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Zeke's Island North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve

Part of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve, Zeke's Island has interpreter led field trips which focus on the importance of estuaries to the North Carolina coast.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

Masonboro Island

One of the four sites of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. Interpreter led field trips must be reserved two seasons ahead. This is a favorite field trip for many teachers.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

National Estuarine Research Reserve Systems - The Rachel Carson Component

Located in one of North Carolina's fastest growing areas, the Rachel Carson site is a center of marine research and education. The reserve is a diverse and productive estuarine system for birds, mammals, and fish.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

Currituck Banks

One of the four North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserves, Currituck Banks operates as a living laboratory for research, education and management.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

A forest trail at Currituck Banks

This is a maritime forest on a trail at Currituck Banks, a part of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve. Currituck Banks is located near Corolla, North Carolina.

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Marshes of Masonboro

In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 8

Figure 6 shows that most of the marshes on the landward side of Masonboro are doing quite well. They are lush and healthy and extend more than a mile landward of the berm. Note that in this location there are a few patches of maritime shrub plants. These suggest...

By Dirk Frankenberg.

Federal Point Basin

In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 10

A few miles south of Snow's Cut, past Fort Fisher and the ferry to Southport, we come to the Federal Point Basin. The basin is part of the Zeke's Island Estuarine Reserve and is a research area for scientists at the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher....

By Steve Keith.

Masonboro Sound at dusk

This is Masonboro Sound at dusk. The nearby Masonboro Island is a pristine barrier island that can be reached only by boat. It is one of the four sites of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve.

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Peoples of the Coastal Plain

In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.6

When Europeans arrived in the late 1500s, North Carolina’s northern Coastal Plain was home to two different cultures. Speakers of Algonkian languages lived closest to the Atlantic edge, in the Outer Coastal Plain or Tidewater. Iroquoian speakers lived more inland, on the Inner Coastal Plain. Based on the distinctive items each group left, archaeologists call the Algonkian speakers Colington and the Iroquoian speakers Cashie.

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Operation beach teach

This lesson is the introduction to an integrated marine science unit which culminates in an early fall trip to Hammocks Beach State Park. (See attachment: Pre-Activity). The unit is designed to hook students into science and provide joyful learning experiences across the curriculum.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies)

By Melissa Tukey.

The pottery makers

In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.4

Archaeologists do a bit of shrugging when asked about the Woodland—that time and lifeway tucked between 1000 BC and AD 1000. Some things they readily understand, but others leave them wondering.

The village farmers

In Intrigue of the Past, page 3.5

North Carolina sat on a crossroads by AD 1000. Cultural ideas from other places breezed through it and around it: how to decorate pottery, how to orient political and social life, how to honor the dead, how to structure towns.

Resources on the web

Estuaries.gov

NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) educational site providing images and videos, curriculum, data, and much more. (Learn more)

Format: website/activity

Provided by: National Estuarine Research Reserve System

North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (NCNERR)

This site has information on estuaries in North Carolina as well as field trip information, lesson plans, hourly weather and water observations, an esturary cam, videos, and much more. (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve

Estuary Live

Video streaming allows you and your students to take live virtual field trips to the Rachel Carson Reserve in Beaufort, NC. The videos are archived for use at any time. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve

Estuaries: Finding the balance

In this Xpeditions lesson, students examine the conflict between development and the environment, and the attempt to find a sound compromise. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)

Provided by: National Geographic

c.o.o.l. classroom

Students will predict a plankton bloom, determine the displacement of a boat adrift at sea, predict good fishing days, and more while improving basic skills training, problem solving, and critical thinking skills. Find video, printable teaching guides, and... (Learn more)

Format: website/lesson plan

Provided by: Rutgers University