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Family gardening in rural North Carolina: This lesson for grade one uses a series of activities related to plants and gardening to help students learn about gardening, plant life, families, and making healthy choices.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Healthful Living, Science, and Social Studies); By Penny Willard.

Feathers, fins, fur, scales, and skin: Using observation, students will identify animal groups by their appearance. The students will move through animal centers looking for similarities and differences of birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Science)

Five days, five senses: In this lesson, students will learn about the five senses through observations and hands-on activities.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Science); By Nancy Ziegler.

From dirt to dinner: This lesson serves as an introductory study of the plant world. The lesson allows students to study seeds, parts of plants, microclimates, and how to grow seeds into vegetable plants for harvest. Parents are encouraged to assist at home.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Glenn Bass.

From seed to plant: This lesson will give students an opportunity to learn about seed parts, how a plant grows, and to compare plants.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science); By Gretchen Barkowitz.

Fun with fruits and vegetables: The activities will help the student identify, describe, and classify fruits and vegetables and learn how each grows.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Science); By Suzie Overholt.

The germination of a tree: In this lesson students will attempt to germinate tree seeds and observe the interior of a seed under a microscope.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 and 9–12 English Language Arts and Science); By Harold Mackin.

Getting down & dirty with soils: In this lesson, we will explore different kinds of soil (humus, sand, clay). The students will plant seeds in the different soils as part of further exploration.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Science); By Amy Rhyne, Paulette Keys, and Sarah Carson.

Getting to know spiders: This lesson is useful for helping students understand the differences between spiders and insects. They will also learn about a spider's particular body parts. Live spiders will be observed over the course of a few days to see how sound, light, and movement affect the spiders.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science); By Bree Welmaker.

Going batty: In this lesson students will hear the story Stellaluna by Janell Cannon and then create a Venn Diagram comparing bats to birds.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Information Skills and Science); By DPI Integration Strategies.

Good medicine: Students will examine changes in technology, medicine, and health that took place in North Carolina between 1870 and 1930 and construct products and ideas which demonstrate understanding of how these changes impacted people living in North Carolina at that time. To achieve these goals, students will employ the eight intelligences of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies); By Leslie Ramsey.

Green Wilma is missing!: This lesson is designed to be used after students have been exposed to animal classification, especially the characteristics of amphibians. Reading Green Wilma by Tedd Arnold and inviting students to respond through art and written expression is a good use of integration.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); By Emily Rothrock.

Habitat — what's that?: This lesson helps students define the word habitat and understand the basic elements that make up an animal's habitat.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Science); By Kelly Stewart.

A home for Lars: Our lesson plan is based on the book, Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear, by Hans de Beer. We will use the book to introduce the polar bear's habitat and will elaborate on the necessary things a polar bear needs to survive in this habitat.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education and Science)

How can we represent sounds that are in the environment?: In BioMusic, page 2.2; In this interdisciplinary lesson, students will listen to frog calls and identify the difference between high and low pitches. They will represent sounds using aural, graphic, and kinesthetic methods.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Dance Arts Education and Music Education); By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.

How do animals create sound to communicate?: In BioMusic, page 2.3; In this interdisciplinary lesson, students will experiment with a variety of objects and musical instruments to show how sound is caused by vibrations. They will learn how humans and birds create sound using the larynx and the syrinx, and identify two animals that use objects in their environments to create specific sounds.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Music Education and Science); By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.

How do pumpkins grow?: Book project: This is an integrated science and language arts lesson plan. Students will create individual books that illustrate how pumpkins grow.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Science); By Marty Britt.

How do we help the American chestnut tree?: In Restoring the American chestnut, page 4; In this lesson, students learn about biotechnology techniques necessary to create a transgenic organism from start to finish. Students will create a poster that illustrates processes such as DNA extraction, gel electrophoresis, and gene splicing.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Shelley Casey.

How does an animal's environment affect the frequency of its sound?: In BioMusic, page 2.6; In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between frequency and pitch. In addition to conducting a simple experiment, they will also examine bat and elephant sound spectrograms. Students will learn how both animals and humans use their environments to create sound for communication.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Music Education and Science); By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.

How does sound travel in different environments?: In BioMusic, page 2.7; In this lesson, students will identify mediums that sounds can travel through and use experiments to discover how each medium affects sound. By listening to recordings and viewing sound spectrograms, they will learn about whale song and how these animals transmit sound through water (liquid).; Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Music Education and Science); By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.

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