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- 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.
- Snow days
- In The First Year, page 3.2
- Don't make assumptions about school policies, and remember that not all “rules” are written down.
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Hurricane-resistant construction
- In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 23
- Figure 20 shows construction of a house clearly designed to function as a pier during extreme weather. Note the number and size of the support timbers and the surf breaking on the beach in the near background. Rarely does one see human efforts to overcome...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Undeveloped sand ridge
- In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 17
- Figure 15 shows an undeveloped sand ridge in the salt marsh behind Topsail Beach. As you can see, these ridges are not much above sea level, but the presence of live oak trees shows that the areas are not flooded frequently. However, there most assuredly are...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Plant and animal species in Nags Head Woods
- In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 3
- A short walk along the trails of the Nature Conservancy gives a spectacular glimpse of the great diversity of this barrier island maritime forest. Nags Head Woods is home to more than 300 species of plants, including eleven species of oak, ten ferns, three...
- By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Mrs. Daisy Stamper
- In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 2.1
- STAMPER, MRS. DAISY; aged 40; married; eight children; resides in Wilkes County, N.C. Children: Anna, aged 21. Ruby, aged 20. Edward, aged 18. Georgie, aged 13. Bob, aged 11. G.D., aged 7. Pauline, aged 4. Virginia, aged 1. INCOME: Husband works on Government...
- Quick study: Paleoindian Period
- A “cheat sheet” covering basic information about the Paleoindian Period and its key characteristics.
- A passage for deities
- In East from India: Cambodia and Southern Vietnam, page 6
- This statue guards the entrance to an ornately carved central tower at Banteay Srei Temple. The false door behind the statue is made of stone; the original doors used by Khmer worshippers were made of wood and long ago deteriorated in the humid, tropical weather....
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Spiders and monarchs and bees, oh my!
- Exploring the world of insects and spiders can replace children's fear with fascination.
- By Linda Dow.
- Bird watching made elementary
- Observing and identifying birds can be a gateway to a variety of learning experiences. This primer will get you started birding.
- By Linda Dow.
- Making connections for environmental education
- How can you get students fired up about environmental education? Get them outside and get them involved in local issues through activism, service learning, and teaching others.
- Format: article/best practice
- By Carolyn Moser.
- Reading comprehension strategies for English language learners
- In Reading comprehension and English language learners, page 2
- Strategies like think-pair-share, think-alouds, and GIST can help English language learners, content-area learners, and all students make sense of text while they read.
- By Ellen Douglas.
- All about life
- A primary curriculum based around life and environmental science draws on children's natural curiosity to teach reading, math, and more.
- By Myra Erexson.
- Two paths to knowledge
- For students who who always finish their class work early or want more information than you have time to give, try curriculum compacting.
- By Waverly Harrell.
- Observation and inference
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 1.4
- In their study of observation and inference, students will use activity sheets and coins to differentiate between observation and inference through a problem-solving approach, and demonstrate their knowledge by analyzing an archaeological artifact and creating their own observation-inference statements.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)
- Tree-ring dating
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.5
- In their study of dendrochronology, students use activity sheets and a discussion to apply principles of dendrochronology to determine a tree's age and to recognize climatic variation. They will also analyze and experience how archaeologists can sometimes use tree rings to date archaeological evidence and study past climates.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
- Archaeobotany
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.6
- Students will use pictures of seeds, an activity sheet, and a graph to identify seven seeds and the conditions in which they grow. They will also infer ancient plant use by interpreting archaeobotanical samples and determine changing plant use by Native North Carolinians by interpreting a graph of seed frequency over time.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 and 8 Science and Social Studies)
- The rise of Populism
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 7.1
- American farmers faced new economic difficulties after the Civil War. In response, they organized to promote cooperation and to defend their interests politically. In the 1890s, they joined with labor unions to create the People's (or Populist) Party.
- Format: article
- Mending pottery
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.9
- Students will mend broken pottery to learn what archaeologists learn by mending pottery.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Visual Arts Education and Social Studies)
- Shadows of North Carolina's past
- In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.2
- Students will infer past Native American lifeways based on observation, construct a timeline of four major culture periods in Native American history, and compare these lifeways and discuss how they are different and alike.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
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