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- Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center at Purchase Knob
- Visit the Learning Center at Lake Junaluska and participate in a scientific research program that focuses on the scientific method, air quality, or soil health.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Ecology Center at Herring Ridge
- This new environmental education center for 4th- 12th grade students has hands-on programs which promote a life-long interest in science and stewardship to the Earth.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Classroom environment: the basics
- Your classroom is "home away from home" for you and your students. Make it attractive, comfortable, and functional.
- By Denise Young.
- Traditional weaving in Ecuador
- Photographs and text illustrate traditional weaving in Ecuador, from carding and spinning wool to selling finished products at the market.
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
- Weyerhaeuser's Cool Springs Environmental Education Center
- Visit the Weyerhaeuser's Cool Springs Environmental Education Center "where the forest is the classroom" and learn about forestry, wildlife, and environmental issues.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Pastel de Tres Leches (A Typical Quinceañera Cake)
- In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 3.3
- An elaborate Quinceañera cake. (Don't worry, the one you'll make here is much simpler!) Ingredients For the batter: 1 cup sugar 5 eggs,...
- Format: recipe
- North Carolina Arboretum
- A wide variety of classes and workshops are provided to students at the NC Arboretum, ranging from bonsai demonstrations to nature walks.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The growth of tourism: Southern Pines
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.10
- Report on a trip by doctors to Southern Pines, North Carolina, suggesting that its healthful climate made it an excellent destination for urban tourists and people recovering from illnesses. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: article
- Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.
- Wild and wacky warm-ups
- The lesson describes choral music warm-ups for improving singing posture, breath control, vowel placement, and rhythmic reading skills. Basic sight reading skills are reviewed and reinforced to enhance independent musicianship.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Music Education)
- By Georgia Stephens.
- National Institute of Environmental Health
- Tour the National institute of Environmental Health campus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina and learn about environmental health as well as career options for those who are interested in going into the field of biomedical research.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Sound to Sea Environmental Education Program
- Learn about the interconnectedness of man and nature and explore complex ecosystems at this camp and conference center located on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Instructional goals and classroom space
- Your classroom should be arranged to help you meet your pedagogical goals. Any setting, including your classroom, exerts many influences — frequently subtle — on the people in it.
- By Kathleen Casson.
- Cause and effect writing: What it looks like and who reads it
- Students examine the causes and effects presented in a brochure called “Ozone: The Good and the Bad.” They also examine the language of the brochure with regard to audience appropriateness. Students then write their own brochures examine their classmates' brochures for cause and effect and for audience appropriateness.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–10 English Language Arts)
- By Michelle Roberts.
- Round and Round It Goes; Water, Where It Stops Nobody Knows
- The hydrologic cycle is the process, powered by the sun, which identifies the constant, endless movement of water from the atmosphere to the earth to the ground water, to the rivers to the oceans and back into the atmosphere. This experimental lab lesson will show the process of the hydrologic cycle as it relates to the earth's atmosphere by showing three different scenarios,the first scenario (the control), container A, shows the hydrologic cycle with no contaminates. The second scenario, container B, shows the hydrologic cycle with the earth's soil contaminated. The third scenario, container C, demonstrates the hydologic cycle with the air polluted. These three situations will give the student an idea of how the atmosphere and the growth of plant life are affected by different contaminants in the earth.This lesson will, in fact, investigate the hydrologic cycle experimentally.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Mark Clinkscales and Carrie Palmer.
- A case study of "A Civil Action"
- In Bringing current science into the classroom, page 3
- This is a short, culminating activity that can be used to assess your students' understanding of the steps needed to determine if a water source is contaminated and how it got that way, and to suggest possible methods of cleanup or remediation. Students review a portion of the film "A Civil Action" and identify the problem and the people involved. Students then take the role of environmental scientist and apply their knowledge of water and hazardous waste contamination to create a plan to help lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, try the case.
- Format: (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Michele Kloda.
- Rhythm, pattern, color, and texture in art and poetry
- In this lesson, students will discover the meaning of "rhythm," "patterns," "color," and "texture" through the performance and modeled analysis of a class "symphony." Students will also evaluate the impact of each element on the whole work and note personal reactions and connections to this art form. Students will then work in small groups to apply the same elements and personal evaluation and connections to a historical work of visual art. At the end of the lesson, students will reflect on ways these two experiences are similar.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
- By Carol Horne.
- Cloudy with a chance of... what?
- Students will enjoy reading about a town where no one ever goes hungry because the sky provides food while learning about weather, healthy and unhealthy foods, and creating a database.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts and Science)
- By BJ Larson and Paula Sharpe.
- The tabasco water heater and hot water in Biltmore House
- In A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate, page 7
- Introduction to the boiler room Although this room is called the Boiler Room, a number of interesting features relating to various technologies can be seen here, including the elevator controller and modern DC generator. The platform and wire cage...
- By Sue Clark McKendree.
- Focus on Planet Earth
- LEARN NC has developed a resource guide of interactive websites, integrated lesson plans, idea-generating articles, and inspiring field trips to help you incorporate environmental themes in your classroom, school, and community.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Estuaries in North Carolina: A primer
- Estuaries are places near the coast where freshwater and saltwater mix. Influenced by ocean forces yet partly sheltered from them, estuaries have unique and fascinating ecologies. This article explains what estuaries are, their geology and role in the larger...
- By Waverly Harrell and Jennifer Godwin-Wyer.
