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

CEU courses open for enrollment

Crossing Cultures: An Introduction to Cross-Cultural Understanding
Increase your effectiveness in interacting with people of different cultures. You will gain a greater awareness of your own cultural background, as well as acquire tools to interact appropriately and effectively with people from a variety of cultures.
Take this course: Begins April 21.

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Classroom food web
This lesson is to demonstrate which organisms feed on one another and how food webs are created.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
By Kurt Oswald.
A population and a biome
This activity will introduce students to the use of laptop computers. Students will participate in a unit on ecosystems using the Microsoft programs Excel and PowerPoint.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Computer/Technology Skills and Science)
By Ronald Cross.
Web of life
Students will apply their knowledge of the different categories of species that live on Earth. Students will then use a variety of thinking maps to display their information.
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
By Danielle Pickard.
Zebulon Vance
In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.2
Biography of Zebulon Vance, who served as North Carolina's governor during most of the Civil War.
Format: article
Critical literacy
Critical literacy is the ability to read texts in an active, reflective manner in order to better understand power, inequality, and injustice in human relationships. This article outlines the history and theory of critical literacy and details its application in the classroom.
Format: article
By Heather Coffey.
Good medicine
Students will examine changes in technology, medicine, and health that took place in North Carolina between 1870 and 1930 and construct products and ideas which demonstrate understanding of how these changes impacted people living in North Carolina at that time. To achieve these goals, students will employ the eight intelligences of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies)
By Leslie Ramsey.

Resources on the web

Population pyramids and us
In this Xpeditions lesson, students learn how a geographer uses a population pyramid to interpret the dynamics of a population. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics and Social Studies)
Provided by: National Geographic
NatureWorks
A rich collection of animal and science information in an attractive, easy to use interface for 3-6 graders. Learn about animal adaptations, habitats, and interdependence or go straight to the facts about North American animals and birds. Video clips available... (Learn more)
Format: website/lesson plan
Provided by: New Hampshire Public Television