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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

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e-Learning for Educators - Data-Based School Reform for Administrators
Research shows that effective school improvement plans should be based on careful analysis of school data. Review current data-driven decision-making theory; use technology to identify, gather, and analyze data for patterns and trends; examine the role of data in equity reform; and develop action plans in support of their school-based data.
Take this course: Begins February 17.

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Health and the Human Body
How do the cells in different systems of the human body differ in form and function? Explore human body systems, their cellular components, and biological hazards that affect your body's health.
Format: bibliography/help
Ganesha
In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 4
The statue, located at the Danang Museum, portrays Ganesha standing erect with his elephant head and human body. Barefoot but dressed in a fine draped tunic, Ganesha holds a bowl in his left hand.
By Lorraine Aragon.
Do you know your body?
Students learn to identify different body parts and how they move. They explore moving and using these parts in general and personal space.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living)
By Bill Knight.
Teaching the body parts in Spanish
The students will be able to recognize and recall the body parts in Spanish.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Second Languages)
By Ana Beltran.
Bones and muscles
In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.4
In this lesson for grade seven, students draw bones inside an outline of a human body, and then conduct experiments exploring how muscles work.
Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
By John Boyd.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
Water, water everywhere...
This is a good beginning of the year lesson to review fractions, decimals, geometry (the number of degrees in a circle and drawing a circle with a protractor), graphing, and metric measurement. This lesson is a good way for students to meet their peers while working cooperatively in a task-oriented group. The watermelon you will be using for the activity is also a good start-of-the-year treat. Be sure to get an extra watermelon or two to share at the end of the activity.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
By Jayne Brown.
Vessels in Greek art: Museum visit
This lesson focuses on the uses, shapes, importance, and historical storytelling on Greek vessels in art.
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education)
By Katie O'Connor.
Millis Regional Health Education Center
Visitors are sure to have fun while they learn about the human body and how to stay healthy at this health education facility.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
SciWorks Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County
Whether it is biology, geology, physics, or health science, "it is fun to learn about science at SciWorks!"
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Winter congruent and symmetrical shapes
Students learn about congruency and symmetry. They complete a symmetrical tree that is complete with congruent ornaments.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
By Julie Little.
Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center
Students will love visiting the Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center. The exhibits are fun, hands-on, and engaging.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education
"Specializes in developing programs for youth to address health concerns like childhood obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy food choices, tooth decay, drug and alcohol abuse, unintentional injuries, and teen pregnancy."
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Feathers, fins, fur, scales, and skin
Using observation, students will identify animal groups by their appearance. The students will move through animal centers looking for similarities and differences of birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science)
Genetics
Eye color, hair color, height, and other traits as well as predisposition to certain diseases are all determined by genes. This sampling of resources take you into the world of heredity and genetics and the cutting edge technologies of cloning, gene therapy, and DNA forensics.
Format: bibliography/help
Smallpox
In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 5.4
Smallpox is a serious, contagious, and sometimes fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus. Historically, smallpox had a mortality rate of as much as 30 percent. In the Americas, it killed as much as 90 percent of the indigenous population after contact with Europeans introduced the disease. Smallpox is now eradicated after a successful worldwide vaccination program.
Format: article
Culture everywhere
In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.3
In their study of culture, students will use a chart to show the different ways that cultures meet basic human needs and recognize that archaeologists study how people from past cultures met basic needs by analyzing and interpreting the artifacts and sites that they left behind.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
Fascinate-U Children's Museum
Through touch and play young students learn about health and science topics at this children's museum.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
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
People of Ravana's burned city move to new location (Thai Ramayana mural)
People of Ravana's burned city move to new location (Thai Ramayana mural)
People of Ravana's burned city move to a new location, as portrayed in a mural detail at the Emerald Buddha Temple. People of different sizes and colors move along a path, with most carrying bundles of their possessions. A light-skinned man in the front center...
Format: image/photograph
True Picture of One Pict
True Picture of One Pict
"The Trvve Picture of One Picte." Theodor de Bry's engraving of a Pict (a member of an ancient Celtic people from Scotland), published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. The Pict stands with...
Format: image/illustration