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- Decomposition in freshwater
- This lesson includes hands-on activities to demonstrate the process of decomposition in a freshwater ecosystem. It also focuses on the importance of decomposition and its critical role in the food chain.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
- By Heather Lanier.
- Decomposition
- Students will observe decomposition in a pile of grass clippings and in a compost heap over time.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
- By Monica Dubbs.
- Soil and Composting
- Soil is an important natural resource. These resources explain the types of soils, its importance to the growth of plants, and how we can create rich soil from leaves, grass clippings, and vegetable scraps.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Plant and Animal Interdependence
- Plants and animals depend upon each other for survival. These model resources explain the importance of this delicate chain of life.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Types of chemical reactions
- This lesson is intended for use in a first year Chemistry class and has modifications aligned with the North Carolina Novice High English Language Development objectives. It provides an overview of various types of chemical reactions by allowing students to visually observe examples of synthesis, decomposition, single displacement, and double displacement reactions and to identify certain products by the use of litmus and splint tests.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Development and Science)
- By Harriett Tillett.
- Airlie Gardens
- Environmental education programs in a beautiful setting can be found at this public garden in Wilmington, North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Canning for country and community
- In this lesson plan, students will use primary source documents to evaluate the technological challenges of food preservation in the 30s and 40s, compare food preservation in the first half of the twentieth century with today, and consider the political role of food in the community.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies)
- By Melissa Thibault.
- 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.
- The tabasco water heater and hot water in Biltmore House
- In A technological tour of the Biltmore Estate, page 7
- Introduction to the boiler room Although this room is called the Boiler Room, a number of interesting features relating to various technologies can be seen here, including the elevator controller and modern DC generator. The platform and wire cage...
- By Sue Clark McKendree.
- Estuaries in North Carolina: A primer
- Estuaries are places near the coast where freshwater and saltwater mix. Influenced by ocean forces yet partly sheltered from them, estuaries have unique and fascinating ecologies. This article explains what estuaries are, their geology and role in the larger...
- By Waverly Harrell and Jennifer Godwin-Wyer.
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- Finding the area of irregular figures
- In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students estimate the areas of highly irregular shapes and use a process of decomposition to calculate the areas of irregular polygons. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Mathematics)
- Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
