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- Strawberry DNA extraction
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.2
- In this lesson for grade seven, students extract DNA from a strawberry and discuss careers related to genetics.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
- By Michelle Arias.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- 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.
- Inquiry: You are an earthworm
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 3.5
- This lesson for grade 6 will help students understand the cycling of matter. Students assume they are earthworms and learn by asking questions about their life processes. The lesson also introduces career possibilities in the soil science field.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
- By April Galloway and Christine Scott.
- Predicting the future with best-fit lines
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 2.1
- In this lesson plan, students use scatter plots and best-fit lines to make predictions based on data. Students also discuss how scatter plots and best-fit lines are useful in certain careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9 Mathematics)
- By Debbie Brooks, Peggy Dickey, and Jan Sullivan.
- Think like a scientist
- Written to accompany a sixth-grade science lesson, this article explains important concepts in scientific inquiry, including observation, inference, prediction, classification, model-making, and communication.
- Format: article
- By April Galloway and Christine Scott.Edited by Julie McCann.
- Analyzing North Carolina's natural history
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 1.4
- These two short activities will allow students to examine the changes that occurred as the earth formed and assess their impact on what is now North Carolina.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science and Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Federal Point Basin
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 10
- A few miles south of Snow's Cut, past Fort Fisher and the ferry to Southport, we come to the Federal Point Basin. The basin is part of the Zeke's Island Estuarine Reserve and is a research area for scientists at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher....
- By Steve Keith.
- Problem-solving careers
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.7
- In this lesson for grade seven, students analyze information about various careers to determine how people in those occupations use problem-solving skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By Jen Presley.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- Careers in science
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.1
- In this lesson for grade seven, students will sort careers into three groups -- mechanical physics, health sciences, and weather. Students will match careers with their descriptions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
- By John Boyd.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- Conjunction of the Cape Fear River and the Northeast Cape Fear River
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 4
- The town of Wilmington is located at the junction of the Northeast Cape Fear and Cape Fear rivers. In this photo the Cape Fear River is entering from the bottom. The water in the Cape Fear River is just turning salty as it reaches Wilmington, the zero salinity...
- By Steve Keith.
- Key deer: Evolution and species survival
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.7
- In this lesson, students learn about the evolutionary history of the Key deer, then discuss the animal's prospects for survival in a changing habitat.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
- By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.
- Classification and attributes
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.7
- In their study of classification and attributes, students will use “doohickey kits” to classify objects based on their attributes, and explain that scientists and specifically archaeologists use classification to help answer research questions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)
- When will I ever use this in real life?
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.8
- In this lesson for grade seven, students research careers and determine how people with these occupations use English, math, and science skills.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By Jen Presley.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- Minerals and math
- Students will develop ways to create self-devised rules for classifying minerals and relate this information to scientific ways of classifying minerals according to their characteristics. They will then compile this information into a chart and convert parts of the chart into a line or bar graph.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics and Science)
- By Courtney Richards.
- 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.
- Mountain balds
- In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 8
- Many high-elevation areas of the Blue Ridge have no trees. As a result these areas are called balds. The origin and persistence of mountain balds is poorly understood. Some scientists claim that they form in areas particularly susceptible to fires...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Theories of migration
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.1
- In this lesson, students will read about and evaluate differing theories about the migration of the first people to the Americas.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Formations in Castle Valley, near Moab, Utah
- Rock formations in Castle Valley near Moab, Utah, looking towards the Priests and Nuns formations. The formations rise high above the surrounding area. Castle Valley is a very small community, home to roughly 350 people including several musicians, authors,...
- Format: image/photograph
- A land of many wetlands
- In Wetlands of the coastal plains, page 1
- Eastern North Carolina is a land of many wetlands. More than forty different types have been identified by botanists with the state's Natural Heritage Program. Geographically, this wetland heritage was achieved in the most straightforward way: all of the land...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- 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.
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