A chart presents instructional goals with related concepts and behavioral objectives. The goals are to present the tectonic origin of North Carolina's geologic structure and the subsequent effect in which erosion and sedimentation shaped the coastal plain and continental shelf and to describe the present coastal environmental features of barrier islands, sounds, and estuaries, and to indicate dynamic processes affecting these features. Topics covered in the guide include plate tectonics, coastal plain sediments, continental shelf geology and hardbottoms, barrier island geology, barrier island ecology, estuarine geology, and estuarine ecology. The presentation of each topic includes background readings with figures, vocabulary words with definitions, activity ideas, and a list of additional resources including films and printed materials. Activity instructions include sections on objectives, teacher preparation, procedure, charts, and figures.
Most activities involve students in constructing and manipulating models.
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