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e-Learning for Educators - Data-Driven Decision Making: Using Objective Measures to Improve Student Learning: Identifying, analyzing and acting on the right data can help you improve student learning and achievement. In this course you'll create an action plan to guide instructional change in your classroom.; Take this course: Begins February 17.

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Chem-speak (introduction to chemical equations): Students will understand what constitutes a chemical reaction and how chemical equations represent chemical reactions by means of discussion and demonstrations.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Brenda Rock.

Physical and chemical changes: This is a PowerPoint presentation to help students distinguish between physical and chemical changes. It includes teacher demonstrations to check the students' understanding.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science); By Louise Whealton.

Winter advisory: The effect of salt on the freezing point of water: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.9; In this lesson, students complete a lab to help them understand the effect of salt on the freezing point of water. Students discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using salt as a de-icing and anti-icing agent on roads.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science); By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.

Electroplating: When is a penny worth less than one cent?: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.8; In this lesson, students understand the chemical differences between pennies made before and after 1982, and gain an understanding of the process of electroplating.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science); By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.

Bringing current science into the classroom: In Bringing current science into the classroom, page 1; How your students can experience current environmental research without leaving the classroom.; Format: article/best practice; By Michele Kloda.

Growth and transformation: The United States in the Gilded Age: In North Carolina in the New South, page 2.1; Between the Civil War and the First World War, industry and cities grew at a tremendous pace in the United States.; Format: article

Canning for country and community: In this lesson plan, students will use primary source documents to evaluate the technological challenges of food preservation in the 30s and 40s, compare food preservation in the first half of the twentieth century with today, and consider the political role of food in the community.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Melissa Thibault.

Soil and erosion unit: Section 1: This two week unit will involve descriptive information on North Carolina soil types and how the presence of plants affects soil erosion. Upon completion of Section 1, you may continue to Section 2.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Amy Robertson.

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.

The student pathfinder: By creating pathfinders, students not only learn to manage time and produce a higher quality research project, but they also develop twenty-first century learning skills.; By Melissa Thibault.

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Electrochemistry: This lesson increases students' understanding of electron transfer and its role in chemical changes. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Thermochemistry: This lesson increases students' understanding of heat and chemical reactions by having students conduct a hot/cold pack experiment. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Scripps Institution of Oceanography: This institution's research encompasses physical, chemical, geological, and geophysical studies of the oceans, earth and atmosphere as well as biological research. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Rust and Corrosion: This lesson reinforces students' understanding of thermochemistry and electrochemistry by exposure to rusting and corrosion, a process that they observe in everyday life. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Cosmic Evolution: From Big Bang to Humankind: Uses movies, animations, and activities to explore the cosmic evolution, which is the study of the many varied changes in the assembly and composition of energy, matter and life in the thinning and cooling universe. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Wright Center for Science Education at Tufts University

LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina — and the world.