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Land, Sea, Sky

Land, Sea, Sky. Relationships in Coastal North Carolina. Industry vs. Environment. Relationships between environment and industry Commercial Fishing Hog Farming Real Estate Development vs. erosion of sand dunes Severe Weather events: Hurricanes Wildlife Refuges. Big Ideas.

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Land, Sea, Sky

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  1. Land, Sea, Sky Relationships in Coastal North Carolina

  2. Industry vs. Environment • Relationships between environment and industry • Commercial Fishing • Hog Farming • Real Estate Development vs. erosion of sand dunes • Severe Weather events: Hurricanes • Wildlife Refuges

  3. Big Ideas Introduce students to global issues such as environmental damage and depletion of resources. Examine issues that pit industry versus environment. Expose students to the culture and history of coastal North Carolina. Examples: Commercial fishing and coastal agribusiness (hog farms)

  4. Product • The goal is student research and problem solving! • Basic problem: The Coast is in trouble! What can we do about it? • Social Studies classes will work on research and creating an ethical solution to North Carolina’s problems. • All HS and MS grades will meet separately and engage in a roundtable discussion for solutions and to exchange sources. • A week later, student representatives will present their findings and note how their research progressed and how it changed throughout the unit. • A week after that . . . We visit the Outer Banks!

  5. Subject Breakdown Industrial Economics and Statistics – Math Coastal Culture and History – English Modern Ethics – Social Studies Biology and Environment - Science

  6. Big Field Trip • A three-day proposed trip to the Outer Banks • Wednesday – Drive to The Shore, Wright Brothers Memorial, Jockey’s Ridge State Park, Fort Raleigh. Overnight in the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island. • Thursday – Morning - Cape Hatteras High School. School has its own oyster farm and fish hatchery. Pea Island Wildlife Refuge. Afternoon – Commercial fishing village of Wanchese. Examine Fish House and presentation. Stay in motel? Camp? • Friday – Morning activity? On the way back . . . Alligator River Wildlife Refuge? Hog Farm?

  7. Overfishing Our oceans are becoming depleted, especially on the East Coast. What do we do? Stop fishing?

  8. Not so simple . . . Some depend on commercial fishing for their way of life. Fishing = Jobs

  9. Coastal Studies Institute UNC and Cape Hatteras High School Partnership Practice Aquaculture 1000 foot oyster reef - Hatchery for sea bass and flounder But is aquaculture the answer? (Fishermen hate fish farms)

  10. Nearby village of Wanchese Commercial Fishing town that depends on wild fish stocks Contact – Micah Daniels, Fish Wharf restaurant owner. 4th generation commercial fisher(wo)man, enthusiastic father on the Board of Fisheries . . . And public school teacher.

  11. NC Aquarium Also on Roanoke Island Overnight tour of the aquarium! Sleep with the fishes!

  12. Wright Brothers Memorial

  13. Jockey’s Ridge State Park

  14. Speakers • Intro assembly – “Fishing is complicated”, Faculty group. Matt’s pictures, videos, etc. • Commercial Fishing Industry speaker - TBD • Dr. David Eggleston, Marine Fisheries at NC State • Dr. Whitely, NC A&T – Hog Farming • “The Boats of Core Sound” – NC Historical Museum Exhibit

  15. Schedule • 3/5 – Intro Assembly to Land, Sea, and Sky • Week of 4/10-4/13 – Student Roundtable Discussion • 4/20 Presentation Day for Land, Sea, and Sky • 4/25-4/27 – Weds, Thurs, and Fri – Trip to the Coast

  16. MS/HS Differentiation • We might ask for a separate introduction assembly for the Middle School and High School to phrase the issues in a different light. • Middle School students will have the option to focus more upon the culture and history of Coastal North Carolina (i.e. pirates, the Wright Brothers, Geography, etc)

  17. Common Reading • ? • Different between Middle School and High School?

  18. Books • Arctic Dreams, Barry Lopez • A Fierce Green Fire, Stokes • Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs, and the Chesapeake Bay • Cannery Row, JohnSteinbeck • Catching the Ebb, Bert Bender • Clam Gulch: A Memoir, Scott Ransom • The Entangling Net, Leslie Fields • Fishcamp, Nancy Lord • The Finest Kind, Kim Bartlett

  19. Books continued • Fisherman’s Frontier, Arnold • The Fisherman’s Son, Michael Koepf • Fish on Friday, Brian Fagan • Hatteras Blues, Tom Carlson • The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger • Red Summer, Bill Carter • Salmon, Peter Coates • Shadow of the Salmon, Taylor • Snug Harbor Cannery, Ringsmuth • Who Killed the Grand Banks?, Alex Rose • Working on the Edge, Spike Walker

  20. In Conclusion • Students will be immersed in a local issue that weaves biology, economics, and the culture of the coast. They will be engaged throughout the unit in the research process and at the end, visit the site where all these factors play out.

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