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Rays of sun over Buncombe County, NC: Rays of afternoon light filter through the clouds above Buncombe County, North Carolina. Buncombe County is located in the midst of the Appalachian Mountains.; Format: image/photograph

Long Branch Environmental Education Center: This educational center teaches students the importance of recycling, resource conservation, ecological issues, and more.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Colburn Earth Science Museum: The best rock and mineral specimens from the Burnham Standish Colburn collection are housed in the Colburn Earth Science Museum. Students will enjoy the programs that are centered around this collection of fossils, gems, and North Carolina minerals.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Buncombe County Turnpike: GIS map: The Buncombe Turnpike through North Carolina's mountains was built between 1824 and 1828 along the Drovers' Road, so called, because drovers used the road to lead herds of animals (droves) to market. The Turnpike was an important road until the 1880s, when...; Format: image/map

Buck Hotel, Asheville: In this 1888 photograph, the Buck Hotel can be seen in the background at left.; Format: image/photograph

A view of the French Broad River near Asheville, 1883: Eastern side of French Broad River near previous site of Smith's Bridge, 1883.; Format: image/illustration

Young Pisgah Ridge Tunnel: The Young Pisgah Ridge Tunnel on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Buncombe County.; Format: image/photograph

The Walton War: In North Carolina in the New Nation, page 1.8; Poor and inaccurate surveying led to border disputes between North Carolina and its neighbors. In December 1804, a battle was fought over an area claimed by both North Carolina and Georgia.; Format: article

Allanstand Cottage Industries product display: Pine needle basketry, cornhusk dolls, cane-bottom chairs, and rustic brooms are displayed in front of a hanging coverlet in this photograph depicting the crafts for sale at the Allanstand Cottage Industries during the 1920s and early 1930s. The image may have...; Format: image/photograph

Grove Park Inn: Format: image/photograph

Math problems for grade 8 geometry: In Problem centered math, page 6; Problem sets in PDF format that address objectives of the Measurement and Geometry strands of the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for Mathematics, Grade 8.; By Grayson Wheatley.

The Health Adventure: A Health and Science Education Museum: Features information about the museum and its exhibitions. Teachers will find a free lesson plan for 4th and 5th graders about world climate change, reservations for school classes, and downloadable teacher visiting guide.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Blue Ridge Parkway: Contains information about various cultural, natural, and recreational resources located along this beautiful and historical roadway.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Smith-McDowell House Museum: Discover Asheville's first mansion and oldest surviving structure, now restored as a history museum.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Center for Diversity Education: The CDE is entirely curriculum-focused to assist teachers in embedding a knowledge base of many peoples into the daily content of the classroom in grades K-12. It is the mission of CDE to prepare all students with the necessary skills to maintain a pluralistic democracy in an increasingly complex and diverse nation and world.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Asheville, NC, seen from above: This is downtown Asheville, North Carolina, as seen from an airplane.; Format: image/photograph

North Carolina in the New South: Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina in the decades after the Civil War (1870–1900). Topics include changes in agriculture, the growth of cities and industry, the experiences of farmers and mill workers, education, cultural changes, politics and political activism, and the Wilmington Race Riot.; Format: book (multiple pages)

Western North Carolina Nature Center: Like a field trip into the western North Carolina outdoors, this site will introduce you to the plants, animals and environs of the Southern Appalachians.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

The lights of Asheville seen through trees: These are the lights of Asheville seen through trees at night. This photo was taken from Chestnut Mountain. Asheville is the largest city in Western North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Buried trolley tracks salvaged to aid war program: Caption read, "Removing abandoned trolley tracks to provide much needed scrap for Uncle Sam. Here, in Asheville, North Carolina, a local inventor demonstrates his 'railjerk' for doing the trick. He claims his device, employing three men, can pry loose a mile...; Format: image/photograph

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LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina — and the world.