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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
- North Carolina Aviation Museum
- The N.C. Aviation Museum is "dedicated to the restoration, preservation, and education of historic military aircraft."
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Karastan Rug Mill Tour
- Visit this factory to see how oriental rugs are made from the design to the finished product.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Wilmington Railroad Museum
- Learn about the historical development of railroads in the Wilmington area with the eclectic collection of displays at the Wilmington Railroad Museum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 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
- Bugs, bugs, bugs
- This lesson integrates writing and the study of insects by creating an innovation to the text of the book How Many Bugs in a Box? by David A. Carter
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
- By Vicki Rivenbark.
- Discovery Place and the Charlotte Nature Museum
- Discovery Place offers hands-on activities in all areas of science for students at both the Discovery Halls and Charlotte Nature Museum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- 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
- Water mill in Nepal
- On the trail between Ghorepaani and Taatopaani, Nepal, water splashes out from under the grinder of a water mill. The mill house has a bamboo roof and bamboo walls. Water grinders, or Panni Ghatta, are an important innovation in mountain technology...
- Format: image/photograph
- A water-powered mill
- On the trail between from Ghorepaani and Taatopaani, Nepal, a water-powered stone grinder -- or mill -- spins above the grain collector. Water mills, called Paani Ghatta in Nepal, are an important innovation in mountain agriculture. Water is channeled...
- Format: image/photograph
- The John Blue House and Cotton Gin
- John Blue was an inventor and manufacturer of farm implements who lived in Scotland County in the late 1800s. His home and cotton gin as well as several restored cabins are available to tour.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Denton Farmpark
- Only open to the public three times a year, the Denton Farmpark takes students back to yesteryear with exhibits showing farming tools and techniques of the past.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Wright Brothers National Memorial North Carolina
- The official website for the Wright Brothers National Memorial. The site has all the information needed for planning a trip to the memorial and in-depth information of value in classrooms where a trip is not planned.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Genetics
- Eye color, hair color, height, and other traits as well as predisposition to certain diseases are all determined by genes. This sampling of resources take you into the world of heredity and genetics and the cutting edge technologies of cloning, gene therapy, and DNA forensics.
- Format: bibliography/help
- Wilbur A. Tyndall Tractor Museum
- Visitors to the small town of Pink Hill will find Wilbur Tyndall's museum which is dedicated to tractors and other farm implements dating back to the early 1900s.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- The Science House
- Through school demonstration programs, student science camps, teacher workshops and innovative laboratory training, and support projects, the NCSU Science House partners with K-12 teachers to emphasize the use of hands-on learning activities in mathematics and science.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- North Carolina e-Learning for Educators
- A description of the North Carolina e-Learning for Educators program, a series of high-quality, low-cost professional development courses.
- Format: article/help
- SciWorks Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County
- Whether it is biology, geology, physics, or health science, "it is fun to learn about science at SciWorks!"
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Marbles Kids Museum
- Marbles Kids Museum is a hands-on, interactive destination that inspires children to be creative thinkers, active learners and confident individuals in today's world. With five galleries and two outdoor escapes, there is no shortage of activity for kids birth to 12 and their families.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Today in History
- In American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide, page 1
- In this first installment to the American Memory: North Carolina educator's guide discover the in and outs of making calendar connections to primary source materials using the Today in History feature.
- By Melissa Thibault.
