Official Website of Best Selling Author April C Smith, PhD
The Author
April C. Smith, PhD is a former environmental researcher who has spent countless hours up to her waist in pluff mud. When she and her family had the opportunity to travel globally for two years, living in seventeen different countries, she learned that teaching science to her own kids is the best job in the world. Together they have cruised with basking sharks in the North Sea, hiked to see fairy penguins in Tasmania, explored the geology of the southern coast of England, floated through cypress swamps in the American Southeast, and climbed mountainous colored sand dunes in the Southwest.
April and her husband, Steve, live in the Research Triangle with their three children and an overly aggressive angelfish. They all enjoy taking off at every single opportunity to find new adventures together. The fish usually stays home. Some of their favorite explorations in the entire world have occurred between Banner Elk and the Outer Banks, right here in the phenomenally beautiful state of North Carolina.
What NC Residents Are Saying
This book has been the springboard to adventure that our family has been waiting for. 30 Great North Carolina Science Adventures is a user-friendly guide that encourages us to explore, first-hand, the science that shapes North Carolina. As weekend road-trippers or armchair travelers, adults will delve into the fascinating world of NC natural science – checking off trip after trip as they go.
KRISTEN NIGHTINGALE,
Piedmont Resident
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Wetlands Across the Southeast United States
North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, NC
Spring 2021
A four-part course series discussing the prevalence of wetlands in the
southeast United States, their importance in maintaining ecological
structure and function, and the consequences of their destruction.