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Polar bears: Keeping warm at the Arctic: Students will learn about the polar bear's body coverings and how they help it to survive in the Arctic climate. The activities include a trip to the North Carolina Zoological park and a hands-on experiment to facilitate this goal, followed by reflection on and communication of what they have learned using a variety of media including art and literature.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); By Sandy Hardin.

Pollution plume: The students will simulate a plume to illustrate point source and non-point source pollution.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science); By Jennifer Smith.

Reaction stoichiometry: How can we make chalk?: In Why does chemistry matter in my life?, page 4; In this lesson plan, students will explore the variety of chemical processes that produce chalk and determine which is the most cost-effective and efficient. Students create a small-scale process in the lab and evaluate the requirements for a larger-scale process.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Lisa Hibler.

Rock around the rock cycle: Students will study the rock cycle to understand the relationship between the three types of rocks, sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous, and the conditions needed to transform one type of rock into another. This hopefully will be accomplished through visual learning with computer activities and the demonstration and through auditory learning with the discussion. The student can then apply the knowledge they learned through a story.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Mark Clinkscales and Carrie Palmer.

Rocks really rock! A lesson on the classification of rocks: This lesson will help students classify various rocks according to specified criteria. It will also help students classify a given rock using selected mineral identification tests. Students will use a graphic organizer to display their findings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); By Grace Smith.

Round and Round It Goes; Water, Where It Stops Nobody Knows: This experimental lab lesson will show the process of the hydrological cycle as it relates to the earth's atmosphere by showing three different scenarios.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Science); By Mark Clinkscales and Carrie Palmer.

Salt trading in Asia: In this interdisciplinary lesson, students explore the mineral salt from a variety of perspectives — scientific, geographic, and cultural. The lesson incorporates images of salt production in Nepal and Vietnam. It may be used with grade 4 or grade 7.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 and 6–7 English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies); By Edie McDowell.

Savvy soil: The students will compare and contrast the physical characteristics of three soils: clay, humus, and sand. They will create double bubble maps and list poems about the soils.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Science); By Karen Smith.

Soil and erosion unit: Section 1: This two week unit will involve descriptive information on North Carolina soil types and how the presence of plants affects soil erosion. Upon completion of Section 1, you may continue to Section 2.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Science); By Amy Robertson.

Soil and erosion unit: Section 2: This unit will involve descriptive information on North Carolina soil types and how the presence of plants affects soil erosion. This section should be begun only after completion of Soil and erosion unit: Section 1.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Amy Robertson.

Stay still: In this lesson students will learn about stability. They will design and build an earthquake-proof house that takes into account the forces acting upon it and the materials with which it will be built. The house will be tested in a “shake table.” Students will be assessed by the product itself as well as their analysis of the results of the test.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science); By Erin Denniston.

StreamWatch: This lesson is intended as a long term project to determine the overall health of a stream or wetland. Students identify seasonal changes that occur within the ecosystem, ideally with a minimum of bimonthly or monthly monitoring.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By B. Carl Rush.

Technology and stress on the environment: Students will build a bubble-powered rocket and “blast it off.” Students will examine the stress to their immediate environment, alternative choices, and the cost of repairing the damage. They will list other types of technology and possible environmental stress.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Mark Clinkscales and Carrie Palmer.

Transpiration lab: In this activity, your students will observe the process of transpiration. They will determine the rate of transpiration for one plant branch.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Sadie Buie, James Caldwell, Jeanette Fredericks, Janice Shue, Katie Wadsworth, and Tracy Watson.

Twisters in a jar: The class will discuss the motion, causes and effects of a tornado. The student will also be able to name the safety steps one should take when a tornado occurs.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science); By Andrea Allen.

Types of chemical reactions: This lesson is intended for use in a first year Chemistry class and has modifications aligned with the North Carolina Novice High English Language Development objectives. It provides an overview of various types of chemical reactions by allowing students to visually observe examples of synthesis, decomposition, single displacement, and double displacement reactions and to identify certain products by the use of litmus and splint tests.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts, English Language Development, and Science); By Harriett Tillett.

We all live downstream: This lesson uses the North American Streamside exhibit of the North Carolina Zoological Park as an inquiry-based starting point for a stream ecology study.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–10 English Language Arts and Science); By Eddie Hamblin.

Weather activities with Night of the Twisters: While reading the novel Night of the Twisters, students will complete activities related to weather concepts described in the story. Students will complete activities which explore the key concepts of cloud formation, air pressure, and local weather patterns.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science); By Melissa Bancroft.

Weathering the water cycle: Condensation: This lesson introduces students to condensation as one phase of the water cycle. Through the use of the four lessons in this series students will learn that the water cycle is a continuous cycle. The other lessons in this series include lessons on evaporation and precipitation as well as a conclusion.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Science); By Cathie Hill, Jackie Parker, and Karen Neilson.

Weathering the water cycle: Evaporation: Students will learn that evaporation is one of the three stages of the water cycle. The other lessons in this series include lessons on condensation and precipitation as well as a conclusion.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Science); By Cathie Hill, Jackie Parker, and Karen Neilson.

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