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- Discovery learning
- This reference article explains the theory of discovery learning and discusses its history and its use in the classroom.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Demonstration
- This education reference article explains the demonstration method of teaching.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- North Carolina e-Learning for Educators
- A description of the North Carolina e-Learning for Educators program, a series of high-quality, low-cost professional development courses.
- Format: article/help
- A perspective on inquiry
- In this interview, Norman Budnitz, cofounder of the Center for Inquiry Based Learning, talks about inquiry and how to teach with it in a K–12 classroom.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Waverly Harrell.
- Science as a verb
- Inquiry science requires active relationships between students, teachers, and science. Building these relationships is a three-step process that involves thinking about inquiry as a process of science, as a pedagogical strategy, and as a set of skills and behaviors to encourage in students.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Amy Anderson and David Walbert.
- Letting students ask the questions -- and answering them
- For this high school science teacher, learning science means doing science. A look at an inquiry-based earth and environmental science classroom.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Amy Anderson.
- North Carolina A&T University Farm
- Discover Agriculture provides an interactive experience for students to learn about agricultural science including farming with the environment in mind.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Research and strategies for problem-centered math
- In Problem centered math, page 7
- A bibliography of research-driven strategies for teaching problem-centered math at all grade levels.
- By Libby Montagne.
- Kinetic connections: Bloom's taxonomy in action
- An introduction to strategies for using the web to push your students to higher levels of thinking.
- Format: article
- By Bobby Hobgood, Melissa Thibault, and David Walbert.
- Hands-on biology
- Hands-on science exploration clarifies difficult concepts and engages learners who have difficulty in more traditional classrooms. This article looks at an inquiry-based classroom that meets the needs of all of its students.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Waverly Harrell.
- Mirror, mirror on the ground!
- In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of similar triangles and indirect measurement to measure the heights of various objects.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics)
- By Denise Corbett.
- Science students get their hands dirty
- Enter Carol Swink's classroom where students become scientists by conducting hands-on, inquiry-based investigations. By saving the textbook reading and lectures for last and doing experiments first, students master not only science content but math content too.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Waverly Harrell.
- Plants and Trees
- This selection of resources helps teach students about the importance of plants and trees to animals and humans. They also explain how how they grow, their structure and the elements they need to flourish.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Making connections for environmental education
- How can you get students fired up about environmental education? Get them outside and get them involved in local issues through activism, service learning, and teaching others.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Carolyn Moser.
- Museum of Life and Science
- Packed with highly interactive exhibits, the Museum of Life and Science showcases aerospace, weather, geology, Carolina wildlife, farmyard, train rides, traveling exhibits, gift shops, café and more culminating with the tropical Magic Wings Butterfly House and Bayer Crop Science Insectarium.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Focus on Planet Earth
- LEARN NC has developed a resource guide of interactive websites, integrated lesson plans, idea-generating articles, and inspiring field trips to help you incorporate environmental themes in your classroom, school, and community.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Experience North Carolina's state parks with EELEs
- An EELE is an Environmental Education Learning Experience -- a site-specific program offered by the North Carolina state parks system. EELEs include pre-visit activities, on-site activities and post-visit activities, but they do not necessarily have to be used in conjunction with a group visit. Educators can attend EELE workshops to gain rich educational experiences that provide knowledge, insight, and immediate practical materials for use in the classroom.
- Format: article
- By Linda Dow.
- Collection Connections
- In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 7
- In this installment of the American Memory Guide, learn to find teaching resources associated with the Library of Congress's primary source collections.
- Format: article
- By Melissa Thibault.
- 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 student pathfinder
- By creating pathfinders, students not only learn to manage time and produce a higher quality research project, but they also develop twenty-first century learning skills.
- By Melissa Thibault.
