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Biodiversity in Your Backyard: Designed especially for teachers of elementary-aged students, this course will expand your life science content knowledge with material aligned to the NC Standard Course of Study. You will have two classrooms during this course–-this interactive, online classroom and your own backyard!; Take this course: Begins March 9.

North Carolina's rain forest: In Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge, page 1; The Blue Ridge escarpment is the steep slope that separates North Carolina's mountains from its Piedmont plateau. The escarpment trends north and east across the state from South Carolina to Virginia. In many places it is steep enough to rise over 1,500 feet...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Stephanie Walters.

Why are there so many rare plants in Jocassee Gorges?: In Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge, page 3; The topography of Jocassee Gorges is responsible for the incredible rainfall the area receives, and thus is also ultimately responsible for the many rare and endemic plants of the region. The shape of the gorges causes the rising air, thunderheads, and rainfall...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Stephanie Walters.

Packaging resources: In Web Publishing & Collaboration Guide, page 2.3; LEARN NC is especially interested in publishing "packages" of resources that integrate instructional plans, best practices, and/or materials for student learning, including primary sources and multimedia. Teachers will be more likely to use and adapt upon...; Format: /help

Horizons Unlimited: This wonderful education center and museum provides hands-on programs for students in the areas of history and the physical and biological sciences.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Slipsliding poetry: Students will work with a partner to write an original piece of poetry to express information learned about the rain forest and an animal that lives in that habitat. Students will share their poems by creating a multimedia slide show.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Science); By Angela Hodges.

At home in the tropical rainforest: Students will choose one rainforest animal to research using print and electronic resources. They will work cooperatively with a partner to create a Hyperstudio card with the following information: photograph of the animal, the layer of the rainforest it inhabits, sound the animal makes, and an interesting fact about the animal.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts and Science); By Sally Eller.

The Red-eyed Tree Frog and Hyperstudio: Students will read The Red-eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley then plan and put together a Hyperstudio which retells the story.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts); By Jody Shaughnessy.

Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge: A Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” that explores the geology and botanical diversity of the Jocassee Gorges region of North Carolina's mountains.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Forest features: Students concentrate on the tropical rain forest and learn about explorer Michael Fay's Congo Trek through the African rain forest. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Science and Social Studies); Provided by: National Geographic

Using Venn diagrams to compare two ecosystems: The following activity helps students identify and describe differences between two related ecosystems. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6 and 9–12 Science); Provided by: National Geographic

Eco-Cycle: Finding the parts of an ecosystem: This lesson from Xpeditions uses the Eco-Cycle Station in National Geographic's Xpedition Hall to introduce students to ecosystems in Hawaii, as well as the plants and animals that make up the ecosystems. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science); Provided by: National Geographic