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- Clay drying
- In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 13
- Figure 11 shows the clay drying area of a modern pottery. This area has a cement floor and a roof to keep the clay from being rained on as it dries enough to be ground. Note that the raw clay is full of lumps. These have to be pulverized by grinding and hammering....
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Edible geometry
- Students will use food to demonstrate their understanding of the sectors and arc lengths in a circle.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)
- By shari frederick.
- Maritime forest
- In Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes, page 13
- Pine forests are not the only type of forest that salt marshes can invade during periods of rising sea level. Figure 12 shows a salt marsh in an area between beach ridges on Bogue Banks extending laterally into a maritime forest of live oaks and other hardwoods....
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Area of solids
- Finding area of rectangular solids and cylinders by cutting them into flat pieces and adding the areas.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 Mathematics)
- By Dorothy Carawan.
- Area and perimeter unit
- This unit will introduce and practice the concepts of area and perimeter. This unit uses resources of Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted for the use of the materials as part of the workshop “Interactivate Your Bored Math Students.”
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Mathematics)
- By Bonnie Boaz.
- Defending the shoreline
- In Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes, page 14
- Owners of property on both the peninsula and the barrier island are not pleased when rising sea level kills their trees and increases the likelihood that their land and buildings will be flooded during storms. There is a continuing controversy about whether...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Power and grace
- In Northern and coastal Vietnam: Waterway settlements and Chinese influences, page 12
- Most of the original buildings of Hué's Imperial City date to ambitious efforts by Nguyen dynasty rulers in the 1800s to control both the north and south of Vietnam from a centrally located capital. While drawing on the symbolic model of the powerful Chinese...
- By Lorraine Aragon.
- Five-year burns
- In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 5
- Figure 4 shows a pine savanna that has been burned at five year intervals. Note the presence of hardwoods in most areas of the forest floor, and that the trees seem to fall into one of three size classes: young trees only a few inches in diameter (some bending...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Tidal creek
- In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 9
- This photo shows conditions just a few yards away from the shoreline. As you can see from the banks of this tidal creek, the tidal range is at least a foot, and the tide is out. Cord grass dominates the central, depressed, area of this photo, and in the background...
- By Steve Keith.
- Around the world in multimedia
- LEARN NC offers a collection of more than 2,000 high-resolution photographs and audio recordings from Asia and Latin America, with historical and cultural context and related lesson plans.
- Format: article/help
- A beachfront house threatened by erosion
- In Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes, page 3
- Figure 2 shows a beachfront house being undercut by waves. Unfortunately, this kind of damage happens frequently as sea level rises and erosion eats into the shoreline. Erosion into housing areas usually occurs when something happens to increase the local...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Photo analysis: Focus on climate
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs for information about the climate of the region in which they were taken.
- Format: worksheet
- By Eric Eaton.
- Musical money
- Musical Money is a game to help reinforce counting different amounts of money. It is fashioned after the game Musical Chairs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)
- By Brenda Allred.
- General contractors: Working with area
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 2.10
- This activity for grade six combines math, art, and writing, as students design a floor plan for a house and use calculations of area to arrive at a cost estimate.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
- By Kim Abrams, Mike McDowell, and Barbara Strange.
- Photo analysis: Focus on population
- A worksheet for students to use when analyzing photographs, focusing on information about the population of the region in which they were taken.
- Format: worksheet
- By Eric Eaton.
- Surface area of rectangular prisms
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 2.5
- In this lesson for grade seven, students calculate the surface area of flattened cardboard boxes and discuss how the concept of surface area is important in various careers.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
- By Peggy Dickey and Barbara Turner.Adapted by Sharon Abell.
- Maritime forest
- In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 15
- Figure 14 shows a maritime forest in Roosevelt State Natural Area near the Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores. This forest exists because a series of large dune ridges seaward of it protect it from salt spray. As you can see from the topography, the forest itself...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Mount Jefferson State Natural Area
- Discover the plants and animals as well as rocks and minerals that can be found at this state park in Ashe County.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Jordan Lake State Recreation Area
- When visiting this park, students will learn about wildlife, habitats, and the food chain.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Kerr Lake State Recreation Area
- Located in the northeast corner of the Piedmont region, the Kerr Lake State Recreation Area covers both Virginia and North Carolina. Park Rangers give educational programs to school groups.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
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