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About LEARN NC
LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Education,
finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers
and students of North Carolina — and the world.
Mount Mitchell State Park. Photograph from the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation.
Field trip opportunities
- Energy Xchange Renewable Energy Center (Burnsville)
- By tapping the methane gas generated by decomposing garbage in landfills, this company is able to convert the gas to a low cost, responsible source of energy.
- Mount Mitchell State Park (Burnsville)
- In 1915, a bill was introduced in the state legislature establishing Mount Mitchell as the first state park. Through this legislation, the North Carolina State Parks System came into being. Today the forest on this peak is in decline due to natural and man-made factors. The educational program offered by park rangers introduces students to the forest types of the Blue Ridge Mountains, focusing on the potential causes for forest decline in the mountains and at Mount Mitchell.
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (Connellys Springs)
- This historic trail follows the Revolutionary War route of Patriot militia men from Virginia, today's eastern Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia to the battle of Kings Mountain, South Carolina, site of the Kings Mountain National Military Park.
