Exploring North Carolina

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Exploring North Carolina

• An Interdisciplinary Unit for 8th Grade
• By Dorene Bates

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SOCIAL STUDIES

• Introduction to North Carolina
• Roanoke
• Bath
• Tyron Palace
• Research NC Counties to enter into a database
• Fact Sheet
• Web Page

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SOCIAL STUDIES (contd.)

• Filtering Sorting counties worksheet
• Digital Story about a famous North Carolinian
  (past or present)
• Story Board and Script should include ideas
  about what you learn that connects to you or how
  it changed your understanding of ...

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ROANOKE ISLAND
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BATH
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TYRON PALACE
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LANGUAGE ARTS
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MATH

• Choose five ten counties from database
• Use Excel to create a spreadsheet
• Cell names to be used County, Area_Sq_Miles,
  Population_2004, Population_2000, No_of_Schools,
  and No_of_Students
• Create a chart/graph that will show the
  relationship between the years of population

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MATH (contd)

• Insert a new column
• Cell name _Population_Increase/Decrease
• Use appropriate formula to fill in answers
• Are people moving in or out of the counties?
• Why do you think people are moving in or moving
  out?

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SCIENCE
http//www.bansemer.com/north_carolina_lighthouses
/cape_hatteras_lighthouse_2.jpg
http//statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/GEO/BLUERDG
.GIF
http//www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/hurr-emi
ly-19930831-2059utc-n11rgb.jpg
http//img.realtor.com/northcarolina/nc.gif
http//www.georgehoward.net/nr_small.jpg
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SCIENCE (contd)

• Research watersheds or river basins in NC
• Include indigenous flora, fauna, endangered
  species, elevations, and environments
• Create brochure storyboard and finished brochure
  (using Microsoft Publisher)
• What does indigenous mean?
• Why do some plants and animals only live in
  certain regions?
• What does the environment have to do with this?

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COASTAL REGION
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CAROLINA BAYS
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PIEDMONT REGION
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NC CLIMATE
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MOUNTAIN REGION
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WORK CITED

• All About American Geography The Southeastern
  Region of the United States, Part One Coastal
  Features and Climate . United Learning. 2004.
  unitedstreaming. 2 November 2005
  http//www.unitedstreaming.com/
• American Revolution, The From Colonies to
  Constitution The American Colonies. United
  Learning. 2001. unitedstreaming. 2 November 2005
  http//www.unitedstreaming.com/
• Freshwater Wetlands Forested Wetlands.
  Environmental Media. 2001. unitedstreaming. 2
  November 2005 http//www.unitedstreaming.com/
• Making the Thirteen Colonies The Southern
  Colonies. United Learning. 2003. unitedstreaming.
  2 November 2005 http//www.unitedstreaming.com/
• The English arrive at Roanoke, 1585.. IRC. 2005.
  unitedstreaming. 3 November 2005
  http//www.unitedstreaming.com
• Graphic of Blueridge Parkway. December 2005.
  http//statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/NC/GEO/BLUERDG
  .GIF
• Graphic of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. December
  2005. http//www.bansemer.com/north_carolina_light
  houses/cape_hatteras_lighthouse_2.jpg
• Graphic of Hurricane Emily. December 2005.
  http//www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/images/hurr-emi
  ly-19930831-2059utc-n11rgb.jpg
• Graphic of North Carolina. December 2005.
  http//www.georgehoward.net/nr_small.jpg
• Graphic of North Carolina. December 2005.
  http//img.realtor.com/northcarolina/nc.gif