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- Science is a puzzle: Lessons in observation
- Simple, fun activities using observation to introduce students to the scientific process.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
- By Cindy Ellis.
- Termites, ink pens and pheromones
- Students will investigate the behavior of termites to understand and use the scientific method.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Jacki Clark.
- Bringing current science into the classroom
- In Bringing current science into the classroom, page 1
- How your students can experience current environmental research without leaving the classroom.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Michele Kloda.
- Discovery learning
- This reference article explains the theory of discovery learning and discusses its history and its use in the classroom.
- Format: article
- By Heather Coffey.
- Science as a verb
- Inquiry science requires active relationships between students, teachers, and science. Building these relationships is a three-step process that involves thinking about inquiry as a process of science, as a pedagogical strategy, and as a set of skills and behaviors to encourage in students.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Amy Anderson and David Walbert.
- Using inquiry skills
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 3.1
- This lesson for grade 6 introduces students to important scientific skills such as observation, inference, prediction, classification, and communication. Students practice some of these skills and discuss how they may be used in various careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
- By April Galloway and Christine Scott.Edited by Julie McCann.
- A perspective on inquiry
- In this interview, Norman Budnitz, cofounder of the Center for Inquiry Based Learning, talks about inquiry and how to teach with it in a K–12 classroom.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Waverly Harrell.
- Does it float? Exploring density
- Density is a property of matter that requires abstract understanding from your students. This lesson plan is a hands-on lab for exploring the concepts of mass, volume, density, and their relationship. This lab achieves several 8th grade science objectives and incorporates mathematical objectives as well. The lab can easily be used as an introductory lab for the year, thus covering not only the content objectives, but also procedures for completing labs throughout the course of the year.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
- By Trish Loudermilt.
- Inside a baby seed
- Students will identify the three main parts of a seed after the bean/seeds have been soaked in water overnight.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science)
- By Thelma Pike.
- The problem with parallax
- Students will increase their understanding of astronomical measurements by using parallax to measure distances on their school campus. They will also gain an appreciation of the difficulties with such measurements by statistically analyzing the class' results.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
- By Mark Clinkscales and Carrie Palmer.
- The Biltmore Forest School
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.8
- The pioneering Biltmore Forest School emerged from George Vanderbilt's desire for scientific management of the forests around Biltmore Estate.
- Format: article
- Solving problems using simple machines
- This lesson uses the familiar story of the three pigs and the big bad wolf to explore how the wolf could have used simple machines to catch the three pigs. By reading, analyzing, and evaluating the wolf's use of simple machines in The 3 Pigs and the Scientific Wolf by Mary Fetzer, the students will design and justify their own machine to help the wolf catch those pigs!
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Science)
- By Allison Buckner and Maria Tanner.
- Ecology Center at Herring Ridge
- This new environmental education center for 4th- 12th grade students has hands-on programs which promote a life-long interest in science and stewardship to the Earth.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Night of the Twisters
- Reading strategies are used to introduce a literary work.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts)
- By Authurice Mitchell.
- Gridding a site
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.2
- In their study of how to grid a site, students will use a map and the Cartesian coordinate system to establish a grid system over an archaeological site, labeling each grid unit; determine the location of artifacts within each grid unit; and construct a scientific inquiry concerning the location of artifacts on the site.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Mathematics and Social Studies)
- Investigating evaporation
- Students will investigate evaporation as a cooling process. They will witness that temperature is affected by moisture content and the process of evaporation. Next, they will explore websites related to the processes of evaporation and condensation. Students will apply gained knowledge to real-life situations, and will share their new knowledge with a person outside the classroom.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
- By Jessica Bohn.
- Magnetic magic
- Students will explore and experiment with a magnet's mysterious invisible strength by rotating through five hands-on centers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science)
- By Thelma Pike.
- Fort Macon State Park
- This area of undisturbed natural beauty is the perfect place to explore salt marshes and estuaries vital to the coastal ecosystem. Students can also visit the fort to learn about its historical significance to North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Fundamental concepts: Introduction
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.1
- British archaeologist Stuart Piggott once called archaeology “the science of rubbish.” There is truth to his statement. Archaeologists spend lifetimes investigating the abandoned remains of ancient societies.
- Why are the rocks and plant communities of Roan Mountain interesting to natural scientists?
- In Roan Mountain Highlands, page 2
- The rocks of Roan Mountain are interesting because of their age, their mineralogy, and the evidence they provide about the geological processes that formed them. The plant communities are interesting because they are southern examples of communities usually...
- By Dirk Frankenberg and Jennifer Godwin-Wyer.
