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

CEU courses open for enrollment

Reading, Writing and Research: Integrating Literacy across the Curriculum
Turn your students into savvy consumers of information. Explore reading and writing instruction and information literacy concepts, and learn to effectively integrate these literacy skills into your teaching, regardless of the subject or grade level.
Take this course: Begins May 4.

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character web
Organizing tool in which students identify primary traits of characters in books and plays in a visual or graphic format.

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Transylvania Heritage Museum
Students will learn the importance of heritage when they visit this museum in the mountains of Transylvania County. Its exhibits celebrate the history of the area and and take visitors back in time.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Cleveland County Historical Museum
Students will learn about the early days of Cleveland County and will see artifacts and other exhibits at this historical museum.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
North Carolina Collection Gallery
Early exploration of North Carolina, the Algonquin culture, the Roanoke Island settlement - these are just some of the exhibits that can be seen at the North Carolina Collection Gallery in Wilson Library on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
North Carolina Estuarium
Students can visit the North Carolina Estuarium and learn about the plants and animals that inhabit an estuary.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education
Students will learn the importance of North Carolina's wildlife resources at this environmental education facility.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Harris Energy and Environmental Center
Progress Energy's Harris Nuclear Power Plant offers tours of its resource center to educators, organizations, and the general public.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Alamance County Historical Museum
Learn about the history of Alamance County on a field trip to this museum.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Union Station Railroad Museum
The heritage of Moore County and the town of Aberdeen can be seen at this museum through its exhibits of memorabilia and artifacts.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
The Charlotte Museum of History
Permanent exhibits in the Charlotte Museum of History include Native American artifacts, representations of the colonial settlers, interactive dioramas of how the town of Charlotte looked in 1775, gold mining, the Civil War, and 2oth century topics. There are also temporary exhibits.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
82nd Airborne Division Museum
A visit to this museum will tell students the story of the 82nd Airborne Division from World War I to present.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Wilbur A. Tyndall Tractor Museum
Visitors to the small town of Pink Hill will find Wilbur Tyndall's museum which is dedicated to tractors and other farm implements dating back to the early 1900s.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Roanoke/Cashie River Center
Open Tuesday-Saturday, this is a great place to take students to learn more about the wetlands and the history of the area.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
North Carolina Zoo
Everything teachers and students need to know to plan a very special trip to the Zoo. If you can only visit online, this website offers an array of resources including games, images, and interactive tours of the special exhibits and animals as well several educational resources for teachers.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
Resources for learning about natural North Carolina including animals, snakes, insects and ecosystems.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Vulcan Materials Company: Joseph Andres Gutierrez Geology - Earth Science Museum and Education Center
See the museum exhibits on rocks and minerals as well as a rock quarry with large category equipment and an overlook. The center also offers wildlife habitat preservation and environmental education at a number of its quarries across the state.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide
Each article in this series features an in-depth look at one aspect of the Library of Congress' American Memory with a special focus on North Carolina materials.
Format: series (multiple pages)
San-Lee Environmental Education & Recreation Park
This park has a nature center with native, non-releasable and rehabilitating wildlife and staff to answer students' questions.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
YMI Cultural Center
This cultural center was created to preserve the visual and performing arts heritages of African-Americans and other minorities. The Center has an art gallery with over 100 works of art from renowned artists such as Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, John Biggers. It also offers art classes to all age groups.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
Camden County Heritage Museum
Visitors to this museum can see historic artifacts of Camden County as well as the preserved county jail.
Format: article/field trip opportunity
The Foscue Plantation House
This restored plantation home exhibits family artifacts and period pieces. As a Union hospital during the Civil War, it was spared destruction by Federal forces.
Format: article/field trip opportunity