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Biodiversity in Your Backyard: Designed especially for teachers of elementary-aged students, this course will expand your life science content knowledge with material aligned to the NC Standard Course of Study. You will have two classrooms during this course–-this interactive, online classroom and your own backyard!; Take this course: Begins March 9.

Rain and the forest: In Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge, page 5; The source of the water that cascades down the gorges is shown in Figure 2. This photograph was taken in mid-afternoon on an August day and shows thunderheads boiling up on the south side of the Blue Ridge at the head of the gorges. It rained within an hour...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Stephanie Walters.

Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge: A Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” that explores the geology and botanical diversity of the Jocassee Gorges region of North Carolina's mountains.; Format: slideshow (multiple pages)

Wetland bogs: In Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge, page 8; The waterfalls may be the most spectacular features of this forested region, but unusual plant communities also flourish in the rain forest climate. By starting near the top of a gorge and working our way down to the waterfalls, we can see a range of such...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Stephanie Walters.

How were the Jocassee Gorges formed?: In Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge, page 2; Basically, erosion formed the Jocassee Gorges. For most of its length, the eastern continental divide, which separates land that drains to the Atlantic Ocean from land that drains to the Gulf of Mexico, runs northeast to southwest parallel to the Blue Ridge...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Stephanie Walters.

North Carolina's rain forest: In Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge, page 1; The Blue Ridge escarpment is the steep slope that separates North Carolina's mountains from its Piedmont plateau. The escarpment trends north and east across the state from South Carolina to Virginia. In many places it is steep enough to rise over 1,500 feet...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Stephanie Walters.

Rainy weather: This is the first lesson in a weather unit. This lesson consists of activities that help students understand the concept of rain.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Science); By Carol McCrary.

Weathering the water cycle: Precipitation: Students will learn that precipitation is one of the three stages of the water cycle and how it relates to the other stages.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 and 5 Science); By Cathie Hill, Jackie Parker, and Karen Neilson.

Notating a rainy day: Using manipulatives, students will notate a familiar song.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Music Education); By Melissa Vincent.

Flat, mud-roofed houses in Kaagbeni, Nepal: Stacks of wood are piled along the walls and on top of the flat mud-constructed rooftops of houses in in Kaagbeni village, Nepal. This region lies in the rain shadow, or more accurately, precipitation shadow, north of the Himalayan mountains. This area is...; Format: image/photograph

Trees damaged by acid rain on Clingmans Dome: These are trees on Clingmans Dome that have been damaged by acid rain. Disease, pests, and acid rain kill hundreds of trees on the mountain every year. Clingmans Dome is the second highest point in the eastern United States, trumped only by Mount Mitchell....; Format: image/photograph

Slipsliding poetry: Students will work with a partner to write an original piece of poetry to express information learned about the rain forest and an animal that lives in that habitat. Students will share their poems by creating a multimedia slide show.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 English Language Arts and Science); By Angela Hodges.

Trail on mountainside in western Nepal: A long trail snakes along the mountain side towards Muktinath, Nepal. The landscape is barren of most vegetation and on the horizon are snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas. This is the trans-Himalayan region — also called the "rain shadow." The region...; Format: image/photograph

Kaagbeni village: Kaagbeni village is located in an arid valley. In this picture buckwheat can be seen growing in terraced fields and houses with mud-covered roofs. Kaagbeni is in the trans-Himalayan region, which is also called the rain shadow, and it includes those lands...; Format: image/photograph

The effects of acid rain on the environment: This is an experiment in which groups of students are given healthy plants to water with different solutions of an acid rain mixture made in class. Students will document and present their findings. This lesson plan has modifications for an Intermediate Low English Language Learner (ESL student).; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Development and Science); By Helen Beall and Heather Hughes-Buchanan.

Forests on the highland plateaus: In Jocassee Gorges: Temperate rain forests of the Blue Ridge, page 9; The upper slopes of the Blue Ridge support forests similar to those found at lower elevations much further north. Figure 6 shows one of these that are dominated by the Canadian hemlock and many other species, including the beeches and birches that characterize...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Stephanie Walters.

A tourist in front of her hotel room: A tourist stands in front of a door of her hotel room in Kaagbeni, Nepal. The hotel is mud-plastered on the sides and also has a roof of thick mud. It rains very rarely in this region, known as the rain shadow, or precipitation shadow, because it lies in the...; Format: image/photograph

Himalayan peaks seen from the Muktinaath area, Nepal: Near Muktinaath, Nepal, rugged and barren mountain peaks tower behind a grove of trees. Muktinath lies to the north of the Himalayan mountain range in an area called the "rain shadow." Most of the rain clouds coming from the south are blocked by northern Himalayan...; Format: image/photograph

Observing the water cycle: Initially, students will observe a demonstration of the water cycle and apply the information gained through the demonstration. Then students will measure and graph rainfall for two weeks.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 and 5 Mathematics and Science); By Priscilla Nutt.

Arrows turn into serpents: In The Ramayana, page 5.8; A flying demon, visible in the upper left corner, shoots arrows that become serpents as they fall. The arrows become wavy as they rain down upon Rama's army. The demon moves actively in a cloud-filled sunset sky painted over a dramatic mountain and landscape...; By Lorraine Aragon.

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