This is additional curriculum for the Untamed Science video series created in a partnership between the North Carolina Zoo and videographer Rob Nelson. You are meant to watch the original video and then open the PDF resource below to become a scientist and track your own vulture!
In this short video, join Brandon and Emily as they take a journey back through time to learn all about baseball circa the 1800s!
Help students discover the Civil Rights Movement with We Who Believe in Freedom: The Life and Times of Ella Baker by Dr. Lea E. Williams. This complementary teacher's guide to the book delves into the transformative era through the lens of Ella Baker's remarkable journey, igniting discussions on activism, equality, and justice. Designed to engage Middle & High School students, the plan incorporates dynamic standards-aligned activities fostering critical thinking and historical understanding.
What is Juneteenth? Why do we recognize it? What does it have to do with the history of North Carolina and the United States Colored Troops? This 20-minute video explores North Carolina's Juneteenth story.
Who chews my barn? They are North America's largest native Bee, and some folks find them scary, but Carpenter Bees are really valuable and gentle giants!
Experimenting with the textures, colors and smells of Nature is a fun way to explore nearby nature. Stir up your own gritty, colorful, smelly concoctions by mixing together your own creative combinations.
Experimenting with the textures, colors and smells of Nature is a fun way to explore nearby nature. Stir up your own gritty, colorful, smelly concoctions by ...
Learn what a pollinator is, and why they are important. Look at some pollinator examples and some pollinator plants, then try to create your own pollinator u...
Learn what a pollinator is, and why they are important. Look at some pollinator examples and some pollinator plants, then try to create your own pollinator using common household supplies.
Design and create sculptures and land art using sticks, stones, leaves, flowers – any natural elements that can be found in your own backyard!
Design and create sculptures and land art using sticks, stones, leaves, flowers – any natural elements that can be found in your own backyard!
Playing with Dirt, Water, and Nature’s Treasures: Create a fantastical creature using soil and discovered natural treasures from your own back yard. Mix in ...
Playing with Dirt, Water, and Nature’s Treasures: Create a fantastical creature using soil and discovered natural treasures from your own back yard. Mix in a little water, and voila! Let the creating begin!
Scavenger Hunt--help children to learn how to look for and notice little things in nature by having a fairy/gnome scavenger hunt. Children can use their imag...
Scavenger Hunt--help children to learn how to look for and notice little things in nature by having a fairy/gnome scavenger hunt. Children can use their imagination and look for things they can use for fairy/gnome play.
Home Building: Children can engage in imaginative play while manipulating natural and found objects. By describing and sorting through these items, children are building early learning skills.
Home Building: Children can engage in imaginative play while manipulating natural and found objects. By describing and sorting through these items, children ...
Children can make their own nature crowns and enter the world of make believe. Dress up and pretend worlds are important early emotional coping skills that c...
Test your boat making skills! Water play is an important part of early childhood development. Fill up a kiddie pool, big bucket or your tub and let the youngest children practice scooping and pouring water with a cup. This simple play is testing cause and effect. For older children, try making boats out of recycled and common house hold items as well as natural, found items. See several ideas for design then try some of your own!
Test your boat making skills! Water play is an important part of early childhood development. Fill up a kiddie pool, big bucket or your tub and let the young...