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Teaching Online Courses - Carolina Online Teacher Program
(Formerly Develop and Teach Online Courses/DATOC I)
Take your teaching into a new realm -- the online classroom. You'll learn the pedagogy of online courses, experience the realities and complexities of online learning, and discover specific techniques for successfully building an online learning community.
Take this course: Begins May 4.

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From northern hardwood to spruce-fir forest
In Elevations and forest types along the Blue Ridge Parkway, page 12
The highest elevations of the Blue Ridge are occupied by an evergreen forest of spruce and fir that looks like the great conifer forests of northern Maine and Canada. The transition from northern hardwoods to spruce fir forest is easy to see from a distance...
By Dirk Frankenberg.
An average autumn
This lesson will be a review of skills for calculating mean, mode, median, and range of a set of numbers to be created by the students. It will result in a seasonal display for the classroom or school-wide bulletin board.
Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Mathematics)
By Scott Counce.
Eighteenth-century pottery (2)
In Clays of the Piedmont: Origins, recovery, and use, page 10
Figure 8 shows a further range of jugs and jars, a churn, and a pitcher. Note that each of these is of slightly different shape and color. Each represents the specific potter and glaze. Potters have individual styles even when repetitively making similar objects...
By Dirk Frankenberg.
Stem and leaf hop
The students will measure and record the length of their jumps. The lengths will be used to create a class stem and leaf plot.
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics)
By Kathy Sellers.
Himalayan peaks seen from the Muktinaath area, Nepal
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...
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Mount Mitchell ridge line
Mount Mitchell ridge line
This photograph, taken at Mount Mitchell State Park, N.C., shows the peaks in the Black Mountain range north of Mount Mitchell. The Black Mountains are the highest range east of the Mississippi River, with Mount Mitchell claiming the title of the highest peak...
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Machhapuchhre and the Mahabharat Lekh range
Machhapuchhre and the Mahabharat Lekh range
Machhapuchhre towers in the background over the smaller east-west mountain range called Mahabharat Lekh, which shares its name with the Hindu epic Mahabharat. The area surrounding the three houses beneath the mountains show signs of deforestation. During monsoon...
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Kaagbeni village
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...
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The road to Mount Shasta, CA
The road to Mount Shasta, CA
The road to Mount Shasta, California. Mount Shasta is a 14,179 foot high stratovolcano in the Cascade Range. It is the fifth highest peak in California. Mount Shasta is considered a dormant volcano, but it is expected to erupt with the next several hundred...
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Mount Shasta in snow, CA
Mount Shasta in snow, CA
Mount Shasta in snow, California. Mount Shasta is a 14,179 foot high stratovolcano in the Cascade Range. It is the fifth highest peak in California. Mount Shasta is considered a dormant volcano, but it is expected to erupt with the next several hundred years....
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Solar cooking
In this lesson, students will build a minimal solar oven that works using two cardboard boxes.
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Social Studies)
By Libby Morrison.
View from the south entrance of Zion National Park, Utah
View from the south entrance of Zion National Park, Utah
View from the south entrance of Zion National Park, Utah. Craggy sandstone peaks rise against cloudy sky. The area was protected as Mukuntuweap National Monument by President William Howard Taft in 1909 and was later renamed Zion National Park. Zion is located...
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A snowy tree near Mount Shasta, CA
A snowy tree near Mount Shasta, CA
A snowy tree near Mount Shasta, California. Mount Shasta is a 14,179 foot high stratovolcano in the Cascade Range. It is the fifth highest peak in California. Mount Shasta is considered a dormant volcano, but it is expected to erupt with the next several hundred...
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Snowy trees on Mount Shasta, CA
Snowy trees on Mount Shasta, CA
Snowy trees on Mount Shasta, California. Mount Shasta is a 14,179 foot high stratovolcano in the Cascade Range. It is the fifth highest peak in California. Mount Shasta is considered a dormant volcano, but it is expected to erupt with the next several hundred...
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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.
Mountain valley, Khingor village in the background
Mountain valley, Khingor village in the background
Two mountain peaks above the valley where the Khingor village is located — en route from Kaagbeni to Muktinaath, Nepal. Some vegetation can be seen at the base of the mountains, but most of the mountains appear arid and barren. This region lies to the...
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Black Mountain view
Black Mountain view
Photo of the Black Mountains, a sub-range of the Appalachians, taken from the summit of a ridge line in Mount Mitchell State Park, N.C.
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A striated rock formation at the south entrance of Zion National Park, Utah
A striated rock formation at the south entrance of Zion National Park, Utah
The south entrance of Zion National Park, Utah. These weathered rock formations have grooved striations of orange, pink, and gray. They loom against a deep blue sky. A few evergreen trees grow on the formation. The area was protected as Mukuntuweap National...
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Tidal creek
In Cape Fear estuaries: From river to sea, page 9
This photo shows conditions just a few yards away from the shoreline. As you can see from the banks of this tidal creek, the tidal range is at least a foot, and the tide is out. Cord grass dominates the central, depressed, area of this photo, and in the background...
By Steve Keith.
Steep rock walls in Zion National Park, Utah
Steep rock walls in Zion National Park, Utah
Steep rock walls in Zion National Park, Utah. The walls in the foreground are a deep rust red, while the ones further in the distance are brighter and sunlit. The area was protected as Mukuntuweap National Monument by President William Howard Taft in 1909...
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