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Habitat photo album

Students will use digital cameras and explore the outdoors searching ecosystems for opportunities to take pictures of different habitats and the components that go into them.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Science)

By Colleen Buchauer and Lesley Brooks.

Alphabet hunt

Students will find images in our environment which contain letters of the alphabet (either man made or natural) and photograph them so that they appear as the focal point.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Visual Arts Education)

By Lee Anne Kitzmiller.

A geometric field trip

Students conduct a field trip around the school (inside and out) looking for examples of geometric shapes. They record their findings using a digital camera and present their findings in a multimedia presentation.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills, Information Skills, and Mathematics)

By Mary Rizzo.

Postcards of the past

Students will participate in Heritage Day activities that will enhance students' awareness of their heritage. They will take digital pictures of activities to include on a web page, and research and report on information gathered. Students will create a web page to present their information.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)

By Karol Leaptrott, Rebecca Watt, and Regina Welsted.

Simple: Now compound (post-visit)

This lesson focuses on the process of combining two or more simple machines to form a compound machine. It is the third in a sequence of lessons on machines. The others are Lesson 1: Let's make it simple (pre-visit) and Lesson 2: Make it simple: Now find it(museum visit).

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)

By Becky Robinson.

Handheld technology: the basics

A brief history of handheld computers and a look at how they work, including a look at operating systems and input and output devices.

African animals in habitats

This is an inquiry-based animal study for early childhood students centered around a visit to the African Continent of the North Carolina Zoo.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)

By Sue McCullah.

The case of the disappearing pitcher plants

This lesson addresses the cause and effect relationship between human interaction and a North Carolina endangered plant species. A role-playing scenario allows students to view the situation from a variety of positions and to collectively arrive at a solution to the problem.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Science)

By Eddie Hamblin.

Planning a successful (and educational) field trip

The world can be your classroom -- but ensuring that your field trip is a productive learning experience for students takes planning. This article helps you prepare your students, yourself, and others for a successful field trip.

Format: article

By Bobby Hobgood and Lesley Richardson.

Determining the author's purpose: Analyzing a recruitment video

In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 1.10

In this lesson plan, students analyze a video about ROTC to determine why the video was created.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts)

By Andrea Fedon, Gail Frank, and Cindy Neininger.

The parts of a lesson plan

In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.4

If you're thinking of submitting a lesson plan to LEARN NC, this primer will acquaint you with the various parts of a lesson plan and explain what should be included.

Format: article/help

Quality standards for online professional development courses

Standards for curriculum, student assessment, design, management, and evaluation of online courses offered to K–12 teachers, administrators, and support personnel through LEARN NC.

Format: article/help

Quality standards for online K–12 courses

Standards for curriculum, design, student assessment, management, and evaluation in online courses offered to K–12 students through LEARN NC.

Format: article/help

More than just a rainy day: The water cycle

Students will identify water sources in the school environment in order to understand the origins of our water and to gain perspective about the students' place in the water cycle. Students will learn about the water cycle using a variety of resources and discover connections between the water cycle and the water that they use every day.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Development and Science)

By Kelly This and Leigh Thrower.

Salt trading in Asia

In this interdisciplinary lesson, students explore the mineral salt from a variety of perspectives — scientific, geographic, and cultural. The lesson incorporates images of salt production in Nepal and Vietnam, and may be used with grade 4 or grade 7.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 7 Science and Social Studies)

By Edie McDowell.

English historical newsletter project

This is the major research activity for my senior English students enrolled in MHS average English. It is a term-long project that coincides with their ongoing thematic portfolios in British literature. These portfolios with other class ingredients (including this research activity) culminate in a final showcase portfolio which is their final exam. Students pick (first come, first served) from a list of decades (i.e. 1790-99, 1800-1809, etc.) and become an English subject of that decade. In this role, they are to publish a documented newsletter reflecting a week (covering 10 areas) of their life in the decade. They must also generate an annotated bibliography to document their multiple types of sources (20). Students must report on 3 required items (popular writer's latest effort, a new invention from the decade and a new clothing fashion). The remaining 7 areas come from a supplied list: a concert they attended, a new medical discovery, etc.

Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts)

By Joe Huddleston.

Winter Olympics: What a blast!

The following lesson plan outlines an integrated unit on the Winter Olympics from the perspective of Physical Education. All subject areas can participate (suggestions are listed below), but the culminating activity is the Olympic Games organized through Physical Education classes. This lesson plan could be adapted for any grade level by making the Olympic events age appropriate.

Format: lesson plan

By Barbara H. Williams.

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.

Resources on the web

Congo Trek: A Journey Through the Heart of Central Africa

Take an online adventure into the wild, wild Congo in Africa with interactive maps, virtual journeys, and dispatches from a real life biologist trekking through the thick forest. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: National Geographic Society

The Renaissance Connection

Explore Renaissance art and history. Trace modern innovations back to the Renaissance with the Time Telescope and create your own future innovation. Learn about the life of an ordinary Renaissance artist and find out what it means to be a patron of the arts.... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Allentown Art Museum