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Registration began Tuesday, February 5.

Keeping each teacher's passion for learning alive is integral to everything we do at NCCAT. Through our seminars, teachers experience the excitement and stimulation of learning through a broad range of fascinating and thought-provoking topics such as “Catching Up With Your Students: Navigating Technology for 21st Century Classrooms” and "The Landscape of Democracy: Our National Parks.”

Each seminar includes immersion in hands-on study and learning with colleagues from across the state. NCCAT covers program costs, including seminar expenses, meals, and lodging. Teachers are responsible for travel to and from the center and for the cost of the substitute teacher. See individual seminar descriptions for details.

NCCAT conducts seminars for pre-K through 12th-grade teachers, school administrators, counselors, and library media specialists. Other educators who may be eligible for renewal seminars are: curriculum specialists, lead teachers, mentors, school nurses, school social workers, and school psychologists. Applicants must have completed three years of teaching in North Carolina and be employed full-time in North Carolina public schools.

How to Apply for NCCAT Seminars

Click here for an application for NCCAT's Seminars.

Click here for an application for NCCAT's Beginning Teachers Seminars.

Select up to three seminars for which you would like to be considered.
Contact NCCAT Teacher Services by phone at 800-922-0482 or email registrar@nccat.org. Provide your name, social security number, cell and home telephone numbers, the number of years you have taught in North Carolina, school name, and seminar choices.
Submit the application form with your principal’s signature and your 200 word personal statement to NCCAT Teacher Services. Once your completed application is received and approved, NCCAT will notify you of your placement status.

Mail or FAX completed application form to:
NCCAT Teacher Services
276 NCCAT Drive
Cullowhee, NC 28723
Fax: 828-293-3740

Please contact Teacher Services if you have faxed your application and have not received a response within four weeks.

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Summer 2013 Seminars

13639 • Islands in the Sky
June 17–21: Cullowhee

The mountains of Western North Carolina have long harbored a host of unique plants and animals whose habits and physiology are reminiscent of the biota of northern New England and Canada. The highest elevations of these peaks are treasured by scientists and casual visitors alike and, due to the ease of access provided by roads like the Blue Ridge Parkway and motorways within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, are an important source of tourist revenues. But, are these verdant gems in peril? In the past two decades, an ever-growing number of scientists have become increasingly concerned that environmental changes may continue to lead to dangerous levels of stress to indigenous organisms and, ultimately, to mass extinctions. Join us this week as we explore these rugged highlands and gain a new perspective on the perils and promises facing this important landscape. Prepare to experience the amazing world of lichens, salamanders, and migratory birds, and carry back to your classroom a world of new teaching strategies. Several hikes will be an integral part of this educational experience. A significant level of physical fitness will be required.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13637 • Leadership, Creativity, and Change: Daring to Lead
June 17–21: Cullowhee

Designed School System, Regional, and State Teachers of the Year.
Invitations will be mailed to system level Teachers of the Year in March 2013.

North Carolina’s 2012–2013 Teachers of the Year are invited to join us in Cullowhee to examine educational leadership and positive responses to institutional change. Teachers of the Year have heard the call to leadership, but what is the next step? Through this vibrant week, you will discover how to continue your growth as an educational professional. True leadership emerges naturally from the integrity and identity of the leader. Come explore your own integrity and selfhood in a community of other dedicated teachers who are embracing leadership in their own lives. Look into the heart of your leadership through introspection, writing, art, dialogue, and experiences in the natural world. This seminar will not focus on management principles. Rather, taking our own lives as text, we will explore our inner landscapes to become more conscious of the foundation from which we lead, including our birthright gifts, our core values, the sources of our courage, and formative past experiences. As we become increasingly aware of our integrity and identity, we become more skilled, passionate, and empowered to lay a shaping hand on the future. Join in our dialogue about how teachers can spread their enthusiasm for learning to other members of the school community. This seminar will include a challenging whitewater laboratory experience. This seminar is funded in part by BB&T Charitable Foundation.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are provided by the BB&T Charitable Foundation.

13638 • U.S. Coast Guard: Teamwork and Leadership from the Edge
June 24–28: Ocracoke

How does the U.S. Coast Guard patrol and protect our waters, at home and abroad—all with less personnel than the New York City police department? From its roots shortly after the American Revolution, the Coast Guard has instilled and maintained teamwork and leadership, with limited resources, during ever-changing missions. Join us on Ocracoke Island, as we explore this mission with men and women who risk their lives in dangerous seas to protect life and property. How might their mission and commitment to leadership at all levels of service—from the beginning guardsman, to captains of cutters, to the Commandant in Washington—offer examples that we can use in our schools? Join us as we explore teamwork and leadership from the edge.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13640 • Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom
July 8–12: Cullowhee

Designed for beginning teachers in their second or third year of teaching.

Teaching is an art, a science, and a profession supported by best practices of extensive educational theory and research. But what tips, tools, and techniques help teachers promote student success? Do children of poverty have different and unique learning needs? How do you determine and meet the learning styles, multiple intelligences, and cognitive levels of all students in the classroom? This seminar supports motivated beginning teachers in their second or third year of teaching by strengthening their knowledge base and classroom expertise. Through experiential learning, teachers will explore pedagogical concerns including differentiated instruction, brain-based research, communication, assessment, and classroom management. Come prepared to build professional competencies and confidence, improve student achievement, and reinforce your commitment to this critically important profession.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13641 • Today’s Readers, Tomorrow’s Leaders: Motivating Students to Read
July 8–12: Cullowhee

Educators recognize the critical need to close the literacy achievement gap, but they also struggle with finding ways to meet this challenge. How can books help light the fire that will raise student achievement in your classroom? Powerful reading transforms the lives of individuals, whatever their social circumstances. Regular reading boosts the likelihood of an individual’s academic and economic success and awakens a person’s social and civic awareness. There is a positive correlation between reading and personal, social, and health behavior. Join us as we explore how to enhance reading as a fundamental skill necessary for mastery of all courses across the curriculum. Join reading experts as we examine professional and academic literature that highlights the best avenues to improve reading achievement. Develop a plan to maximize independent reading success with your reluctant readers.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13643 • Catching Up With Your Students: Navigating Technology for 21st Century Classrooms
July 15–19: Cullowhee

Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Web 2.0, text messaging, geocaching, video conferencing, music downloading, video games, and online social networking communities… Our students live in a digital world, with the ability to contact anyone, anywhere, anytime. How can we catch up with our students? Enter this world and acquire technology skills needed to navigate the ebb and flow of the digital age. Empower all students to pursue their individual creativity by developing technology-enriched learning experiences. Learn to facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools. Expand your fluency in technology systems. Gain confidence and skill in accessing information as you integrate technology seamlessly into your curriculum. Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility. Capitalize on your students’ excitement and guide them on a safe, legal, and ethical journey into the digital universe

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13644 • Writing from Sound to Sea: Awakening Creativity by the Shore
July 15–19: Ocracoke

What place does creativity have in our classrooms? How do we create opportunities for our students to reach toward the top of the revised Bloom’s Taxonomy of higher order thinking skills where “creating” has been elevated in importance? Join us on the Outer Banks as we try to answer these questions while enhancing our understanding of the natural environments of Ocracoke and Portsmouth islands. Discover how the ever-changing face of the sea, the eternal nature of the tides, and the dynamic windswept beaches and marshes inspire creativity. Observe the natural life of these islands and surrounding waters while you document your experiences and discuss creative ways to develop these entries. Learn how the sea has inspired writers throughout the centuries to create some of the world’s greatest literature. What is this attraction to water that can launch us into deep reflections of ourselves and the world around us? Hone your observation and writing skills, and incorporate them into the classroom.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13645 • Climbing the Double Helix: Is DNA Destiny?
July 22–26: Ocracoke

Even fifty years after the discovery of the DNA molecule, scientists continue to debate the roles of environment versus genetics with regard to the growth, development, and behavior of humans. What forces shape our personalities and talents? What role should scientists and citizens play in shaping genetic research and production policy? What are the possibilities and limits to human achievement and longevity? Join us as we explore the workings of this most fundamental of living particles. Analyze the role of DNA research and technology in criminal investigations, disease treatments, and endangered-species recovery. Learn how biologists are using DNA technology to promote healthy, sustainable ecosystems. Roll up your sleeves and master firsthand the techniques scientists use to identify and sequence bits of DNA. No prior experience or specialized knowledge of biochemistry is needed for this seminar.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13646 • Dropout Solutions that Work
July 22–26: Cullowhee

Too many young people are failing in our public schools today, and consequently, leave school without the skills needed to succeed in life. Recent dropout data shows an annual loss of more than 20,000 students each year in North Carolina’s public schools. Forty-seven percent of prison inmates in North Carolina are school dropouts. The economic and social cost of the student dropout problem in our state is exceedingly high. How can we address the complex and diverse problems faced by today’s youth? Solutions to our state’s dropout problem and student underachievement require a commitment from educators and community members. Focus on the ways that parents, social service providers, businesses, and civic organizations provide options, skills, and hope to at-risk students. Discuss ways to keep your students excited about their education and future.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13648 • The Landscape of Democracy: Our National Parks
July 29–August 2: Ocracoke

Our nearly 400 national parks offer opportunities for our students to investigate the biology, geology, and culture of important national sites. Join us on the Outer Banks as we learn about “America’s Best Idea” and how the National Park Service is honoring and documenting our history, conserving our natural resources, and helping our communities preserve their own history and environment. We will explore the Cape Hatteras and Cape Lookout National Seashores to examine the natural and human history of its marshes, beaches, and maritime forests, as well as its lighthouses, shipwrecks, and important historical events. Discover how many of our national parks, having borrowed from the best practices of effective educators, are revamping their programs to include more opportunities for experiential learning. See how the unique formulation of the national parks in the United States reflects and reinforces the idea that our best and most important places should be available and maintained for all, rather than exploited or reserved for a fortunate few.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13649 • Data Literacy and Assessment Summit
August 2: Cullowhee

It seems as if everywhere we turn today there is a promise that “big data” will change the world. There are a number of new data tools and systems recently implemented in districts across the state. A statewide effort is underway to put quality data in the hands of educators, policymakers, administrators, students, and parents in ways that are appropriate and that will lead to positive action. There is no doubt that having a basic understanding of the best practices of data acquisition and access, and having a better understanding of the various methodologies and practices that inform assessment will be an important part of understanding education in the future. How can you become an informed user of the systems of data and assessment in ways that will empower you as an educator and enliven your classrooms? Join the NCCAT Data Specialist Team, a group of educators from around the state who have been focusing upon these very questions, for a lively and informative forum about the best practices in data use and assessment. The main conference will be on Friday, August 2. (There is limited housing available for the nights of Thursday and Friday, August 1 and 2, for those who have a long distance to travel.) Administrators are welcome to attend accompanied by at least one faculty member.

Programming, food, and limited lodging during the summit are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13650 • Catching Up With Your Students: Navigating Technology for 21st Century Classrooms
August 5–9: Cullowhee

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13651 • Stress, Health, and Learning
August 5–9: Cullowhee

What, exactly, is stress? Is it “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” that come at us every day, over which we have no control? Or is it our response to these challenges and changes? If the latter, then there may be a good deal that we can do to tame and even befriend stress. What do teachers need to know about this defining characteristic of modern life? How does it affect us and the people around us, our students, colleagues, and families? How does it touch our health, well-being, and ability to learn? How can it influence our success and longevity as teachers? How does it impinge on our ability to be caring, compassionate, and committed in our personal and professional lives? During this week, we will explore these questions through discussions, readings, activities, media, physical movement, and a whitewater rafting “stress lab.” Return to your classroom with new information and methods for keeping the stresses and strains of life at a realistic level, both for yourself and for your students.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13652 • This World from Beyond: Learning and Teaching STEM Using NASA Resources
August 5–9: Ocracoke

The horizon is vast and encompassing, especially when viewed from what seems to be the edge of the world. This summer, on the eastern edge of the North American continent, North Carolina teachers have an opportunity to leap boldly into the new horizons that stretch before us as educators and as human beings. In conjunction with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), NCCAT is delighted to announce an outstanding opportunity for teachers to design inquiry activities that meet existing classroom needs using NASA and GLOBE resources. Join NASA educators and NCCAT faculty on Ocracoke Island as we engage in scientific processes and utilize scientific instruments located far above the earth’s surface to increase our understanding of Earth System Science. This exploration of cosmic proportions will equip you with stimulating lessons and new materials that will inspire future generations of scientists, engineers, and other explorers. A modest stipend will be available to offset traveling and other expenses.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

Other Scheduled Programs
These programs are in partnership with outside institutions and are not open for NCCAT registration. Please contact the partner institution for information about how to become involved in these programs.

13584 • North Carolina Humanities Council Teacher Institute: Journey Stories
April 19–21: Cullowhee

13586 • Sandhills Leadership Academy: Capstone Intensive—Cohort Two
June 16–21: Ocracoke

The Sandhills Leadership Academy advances the field of school leadership by producing principals with a focus on getting results. The goals of the program are to create schools where students achieve at a high level, are globally competitive for work and postsecondary education, and are prepared for life in the twenty-first century. Last July, the first cohort of future educational leaders began their preparation with their first summer institute at NCCAT’s Cullowhee campus. NCCAT’s Ocracoke campus is proud to serve as a setting for the successful fellows’ launch into service as educational leaders in high-need schools in North Carolina.

13585 • Kenan Fellows Summer Institute
June 24–28: Cullowhee

For the seventh year, NCCAT’s western campus will host the summer institute for the incoming class of Kenan Fellows. The Kenan Fellows Program is an innovative model to promote teacher leadership, address teacher retention, and advance K–12 science, technology, and mathematics education. Kenan Fellows are public school teachers from diverse disciplines, selected through a competitive process to participate in a prestigious fellowship. The Kenan Fellows Institute is an intensive professional development experience that explores issues related to educational leadership, integrated science, appropriate use of educational technology, and applied ethics. NCCAT continues to be a proud partner and supporter of this valuable program.

13642 • Sandhills Leadership Academy: Week One Intensive—Cohort Three
July 14–19: Cullowhee

Aspiring principals from public school systems in Anson, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, and Scotland counties, and the Public Schools of Robeson County will participate in the Sandhills Leadership Academy in partnership with Fayetteville State University, the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and NCCAT. As part of a multi-year program, NCCAT will host the Sandhills Leadership Academy during their summer institute. Participants will explore the North Carolina Standards for School Executives, ethics for school administrators, conflict resolution, systems thinking in learning organizations, and best management practices for educational leadership. The Sandhills Leadership Academy is funded through a grant from Race to the Top and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.

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Spring 2013 Seminars

13572 • Bridging Achievement Gaps with Digital Literacy (Flipped Seminar*)
February 5–8: Cullowhee

In North Carolina, there continues to be wide disparity in the academic performance of student groups defined by gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. These achievement gaps can be observed with a variety of measures, including standardized test scores, grade point averages, dropout rates, and college-enrollment statistics and completion rates. Effectively aligning our classroom practice with the Common Core State and North Carolina Essential Standards will necessarily include focusing attention on the strategic use of technology as a useful method for bridging achievement gaps. During this seminar, teachers will learn a variety of strategies for providing students with skills needed to access and use readily available technology. Learn the best practices of creating digital artifacts including texts, images, multimedia, and web-enabled communication and collaboration tools. Join us as we explore digital literacy as one of the methods for bridging gaps of skill and understanding so that our students will be more able to face the challenges of the world to come.

* This is an NCCAT hybrid seminar. Your NCCAT instructor will be supplementing the onsite activities and
content of this seminar with online components. Participants in this course will need to sign up for a free
Edmodo account.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13573 • Integrating the Common Core State and North Carolina Essential Standards
into Kindergarten through Second Grade Curriculum
February 18–22: Cullowhee

Up to three teachers from the same school, in vertical teams, may apply.

Science as inquiry? Financial literacy? Abstract and quantitative reasoning? This is not what most of us anticipated when we signed on as teachers. The impending transition to the new standards is a source of stress and anxiety for many teachers at every grade level. This seminar is intended first to demystify the Common Core State and North Carolina Essential Standards. How can we think about these standards as a tool that supports our planning and instruction, not a burden that weighs them down? How can we practice integrating subject matter to enable depth as well as breadth of instruction? Join us to receive and develop a complement of lessons that are not only standards-based but also highly engaging and intended to promote divergent, creative, and critical thinking.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13574 • North Carolina from the Mountains to the Sea
February 18–22: Ocracoke

One of the fastest growing states in the country, North Carolina is now home to over 9.5 million people. What is it about this “goodliest land” that continues to draw people to its mountains, piedmont, and coast? Gain a deeper understanding of North Carolina’s history, culture, environment, and economy. Learn about early Native Americans and how they used our state’s varied natural resources. Why did European explorers visit North Carolina and what did they discover that made them want to settle here? What role did our state play in the major wars? What will the rise of new industries and changes in the old ones mean for our economy? How do we grow our economy while protecting our natural resources? How do we understand the growing diversity of our state and meet the needs of this changing population? While at NCCAT, participants will have an opportunity to explore some of our state’s coastal resources and learn how they reflect this “goodliest land.”

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13575 • Closing the Global Achievement Gap: The United States and Asia (Flipped Seminar*)
March 5–8: Ocracoke

In comparison to their counterparts in Asia, students in the United States enjoy a seemingly relaxed educational experience that encourages curiosity and flexibility. Students in Asia often face crushing workloads and adhere to strict codes of discipline. The hard work and rigorous discipline seem to correspond with international achievement on standardized tests. Each system undoubtedly has its strengths and weaknesses, and, in an odd sort of irony, innovators in each type of educational system seek the answers for performance deficits in the methodologies of the other. What can diverse systems of education learn from each other? What can you and your school system learn from the educational systems of Asia? In the global economy of the twenty-first century, all children in North Carolina may be left behind if their education is not organized with a global context in mind. To prepare students in North Carolina for a global society, we have developed an in-residence seminar model to help teachers build global context into teaching at all levels. This seminar is a working partnership between the North Carolina Teaching Asia Network (NCTAN) and NCCAT to provide an in-residence experience for North Carolina teachers who are interested in learning and teaching about Asia. Teachers who complete this seminar and other online course requirements will be eligible to apply for the Study Tour of East Asia (China: Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Suzhou; Japan: Kyoto, Nara, and Tokyo).

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13576 • Gathering of Holocaust Educators
March 7–10: Cullowhee

Every year, North Carolina public school educators who teach about the Holocaust and genocide gather at NCCAT to connect and reconnect with teachers from across the states who are dedicated to education in this most difficult of subject areas. The Gathering is open to teachers who have participated in NCCAT’s “Teaching the Holocaust” seminars or in comparable intensive Holocaust education programs. Alumni of these programs can deepen their skill and knowledge as they join together to focus on advanced topics and collaborate with colleagues on improving Holocaust and genocide education. Educators who have developed lessons or materials they would like to make available to other teachers are welcome to submit proposals to present at this Gathering. Join us to continue the conversation as we seek to responsibly, accurately, and appropriately include Holocaust and genocide education in the classroom.

Programming, food and lodging during the seminar, and substitute reimbursement are provided.
Travel is not provided by NCCAT.

13577 • The Ecology of the Barrier Islands
March 18–22: Ocracoke

If our students are going to grow into responsible stewards of North Carolina’s critically important coastline, their understanding of this region has to go deeper than sands, tans, and seafood restaurants. Take a unique opportunity to better observe and understand our natural world. Against the vastness of the ocean, experience the rhythms of the barrier islands and experience the science that helps shape the interactions of this important part of our state. Discover the patterns that characterize the region including the seasonal migration of birds across continents. How can our state’s coastline serve as a dynamic setting for scientific observation and inquiry? Build a library of knowledge about your surroundings that can be used as a continuing resource in your classroom. Take your enhanced skills of scientific observation and inquiry back to your students. Harness the sense of wonder your students have about their natural environment and help them become better informed stewards of their world.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13579 • Wiki, Wacky, What? Understanding Web 2.0 Applications
March 24–28: Cullowhee

Technology has become so pervasive and dominant in today’s society that its integration into classroom instruction is imperative. Enhance your basic technology competencies as we explore some of the most popular free Web 2.0 tools to help develop your students’ skills for succeeding in the twenty-first century. Learn how technology can enhance communication and interaction between teachers and students across the globe. Explore technology tools including wikis, podcasts, social networks, and blogging. There is no need for prior experience as you are guided through these applications step-by-step with easy-to-follow directions and useful instructional strategies.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13578 • The Power of Words
April 8–12: Cullowhee

Connect with successful authors from around the nation during Western Carolina University’s Spring Literary Festival. Discover the secrets of master writers while exploring the work of writing as a part of the learning process. What motivates successful writers to write? What helps them break through writer’s block? What sustains them as professional writers? How do they use their craft to make people think and feel in bold and memorable ways? Learn writing strategies from these renowned authors and expand your writing skills and the skills of your students. Discover ways to motivate students to read while connecting reading and writing across the curriculum. Awaken your inspiration and creativity as we meet in the mountains to explore the power of words with nationally recognized writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13581 • Integrating the Common Core State and North Carolina Essential Standards
into Third through Fifth Grade Curriculum
April 8–12: Ocracoke

Up to three teachers from the same school, in vertical teams, may apply.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13582 • Temples of the Sun: The Early History of North Carolina (Flipped Seminar*)
April 25–28: Cullowhee

With the advent of the new North Carolina Essential Standards for Social Studies, elementary and secondary school teachers (especially grades four through seven) have the opportunity to include units designed to explore the nature and impact of pre-Columbian civilizations of North America. Among the societies with the greatest lasting physical impact, but among the least well-known, were the so-called “Mound Builders.” For nearly six hundred years, Native Americans of the Mississippian Culture flourished in what is now that portion of the southeastern United States stretching from Oklahoma to Florida. Living in cities as large as 15,000 (for comparison, London, in the same time period, had roughly the same population), they created societies who practiced large-scale agriculture, carried on trade with tribes as far away as Minnesota and Mexico, and built temple mounds nearly the size of Mayan Pyramids. What happened to these people? Why did their civilization collapse so quickly? Join with leading historians, anthropologists, and archaeologists as we probe into the mysteries of the Mound Builders.

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

13583 • Sea Level Rise: The Impact of Climate Change on the Outer Banks
April 29–May 3: Ocracoke

One of North Carolina’s greatest resources is its coastal region. With more than three thousand miles of shoreline, this fragile area is on the frontline if climate change causes the seas to rise. Can we afford to ignore this threat? Few issues today are as controversial and timely as the impact of human activity on the environment. Join us on North Carolina’s coast as we study the complex forces at work causing global climate change and its impact on sea level rise. Compare current weather patterns with historical data to assess trends of global warming and cooling. How do greenhouse gases affect climate change? Discuss the ecological impacts of wind farms off our coast and their potential to offset the consumption of fossil fuels. Explore the beaches and marshes along the Outer Banks for a firsthand look at the effects of coastal storms, which have increased in frequency and intensity, to witness what our state stands to lose. Learn ways we can help our students understand and respond to this complex issue in a responsible and powerful manner as we strive to become better stewards of our world. (Programming for this seminar is fully funded by a generous grant from Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation. Qualified participants must be from counties from the Piedmont Natural Gas service area. )

Programming, food, and lodging during the seminar are provided.
Travel and substitute reimbursement are not provided by NCCAT.

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