Thanks to the hard work of 21 Environmental Studies students, there is more to read and explore about Lake Norman history. The students divided into 8 groups for their research projects and with support from a Duke Energy grant launched into learning lake history by taping oral histories, reading issue after issue of old newspapers, pouring over photograph collections, interpreting government reports and more.
Instead of a traditional research paper, a digital twist was added with the students creating webpages for each topic. Check out their work and learn more about Lake Norman through timelines, videos and interactive maps.
WheJust what can you learn from their projects?
Davidson’s Lake Campus – what is it and how is it used?
Demographic Changes – which counties around the lake grew the fastest?
Fishing – what are the major fish species in the lake and why aren’t striped bass among them?
Flood of 1916 – how much damage did it do and how did it change the river?
Griffith Street – how are the lake and Exit 30 connected to changes in residential and commercial spaces on Griffith Street?
Lake Norman’s shoreline – do you know what percentage of the shoreline is residential? industrial?
Non-Profits and the Environment – What are the ecological issues around the lake and what organizations address them?
Real Estate – When the lake go from fish camps to million dollar homes and why?
Congratulations and thank you to the first class of Environmental Studies majors. We hope you enjoy their work and learn something new.
Original Under the Lake website
Environmental Studies Lake Projects website