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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

Wood-fired kiln: In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 17; Figure 15 shows another kind of kiln used by Piedmont potters. This wood-fired kiln operates on a cross-draft airflow with a fire at one end creating hot air that flows to a chimney at the other end. In this respect it is similar to the early “groundhog”...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Twelve rules for arranging your classroom: In The First Year, page 1.1; You'll want to set up your classroom as quickly as possible, but consider these factors before you start.; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

A highland farmhouse: In Rice farming and rural life in Vietnam, page 14; The farm house shown here, located by a canal at Dong Ha, has a thatch and corrugated metal roof. Corrugated metal roofs are popular among some farmers in Southeast Asia because they are long lasting and fire resistant. They are, however, hotter, noisier,...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Forests and fires: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 1; Americans of different eras have viewed forest fires very differently. Most modern Americans view them as natural disasters. They base this opinion on widely publicized devastating fires that have swept through the brushland areas near Los Angeles and Yellowstone...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

How did longleaf pine forests become dependent on fire?: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 2; “Fire-dependent forest” seems like an oxymoron — a combination of apparently contradictory terms put together to produce what seems to be a paradox. For southeastern pine savannas, though, the term fire-dependent defines the dominant...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

The savanna: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 3; Figures 1 and 2 are general views of longleaf pine savannas in Camp Lejeune. You can see why Captain John Smith said of these habitats, “Of thicks [thickets] there were none” when he crossed these savannas in his seventeenth-century explorations...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Three-year burns: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 4; Figure 3 shows a longleaf savanna that is being burned at three year intervals. Note the almost complete absence of broadleaf trees on the forest floor, and the pines of many different sizes. The different sized pines indicate that pine regeneration has occurred...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Five-year burns: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 5; Figure 4 shows a pine savanna that has been burned at five year intervals. Note the presence of hardwoods in most areas of the forest floor, and that the trees seem to fall into one of three size classes: young trees only a few inches in diameter (some bending...; 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.

Wire grass plants: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 8; Figure 7 shows the tops of wire grass plants growing in the open areas of the savanna shown in Figure 6. Note that these plants have developed viable seed in the aftermath of the fire. It appears that fire is essential for production...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Fire!: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 9; Figure 8 shows what you have probably been wanting to see from the beginning: a fire in the longleaf pine savanna. This photograph was taken in the spring of 1999 when controlled burns during the growing season were carried out at many sites within Camp Lejeune....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Controlled burn: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 10; Figure 9 shows a longer distance view of the same controlled burn shown in Figure 8. Note that visible fire can only be seen behind the mature tree in the center. Otherwise, the only indication of the fire is the smoke in the background....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

After the burn: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 11; Figure 10 shows the forest after the controlled burn illustrated in Figures 8 and 9. There are now signs of wire grasses here because the stems have been burned, but the roots and rhizomes are alive and well under the soil surface. Look back at; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Forest floor: In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 12; Figure 11 shows the condition of the forest floor two months after a controlled burn in an area which had more hardwood fuel than those illustrated in Figures 9 and 10. Note the large number of burned stems and their dense coverage of areas to the right and...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Longleaf pine savanna: In Wetlands of the coastal plains, page 3; We begin with the longleaf pine savanna. We start with this habitat not only because longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) is the official state tree, but also because these habitats are simply beautiful to behold. These communities evolved...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Adaptation to frequent fires: In Wetlands of the coastal plains, page 4; In addition to fire-resistant bark, longleaf pines have a number of other adaptations to their frequent-fire habitat other than their fire resistant bark. For example, their seedlings have a growth cycle that helps them escape fires. After seeds are shed from...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Making rubber: In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 12; Rubber is an elastic latex from the Hevea braziliensis tree that is coagulated, or turned from liquid to semi-solid form. Waterproof and elastic, rubber is used for sports balls, vehicle tires, and many other practical items manufactured...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Evaluating multimedia presentations: A PowerPoint presentation is just another form of communication, and the same rules apply to multimedia that apply to writing or verbal communication. This article offers guidelines for using and assigning multimedia presentations in the classroom and includes a rubric based on the Five Features of Effective Writing.; Format: article; By David Walbert.

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