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Finding patterns using fractals: This lesson will introduce students to patterns in fractals using resources of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop Interactivate Your Bored Math Students.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics); By Wendy Korbusieski.

Be the meteorologist: Students use internet data to plot the path of a hurricane over several days. At designated points, students will decide which areas of the coast to put under a hurricane warning and will justify their decisions. This lesson uses real weather data and allows students to "be the meteorologist."; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)

Leaping, jumping, hopping: This basic movement lesson focuses on leaping, jumping, and hopping skills.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Healthful Living); By Bozena Mielczak.

Fishermen pushing a boat in Mahabalipuram, India: Three fishermen push a boat into the ocean at Mahabalipuram, India. The man closest to the viewer, dressed only in shorts, has pushed so hard that he is close to falling. The other two men push on either side of the boat. The boat is almost raft-like, as it...; Format: image/photograph

Hanging palm leaf decorations: Palm leaf decorations hang down above a veranda. Palm leaf segments are pinned with small sticks in a spoked wheel medallion with interior star pattern. Several plaited tails hang from the bottom of the center medallion. One decoration is clearly visible while...; Format: image/photograph

Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway: This is the Linn Cove Viaduct on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Watauga County. It can be seen in the background of this photo, curving around Grandfather Mountain. The roadway in the foreground is a bridge. Most of the nearly 470 miles of the Parkway were completed...; Format: image/photograph

Thai dancers dressed as Sita and Hanuman perform at Bangkok Hotel: Thai dancers dressed as Sita and Hanuman perform segments from the Ramayana epic at a Bangkok Hotel. Sita is recognizable by her crown headdress and long gold-threaded robes. Hanuman is recognizable by his white costume and monkey mask. Here Sita smiles and...; Format: image/photograph

Puppeteer holds shadow puppets between flame and screen as another man watches: A puppet master holds two shadow puppets between a lantern flame and a screen as another man, possibly his assistant, watches from behind the screen. Traditionally, Indonesian audiences sit in front of the screen and only see the dark shadows of the colorfully...; Format: image/photograph

Our geometric world: The students will use newspaper and magazine pictures to recognize geometric figures within the real world. They will make a collage of pictures showing various geometric shapes. They will write a summary of the shapes that are represented in their collage.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics); By Robin Ward.

The removal of the Cherokee Indians: This lesson allows students to assess the influence of the Trail of Tears. Students will read a brief history of the Cherokee Indians, past and present. They will watch the Unto These Hills video and read excerpts from Native Americans and government officials during the Indian Removal. Students will write an essay supporting or opposing the Indian Removal Act.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Social Studies); By Amy Oxendine.

Instruments in action: Students will demonstrate mastery of eight measures of four beats by speaking, moving and playing. They will classify instruments metals, woods, scrapers, ringers, shakers, etc.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Music Education); By Jeanne Anderson.

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.

Valentine geometry: Combine geometry construction skills with language arts and artistic ability.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics); By Tanis Schick.

Lumbee English: In Teaching about North Carolina American Indians, page 3.1; Introduction Linguist Walt Wolfram, a professor at North Carolina State University says, “The Lumbee English dialect bears the imprint of the early colonization by the English, Highland Scots, and Scots-Irish. Moreover, Lumbee American Indians’...; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies); By Gazelia Carter.

Fitness with a jumpstick: The lesson includes a variety of activities for strength, endurance, and flexibility with the use of a jumpstick. Intervals of jogging and exercises of major muscle groups include an element of fun. The teacher's leading role adds intensity and excitement to these activities.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Healthful Living); By Bozena Mielczak.

Wet your kinders' chops on the sound "op"!: Students will explore the sound “Op” with a reading of Charlie Parker Played Be-Bop by Chris Raschka and a showing of the PBS Between the Lions episode #130 “Be Bop,” which also features the Charlie Parker book and explores the “op” sound.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts); By Dirk Robertson.

"Off To The Races" Familiarize Students With The Media Center: Students become familiar with the various sections of the media center and learn the value of teamwork through a kinesthetic scavenger-hunt approach.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Information Skills); By Robin Boltz.

Designing your gym class: From classroom organization to warm-up procedures, one physical education teacher provides a blueprint for a structured physical education program.; By Bozena Mielczak and Kim Campbell.

Submarines: Using mass, volume and density to create a working submarine: The students will design a submarine that will float, subsurface, sink, and return once again to the water's surface by external manipulation of the submarine outside of an aquarium. In order to accomplish this, the students will use not only the concepts of mass, volume, and density but will also integrate buoyancy and ballast in their submarine design.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics and Science); By Amy Koonce.

Poetry through music: "Smooth": This lesson draws students into a study of poetry, using Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas' "Smooth" as an entry point.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and English Language Development); By Andrea Belletti.

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