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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

Observing other teachers

Learning from other teachers is an important means of professional development. Here are some suggestions for observing successful teachers in your school, in other schools, and on the web.

By Kathleen Casson.

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

Comparative anatomy: A continuum

In groups, students will design a presentation that will trace the development of an organ system through the major phyla of the animal kingdom looking for the relationships between structure and function by documenting adaptations.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Development, Information Skills, and Science)

By Joan Warner and Melissa Thibault.

Alcohol and other drugs

This lesson addresses the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs on a young person's body. It also covers the primary reasons why students try illicit drugs.

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance)

By Tina Hartig.

Mutual support among beginning teachers

Beginning teachers share similar concerns and problems. Communication can help them share solutions, too.

By Katie Bond.

Creating a safe space for students to take academic risks

In The First Year, page 1.6

A classroom culture that encourages students to take academic risks starts with the teacher.

By Kristi Johnson Smith.

The growth of slavery in North Carolina

In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 2.6

Slavery came to North Carolina with the first European settlement, though it grew slowly at first. The institution developed in a unique way in North Carolina, and by the early national period it was fully integrated into the state's society and economy.

Format: article

Resources for teaching with photographs

Websites, activities, books, and image collections for classroom use.

Format: article

By Melissa Thibault.

Sex under the influence

The use of alcohol and other drugs increases the risk for unplanned, unprotected sex. This action exposes young people to HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy. The lesson engages students in the decision-making process regarding risk and checks their understanding of behaviors that put them at risk.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Healthful Living)

By Kathy Crumpler.

A case study of "A Civil Action"

In Bringing current science into the classroom, page 3

This is a short, culminating activity that can be used to assess your students' understanding of the steps needed to determine if a water source is contaminated and how it got that way, and to suggest possible methods of cleanup or remediation. Students review a portion of the film "A Civil Action" and identify the problem and the people involved. Students then take the role of environmental scientist and apply their knowledge of water and hazardous waste contamination to create a plan to help lawyer, Jan Schlichtmann, try the case.

Format: (grade 9–12 Science)

By Michele Kloda.

The growth of tourism: Warm Springs

In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.9

Advertisement for Warm Springs (now Hot Springs) in Madison County, North Carolina, from the late nineteenth century. Includes historical commentary about the region, tourism, and nineteenth-century medicine.

Format: pamphlet

Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Two paths to knowledge

For students who who always finish their class work early or want more information than you have time to give, try curriculum compacting.

By Waverly Harrell.

Resources on the web

Coping with changes

The purpose of this lesson is to understand how the nervous system allows us to learn, remember, and cope with changes in the environment. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 and 9–12 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

The busy brain

The purpose of this lesson is to understand how the brain receives and sends signals to the body. This lesson focuses more on answering questions and helping students realize the “job” of the brain and the nervous system in regard to the body as... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Neuroscience for Kids

Kid-friendly information about the brain, the spinal cord, the nervous system, the senses, and more. The website offers engaging games and experiments in an attractive interface. Teachers can access multiple lesson plans about olfaction, color vision, and... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: University of Washington

A good laugh

This Science NetLinks lesson, the second in a two-part series on laughter and how it can affect the immune system, explores various theories about laughter. Students also explore laughter's effects on our mental health and the benefits of laughter on the immune... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science and Social Studies)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

How we laugh

In this Science NetLinks lesson, the first of a two-part series on laughter and how it can affect the immune system, students explore gelotology, the science of laughter, and its benefits to our social, mental, and physical well-being. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

BBC: Science and Nature

This large interactive site has a tremendous amount of information in subjects that range from the human body to space travel. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: BBC

Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World

A journey into the fascinating world of the senses and the nervous system (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Howard Hughes Medical Institute