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Dinosaur math

The children will be involved in several different activities (graphing, sorting and classifying, patterning) rotating to each station during the lesson.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)

By RobinC Adams.

Natural Science Center of Greensboro

Features hands-on exhibits, a zoo, and a planetarium as well as a dinosaur exhibit and a Gem and Mineral Gallery.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

The Iredell Museums: The Children's Museum

From hands-on learning experiences in the arts, culture and sciences to exhibits, programs, classes, and performances there is so much to do at the Children's Museum.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

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

Healthy foods = super kids

This lesson focuses on how the foods we eat affect our bodies in both beneficial and harmful ways. Students will learn that grains provide energy; vegetables are needed for healthy skin, hair and eyes; fruits help the body heal, milk builds strong bones and teeth; meat builds muscle and gives strength; and sweets, fats, and oils are high in calories and give few vitamins and minerals and do little to help our bodies grow.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Healthful Living)

By Phyllis Bass and Rubetta Carr.

North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences

Resources for learning about natural North Carolina including animals, snakes, insects and ecosystems.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

The natural history of North Carolina

In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 1.2

If the five billion years of the earth's history were condensed into a single day, humans would have arrived in North Carolina just two tenths of a second before midnight! This article summarizes the major biological and geological events in North Carolina's history and explains how the land and environment of today came to be.

Format: article

By David Walbert.

Digging up discoveries

The students will study archaeology, practicing their knowledge of spelling patterns and capitalization and punctuation skills along the way. The students will go to a teacher-created excavation and discover a surprise in a “rock” from the excavation. The students will then write about their experience.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science)

By Alyssa Slater.

Summer safety!

The children will learn to identify unsafe situations and name hazardous activities they may encounter or see during the warm months between May and September.

Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living)

An integrated lesson comparing the butterfly and frog life cycles

Students will build on their prior knowledge about the butterfly life cycle to compare and contrast the life cycles of butterflies and frogs. Students will locate butterflies on the school grounds and create pictographs and models of fractions to explain their findings mathematically. Students will also use a variety of resources to read about and study the food, space and air needed by butterflies and frogs to grow. They will create visual and written products to demonstrate their findings.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Development, Mathematics, and Science)

By Martha Dobson and Margaret Monds.

Resources on the web

Dinosaur bodies

This lesson, from Xpeditions, asks students to think about the ways in which living animals use their bodies and the ways in which dinosaurs might have used their bodies, based on fossil evidence and our best educated guesses. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)

Provided by: National Geographic

Hollywood dinosaurs

Students examine characteristics of the scientific process in the study of dinosaurs. This lesson allows students to differentiate between fact, theory, and speculation as they relate to dinosaurs. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fossils and Dinosaurs

This lesson will go beyond naming dinosaurs and give students a broad understanding of how we know about the great beasts. This lesson focuses on what we have learned and can learn from fossils. The follow-up lesson, “Dinosaurs Fossils—Uncovering... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan

Provided by: Science Netlinks

Fossilized dinosaur heart

Students will distinguish between ornithischian and saurischian dinosaurs and identify traditional distinctions between reptilians and mammals focusing on heart physiology and metabolism. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science)

Provided by: Cable News Network

What Were Dinosaurs Like?

Activities and discussions in this lesson revolve around comparing and contrasting dinosaurs to existing animals. Students consider likenesses and differences through researching various questions and documenting their findings. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Dinosaur detectives

Students learn that discoveries about dinosaurs have a long history and that each paleontologist adds his or her work to a body of fossil evidence used to support theories about dinosaurs. Students will form groups to conduct research about a particular paleontologist... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

Provided by: Discovery Channel School

Those fussy dinosaurs!

In this lesson from Xpeditions, students will discuss the idea that animals prefer certain types of habitats over others and, in fact, cannot live in places that are too different from what they prefer. In this case, they'll focus on dinosaurs. They'll... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science)

Provided by: Xpeditions

Where Are the Dinosaurs?

This lesson taps into student curiosity about dinosaurs in order to lead them to consider life forms that no longer exist. A variety of activities are suggested, including viewing online video clips, creating dinosaur puppets, and constructing dinosaur eggs.... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

The evolution of dinosaurs over time

This lesson asks students to combine their knowledge of evolution, geologic time, and dinosaurs into a discussion of how these three topics overlap with regard to dinosaur evolution in the Cretaceous period (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

Provided by: National Geographic

Classroom Clipart

A searchable, catagorized archive of historical images, photos, and clip art for classroom use. Browse categories that range from architecture to dinosaurs and from plants to weather. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Classroom Clipart