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Creating and understanding circles and their parts

This lesson will offer a hands-on opportunity to explore and construct circles. Students will develop a definition for identifying the parts of a circle such as the center, radius, diameter, chord, and circumference. Students will use compasses and rulers in constructing these parts of a circle.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)

By Patricia Tingen.

Flying saucers: Circles

Students will apply what they have learned about circles and finding averages with this lesson. This lesson should be broken up into 3 class periods of an hour for each class.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)

By Amy Romagnuolo.

An artistic view of outer space

This is an art lesson easily integrated by art specialists or classroom teachers into any thematic unit that involves space, the solar system, or science fiction and is adaptable for students in grades 2 through 6. It incorporates the use of art materials such as oil pastels and compasses and the design concepts of shape and balance in a composition as well as providing the students with a fun and creative way to explore areas of geometry and science. This lesson is especially useful for classroom teachers who are aware of how art, when integrated into the classroom curriculum, can help students with different learning styles explore a variety of subjects in a way that will help them maximize the learning experience.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Visual Arts Education)

By Karen Canfield.

What does it mean?

In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.5

Introduction Visual symbols can be important ways of communicating ideas. Individuals, corporations, communities, and organizations use logos, seals, flags, icons, and other visual symbols to represent their values, share their histories, and send...

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)

By Gazelia Carter.

M&M madness

Students will explore fractions, decimals, percents, and circle graphs with M&M's.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)

By Donna Reble.

Valentine geometry

Combine geometry construction skills with language arts and artistic ability.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)

By Tanis Schick.

Radial symmetry design

Students will study the carving of 18th century America and create a rosette design using radial symmetry.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Visual Arts Education)

By Lisa Mitchell.

Zoo integrated unit

The unit uses the North Carolina Zoological Park as a teaching tool rather than as a nice place to visit. It can be used by a single teacher or multiple teachers of different subjects, and it is aimed at 7th and 8th graders.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies)

By Craig Smith.

Astronomy

Spark students' interest in outer space with this collection of great astronomy websites found in LEARN NC's Best of the Web.

Format: bibliography/help

"Where Am I?" Reading guide and activities

In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 3.3

This lesson for grade 8 will help students to understand the article "Where Am I? Mapping a New World" through the use of a graphic organizer and a reading guide.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Pauline S. Johnson.

Where am I? Mapping a New World

In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 3.2

Early European travelers to the Americas reported bits and pieces of information back to Europe. Over the centuries, mapmakers assembled these reports into maps. As time went by, explorers and mapmakers compiled an increasingly accurate understanding of the Americas and of the world. To do so, they had to invent new tools for mapmaking, embrace radical new ideas about the shape of the world, and discard cherished beliefs.

Format: article

By David Walbert.

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Leatherback sea turtles and their special compasses

In this lesson from Xpeditions, students will learn some basic information about leatherback sea turtles and hypothesize why individual leatherbacks were able to find their way from Costa Rica to the Galapagos Islands without any obvious navigational aids.... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Science and Social Studies)

Provided by: Xpeditions