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Salt marsh invasion: In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 12; Whereas figure 9 seemed to show trees invading a marsh, figure 10 shows salt marsh invading a forest. The Juncos marsh shown here has grown up under the trees of a forest community known as the Estuarine Fringe Loblolly Pine Forest....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Tidal freshwater section of the White Oak (2): In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 14; Figure 12 shows another part of the tidal freshwater section of the White Oak. Here you can see not only red cedars growing close to the river but also a few pines and maples. The presence of the latter species tells us that the water almost never gets salty...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Sawgrass fronts blackwater swamp forest (1): In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 15; Figure 13 is a view of a tidal freshwater section of the river where freshwater marsh dominated by sawgrass fronts a typical blackwater swamp forest. This is about 12 miles from the sea and does not get salt water very often at all. The log in the foreground...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Salt marsh: In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 6; Dropping to earth, we'll visit a salt marsh near Barnard's Creek, a few miles south of Wilmington's center. The dominant plant here is salt marsh cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora). Other plants include sea lavender and sea oxeye. The...; By Steve Keith.

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.

The Mexican Day of the Dead: In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 1.1; Slideshow View a slideshow of photographs from Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico and the United States....; Format: article

Classroom Activity: Making an Altar for the Day of the Dead: In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 1.2; An altar created for the Day of the Dead. The best activity you can undertake for the Day of the Dead is to create the traditional altar, or ofrenda. As highlighted...; Format: activity

Recipe: Pan de Muerto (All Souls' Bread): In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 1.3; This bread is eaten traditionally in parties celebrating the dead and one's ancestors. It is placed on altars in the form of an offering and eaten in Mexican homes on November 1 and November 2. Ingredients 1 lb. flour...; Format: recipe

Recipe: Ponche (Punch): In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 1.4; Ingredients 12 quarts water 10 ounces tejocotes (or peaches) 9 ounces prunes 5 ounces pecans 4 pieces sugarcane 6 oranges 10 guavas 3...; Format: recipe

Dune erosion on Bear Island: In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 10; Figure 7 shows that not all of the barrier islands are flattened when hurricanes make landfall over them. This photograph shows the beach and seawardmost dunes of Bear Island after five hurricanes battered them in two years. The remnants of dead maritime thicket...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

East end of Bear Island: In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 11; Figure 10 shows the low dunes and beachfront at the east end of Bear Island. The dunes here have been destroyed by a combination of hurricane winds, storm surge and waves. It is clear from the numerous stumps and dead trunks that this was not a beach in the...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Fort Macon State Park: In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 13; Figure 12 shows the dunefield at Fort Macon State Park on Bogue Banks. This is a typical setting for maritime shrub and forest development. Note the large and well vegetated dunes. These raised mounds of sand are called hummocky dunes — a...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Fire and hardwoods: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 7; Figure 6 shows the lethal effect of a recent growing season burn on the hardwoods that were invading this pine forest. The leaves are clearly dead, but the stems may still recover from the relatively cool fire that was allowed to run through this area. This...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Coastal plain bottomland forest: In Wetlands of the coastal plains, page 8; Figure 6 illustrates a fine river to tour: the Northwest Cape Fear, as it appears in Pender County. The wetland type we see on the far bank is a coastal plain bottomland hardwood community. These communities develop on irregularly flooded habitats along rivers....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Teaching with disturbing images: Photographs are especially powerful tools for explaining current and historical events — not least horrible or brutal events, such as war, genocide, famine, terrorism, slavery, and lynching. In fact, photographs are often used specifically to raise an...; By David Walbert.

Math for multiple intelligences: In Math for multiple intelligences, page 1; How a middle-school math teacher realized she was boring and jump-started her career — and her students.; By Gretchen Buher.

Consider the source: Information is everywhere — especially in the presence of the Internet. It's hard enough for adults to make sure that information is valid, but it's even harder for students to make that judgement. Here are some suggestions for helping students learn to recognize bad information when they see it.; By Bobby Hobgood.

The value of oral history: In Oral history in the classroom, page 1; Why use oral history with your students? Oral history has benefits that no other historical source provides.; By Kathryn Walbert.

Not your mother's math teacher: North Carolina's 2001–2002 Teacher of the Year, Carmen Wilson, talks about real-world math and teachers' roles as professionals.; By David Walbert.

Why are the rocks and plant communities of Roan Mountain interesting to natural scientists?: In Roan Mountain Highlands, page 2; The rocks of Roan Mountain are interesting because of their age, their mineralogy, and the evidence they provide about the geological processes that formed them. The plant communities are interesting because they are southern examples of communities usually...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Jennifer Godwin-Wyer.

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