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The coastal dilemma

In Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks, page 1.15

This lesson is part of chapter one of the unit "Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks. Students look at examples of shoreline erosion. They reflect on the impact this erosion can have on human life on the Outer Banks.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science and Social Studies)

By Stanley R. Riggs, Dorothea Ames, and Karen Dawkins.

Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks

The lessons in this unit allow students to explore the processes affecting North Carolina's Outer Banks and the impact these processes have on daily life there.

Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Estuarine shorelines behind complex barrier islands

In Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks, page 1.14

This lesson is part of chapter one of the unit "Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks." Students examine the different types of shorelines on the soundside of complex barrier islands. They look at how ocean-side processes affect the soundside of complex barrier islands.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

By Stanley R. Riggs, Dorothea Ames, and Karen Dawkins.

Formation of a stream valley

This is a class of 12 Learning Disabled students taking Earth Science. It is a sophomore class. There are two attention deficit students. They all are good readers but have trouble with comprehension of science vocabulary.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

By Mark Clinkscales and Carrie Palmer.

The shoreline, shore zone, and beach

In Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks, page 1.11

This lesson is part of chapter one of the unit "Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks." Students learn about shore zones and shorelines. Additionally, they learn what factors influence the development of a beach and they ways in which beaches can differ.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science)

By Stanley R. Riggs, Dorothea Ames, and Karen Dawkins.

Soil and erosion unit: Section 2

This unit will involve descriptive information on North Carolina soil types and how the presence of plants affects soil erosion. This section should be begun only after completion of Soil and erosion unit: Section 1.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

By Amy Robertson.

Storms and coastal erosion

In Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks, page 1.5

This lesson is part of chapter one of the unit "Coastal processes and conflicts: North Carolina's Outer Banks." Students learn about the effects storms can have on bodies of water, which can then have a great effect shorelines.

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

By Stanley R. Riggs, Dorothea Ames, and Karen Dawkins.

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Erosion in the Outer Banks

In this environmental science lesson, students examine different perspectives on erosion in the Outer Banks over the past century by implementing research and map comparisons between Google Earth and early 20th-century coastal maps. This lesson assumes a basic... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

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