Blue Ridge Parkway
Contains information about various cultural, natural, and recreational resources located along this beautiful and historical roadway.
Preview your trip on the web: Blue Ridge Parkway
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- LearnNPS Kids can find information on the NPS parks before they visit, complete a series of activities to qualify for an award, and send Web Ranger e-cards. There are also links to NPS park websites, full of information and activities. Teachers can find hundreds of nature and history lesson plans and information on traveling exhibit loans.
- Lesson plan: Blue Ridge Parkway Travelogue Students plan and develop a week-long trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway, from beginning to end. The virtual tour culminates in the creation of a travelogue that will outline the trip.
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- Intrigue of the Past: Teach your students about North Carolina's fascinating past. This edition contains lesson plans about the fundamental concepts, processes, and issues of archaeology, as well as essays for the teacher with detailed information about four periods in North Carolina's ancient history.
- Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center: This 4-H Educational Center provides year-round programming, including team-building and environmental education to students in 2nd through 6th grades.
Related topics
- Learn more about Alleghany County, American Indians, Appalachia, Blue Ridge Parkway, Buncombe County, European Homesteads, European Industries, North Carolina, Watauga County, biology and life science, birds, diversity, ecology, endangered species, environmental science, forests, geology, migratory birds, parks, resource management, science, social studies, trees, and wildflowers.
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The National Park Service presents the Blue Ridge Parkway website, which contains information about the natural resources found along this famous road including geology, trees, wildflowers, birds, and general ecology. Linked to this page, is a guide that will let you know what wildflowers are in bloom by month. You will also find brief information about various cultural resources to be found in the Blue Ridge area such as examples of Native American culture and influence, European homesteads, and mountain industries. Recreational resources as well as scenic locations both in North Carolina and Virginia are annotated in individual sections. The is also an image gallery of a few of the beautiful sites to be seen when exploring this historical roadway.
