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Air is all around us: Air is everywhere. It cannot be seen, but it is all around us. This lesson helps students discover that air is everywhere.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Science); By Jan Wuertz.

Channeling air from the south: In Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge, page 7; A comparable ridge on the east is shown in Figure 4. The two sides of the bowl contain the northward flowing air and force it to rise up over the highlands represented by Whiteside Mountain and other peaks along the Blue Ridge.; By Dirk Frankenberg and Stephanie Walters.

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.

Ecuadorian air force plane on the runway: An Ecuadorian Air Force plane sits on a runway among several smaller propeller-driven airplanes. The Ecuadorian Air Force saw action in the early 1980s and mid 1990s in border disputes with Peru. Most recently, however, the Air Force has been most used in...; Format: image/photograph

How were the Jocassee Gorges formed?: In Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge, page 2; Basically, erosion formed the Jocassee Gorges. For most of its length, the eastern continental divide, which separates land that drains to the Atlantic Ocean from land that drains to the Gulf of Mexico, runs northeast to southwest parallel to the Blue Ridge...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Stephanie Walters.

Air vent to Cu Chi tunnels: An above ground air vent disguised as a termite mound.; Format: image/photograph

Hanuman finds Ravana's soul container: In The Ramayana, page 6.6; Hanuman flies back to Rama carrying Ravana's soul container, as depicted on a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple. Moving horizontally through the air to the left, a grinning Hanuman dressed in Siamese royal clothes holds the small wooden cylinder with conical...; By Lorraine Aragon.

Breathe in, breathe out: In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.3; In this lesson for grade seven, students will discuss lung capacity and brainstorm careers in which it's important to have a good lung capacity. Students will conduct an experiment to measure their lung capacity.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science); By John Boyd.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.

A paratrooper landing at Pope Air Force Base: A paratrooper prepares to land at Pope Air Force Base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.; Format: image/photograph

Diagram of hurricane formation: Diagram of hurricane formation showing movement of warm, humid air and cold, unstable air between the upper and lower atmosphere.; Format: image/photograph

Classroom environment: the basics: Your classroom is "home away from home" for you and your students. Make it attractive, comfortable, and functional.; By Denise Young.

Granite cliffs at Whiteside Mountain: In Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge, page 6; Figure 3 shows the topography that concentrates and elevates air currents from the south as they reach the Blue Ridge escarpment. This is a photograph taken from Whiteside Mountain showing the granite cliffs that are its most striking feature as well as the...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Stephanie Walters.

Convection currents: Students work together to show convection currents in the air. They construct a paper propeller that will be caused to spin as a result of the transfer of heat energy through the air.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science); By Jillian Dube.

Mercurial barometer: Based on a principle developed by Evangelista Torricelli in 1643, the Mercurial Barometer is an instrument used for measuring the change in atmospheric pressure. It uses a long glass tube, open at one end and closed at the other. Air pressure is measured by...; Format: image/diagram

Cutting meat in Otavalo, Ecuador: A man cuts red meat with an axe in an open-air market. The meat is placed on a round wooden block. Three men are turned away from the camera toward the butcher's stall. Otavalo is well-known for its popular open-air market. Everything from handcrafted textiles,...; Format: image/photograph

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.

Open-air market in Pátzcuaro, Mexico: Several pedestrians walk along an informal open-air market. The market consists of multiple vegetables lined up in piles on top of tarps or blankets. Paint peels off of a building in the background. Pátzcuaro is a small town in the highlands of Mexico in...; Format: image/photograph

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.

Alice P. Evitt oral history excerpt (child labor): Alice P. Evitt was born in 1898 and began working at the cotton mills near Charlotte, North Carolina in 1910 when she was 12 years old. She worked 12 hours a day, every day except Sunday, and earned 25 cents a day for her work. In this except, Ms. Evitt talks...; Format: audio/interview

Developing continuous air during articulation: Combining long tones and burst-tonguing will assist many beginning instrument players to eliminate excessive breaths while articulating.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Music Education); By Lynn Dale.

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