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- Concept maps: an introduction
- Using concept maps can help students make connections among subject areas. This article explains how teachers can use concept maps effectively and provides links to tools for creating them online.
- By Bobby Hobgood.
- Let's make it simple (pre-visit)
- This lesson focuses on the student's ability to recognize objects in nature that could become tools to make work easier (simple machines). It is the first in a series of three lessons, the others being Lesson 2: Make it simple: Now find it (museum visit) and Lesson 3: Simple: Now compound (post-visit).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
- By Becky Robinson.
- Decisions, decisions: A career exploration
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 1.10
- In this lesson for grade seven, students complete personality profiles to explore career options, then conduct internet research to learn about specific careers. Students write evaluative essays about the careers they choose.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Guidance)
- By Jen Presley.Adapted by Kenyatta Bennett and Sonya Rexrode.
- Consider the source
- Information is everywhere — especially in the presence of the Internet. It's hard enough for adults to make sure that information is valid, but it's even harder for students to make that judgement. Here are some suggestions for helping students learn to recognize bad information when they see it.
- By Bobby Hobgood.
- Identifying oily foods: Discovering healthy snacks
- Using a drop of water and a drop of oil for comparison, students do food rubs to detect oily content in foods. The lesson culminates with a cookbook of healthy snacks.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Healthful Living)
- By Janie Bourbina.
- Slipsliding poetry
- Students will work with a partner to write an original piece of poetry to express information learned about the rain forest and an animal that lives in that habitat. Students will share their poems by creating a multimedia slide show.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Angela Hodges.
- Simple: Now compound (post-visit)
- This lesson focuses on the process of combining two or more simple machines to form a compound machine. It is the third in a sequence of lessons on machines. The others are Lesson 1: Let's make it simple (pre-visit) and Lesson 2: Make it simple: Now find it(museum visit).
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
- By Becky Robinson.
- Plant power
- Students will plant their own seeds in potting soil and measure plant growth. Before the students' plants are visible above the soil, students will explore the parts and functions of classroom plants and compare growth between the classroom plants. Using the weather channel website, students will predict weather the day's weather conditions are excellent, good, or poor for plant growth.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics and Science)
- By Rhonda Hathcock.
- Family traditions
- This lesson is a follow-up to the lesson “Who's Your Mama? A Family Who's Who” and is mainly based on The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant; therefore, family structure including titles or roles is assumed to be prior knowledge for this lesson.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Development and Social Studies)
- By Laura Bahlmann and Mary Lail.
- Laugh and learn with satire and technology
- This lesson for grade 12 will help students to distinguish between satire and parody. Students will analyze several examples of both satire and parody, and will work in groups to plan and create their own examples of satire. Teachers are encouraged to use blogging and VoiceThread technology to enhance student interaction.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Kerri Brown Parker and Allyson Young.
- European shadow puppets
- Students will work in cooperative groups first to read a fairy tale by a European author. Then they will make shadow puppets to use on an overhead projector. Finally, they will present their puppet shows to their class.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Marsha Paisley.
- Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
- Located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is a fascinating place to visit to learn more about astronomy.
- 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
- Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity one
- This activity for grades 7–12 will help students understand what tobacco bag stringing was and why it was important to communities in North Carolina and Virginia. Students will read and analyze an introductory article about tobacco bag stringing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- Coastal weather issues: Planning for a hurricane
- The unit is designed for seventh grade students who have been studying Earth and its atmosphere. In this sequence, students are faced with the realistic issue of personal and social decision-making when planning for hurricane strikes, which includes classification, tracking, and monitoring hurricanes, as well as planning for evacuations. The inquiry-based approach involves a WebQuest in which the learner will assume the role of an emergency management team member who must create a preparation plan for the community.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Computer/Technology Skills and Science)
- By Karen Greene.
- Carolina Online Teacher Program (COLT)
- Now you can earn a LEARN NC Certificate in online instruction through the Carolina Online Teacher program (COLT). In five core courses and two electives, totaling a minimum of 17 CEUs, you’ll master the component skills of online teaching: effective collaboration and facilitation, creating learning communities, navigating the virtual classroom, and developing student-centered instruction.
- Format: article/help
- Submitting a lesson plan: Frequently asked questions
- In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 1.3
- Answers to frequently asked questions about submitting lesson plans for publication on the LEARN NC website.
- Format: article/help
- The student pathfinder
- By creating pathfinders, students not only learn to manage time and produce a higher quality research project, but they also develop twenty-first century learning skills.
- By Melissa Thibault.
- Researching the North Carolina coastal plain
- This lesson plan will provide students with a more in-depth knowledge of the animals, industry, and land geography of the coastal plain. Students will conduct research on the internet and in other resources to find information on the vital parts of the coastal plain. The lesson culminates with group presentations of their research and a Venn diagram developed individually comparing the outer and inner parts of the coastal plain.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Development, Science, and Social Studies)
- By Ana Sanders and Heather Ennis.
- North Carolina Museum of History
- Get a sneak preview of the Museum before you visit! You can search for artifacts, preview the exhibitions, and read about important events in North Carolina history. The Museum offers teachers a variety of resources--many are online! Find lesson plans, information on history in a box kits, professional development workshops, and more!
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
