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- Using a Venn diagram to compare & contrast two types of bears
- Students use their research on black bears and one other bear (panda, polar or grizzly) to complete a Venn Diagram.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
- By Susan Lovett.
- Comparing & contrasting real & make-believe bears
- Student pairs create a Venn Diagram in their Bear Research Journal listing things that are the same and different about real and make-believe bears.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
- By Susan Lovett.
- Using a Venn diagram to illustrate that bears and humans are both mammals.
- Students use their collected information on bears to compare them to humans through a Venn diagram, as preparation for an introduction to mammals.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics and Science)
- By Susan Lovett.
- Introduction to fact families: Addition (commutative property)
- Students will "invent" their own examples that demonstrate the commutative property of addition through hands-on activities.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics)
- By William Krupicka.
- Features of print
- In this lesson, the teacher introduces the concept of gathering information from chapter headings, bold type and other organizational features of print (such as tables of contents) in non-fiction texts in print and online.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Gail Goodling, Susan Lovett, and Sue Versenyi.
- The Walter B. Jones Sr. Center for The Sounds and the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
- Students can take a walk on the Scuppernong River Interpretive Boardwalk and participate in an environmental education program at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- A black bear in Glacier National Park, MT
- A black bear in Glacier National Park, Montana. Visitors to the park are encouraged to use caution around all animals, especially bears, when hiking near or photographing them. A stunning vista in Glacier National Park, Montana. The park protects over one...
- Format: image/photograph
- North Carolina Estuarium
- Students can visit the North Carolina Estuarium and learn about the plants and animals that inhabit an estuary.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Rowan County Nature and Learning Center
- Birds of prey, mammals, and reptiles can be seen at the Nature Center Complex. For younger children there is a petting zoo.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The bear who wouldn't sleep
- Intermediate-level ESL students will apply facts from a content-based reading passage to create a short story about a bear who doesn't hibernate with his family.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)
- By Donna Kauffman.
- A river otter at Grandfather Mountain
- This is a river otter at Grandfather Mountain, Linville, North Carolina. The mountain provides a habitat and sanctuary for many forms of wildlife, including black bears, otters, cougars, bald and golden eagles, and white-tailed deer.
- Format: image/photograph
- A bald eagle at Grandfather Mountain
- This is a bald eagle at Grandfather Mountain, Linville, North Carolina. The mountain provides a habitat and sanctuary for many forms of wildlife, including black bears, river otters, cougars, bald and golden eagles, and white-tailed deer.
- Format: image/photograph
- Lilypads in an estuary at the North Carolina Estuarium
- Lilypads cover the water under a boardwalk at the North Carolina Estuarium in Washington, North Carolina. This is an active estuary, and the Estuarium works to preserve it and the flora and fauna present. An estuary is formed where fresh water and salt water...
- Format: image/photograph
- American black bear
- The students will examine the structural characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the American Black Bear necessary for survival.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science)
- By Shanda Myers.
- Gorges State Park
- A new state park, Gorges State Park is in the interim stages of development. Although the facilities are limited, Park Rangers offer programs by request.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Grandfather Mountain
- Everything from 48 years of weather records at the highest peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains to images of and information about wildlife, mountains, and creatures.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Elisha Mitchell and his mountain
- In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 7.4
- Elisha Mitchell, a professor at the University of North Carolina, demonstrated that the mountain in the Black Mountain range that now bears his name was the tallest in eastern North America. Thomas Clingman disagreed, and the two men waged a battle in newspapers. After Mitchell's death, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed his discovery.
- Format: article
- Animal Adaptations
- Beaks to pry open food, spots to blend in with their habitat, and feathers that shed water are some examples of animal adaptations. We have compiled this sample of instructional resources on animal adaptations that can be found on LEARN NC
- Format: bibliography/help
- Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
- Located in Camden County on scenic U. S. Highway 17, the original Ocean Highway, just three miles south of the VA/NC border, the Great Dismal Swamp Center sits on the banks of the Dismal Swamp Canal, part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Look and listen: Exploring the five senses
- This group of shared reading lessons is based on the book Look by Jillian Cutting. They are designed to be used as a part of an integrated classroom unit on the five senses.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts)
