Standard: L.HE.M.2 Reproduction: I am able to describe how traits are passed on through asexual and sexual reproduction and compare the advantages and disadvantages of both types of reproduction.
Students will use online videos and photo galleries to conduct a virtual bolus dissection for the Laysan albatross and learn how marine debris can be mistaken for food and harm marine organisms.
This 6-E lesson introduces the use of nonfiction materials from the library with a maker component. Students willuse critical thinking skills,examine nonfiction materials,draw diagrams,make models,ask questions of others,and explain their work.
Compares life cycles of several species
Students will compare life cycles of several species. Students will use Google Slides (or PowerPoint) to create a life cycle diagram.
During the fall, students and their families are beginning to visit different farms in the area. They go to the Pumpkin Patch to find the perfect pumpkin to turn into a jack-o-lantern! This lesson plan will give students the opportunity to learn the about the life cycle of a pumpkin through investigation and exploration.
Students investigate different marine ecosystem types, identify examples of these ecosystems and their characteristics, and locate the ecosystems on a map of the world's oceans.
Students investigate marine food webs and trophic levels, research one marine organism, this activity sand fit their organisms together in a class-created food web showing a balanced marine ecosystem.
Students will learn about the skeletal system as they dissect owl pellets.
In this short video, students learn how fire plays an important role in the survival of the plants (such as venus flytraps and longleaf pines) in the habitat of Carolina Beach State Park.
In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about the Venus Fly Trap and how it adapts to its environment to survive.
In this short video, accompanying activity, and readings, students learn about wetlands by exploring the wetlands at Haw River State Park.
In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about a unique blackwater river in North Carolina - the Lumber River. The river has played an important role for the plants, people, and animals that have called it home.
In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about navigating the Lumber River and the people who navigated it for hundreds of years.
In this short video, accompanying activity, and readings, students learn about the wildflowers at Medoc Mountain State Park. These resources examine how wildflowers survive and their role in their ecosystem.
In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about Longleaf Pine Ecosystems by exploring Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve in North Carolina.
In this short video and accompanying activity and readings, students learn about the Weymouth Woods Sandhills Preserve and the many unique plants and animals that call this type of ecosystem home - including the red-cockaded woodpecker.
By researching field guides and the work of John James Audubon, students will research an assigned bird. Students will create a story about the bird using the Elements of Story, and create their own bird track print from a collagraph stamp they create. Students will then create a triptych to accompany the research and the story with three panels: 1 - wide view with oil pastel, 2 - close-up view using scratchboard, 3 - track view only using monoprint track students created. Students will assemble the work into a display for exhibit. Essential Question Asked: How can we explore characteristics of animals through research, using storytelling, illustration, and printmaking?
This lesson introduces students to the natural resources that help plants grow. Students will work in small groups to explore natural resource items and discuss their importance to humans. The teacher then shares with students a booklet about the natural environment, which provides information via a series of concept maps and allows recording of students' experiences and thoughts through both writing and drawing. Students will also read, discuss, and illustrate booklets about seeds and plants.
There are more than 50 trillion single cells in the human body made up of more than 200 different cell types, and each perform a different function. Each cell type has a different structure, which ultimately determines its function. When groups of cells that perform the same or similar function are combined, a tissue is created. When a group of tissues combines to perform a function, an organ results; and a group of organs performing a combined function results in the body systems. The eleven primary body systems are the digestive, endocrine, excretory, reproductive, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, lymphatic/immune, muscular, skeletal, and integumentary.Objective: To assess your knowledge of the human body prior to taking this course. You will revisit your life-size human body poster at the end of the year!