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Map of North Carolina river basins

A river basin encompasses all the land surface drained by many finger-like streams and creeks flowing downhill into one another and eventually into one river, which forms its artery and backbone. As a bathtub catches all the water that falls within its sides...

Format: image/map

Storm Water Education

Students will learn about stormwater runoff and pollution prevention when they visit the City of Durham Public Works Department.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

1822 county map of North Carolina

1822 color map of North Carolina, colored by county. The map indicates topographical features, and is shaded to show the locations of swamps and mountains. The structure of the major river basins is also clearly visible.

Format: image/map

Continental divides of North America

Continental divides of North America include the so-called Great Divide, the Northern Divide, the Eastern Divide, and the St. Lawrence Seaway Divide. Continental divides separate land draining to different coastlines.

Format: image/map

Clemmons Educational State Forest

Take students to a ranger conducted program and learn about the plants and animals that can be found in this state educational forest.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

Two worlds: Educator's guide

Lesson plans and activities to be used with "Two Worlds: Prehistory, Contact, and the Lost Colony" -- the first part of a North Carolina history textbook for secondary students.

Format: book (multiple pages)

Hickman Bridge in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah

This is Hickman Bridge in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. It is a natural arch in a canyon above the Fremont River gorge. Through the arch, a steep cliff of red sandstone is visible as well as the canyon bottom, which is dotted with shrubs and trees. In...

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Natural diversity

In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 1.1

North Carolina has within its borders the highest mountains east of the Mississippi River, a broad, low-lying coastal area, and all the land in between. That variety of landforms, elevations, and climates has produced as diverse a range of ecosystems as any state in the United States. It has also influenced the way people have lived in North Carolina for thousands of years.

Format: article

By David Walbert.

Peoples of the Coastal Plain

In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 2.6

When Europeans arrived in the late 1500s, North Carolina’s northern Coastal Plain was home to two different cultures. Speakers of Algonkian languages lived closest to the Atlantic edge, in the Outer Coastal Plain or Tidewater. Iroquoian speakers lived more inland, on the Inner Coastal Plain. Based on the distinctive items each group left, archaeologists call the Algonkian speakers Colington and the Iroquoian speakers Cashie.

Format: article

Archaeobotany

In Intrigue of the Past, page 2.6

Students will use pictures of seeds, an activity sheet, and a graph to identify seven seeds and the conditions in which they grow. They will also infer ancient plant use by interpreting archaeobotanical samples and determine changing plant use by Native North Carolinians by interpreting a graph of seed frequency over time.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 and 8 Science and Social Studies)

The regions of North Carolina

In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 1.2

In this lesson, students analyze the differences between North Carolina's geographical regions: the Mountains, the Piedmont, and the Inner and Outer Coastal Plain.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)

By Pauline S. Johnson.

A Siouan village

In Intrigue of the Past, page 4.6

In their study of an excavated village site, students will record observations about a site feature and infer how past peoples used individual features and the site as a whole. They will also summarize how archaeologists use observation and inference to determine past lifeways.

Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Social Studies)

Resources on the web

North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources: Division of Water Resources

Provided by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources this web site features NC river basins in an effort to raise awareness of the importance of water resources in the state. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: NC Dept of Environment and Natural Resources

The Informed Consumer Initiative

This site from the North Carolina Office of Environmental Education has "green" ideas for consumers. There are all kinds of great ideas including energy, water, waste, and much more. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: North Carolina Office of Environmental Education

Storm Water Education

Students will learn about stormwater runoff and pollution prevention when they visit the City of Durham Public Works Department. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: City of Durham Public Works Department