In this lesson, students will develop an awareness of what is required for survival. Students will become aware of different habitats.

In this short video, join Brandon and Emily on a nature hike with Falyn from the NC Wildlife Resources Commission as they discover all kinds of plants and animals and learn a thing or two about the amazing nature of North Carolina!

Students will collect clues about what makes a "hot spot" for pests by investigating the survival needs of various potential pests. Then they will brainstorm ways to transform these spaces into "cool-for-kids" areas and ways to "green sweep" their spaces with environmentally friendly actions to protect against unwanted pests.

Students brainstorm examples of familiar animals and their needs. They learn that a habitat satisfies the basic needs that must be met for an animal to survive.

In this lesson, students demonstrate an understanding that a habitat is a home, and native habitats are the best and only home for native species.

In this lesson, students will have an opportunity to learn about sunflowers and plant sunflower seeds, a native plant of the North American prairie.

Students will identify and describe the similarities and differences among cacti plants as related to physical structure, growth, change, and movement; explain that all plants have basic needs and identify the specific needs of cacti plants; differentiate between natural and man-made habitats and explain how both can support plant life (dish garden vs. desert habitat).

Students investigate the habitats of local plants and animals and explore some of the ways animals depend on plants and each other.

In this lesson, students will learn that the rainforest is divided into layers. They will also learn that different plants and animals inhabit different layers and serve different functions in the rainforest.

In this lesson, students will investigate living and nonliving things in the Australian desert. Students will collaborate in groups to create slideshow presentations to highlight the characteristics of living and nonliving things and to show how living things depend on nonliving things in the Australian desert.

Students select an map an area. Then they practice finding direction, determining scale, and identifying natural and human features.

In this activity, students use felt boards to match animals with their appropriate habitats. Students are then given an opportunity to mix up the animals and habitats and have other students determine the correct combinations. Students discuss why each of the mixed-up combinations will not work.

In this short video, students will learn about maritime lore and the connection between mermaids and marine mammals.

In this short video, students will learn how female loggerhead sea turtles make their way to beaches all along the Atlantic Ocean to lay their eggs.

In this short video, students join Emily and Dr. Bronwyn Williams from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences as they head to three different North Carolina locations to explore the world of crayfish!

In this short video, students learn about seashells and the creatures that use them on the coast of North Carolina.

In this short video, students learn about the butterfly life cycle and how they can help protect and take care of butterflies and moths in their own neighborhood.

In this lesson, students learn about two different ocean habitats, the kelp forest and the coral reef. They will conduct observations via exhibit webcams and then discuss the needs of plants and animals found in these habitats and how these needs are met.

In this activity, children will place a seed in soil, care for it, and track the plant?s growth. By caring for a plant, children will contribute to Lady Bird Johnson?s mission of beautification. Observation and measuring skills will be developed through tracking the plant's growth.