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- Health and the Human Body
- How do the cells in different systems of the human body differ in form and function? Explore human body systems, their cellular components, and biological hazards that affect your body's health.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Water, water everywhere...
- This is a good beginning of the year lesson to review fractions, decimals, geometry (the number of degrees in a circle and drawing a circle with a protractor), graphing, and metric measurement. This lesson is a good way for students to meet their peers while working cooperatively in a task-oriented group. The watermelon you will be using for the activity is also a good start-of-the-year treat. Be sure to get an extra watermelon or two to share at the end of the activity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
- By Jayne Brown.
- Carousel brainstorming
- Carousel brainstorming is a strategy that requires students to access background knowledge or review what they have learned by thinking about subtopics within a broader topic. This strategy can be used in any discipline.
- Format: lesson plan
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Technological artifacts and the evolution of the student desk
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.2
- In this lesson, students discuss a variety of definitions for the word technology and the relationships between technology, science, and society.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
- By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.
- Discovery Place and the Charlotte Nature Museum
- Discovery Place offers hands-on activities in all areas of science for students at both the Discovery Halls and Charlotte Nature Museum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Genetics
- Eye color, hair color, height, and other traits as well as predisposition to certain diseases are all determined by genes. This sampling of resources take you into the world of heredity and genetics and the cutting edge technologies of cloning, gene therapy, and DNA forensics.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Diseases: A brief guide to causes, symptoms, history, and treatment
- Since the beginning of human existence on the planet, diseases have played a significant role in the events of every era. This brief listing of some of the most notorious diseases explains their causes, symptoms, history, prevention, and treatment, and provides links to further information.
- Format: article
- By Emily Jack.
- Why did you send me a virus?
- A primer on viruses, worms, and how to protect yourself on the Internet.
- Format: article
- By Ross White.
- Two paths to knowledge
- For students who who always finish their class work early or want more information than you have time to give, try curriculum compacting.
- By Waverly Harrell.
- Vietnam waterways: Ecology and conservation
- In this interdisciplinary lesson for grades 6-8, students will examine the relationship between the physical environment and cultural characteristics of the Mekong River valley in Vietnam. Students will evaluate the current conditions of the Mekong River and suggest long-range solutions for improving, restoring, or preserving the quality of the river.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills, Science, and Social Studies)
- By Edie McDowell.
- 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.
- Maintaining balance: The religious world of the Cherokees
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.7
- In the 1880s, Cherokee elders in the North Carolina mountains allowed a white man named James Mooney to observe and record information about their culture. The Cherokee myths that Mooney gathered and wrote down in English help explain the world of the Cherokees. These myths show that, for the Cherokees, the world was primarily a relationship of proper balance.
- Format: article
- By Karen Raley.
- 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.
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 402 U.S. 1 (1971) was an important United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools.
- Format: court decision/primary source
- Experimental archaeology: Making cordage
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.8
- Students will make cordage and use an activity sheet to experience a technique and skill that ancient Native Americans in North Carolina needed for everyday life. They will also compute the amount of time and materials that might have been required to make cordage and construct a scientific inquiry to study the contents of an archaeological site.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- Higher order thinking with Venn diagrams
- Graphic organizers are powerful ways to help students understand complex ideas. By adapting and building on basic Venn diagrams, you can move beyond comparison and diagram classification systems that encourage students to recognize complex relationships.
- Format: article/best practice
- By David Walbert.
- Disease and catastrophe
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.3
- Of all the kinds of life exchanged when the Old and New Worlds met, lowly germs had the greatest impact. Europeans and later Africans brought smallpox and a host of other diseases with them to America, where those diseases killed as much as 90 percent of the native population of two continents. Europeans came away lucky -- with only a few tropical diseases from Africa and, probably, syphilis from the New World. In America, disease destoyed civilizations.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Heaven or Groundhog Day?
- This unit is designed to appeal to adolescents with its non-print text base, the movie Groundhog Day. The pre-viewing activities prepare students for the allusions in the movie and include cultural literacy. The teacher can pick and choose from the activities to apply the concept of personal growth. The teacher may select from activities for science, workplace ethics, music, computer competency, and English language arts. The teacher may modify any of the attachments to suit the students' needs and interests.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By David Melton and Julia Millush.
- Seven directions: Making connections between literature and American Indian history
- This middle school lesson uses picture books to integrate American Indian culture and belief systems with language and visual arts.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Edie McDowell.
- Venture Smith describes his enslavement
- In Colonial North Carolina, page 4.5
- Excerpt from a late eighteenth-century book by a freed slave in Connecticut. Describes his capture and enslavement at the age of six. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: book
- Commentary and sidebar notes by Shane Freeman.
