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- Small and large sand volume barrier islands
- In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 1
- Barrier islands are the dominant geographic feature of sandy coastlines, but recurring storm damage on some demonstrates that different barrier islands present very different levels of risk to residential development. One of the best indicators of development...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks
- This Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” explores the nature and structure of barrier islands with small sand volume, on which built structures are highly susceptible to damage from hurricanes.
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
- Bear Island dunes (1)
- In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 4
- We will begin our trip by visiting Bear Island, the undeveloped island of the pair of large sand volume barrier islands. Figure 3 shows the high volume sand dunes on Bear Island. These dunes are about 50 feet high and cover an area about 5 miles long and one-half...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Modeling volume
- This activity helps the students see how the volume of something includes the third dimension (width or depth) which is different from area. This activity also helps the students "prove" that the volume formula actually works. Students will already know that the volume of a rectangular prism is found by multiplying the object's length, width, and height. By using the blocks as models of volume, the students should come to realize that volume can be calculated simply by multiplying the area of the base by the height of the rectangular prism. Thus, they will come to realize that there is no need to try and fill the entire box with the tiny 1cm cubes, they can simply fill the bottom (to see how many cubes are there) and figure out how many rows there will be and multiply.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics)
- By Erin Foerster.
- Juicy Juice Box
- Students will be able to use their knowledge of volume and surface area through this fun, hands-on activity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Mathematics)
- By Sheila Martin.
- Small and large sand volume islands
- In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 1
- This field trip follows another in this series, Small Sand Volume Islands. Readers should plan to take these trips sequentially, to compare the two types of islands. The thesis of both trips is that the volume of sand that comprises...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks
- This Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations “virtual field trip” explores the nature and structure of barrier islands with large sand volume, on which built structures are relatively well insulated from hurricane damage.
- Format: slideshow (multiple pages)
- Bogue Inlet
- In Large sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 10
- Figure 9 shows the Bear Island beach near Bogue Inlet. This area appears as a white band in the right middle distance in Figure 8. Note the almost continuous maritime grassland in the foreground and bare sand stretching back into the salt marsh on the shore...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Giving meaning to volume and surface area
- This lesson is designed to help students give meaning to volume and surface area by solving problems using a meaningful situation rather than formulas.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics)
- By Grayson Wheatley.
- Dune erosion on Bear Island
- In Hurricanes on sandy shorelines: Lessons for development, page 10
- Figure 7 shows that not all of the barrier islands are flattened when hurricanes make landfall over them. This photograph shows the beach and seawardmost dunes of Bear Island after five hurricanes battered them in two years. The remnants of dead maritime thicket...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Newspaper basket
- Students use measurement skills to create a basket and respond to questions involving fractions, decimals, and geometric measurements.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Mathematics)
- By Susan Jennings.
- Submarines: Using mass, volume and density to create a working submarine
- The students will design a submarine that will float, subsurface, sink, and return once again to the water's surface by external manipulation of the submarine outside of an aquarium. In order to accomplish this, the students will use not only the concepts of mass, volume, and density but will also integrate buoyancy and ballast in their submarine design.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics and Science)
- By Amy Koonce.
- Slice it! Rotate it!: Volumes of revolution
- The students will first view the animated slicing and rotating of various area about the x-axis or about different lines at internet sites. Then the student will complete a lab experience in which various food items will be examined as to what planar region created them.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Mathematics)
- By Sharon Whitted.
- Decomposition
- Students will observe decomposition in a pile of grass clippings and in a compost heap over time.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
- By Monica Dubbs.
- Breathe in, breathe out
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.3
- In this lesson for grade seven, students will discuss lung capacity and brainstorm careers in which it's important to have a good lung capacity. Students will conduct an experiment to measure their lung capacity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
- By John Boyd.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- How is coastal sand formed into barrier islands?
- In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 2
- Coastal sand is organized into barrier islands when three conditions are met: There is a supply of sand sufficient to form islands; sea level is rising; and there are winds and waves with sufficient energy to move the sand around....
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- Does it float? Exploring density
- Density is a property of matter that requires abstract understanding from your students. This lesson plan is a hands-on lab for exploring the concepts of mass, volume, density, and their relationship. This lab achieves several 8th grade science objectives and incorporates mathematical objectives as well. The lab can easily be used as an introductory lab for the year, thus covering not only the content objectives, but also procedures for completing labs throughout the course of the year.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
- By Trish Loudermilt.
- Density of common liquids
- Each lab team will determine the density of water and one of the sample liquids. The class will then compile their information.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Mathematics and Science)
- By Sansia Coble.
- A high-elevation creek
- In Roan Mountain Highlands, page 17
- Figure 15 shows another view of the high-elevation northern hardwoods community with the headwaters of a typical mountain drainage creek. Note the relatively large size and square shape of the stones in the creek. This is what we would expect in small headwater...
- By Jennifer Godwin-Wyer and Dirk Frankenberg.
- Exploring properties of matter with submersibles
- This inquiry-based learning activity allows students to explore the relationships between mass, volume, density, and buoyancy as they manipulate various materials to construct a submersible “vehicle” for deep-sea research.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)
- By Miriam Sutton.
