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Wrack line: In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 8; Moving over to the east bank of the river, we can follow River Road to the River Road Park, the site of the fishing pier you saw at the start of this tour. The photo here shows a tangled mat of Spartina debris washed ashore by a storm....; By Steve Keith.

“Discoverie of Guiana”: In Sir Walter Raleigh and South America, page 5; Raleigh's 1596 account of his search of El Dorado became a sensation when it was published in England. The book describes Raleigh's motives of treasure hunting and empire building. Some excerpts with annotations are included below.*...; By William M. Wisser.

The village farmers: In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.5; North Carolina sat on a crossroads by AD 1000. Cultural ideas from other places breezed through it and around it: how to decorate pottery, how to orient political and social life, how to honor the dead, how to structure towns.

Alligator: The American alligator, Alligator mississippiensis, is native to the southeastern United States. Alligator populations were in decline until the 1980s due to illegal hunting, but have since made a comeback.; Format: image/photograph

The natural history of North Carolina: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 1.2; If the five billion years of the earth's history were condensed into a single day, humans would have arrived in North Carolina just two tenths of a second before midnight! This article summarizes the major biological and geological events in North Carolina's history and explains how the land and environment of today came to be.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

Peoples of the Coastal Plain: In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.6; When Europeans arrived in the late 1500s, North Carolina’s northern Coastal Plain was home to two different cultures. Speakers of Algonkian languages lived closest to the Atlantic edge, in the Outer Coastal Plain or Tidewater. Iroquoian speakers lived more inland, on the Inner Coastal Plain. Based on the distinctive items each group left, archaeologists call the Algonkian speakers Colington and the Iroquoian speakers Cashie.; Format: article

Rowan County Nature and Learning Center: Birds of prey, mammals, and reptiles can be seen at the Nature Center Complex. For younger children there is a petting zoo.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge: An introduction to the refuge containing information about the habitat, native plants, and wildlife species, as well as details about refuge activities, programs, and events.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Coastal Plain cultures graphic organizer: In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 2.5; As students read the article "Peoples of the Coastal Plain," this graphic organizer will help them develop an understanding of the cultures that existed in North Carolina's Coastal Plain hundreds of years ago.; Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Using different versions of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas": This lesson allows the teacher to read different versions of this classic in accents indigenous to certain cultures and then provides a writing lesson for students to write their own version of "'Twas the Night" for their school!; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts); By Dirk Robertson.

PIZZA = "Fractions: Any Way You Slice It!": During this lesson, students will explore and investigate the relationships among fractions. Students will use paper pizzas divided into fractional parts to compare equivalent fractions. They will see part-whole fractions as fair shares and begin to understand that the parts must be equal.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics); By Alta Allen.

North Carolina Zoo: Everything teachers and students need to know to plan a very special trip to the Zoo. If you can only visit online, this website offers an array of resources including games, images, and interactive tours of the special exhibits and animals as well several educational resources for teachers.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

William Byrd on the people and environment of North Carolina: In Colonial North Carolina, page 5.6; William Byrd II, a wealthy plantation owner from Virginia, was one of several men commissioned to survey the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina in 1728. His journals describe the people and environment of the region, though not all of his stories are believable. Includes historical commentary.; Format: diary; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Alligator at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge: This is an alligator at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in Dare County, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Plants on the Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, FL: Plants on the Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, Florida. The Anhinga Trail is one of the most popular in the park. It takes hikers through a sawgrass marsh, allowing them to view herons, egrets, anhingas, alligators, and turtles, among other creatures....; Format: image/photograph

A submerged alligator on the Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, FL: A submerged alligator on the Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, Florida. The Anhinga Trail is one of the most popular in the park. It takes hikers through a sawgrass marsh, allowing them to view herons, egrets, anhingas, and turtles, among other creatures....; Format: image/photograph

Baby alligators in Shark Valley, Everglades National Park, FL: Baby alligators in Shark Valley, Everglades National Park, Florida. Shark Valley is at the heart of the park in a sawgrass marsh. Visitors can explore the area by boardwalk, hiking trail, or observation tower. Everglades National Park was declared a national...; Format: image/photograph

A heron on the Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, FL: A heron on the Anhinga Trail, Everglades National Park, Florida. The Anhinga Trail is one of the most popular in the park. It takes hikers through a sawgrass marsh, allowing them to view egrets, anhingas, alligators, and turtles, among other creatures. Everglades...; Format: image/photograph

Alligator and ducks on a pond, Everglades National Park, FL: Alligator and ducks on a pond, Everglades National Park, Florida. Everglades National Park was declared a national park in 1934, though it took the park's proponents another 13 years to acquire funds and land. The park protects approximately one-fifth of the...; Format: image/photograph

An alligator in Okefenokee Swamp, GA: An alligator in Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia. Okefenokee Swamp is a peat wetland that stretches across almost 500,000 acres in Georgia and Florida. A great deal of the swamp is protected by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge and the Okefenokee Wilderness....; Format: image/photograph

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