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Natural Science Center of Greensboro
Features hands-on exhibits, a zoo, and a planetarium as well as a dinosaur exhibit and a Gem and Mineral Gallery.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
The Health Adventure: A Health and Science Education Museum
Features information about the museum and its exhibitions. Teachers will find a free lesson plan for 4th and 5th graders about world climate change, reservations for school classes, and downloadable teacher visiting guide.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
The Iredell Museums: The Children's Museum
From hands-on learning experiences in the arts, culture and sciences to exhibits, programs, classes, and performances there is so much to do at the Children's Museum.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Technological artifacts and the evolution of the student desk
In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.2
In this lesson, students discuss a variety of definitions for the word technology and the relationships between technology, science, and society.
Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.
Firing a musket: 18th-century small arms
During Living History Week at Alamance Battleground, reenactor Bill Thompson explains late eighteenth-century small arms, including how a flintlock works and the differences between rifles and muskets, and demonstrates the loading and firing of an English...
Format: video/video

Resources on the web

Replicating robots
In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, the listener will hear about an engineering lab at Cornell University, where Hod Lipson and a team of graduate students have created robots that can build exact copies of themselves from magnetic cubes. (Learn more)
Format: activity/lesson plan
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Robot farmers
In this Science Update from Science NetLinks, students hear about how cheap robots may revolutionize farming. (Learn more)
Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
The National Science Foundation
Super scientific articles, audio clips, videos, and interactive features about a panopoly of innovations: the Internet, robots, artificial heart valves, frozen frogs, extrasolar planets, memory, data mining, and more. Get the latest news and classroom resources... (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: National Science Foundation
DragonflyTV
Does chasing a tornado or swimming with dolphins sound like fun? Check out this science website to conduct cool science experiments and have a chance to be on this popular PBS program. Teacher's Guides are filled with ideas! (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: PBS
Seal cam
In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about how nature photographers have recruited Weddell seals to help them shoot film under the Antarctic ice. (Learn more)
Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Exploratorium — the museum of science, art and human perception
Interactive, multimedia online exhibits that incorporate hands-on activities, audio, video, images, webcasts, and more that will teach you and your students about such topics as satellites, astronomy, Earth, machines, biology, languages, the human body, and... (Learn more)
Format: website/activity
Provided by: The Exploratorium
KidsClick!
Search the Internet using this tool designed for kids. (Learn more)
Format: website/general
Provided by: Ramapo Catskill Library System