Students will learn more about a first responder or group of first responders in their community. They will then design and create a certificate to honor that individual or group.

Higher-level students will be divided into 7 groups so that they may collaborate with their peers to complete projects regarding how their school can contribute positively to the environment using 7 of Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences (Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Linguistic, Musical, Naturalist, Spatial, and Logical-Mathematical).  If your students have never taken an inventory to know their M.I. strengths, allow them to go take the assessment and print off their M.I. strengths for use in this lesson as well as others. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

In this lesson, students learn about citizenship and how they can show citizenship.

This resource contains activities to help students build their basic civic knowledge and understand their role as active citizens. The activities are located on page 3 of the pdf.

In this lesson, students learn about the process of voting through a class election. The main objective is to see if students understand qualities important in a leader and elements involved in an election.

Students learn about the Declaration of Independence and about the term “consent of the governed” as well a
its relationship to the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. Students also learn about several Founding Fathers, including Benjamin Franklin, and their contributions to communities that have influenced history.

Students learn about the Declaration of Independence and the term "consent of the governed" as well as its relationship to the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. Students also learn about several Founding Fathers, including Benjamin Franklin, and their contributions to communities that have influenced history.

Students will learn about the importance of water and the problems surrounding water globally and locally. Students will compare usability of fresh water and salt water. Students will research and promote water conservation. This lesson was developed by Julie Johnson as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

A student team of engineers, design a way to transport water from Point A to Point B without wasting or spilling any water.

Students will take a trip to a community meeting and think about the experience with suggested questions. This is designed to work with the League of Women's Voters but can adapted to work with other community groups.

This teacher's guide describes service learning as a form of project based learning in which academic goals are accomplished through community service. The guide covers the role of the teachers and the components of a successful service learning project and provides project examples and recommended resources.

In this lesson on Earth Day, students will learn about the history, significance and traditions of this national holiday. Lesson includes all skills activities, PDF version, MP3 listening, homework and online exercises. This resource supports English language development for English language learners.

In this lesson, students identify how people can make a difference in the civic life of their community.

After a long three day weekend, STEM Lake is flooded with trash! With your team, engineer a device that can collect the trash from STEM Lake with Sphero.

In this unit, students gain an understanding of the development, structure, and function of local government. Students also gain an understanding of how citizens participate in their communities.

In this lesson, students take on an environmental project. They interview long-time residents of the town/neighborhood about the state of the local environment and then choose an environmental problem on which to focus and take action.

Students will use three Web sites to gather data about the people in their home state and those who represent them in Congress, then use an online tool to visually compare the data.

Students will identify and participate in a volunteer opportunity within your community. This activity is connected with the Smithsonian Museum.