Lincoln Heights Elementary School is an environmental magnet school located in Fuquay-Varina, ​​North Carolina. The school prides itself with a unique scientific focus on environmental connections. There are many different animals and environmental initiatives for the children throughout the school. If you ever visit Lincoln Heights, make sure you stroll down the hallway by the second grade classrooms so you can meet “Harry”. the school’s pet tarantula. And don’t miss out on seeing the amazing outdoor learning environment.  When I did my teaching field experience there, I was able to observe students use this area of the school to study caterpillars and their life cycle. Observing a science lesson at this school was a treat and a boost for ideas in my future role as an elementary educator.  At Lincoln Heights science learning is embedded into the curriculum  In every classroom science is integrated it into daily math and reading lessons. The students even get to rotate through a weekly science class that is scheduled like a special/encore class like art and music. I was lucky enough to be placed here during my NCSU teacher preparation program field experience.  During one visit, I got to observe a teacher as she worked with a group of about eighteen second grade students.  Her classroom was beautiful! She had a huge fish tank with two large fish in it. She allowed for the students to feed the fish before starting the lesson. She also had a variety of different plants in the back of the classroom. Her classroom was full of color with many different diagrams of different animals and a large bright-colored butterfly cutout on top of a tall filing cabinet. She did such a great job with keeping the students engaged and making the assignments exciting.   The students worked with butterfly kits given to them by a business partner.  The kits allowed the students to observe caterpillars on plants, caterpillars in their chrysalis and butterflies flying around the flowers. As a NCSU Teaching Fellows student, I was very appreciative of my time at LHE and I saw STEM learning in action and I am quite inspired to use some of the science learning techniques that I observed in my own classroom one day!