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- North Carolina Museum of Forestry
- There is a rich history of forestry in North Carolina. Visit the NC Museum of Forestry and discover why North Carolina is called the "Tar Heel" state.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- A historical building at the Cradle of Forestry
- This is a historical building at the Cradle of Forestry in Translyvania County, North Carolina. The Cradle of Forestry is the site of the first forestry school in America. When George Vanderbilt's head groundskeeper informed him that it would be wise to have...
- Format: image/photograph
- The Biltmore Forest School
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 4.8
- The pioneering Biltmore Forest School emerged from George Vanderbilt's desire for scientific management of the forests around Biltmore Estate.
- Format: article
- The Cradle of Forestry in America - The Birthplace of Forest Conservation in America
- The rich history of the Biltmore Forest School combined with the diverse Pisgah National Forest offers students a unique educational experience at the Cradle of Forestry.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Biltmore Forestry School, schoolhouse interior
- Biltmore Forestry School, Schoolhouse, Brevard vicinity, Transylvania County, NC
- Format: image/photograph
- Trees in your own backyard
- This activity lets students discover the benefits of urban forests by looking at trees on the schoolyard. Students will read a synopsis of the 400-year history of communal forests, survey their schoolyard trees, and draft a schoolyard tree ordinance.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Lucy Laffitte.
- Mountain Island Educational State Forest
- This State Forest concentrates its programs on best forestry management practices and water quality. Located on Mountain Island Lake, the Forest offers educational opportunities to classroom students.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Columbia Theater Cultural Resources Center
- Part of the non-profit Partnership for the Sounds organization, the center provides information on environmental stewardship for coastal North Carolina.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Weyerhaeuser's Cool Springs Environmental Education Center
- Visit the Weyerhaeuser's Cool Springs Environmental Education Center "where the forest is the classroom" and learn about forestry, wildlife, and environmental issues.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center
- This 4-H Educational Center provides year-round programming, including team-building and environmental education to students in 2nd through 6th grades.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Ecology Center at Herring Ridge
- This new environmental education center for 4th- 12th grade students has hands-on programs which promote a life-long interest in science and stewardship to the Earth.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Students at Biltmore Forest School
- Students from the Biltmore Forest School inspecting a portable forest railroad in Darmstadt, Germany, c. 1912.
- Format: image/photograph
- Mountain balds
- In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 8
- Many high-elevation areas of the Blue Ridge have no trees. As a result these areas are called balds. The origin and persistence of mountain balds is poorly understood. Some scientists claim that they form in areas particularly susceptible to fires...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Forests and fires
- In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 1
- Americans of different eras have viewed forest fires very differently. Most modern Americans view them as natural disasters. They base this opinion on widely publicized devastating fires that have swept through the brushland areas near Los Angeles and Yellowstone...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Pisgah National Forest and the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education
- Both indoor and outdoor exhibits that focus on Mountain region wildlife can be found at the Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education. The Center also offers educational programs for groups.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Biltmore Estate
- In North Carolina in the New South, page 5.1
- George Washington Vanderbilt inherited a tremendous sum of money and used it to build a massive house and grounds near Asheville.
- Format: article
- The “Old Fire”
- Smoke billows from the “Old Fire,” a wildfire that raged in the San Bernardino Mountains of California in the fall of 2003. In this view from a distant peak, gray-white smoke rises in great clouds from green mountains, partly obscuring a sky with...
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- What causes the great biological diversity of the Blue Ridge?
- In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 2
- Although the distribution of forest types in the Blue Ridge is best explained by the relationship between elevation and temperature, the great diversity of these forests is not. To understand the underlying causes of this diversity requires some knowledge...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve
- Called the "pine barrens" by the settlers to the Sandhills, the Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve protects a remnant of the plant and animal communities of long ago.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Inquiry: You are an earthworm
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 3.5
- This lesson for grade 6 will help students understand the cycling of matter. Students assume they are earthworms and learn by asking questions about their life processes. The lesson also introduces career possibilities in the soil science field.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science)
- By April Galloway and Christine Scott.
