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Rowan County Nature and Learning Center: Birds of prey, mammals, and reptiles can be seen at the Nature Center Complex. For younger children there is a petting zoo.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

A green anole in Weymoth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve: This is a green anole in Weymoth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve. The 898-acre park preserves a significant portion of the Sandhills area and emphasizes the significance of the longleaf pine forest.; Format: image/photograph

A skink in Goose Creek State Park in Washington, NC: This is a skink lizard in Goose Creek State Park in Washington, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Cape Fear Serpentarium: Find some of the world's rarest reptiles at this museum located in downtown Wilmington.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Five-lined Skink: This skink is identifiable as a juvenile by its bright blue tail.; Format: image/photograph

Five-lined Skink 2: The throats of adult male five-lined skinks turn orange-red during breeding season.; Format: image/photograph

Camp Don Lee: Check out the programs available to classroom students at this beautiful camp located near Arapahoe, North Carolina.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Animal petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock near Monticello, Utah: A detail of Newspaper Rock at Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument near Monticello, Utah. The petroglyphs depict what appear to be deer, lizards, bison, footprints, and a man riding a horse, among other figures. Newspaper Rock is one of the largest and most...; Format: image/photograph

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge: Located in Camden County on scenic U. S. Highway 17, the original Ocean Highway, just three miles south of the VA/NC border, the Great Dismal Swamp Center sits on the banks of the Dismal Swamp Canal, part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Jockey's Ridge State Park: Experience a world of the shifting sands and a barren, desert environment as well as an estuarine environment of the tidal waters of the Roanoke Sound at Jockey's Ridge State Park in Nags Head, North Carolina.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Stone stele at Prambanan shows fish removing stones from Rama's bridge to Lanka: A stone stele from the Ramayana wall carvings at Prambanan Temple shows fish and other sea creatures removing stones from Rama's bridge to Lanka. Large fish and serpents, all carved with large overlapping heads facing to the left, are depicted carrying the...; Format: image/photograph

Snakes are cool: This lesson begins with a reading of Verdi by Janell Cannon. It integrates science with language arts as the students learn about snakes and write about their findings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science); By Marcia Reich.

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.

All about life: A primary curriculum based around life and environmental science draws on children's natural curiosity to teach reading, math, and more.; By Myra Erexson.

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