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The Civil Rights Movement in Context: Investigate the precursors to the Civil Rights Movement, its leadership, its opposition, and its legacy, including lesser-studied events of the movement and primary sources.; Take this course: Begins February 2.

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Local authors database: Search through more than 200 authors in 15 minutes to answer specific questions. Add records and fields to an incomplete database.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer/Technology Skills); By DPI Integration Strategies.

Making rubber: Pressing with feet: The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...; Format: audio

North Carolina State University Gallery of Art and Design: Guided tours of the NCSU Gallery of Art and Design's collections and exhibitions are available for school groups.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Blount Bridgers House - Hobson Pittman Memorial Gallery: The 1808 Blount-Bridgers House, a national historic landmark, is home to a permanent collection that celebrates the 200 year-old material culture of Edgecombe County and the creative achievements of Tarboro-born artist, Hobson Pittman (1899-1972).; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Making rubber: Dumping and scraping pans: The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...; Format: audio

Asheville Art Museum: Through works of art in permanent and special exhibition, students will learn about the rich history of visual arts in North Carolina.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Making rubber: Sound of feet: The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...; Format: audio

Making rubber: Pressing out the water: The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...; Format: audio

Making rubber: Loading press: The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...; Format: audio

Making rubber: Separating and hanging: The island of Koh Sukorn, Thailand, has many rubber trees. This one man I encountered owned his own trees, collected the rubber, and processed it by squeezing it into bath-mat sized rectangular slabs. Here you can hear the recording of that process. The rubber...; Format: audio

The Mint Museum: Access to digitized images from special exhibitions and the permanent collections of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC, along with activities for kids.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Working with available space: Despite a space with limited possibilities, Becky Smith has organized a high school biology classroom where she can work and her students can learn. A classroom profile.; By Sydney Brown.

Float, sink, flink!: In this lesson, students will learn to make things flink, meaning they neither float to the top nor sink to the bottom of a fluid. They will discover that whether an object floats or sinks depends not only on the properties of the object itself, but also on the properties of the fluid (either gas or liquid) in which it is situated.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science); By Erin Denniston.

Courses and causes: You don't need special skills, great physical abilities, or a lot of money to participate in environmental workshops — just the interest. Learning opportunities like those discussed in this article can invigorate your teaching, inspire your students, and get you involved in causes outside your school.; Format: article; By Linda Dow.

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Kyoto National Museum: The Kyoto National Museum collects and houses early works of art and archaeological artifacts of East Asia, focusing primarily on Japan. (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Kyoto National Museum

The White House Collection of American Crafts: Seventy-two pieces in a White House collection of glass, wood, clay, fiber, and metal American crafts by leading craft artists of the 1990s. The pieces within the collection are meant to illustrate the skill, imagination, and vitality characteristic of American... (Learn more); Format: website/general; Provided by: Smithsonan Institution National Museum of American Art

Virtual Museum Canada: Stories, artifacts and treasures that define Canada over the centuries presented in rich, interactive, multimedia virtual exhibits with an image gallery, a teachers' center, and a section of games. (Learn more); Format: website/lesson plan; Provided by: Virtual Museum Canada

LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina — and the world.