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

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A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate
This tour of “America's Castle” explains the technological features George Vanderbilt incorporated into his turn-of-the-century home.
Format: series (multiple pages)
Solar sizzlers
Group projects of building solar cookers or collectors provide arena for learning about energy sources and transformation. Gathering data for comparison and analysis exercises students' graphing skills and thinking.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills and Mathematics)
By Larry Parker.
Poor Richard's Almanack
In Colonial North Carolina, page 6.12
Excerpts from the alamanc published by Benjamin Franklin show what colonial Americans read and what topics interested them, including weather predictions, religion, history, astrology, and schedules of court dates. Includes both images of the original almanacs and transcriptions as well as historical commentary.
Format: magazine
Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood and David Walbert.