Lesson Plans and Activities

Life Cycles 

Wet & Wild Life Cycles: Lesson plan; freshwater mussels, striped bass, dragonflies.

Aquatic Life Cycles: PowerPoints - Resource for 'Wet & Wild Life Cycles' lesson plan.

Mussel Videos: Excellent short videos to go with 'Wet & Wild Life Cycles'; click link and scroll to 'Mussel Videos' category; video categories are listed alphabetically.

Eastern Box Turtle: North Carolina's State Reptile - Math/Science Grades: 5-8
 

Carapace Capers: Collecting & Analyzing Turtle Shell Data: Lesson/activity plan (Math/Science)

Box Turtle Carapace Photos: To be used with Carapace Capers lesson/activity

Gems of the Forest Video: (Coming Soon) Background for Carapace Capers lesson/activity

How to Measure Turtle Shells: Video; reference for Carapace Capers lesson/activity   

Wildlife Populations

Resources in this section are best suited for: Biology, FFA - Natural Resources curriculum,  AP Environmental Science and Math.  

Deer

It's 9p....Where are your Wild Animals?: Deer Population Estimation lesson/activity

Smile: - You're on Camera PowerPoint for Deer Population Estimation lesson - It's 9p...Where are your Wild Animals?  

Wild Turkey

Let's Talk Turkey - Eastern Wild Turkey Populations/Management Lesson/Activity (Teacher copy) 

Let's Talk Turkey - Scenarios Activity (Student copy)

Let's Talk Turkey - Predator Reading (Student copy)

Let's Talk Turkey - Habitat/Habits/Population Reading (Student copy)

Let's Talk Turkey - Forest Habitat and Food Type Reading (Student copy)

Turkey 101 (5:35 min) Short video on the biology and management of Eastern Wild Turkeys in NC  (March 2019)