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- Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
- The museum provides an opportunity for visitors to learn about the natural resources of North Carolina and its Piedmont region.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Crowders Mountain State Park
- Enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Crowders Mountain State Park while learning about the geologic formation of the mountain and the flora and fauna that are found there.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Gaston County Museum of Art and History
- Gaston County local history is brought to life at this museum in Dallas, NC. Learn about the North Carolina textile mill industry and see special exhibits.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Mountain Island Educational State Forest
- This State Forest concentrates its programs on best forestry management practices and water quality. Located on Mountain Island Lake, the Forest offers educational opportunities to classroom students.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- American Military Museum of Gastonia
- A visit to this museum will help to bring understanding to students who are studying the United State history.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Brevard Station Museum
- This museum provides a collection of interesting stories, facts, recollections, pictures and tidbits relating to the history of Stanley, Gaston County, North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
- Students will enjoy a 1 1/2 hour tour led by trained garden guides either along the formal garden tour or the Woodland Trail tour through a beautifully forested area along a quarter mile nature trail.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The case of the disappearing pitcher plants
- This lesson addresses the cause and effect relationship between human interaction and a North Carolina endangered plant species. A role-playing scenario allows students to view the situation from a variety of positions and to collectively arrive at a solution to the problem.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Science)
- By Eddie Hamblin.
- Experience North Carolina's state parks with EELEs
- An EELE is an Environmental Education Learning Experience -- a site-specific program offered by the North Carolina state parks system. EELEs include pre-visit activities, on-site activities and post-visit activities, but they do not necessarily have to be used in conjunction with a group visit. Educators can attend EELE workshops to gain rich educational experiences that provide knowledge, insight, and immediate practical materials for use in the classroom.
- Format: article
- By Linda Dow.
- View from the top of Crowders Mountain
- View from the top of Crowders Mountain. Crowders Mountain is a monadnock -- an isolated hill or mountain of resistant rock rising above an eroded lowland. The area surrounding Crowders Mountain is referred to as a peneplain. It was originally...
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- Crowders Mountain State Park headquarters
- Headquarters of Crowders Mountain State Park in Gaston County, North Carolina.
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- Crowders Mountain State Park
- This is the view from Crowders Mountain in Crowders Mountain State Park.
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- A turtle at Crowders Mountain in Cleveland County, NC
- This is a turtle at Crowders Mountain in Crowders Mountain State Park.
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- Star projector in the Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
- This is a star projector in the planetarium of the Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.
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- Stuffed animals at the Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
- These are stuffed animals at the Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium in Gastonia, North Carolina.
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- Origami display at the Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium
- This is an origami display at the Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium. All of the pieces were designed and folded by Robert J. Lang, a master origami artist.
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- Lit-up Christmas tree in the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
- This is a lit-up Christmas tree decoration on a lawn in the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens in Belmont, North Carolina. Every year, the garden has a holiday lighting event.
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- Magnificent orchid at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden in Gaston County, NC
- This is a magnificent orchid at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden in Gaston County, North Carolina.
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- Old Gaston County Courthouse
- This is the old Gaston County Courthouse in Dallas, North Carolina. It was the second courthouse of Gaston County, before the county seat was moved to Gastonia. It now serves as a police station and city hall.
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- Doffers in Trenton Mills, Gastonia, N.C.
- Four young boys called doffers can be seen pushing bins full of bobbins of thread through a textile mill in this photograph taken in 1908. Doffers replaced the full bobbins with empty ones in the spinning area of the mill. The sepia photograph shows the spinning...
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