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- How does decreasing salinity affect blackwater rivers?
- In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 2
- All rivers that reach the sea have ocean water at their seaward ends, and freshwater at their sources. A trip up a river takes you along a gradient of salt concentration from near 3.5 percent (the average salinity, or salt content, of seawater) to zero. There...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Hurricanes and coastal development
- In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 1
- North Carolina's location at the eastern end of the southeastern U.S. coastline makes it a frequent site of hurricane landfalls. These landfalls are a regular feature of the state's climate, as they are a natural outcome of the its proximity to the most frequent...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- How do hurricanes form?
- In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 2
- Hurricanes begin when areas of low atmospheric pressure move off Africa and into the Atlantic, where they grow and intensify in the moisture-laden air above the warm tropical ocean. Air moves toward these atmospheric lows from all directions and curves to...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- The Quinceañera Celebration
- In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 3.1
- Slideshow View a slideshow of photographs from quinceañera celebrations. One of the most important...
- Format: article
- The Equinox at Chichén Itzá
- In The Changing Face of Mexico, page 4.1
- Slideshow View a slideshow of photographs of the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá. ...
- Format: article
- You (yes, you!) are making a difference: The power of a single phrase
- In The First Year, page 2.5
- A teacher's goal is to reach every student, but while you are working on big issues and ideals, take advantage of the small moments that your position affords you.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Balancing order and learning in classroom discussions
- In The First Year, page 3.6
- Different learning objectives require different rules for student participation. Make your expectations for each day's class clear to students — and to yourself!
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Maritime forest residences
- In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 19
- Building a house on a salt marsh may not be wise decision, but if you must live on a barrier island, building in the other major vegetated habitat is probably the best choice you have. Figure 16 shows a house sited within the maritime forest. Note how the...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Changes in sea level, great and small
- In Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes, page 1
- The level of the sea is always changing. These changes may be small and short-lived, as when water rushes up the beach after waves break, but others are large and long-lived — as has been the case with the post-glacial rise of the present era. Small-scale...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- What causes sea level change, and why is it rising now?
- In Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes, page 2
- North Carolina's coastal zone preserves evidence of both the current rise in sea level and the long decline that preceded it (see the Coastal Wetlands field trip included in this series). Evidence of declining sea level is found in the series of old shorelines...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Tidal freshwater marsh
- In Wetlands of the coastal plains, page 9
- Figure 8 shows a tidal freshwater marsh. The dominant plant here is sawgrass, the same species that occurs abundantly in the Everglades. Here it is growing along a blackwater river in front of a swamp forest. The area illustrated here is close enough to the...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- A marriage of cultures
- In Contemporary life in Vietnam, page 5
- With French and general Western media influence, many Vietnamese like to wear white or other color European-style gowns for at least some events in their multi-part marriage ceremonies. Unlike in the U.S., Vietnamese and other Southeast Asians usually participate...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- An ancient Hindu kingdom
- In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 1
- This damaged brick and stone Cham tower stands overgrown by vegetation in a rural area south of Hai An, Vietnam. Tall arched forms are characteristic of these monuments built by ethnic Chams between the seventh and twelfth century
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Angkor Wat
- In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 8
- Angkor was the royal capital of the Khmer empire from 802–1431 CE. Angkor's long-lasting prosperity was based on the local abundance of three resources: water, fish, and the rice crops grown on soil nourished by...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Cambodia: A timeline
- Major events and eras in the history of what is now Cambodia from the beginning of the Common Era to the present.
- Persuasive speaking: A classroom model
- In Arts of persuasion, page 3
- A plan for teaching persuasive speaking in the middle school classroom, with tips for speakers and on how to recognize bias.
- By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.
- Persuasive writing: A classroom model
- In Arts of persuasion, page 4
- A plan for modeling persuasive writing with middle school students, using homework as the topic.
- By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.
- The “three Rs” of school leadership
- A quick check of effectiveness for school administrators.
- By Chris Hitch.
- Reading is for the boys (and girls)!
- This WebQuest for teachers looks at the difficult issue of how to get — and keep — boys interested in reading. It guides you through the research, then looks at text selection and pedagogy and helps you find specific strategies for narrowing the adolescent "literacy gap."
- Format: article
- By Kimberly Bowen.
- The not-so-famous person report
- In Rethinking Reports, page 3.2
- Instead of teaching the history of the famous, use research in primary sources to teach students that the past and present were made by people like them.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
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