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- Whose habitat is that? (Lesson 3)
- This lesson is designed to help students explore the surroundings animals find in each of the five habitats. This plan is written for the desert habitat but the same plan should be used for the exploration of all five habitat settings.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Kelly Stewart.
- A home for Lars
- Our lesson plan is based on the book, Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear, by Hans de Beer. We will use the book to introduce the polar bear's habitat and will elaborate on the necessary things a polar bear needs to survive in this habitat.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Visual Arts Education and Science)
- Habitat happenings (Lesson five)
- This is lesson five in the series. During this lesson students will put the things they have learned from previous lessons into a creative writing assignment. The students will choose an animal to be and will describe themselves and their living environment.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts)
- By Kelly Stewart.
- Habitat—what's that? (Lesson 1)
- This lesson helps students define what the word habitat means and what basic elements make up an animal's habitat.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science)
- By Kelly Stewart.
- Habitat photo album
- Students will use digital cameras and explore the outdoors searching ecosystems for opportunities to take pictures of different habitats and the components that go into them.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Science)
- By Colleen Buchauer and Lesley Brooks.
- Carolina sunflower
- In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 16
- Figure 15 shows yet another rare plant from this same ecotone habitat, the Carolina sunflower. Note the conspicuous yellow flower left of center in the upper portion of the photograph.
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Longleaf pine savanna
- In Wetlands of the coastal plains, page 3
- We begin with the longleaf pine savanna. We start with this habitat not only because longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) is the official state tree, but also because these habitats are simply beautiful to behold. These communities evolved...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Cypress-gum swamp
- In Forests and fires: The longleaf pine savanna, page 19
- Figure 18 shows a more typical example of the habitat of cypress trees, a cypress-gum swamp. This particular swamp developed in an abandoned mill pond in Camp Lejeune, and the water level was once much higher than that shown here. The dike that formed the...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- An exposed bald
- In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 9
- Figure 8 shows a maximally exposed site near the top of Craggy Garden Pinnacle at 5500 feet. Note the exposed rock with pioneer plants growing on the thin soils that have collected in depressions, and the grasses and heath shrubs in the more heavily vegetated...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Extensive salt marsh
- In A blackwater river from sea to source: The White Oak River transect, page 7
- Figure 5 is a view looking towards the mainland from the high dunes on Bear Island. It shows the extensive salt marsh that has developed on intertidal sands and mud west of Bogue Inlet. These are the marshes you could see in the right-hand background of figure...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- The North Carolina Botanical Garden
- Learn about plant diversity and the importance of conservation and visit different garden exhibits.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Maritime forest residences
- In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 19
- Building a house on a salt marsh may not be wise decision, but if you must live on a barrier island, building in the other major vegetated habitat is probably the best choice you have. Figure 16 shows a house sited within the maritime forest. Note how the...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Back-barrier salt marsh
- In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 6
- Figure 5 shows the back-barrier salt marsh with a dune crest visible on the right and an area of maritime forest in the left background. This will allow you to confirm your estimate of the height of the dunes and the role these high dunes have in protecting...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Salt marsh grass
- In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 7
- Figure 5 shows an isolated patch of salt marsh grass that was recently covered with overwashed beach sand. Note that the plants seem to be flourishing. This is characteristic of plants that live successfully in areas where sand is regularly added and removed...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- The Jordan Lake Visitor Assistance Center
- Students will learn about water safety, water quality, habitat and wildlife and much more at the Jordan Lake Visitor Assistance Center.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
- Located in Anson and Richmond counties of North Carolina, the diversity of habitats and management programs supports a broad range of wildlife species, including over 168 birds, 49 amphibians and reptiles, 28 mammals, and 20 fish species.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Animals, animals, animals
- In this lesson students will learn to observe special characteristics and senses which influence the life of an animal and become aware of threats to animals and their habitats and how this affects everyone.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Science)
- By Joyce Poplin.
- The zoo is coming, the zoo is coming
- The zoo is coming is a lesson that will give students an opportunity to write a letter to a fictional governor about the pros and cons of having a zoo come to their town.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Science)
- By steven sather.
- The Pee Dee River
- This is the Pee Dee River. The Pee Dee runs through southern North Carolina into South Carolina. Anson and Richmond Counties in North Carolina maintain the Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, which supports a broad range of wildlife species, including over 168...
- Format: image/photograph
- Protected habitat
- In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 7
- Figure 6 shows you an example of the protection system discussed on the previous page. The live oak on the left side of this photograph is growing in the lee of the sand dune in the background. This dune actually curves around to the left of the tree as well....
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
