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e-Learning for Educators - Designing a Virtual Field Trip
Use Internet resources to design a "virtual field trip" for their students. Study strategies and resources to design these field trips. Design effective and engaging virtual field trips for their students that are aligned to state and national standards.
Take this course: Begins May 12.

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Photo analysis: Focus on population
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs, focusing on information about the population of the region in which they were taken.
Format: worksheet
By Eric Eaton.
Marc Brown author study: Arthur's Nose
Using the book Arthur's Nose by Marc Brown students will respond to the story through art, music, and in written form.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)
By Kathy Palmore.
Teaching "style"
This exercise works best as a review at the mid-point or end of a literature course. Paired students describe the style of ten authors ranging from "ornate" to "plain," and then compare the authors' styles through a designated series of metaphors.
Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts)
By Charlotte Osterman.
Maya Angelou: Study and response to "Still I Rise"
Students read biographical information on Maya Angelou and her poem, "Still I Rise." Students identify support and elaboration in poem, then respond by either writing a letter to the author or his/her own poem in response.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)
By Barbara Groome and Jo Peterson Gibbs.
Photo analysis: Focus on carpet weaving
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs of carpet weaving.
Format: worksheet
By Eric Eaton.
A million fish... Serving up exaggeration
Students will become familiar with the term "exaggeration" and how it can be used in stories to catch the reader's attention. Students will create narrative stories of their own using exaggeration.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts)
By Jennie McGuire.
Integrating the internet into the Curriculum: Eric Carle author study
Eleven different activities focusing on books by author/illustrator Eric Carle will be used to integrate the curriculum. Each activity will take about 30 minutes with a class multimedia presentation created at the conclusion.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Computer/Technology Skills)
By Barb Thorson.
Those feuding Greeks!
This lesson is designed to familiarize students with the philosophical, political, economic, military and social differences between Athens and Sparta.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Social Studies)
By Pernell Collett.
Slideshow review
You can use this lesson plan with any subject or grade. I use it in my math class as a review before a test. I group the students in groups of three and each group creates a five question slide show which reviews the chapter or unit we have just completed in class.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Computer/Technology Skills)
By Marcie Bivens.
Traveling through Africa
Students will plan a one-week, three country trip through Africa and create a travelogue of places they will visit. The students will create an electronic scrapbook of highlights of the trip (including cultural highlights, historical points of interest, geographic features, etc.)
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Social Studies)
By Ren Bryan.
Photo analysis: Focus on world pottery traditions
A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs of pottery-making.
Format: worksheet
By Eric Eaton.
Learning about Ezra Jack Keats
Students will learn about Ezra Jack Keats using a variety of resources in the media center.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Information Skills)
By Brittany Basinger, Jenni Conine, and Vickie Mcmillan.
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.
The Great Chaucer Challenge: A cooperative learning game to review the Prologue
This game employs the cooperative learning group format to review thoroughly Chaucer's Prologue to The Canterbury Tales and "The Pardoner's Tale" and "The Nun's Priest's Tale."
Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts)
By Julie Shaw.
Selection policy and disclaimer for "Best of the Web"
The purpose of LEARN NC's Best of the Web collection is to provide web resources that support the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. These resources have been selected according to our selection policy.
Format: article/help
Animal slide shows!
This project is a culmination of a science unit on animals which integrates computer skills, language arts and art. After a study of animals which includes classification, basic needs of animals, animal adaptations, and animal behaviors, the students will use the computer to complete a slide show of one animal they have studied at length.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Computer/Technology Skills and Science)
By Margie Bartolomucci.
Woodworms: A study of natural selection
A study of natural selection and the evolutionary process through the use of a fictitious species, toothus pickii.
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
By B. Carl Rush.
Letter recognition with Alphabet Band and Express
This activity will reinforce letter recognition along with letter order. Students will watch a video, listen to stories and play CD games on the computer to aid in recognition of alphabet letters, sounds and order.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
By Levrah Hall.
Writing activities: William Hilton explores the Cape Fear River
These suggested writing activities are designed to help students understand William Hilton's report on his 1663 exploration of the Cape Fear River. The activities include exercises in understanding chronology, adopting multiple perspectives, and building historical empathy.
Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
By Pauline S. Johnson.
Integrating the internet into the curriculum: Jan Brett author study
Jan Brett's books will be used to integrate technology into different areas of the curriculum. The seven activities will each take about 30 minutes depending on the class. The highlight of the author study will be the design of a class multimedia presentation.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)
By Barb Thorson.