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Forces, Motion, and Simple Machines

Investigate forces and motion in technological designs, including friction, forces, inertia, simple machines, and gravity.

Format: bibliography/help

Energy: Concepts and careers

In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 3.9

In this lesson for grade 6, students will analyze the law of conservation of energy and will apply energy concepts to skateboarding. Students will also explore careers related to energy.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)

By April Galloway and Christine Scott.

Blast off the wet way

This lesson takes 6–10 days and includes math classes in which students will serve as observers and will calculate the height that the rocket reached and time elapsed. In the science class the students will design, build, launch, and do a detailed analysis of the acceleration, speed, and force produced by water-filled two-liter rockets.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)

By Jack Curtis.

The battle of Roanoke Island

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 3.3

Dispatch from Roanoke Island to northern newspapers after the Union victory in February 1862. Includes historical commentary.

Format: newspaper

g: A pendulum

Students will time the periods of pendulums to determine if length or mass affects them. Students can then use a pendulum to calculate the acceleration of gravity.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

By Bill Sowell.

Does it float? Exploring density

Density is a property of matter that requires abstract understanding from your students. This lesson plan is a hands-on lab for exploring the concepts of mass, volume, density, and their relationship. This lab achieves several 8th grade science objectives and incorporates mathematical objectives as well. The lab can easily be used as an introductory lab for the year, thus covering not only the content objectives, but also procedures for completing labs throughout the course of the year.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

By Trish Loudermilt.

Timeline of the Revolution, 1775–1779

In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 3.1

Timeline of events of the American Revolution from the outbreak of war in 1775 to the end of 1779.

Format: article

Cherokee Nation v. the State of Georgia, 1831

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 10.6

When Georgia tried to subject the Cherokee to state law, they sued the state in federal court. The Supreme Court ruled against them in 1831, in this decision written by Chief Justice John Marshall. Includes historical commentary.

Format: court decision

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.

Rose O'Neal Greenhow describes the Battle of Manassas

In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 2.6

Excerpt from the memoir of the Confederate spy in which she describes the First Battle of Manassas in June 1861 and her role in getting intelligence to Confederate generals. Includes historical commentary.

Format: book

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Lincoln is inaugurated

Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address, delivered March 4, 1861. Includes historical commentary.

Format: speech

Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.

First peoples

In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.1

Beringia was a wide land bridge between Alaska and Siberia that was periodically exposed during the last Great Ice Age. According to a widely-held theory, the first people to live in North America were Asians who followed animal herds across Beringia. The Paleoindians living in North Carolina by 9000 BCE were descendents of these first North Americans. Nobody knows how long it took before the first Paleoindians reached North Carolina, but the few artifacts they left create an image of their past.

Format: article

The North Carolina Constitution and Declaration of Rights

In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 3.14

Full text of the 1776 state constitution of North Carolina, with historical commentary.

Format: constitution

The pathfinders

In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.2

An essay covering the pathfinders of the Paleoindian Period. Learn about the trek across Beringia and the lifeways of these early American Indians.

The village farmers

In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.5

North Carolina sat on a crossroads by AD 1000. Cultural ideas from other places breezed through it and around it: how to decorate pottery, how to orient political and social life, how to honor the dead, how to structure towns.

Resources on the web

Falling

Introduces students to gravity as a force, focusing on the concept of falling. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

FOSSWEB

Interactive science modules for K-2 and 3-6 focusing on topics such as weather, nutrition, animals, solar energy, and measurements. Interactive courses for middle school include the human brain, earth history, planetary science, and a lot more. Teacher registration... (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: Lawrence Hall of Science at Berkeley

NSTA Learning Center

This online "science toolbox" for science educators provides NSTA reviewed websites with lesson plans, teaching tips, case studies, and assessment tools all based on K-12 National Science Education Standards. These guides require purchase of a subscription... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: National Science Teachers Association