skills to look up information in the website for the worksheet.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science)
By Nicole Davenport.
In it Goes, Out it Comes
Students will work with input and output using numbers and letters.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
By Angeli Jarman.
Primary source letters lesson plan
In Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity two, page 1
This is one of a series of activities that will help educators use the Tobacco Bag Stringing project materials in their classrooms. Throughout the series students will learn about tobacco stringing, study primary source...
Format: lesson plan
By Pauline S. Johnson.
Grassroots Science Museums Collaborative
Grassroots museums annually serve millions of citizens through general visitation, teacher training and special programs. Programs include both onsite and offsite presentations and reach students in every North Carolina school district.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Equation Math-O
Students will review different types of equations by playing Math-O.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
By Tracy Howell.
Tennis ball can relay
Through tennis ball can relays, reading will be integrated into the physical education program. This will be done with instructions written on slips of paper. In relay form, students will pull them out of a tennis ball can one at a time and perform each task.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Healthful Living)
By Nancy Lee.