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 videos about Gopher Frogs and Hellbenders, and then open the PDF resource below to learn how you can help conserve these precious amphibians!

Students observe a model waterwheel to investigate the transformations of energy involved in turning the blades of a hydro-turbine. Students work as engineers to create model waterwheels while considering resources such as time and materials, in their design. Students also discuss and explore the characteristics of hydropower plants.

This resource consists of a series of expositive and interactive modules that instruct students on the properties of soil and explain why soil is and important resource. Follow the "Digging Shallow" link for modules that are appropriate for an early elementary audience.

Students develop awareness and understanding of the daily air quality using the Air Quality Index (AQI) listed in the newspaper. They explore what engineers can do to help reduce poor air quality.

Students learn what they would need to pack for a trip to outer space, how to survive in outer space, and why recycling is important.

In this lesson, students develop an understanding of the effects of invisible air pollutants with a rubber band and hanger air test and a bean plant experiment. They also learn about methods of reducing invisible air pollutants.

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 ...

Not all heroes are human; some come in the four-legged variety! Join us as we learn about some unconventional heroes of the animal world and meet a few live ones.

We have created some helpful clips if you're unable to watch the full video:
1.L.1 How we can help animals/the planet (4 min): https://youtu.be/i_I9gGGlgTM?t=3082
2.P.1 How do snakes hear? (30 sec): https://youtu.be/i_I9gGGlgTM?t=2472
4.L.1 Amphibians breathe through their skin (3 min): https://youtu.be/i_I9gGGlgTM?t=1130
4.L.1 Naked Mole Rat Adaptations (2 min 15 sec): https://youtu.be/i_I9gGGlgTM?t=1676
4.L.1 Hairy Frog Adaptations (2 min 10 sec): https://youtu.be/i_I9gGGlgTM?t=1811
4.L.1 Tardigrade adaptations and cryptobiosis (3 min 20 sec): https://youtu.be/i_I9gGGlgTM?t=1943
4.L.1 Snake Adaptations (15 min): https://youtu.be/i_I9gGGlgTM?t=2202

Animal Encounters:
1. African Giant Millipede (7 min): https://youtu.be/i_I9gGGlgTM?t=626
2. Sugar the Cane Toad (4.5 min): https://youtu.be/i_I9gGGlgTM?t=1304
3. Griffon the Northern Pine Snake (15 min): https://youtu.be/i_I9gGGlgTM?t=2202

Join the Zoo EDventure team to 'breakdown' the giant roll there pint-sized heroes play in their job as decomposers.

We have created some helpful clips if you're unable to watch the full video:
K.L.1 Centipede vs Millipede (3 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=1970
K.P.1 Movement (1.5 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=1820
2.L.1 Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Molt (2 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=806
2.L.1 Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Reproduction (1.5 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=706
2.L.1 Giant Cave Cockroach Reproduction (1 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=1402
2.L.2 Young vs. Adults (2 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=1457
5.L.2 Impact on the Ecosystem (1 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=504
5.L.2 Cave Cockroach and bats (2 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=1149
5.L.2 Primates Using Millipedes (1.5 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=2244

Animal Encounter Clips:
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (11 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=267
Giant Cave Cockroach (9 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=955
African Giant Millipede (5 min): https://youtu.be/zdMA0vJyKsA?t=1729

This is an encyclopedia entry for the term "ecosystem." An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.

This is an encyclopedia entry for "habitat." A habitat is a place where an organism makes its home. Text for this entry is appropriate for middle and high school levels.

This is an encyclopedia entry for "keystone species," a plant or animal that plays a unique and crucial role in the way an ecosystem functions. Text for this entry is appropriate for the middle and high school grade levels.