From Seeds to Plants
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students identify plant parts, where seeds come from and how they grow. They will also determine what plants need to survive.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
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Gravity and Falling Objects
(View Complete Item Description)Students investigate the force of gravity and how all objects, regardless of their mass, fall to the ground at the same rate.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Vocabulary
3 Branches of Government
(View Complete Item Description)This resource is a poster of the functions of the 3 branches of government.
Material Type: Reading
Types of Text Structure
(View Complete Item Description)Use this lesson to introduce the 5 types of text structure to your students.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Measurement, Set D6: Area & Perimeter
(View Complete Item Description)This 4 unit of measurement lessons explores area and perimeter through 4 hands-on activities and 2 worksheets.
Material Type: Unit of Study
Activity 11: Water Erosion - Water, Mother Nature's Chisel
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students learn about different types of water erosion and develop strategies to slow down erosion where man is involved.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Don't Get Wet
(View Complete Item Description)Students will be challenged to work with magnets to obtain metal objects located in glasses filled with water without getting their hands wet.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Activity 3: Igneous Rocks - In or Out? Igneous Rocks
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students learn how rate of cooling affects what type of rock forms. Students will be introduced to igneous rocks, how they form, what the different types are and how to identify them.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
"Variations for Survival:" How Animals Survive In the Wild
(View Complete Item Description)Students will compare and contrast related organisms and discover their survival advatage. Students will examine photos of two related organisms and list physical characteristics that are similar and unique among the organisms. After a class discussion on how variations give organisms a survival advantage in their environments, students will participate in shared writing assignments.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
The Cycle of Light
(View Complete Item Description)Students use a set of simple materials to observe how the Earth's rotation causes light and dark cycles.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Brown Bag Science
(View Complete Item Description)Students are introduced to the concept of electricity through hands-on investigation of how circuits work. Students will construct a simple circuit and record their experiences in their science journal. Note: Circuit kits (one per individual/group) will need to be prepared ahead of time. Kits are to include 1 C-cell battery, 2 insulated copper wires, 1 battery holder, 2 brass battery clips, 1 small flashlight bulb, and 1 socket.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Activity 6: Fossil Function
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students are given random fossil pieces and asked to compare them to living animals of today in order to determine what the fossil animal did and ate, where it lived, and how it defended itself.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Nutrition 2: Good Food, Good Health
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore ways in which food provides energy and materials for our bodies.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
The Earth and Beyond: Day and Night
(View Complete Item Description)With this resource, students will learn how the movement of the earth makes day and night time.
Material Type: Interactive
Jay Starts a Business
(View Complete Item Description)Jay's interactive adventure allows students to choose their own adventure as they walk through the process of starting their own business. Through videos, interactive elements and classroom activities, Jay Starts a Business helps introduce students to entrepreneurship and related economic and financial concepts. NOTE: You must right-click "Launch Jay Starts a Business" and choose "Open link in a new tab" to access the interactive resource.
Material Type: Interactive
What's So Special About Appalachia?
(View Complete Item Description)This inquiry leads students to explore the cultural diversity of the Appalachia region by looking across artisan crafts and artifacts, music, and literature.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Timeless Tea in Celebration of North Carolina Women
(View Complete Item Description)Students will examine women's roles in the making of North Carolina. Students will be assigned a woman who has lived and or worked in North Carolina at some point throughout history and made a contribution to our state and or the nation. Students will research their assigned person, explore her life experiences, challenges, and successes, then represent this woman while attending a "Timeless Tea in Celebration of North Carolina Women."
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Think Scientifically: The Sun and The Water Cycle
(View Complete Item Description)Learners will read or listen to a story about two sisters, Marisol and Sofia, as they explore the Sun's role in the water cycle. Additionally, numerous extension resources are included in the accompanying educator guide, such as suggestions for no-cost language arts activities, links to further science activities, a book walk cue chart to guide classroom discussion before, during, and after the story, a graphic organizer, and alignments to the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Changing the State of Matter Using Heating and Cooling
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity students will investigate how different materials are changed when heated or cooled. Students will choose from a variety of materials and devise a method of data collection.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan
Sum of the Parts
(View Complete Item Description)These hands-on activities help students to understand that the total weight of an object is equal to the sum of its parts using modeling clay and connecting toys like Legos. Students estimate and measure total weight, then the weight when disassembled or divided into smaller pieces and then again when the object is reassembled. Students record and share their experiences and data.
Material Type: Lesson Plan