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CareerStart lessons: Grade eight: This collection of lessons aligns the eighth grade curriculum in math, science, English language arts, and social studies with potential career opportunities.; Format: (multiple pages)

Port of Wilmington: In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 5; Moving to the south end of Wilmington we come to the ports. Ports and marinas are hard to avoid in estuaries, but large ports are worth a look. The ships visiting Wilmington's port are oceangoing cargo ships that need deep water to navigate. What does this...; By Steve Keith.

Periodic table database: These lessons are designed to help students use their computer skills to create their own database using teacher directions, and they also learn how to read the periodic table and understand what it means.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Computer/Technology Skills and Science); By Florence B. Winslow.

Imagination Station: Slither and slide, hop and bop, run and jump, explore and discover Imagination Station where Science rocks and kids rule!; Format: article/field trip opportunity

How does decreasing salinity affect blackwater rivers?: In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 2; All rivers that reach the sea have ocean water at their seaward ends, and freshwater at their sources. A trip up a river takes you along a gradient of salt concentration from near 3.5 percent (the average salinity, or salt content, of seawater) to zero. There...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Confirming and visualizing Lewis dot structures: With this activity, students can calculate and visualize the atomic and molecular structures of bonds and lone pairs in the molecule methanol (methyl alcohol, CH3OH).; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Bob Gotwals.

DESTINY Traveling Science Learning Program: The DESTINY (Delivering Edge-Cutting Science Technology and Internet Across North Carolina for Years to Come) Traveling Science Learning Program is Morehead Planetarium and Science Center’s formal science education initiative serving pre-college teachers and students across North Carolina.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Science News: Science doesn't happen in textbooks! This selection of websites give you a look at what's going on in the world of science right now, and how it's changing our world.; Format: bibliography/help

Types of chemical reactions: This lesson is intended for use in a first year Chemistry class and has modifications aligned with the North Carolina Novice High English Language Development objectives. It provides an overview of various types of chemical reactions by allowing students to visually observe examples of synthesis, decomposition, single displacement, and double displacement reactions and to identify certain products by the use of litmus and splint tests.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Development and Science); By Harriett Tillett.

Periodic table: This lesson provides knowledge about periodic law, groups and periods. Students will be able to identify and label each group with their names. Students will be able to relate atomic number and atomic masses of different elements of periodic table. Students will also be able to discuss periodicity of different properties of elements.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 English Language Development and Science); By Abha Bhatnagar and Meera Madan.

Wilmington's Children's Museum: Younger students will enjoy exploring the Wilmington's Children's Museum with its many hands-on exhibits.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Student life at the Normal and Industrial School: In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.4; Excerpt from the student handbook of the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School, 1901. Includes historical commentary.; Format: book

Port Discover: Students will enjoy visiting this new hands-on science and health center which is geared to the pre-k to fifth grade curriculum.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Science House: Through school demonstration programs, student science camps, teacher workshops and innovative laboratory training, and support projects, the NCSU Science House partners with K-12 teachers to emphasize the use of hands-on learning activities in mathematics and science.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

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.

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.

Atomic spectra and the Bohr model: Students view continuous spectra from incandescent and fluorescent lights and line spectra of selected elements. Students relate energy to frequency of light seen in the spectra. The presence of only certain lines in atomic spectra is related to Bohr's model of the atom. In a second experiment, students determine electron energies in the hydrogen atom.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Lisa Bacon.

Career areas of science: Vocabulary: In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.1; In this lesson for grade eight, students discuss different scientific disciplines and gain an understanding of the suffix -ology.; Format: lesson plan; By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.

Jellybean equations: Students will build chemical compounds using jelly beans and toothpicks to visually balance chemical equations.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science); By Nancy H. Sanders.

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

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