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Energy Xchange Renewable Energy Center: By tapping the methane gas generated by decomposing garbage in landfills, this company is able to convert the gas to a low cost, responsible source of energy.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Harris Energy and Environmental Center: Progress Energy's Harris Nuclear Power Plant offers tours of its resource center to educators, organizations, and the general public.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Energy: Concepts and careers: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 3.9; In this lesson for grade 6, students will analyze the law of conservation of energy and will apply energy concepts to skateboarding. Students will also explore careers related to energy.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science); By April Galloway and Christine Scott.

How is coastal sand formed into barrier islands?: In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 2; Coastal sand is organized into barrier islands when three conditions are met: There is a supply of sand sufficient to form islands; sea level is rising; and there are winds and waves with sufficient energy to move the sand around....; By Dirk Frankenberg.

How do hurricanes cause damage to coastal infrastructure?: In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 2.1; A fully formed hurricane carries three major threats to coastal development: low atmospheric pressure, high surface winds, and heavy rainfall. These threats are realized in different ways. Low central pressure becomes a threat when...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

North Carolina Solar Center: Visit the Solar House at the North Carolina Solar Center to see the innovative ways energy can be conserved.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

It’s November. Do you know where your energy is?: In The First Year, page 2.6; How to sustain your energy as the year wears on.; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Waves and erosion: In Evidence of rising sea level: Coastal erosion and plant community changes, page 5; Figure 4 shows that rising sea level brings the eroding power of waves to the sound side of barrier islands as well as to the ocean side. Here we see the steep and collapsing face of an old beach ridge along the Roosevelt Nature Trail on the sound side of...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

EnergyExplorium: Take a tour and enjoy the programs offered by Duke Power's EnergyExplorium.; Format: article/field trip opportunity

Solar energy hot box: This hands-on science lesson is great because it allows students to get out of their seats and move about, as well as allows students to work in cooperative groups. The teacher is more of a facilitator and students are more in charge of their own learning processes.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics and Science); By Nicole Albright.

The First Year: Essays on the author's experiences in her first year of teaching: the mistakes she made, what she learned from them, and how she used them to become a better teacher — and how other first-year teachers can, too.; Format: book (multiple pages)

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.

A successful day? Engaging your students may not be enough: In The First Year, page 2.1; To ensure that you meet your objectives, plan backwards from what you want students to learn.; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

Atomic spectra and the Bohr model: Students view continuous spectra from incandescent and fluorescent lights and line spectra of selected elements. Students relate energy to frequency of light seen in the spectra. The presence of only certain lines in atomic spectra is related to Bohr's model of the atom. In a second experiment, students determine electron energies in the hydrogen atom.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Lisa Bacon.

A small electric car on the streets of Guadalajara: A man sits in a small electric car on the street. The car is styled after an early automobile. Mexico is a leader producer of oil for the world's energy needs. Nevertheless, there is a constant search for more environmentally responsible and renewable resources....; 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

Recreation and dune stability: In Natural and human impacts on the northern Outer Banks, page 15; The National Park Service has allowed nature to take its course at Coquina Beach. Although the palisade dunes built in the 1930s continue to buffer the beach from frequent overwash events, heavy recreational use has threatened the stability of the dunes. Humans...; By Blair Tormey and Dirk Frankenberg.

Is ATP worth the investment?: In this lesson plan, students learn about ATP using an economic analogy. Students use simple financial tables to explore the concepts of cost, revenue, and return on an investment as it applies to ATP in aerobic and anaerobic respiration.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By MaryBeth Knight Greene.

Amazing liquid conductor: Students will mix a variety of liquid solutions together to see if they will light a light bulb in a electrical circuit. They will be able to identify liquid electrical conductors and nonconductors. Also they will be able to identify that liquid solutions that contain a noticeable amount of acid or salt are good conductors of electricity. Each group of students will make a closed circuit to test their solutions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); By Martha Martin.

Three weeks and counting: What winter break might really mean: In The First Year, page 2.9; Your students might not be looking forward to a break in their routine as much as you think.; By Kristi Johnson Smith.

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